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...writings to the printer's except Venus and Adonis and Lucrece. It has been many times asserted that his objects in writing were purely mercenary. This is not true. He was making a great- deal of money and was deriving an income from three sources; viz., his acting, the copyright plays and his shares in two theatres. He became the owner of the best residence in Stratford which was known as the "Great House." Shakspere's fondness for his native place is very noticeable, and he has even gone so far as to introduce the names of persons in Stratford...
Question: Resolved, That Congress should pass the pending International Copyright...
Best general references: Cheap Books and Good Books, by Brander Matthews, (published by American Copyright League...
Justin Winsor has an interesting letter in this week's issue of the Nation on "English Views of the Copyright...
...International copyright would give a so-called benefit to publishers at the expense of the reading public.- Front vol. 1, 502; Public Opinion, March 1, 1890, p, 503. (a) The public wants cheaper books-Forum, vol. 1. 504. (b), The publishers, not the authors, would be benefited.- American, vol. 7, 342. (c) A treaty would be a better method of dealing with the subject than a bill.- Nation...