TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume XLVIL, Issue 7716, 22 November 1890, Page 4

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Akchdkacon Fabaas seems to have been ver£ eyideuceats the regeatmeeting of the Church Congress. His paper on " The Ethica of Commerce ,, created much, even more, excitement than hia deliverance on brotherhoods. It consisted a vigorous of trade as it was mainly carried oV in the present day. He started off by saying that for any trade which, was in itself legitimate, no rulea were needed beyond the Eighth, Ninth, andjTeato o* law of truthlttaesfl, and the law of' As to' the law' of honesty, he asked, was it not flagrantly violated by those endless adulterations of alinosfci single article of •comm&je ? He migEt point, he continued, to the serious results arising" from the adulterer tion, of milk. He might unveil the horrible, and detestable 'reckless iniquities committed in tne ! drink trade' — poisoned; laborers* helpleaa ..women,, innocents children, and demoralised and decimated race* all ©tot the habitable world*9..Hβ , might expose the dishonorable ouatome which in many cases, tainted what should be, and often was, the eminently respect-. able ; trade, pf,|the jpubUsher—th.ere were many who %ere *' the ioul of honor"—and speak of che sweating publisher who, without a blush, would toss to the author perhaps a part of what, by bargains. grossly inequitable, he had obtained. > All suoh methods of trade violated the most elementary rules, of morality i As for the law of trutbiulneas, the Archdeacon went on to declare (quoting from the/B###of),that it. was an age ofj advertisements of egregious frauds, of monstrous assertion and lamentable credulity, Hardly anything stood on its own merits, but had be bolstered up bjr lying and boaetful representations to gain the public favdrT' Then turning "to the lair ol the Archdeacon, warming .in his vehemence, declared that " tho totWa and dishonest trade, all soul-poisoning,

trade was but a development and a result of the covetousness whloil' Waai -idolatry. It was the and' abaurd honor paid to mere wealth, which tempted men to pay we must be getting everywhere, though it be by evil means; The tfbseifoe of simplicity in and: in their Uvee, was the ultimate, eooroe of- their servitude tot Mjammon. That servitude brought with; it its career of cruninale and forgers andj embezzlers of * securities, 'its' headlong', gambling speculations, its Bank failures, its (Commercial frauds, : it» X swindling schemes, its babble, Companies, its sham mines, its coraefs and rings 4 aud manipulations of the Stock Exchange, v its insurances of children to be poisoned for the sake ofc t&e iiwuraaoe money, its buying, the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of shoes.**

Again and again were the remarks greeted with loud applause from, his brethren, clerical and lay. There was no part of hie address whiok evoked more hearty signs of approval than bis reference to publiaher»" who jeej&B M especial disfavor just now. For some jceafon of ,. other the Archdeacon/a , own publishers, Messrs Cassell and Co., appear (to have thought that hie remarks on y thi? ; head demanded some commenta from themaetvea. therefore wrote a le|ter to The Times, giving an account of their business transactions with the Archdeacon, fr»B» which it appears that up to the pregeat time, they have paid him the "following' sums in respect of tbe works named :•*- » ; Life of Christ 2005 0 0 Life of St. Paul 4333 17 I r ... ,2400 0 0 Messrs Oaesell are : not «oatoit -with letting these figures speak for themselves, but they go on to make explanations, iv which a tinge of- acrimony is clearly visible. In regard to the " Life of Christ" they state that the whole scheme was conceived ia their botwe. They, entered into negotiations with* one ~br J two popular writers for, the production of the book; but these falling through their atf teutioa was drlwal to .Mx ; '.}(now Archdeacon, yarrax. "Itis no dwparage-i ment to Archdeacon Farrar'a present position," they'add,' **to say that at that time he was comparatively unknown aad had cemfeeinly ; nofe gained, anjr «reac re» putation in literature." They bud before himjthe projwai that he shonld write 4 "Popular Life of Christ" on ifchV line» ' suggested by themselves, and offered bin) ! for the copyright of jthis work the sum of I £500, with, an additional sum of MOO as tovards the \- expense of a visit to the Holy Land in conneoMoawith jmtingofthebook. This offer iwoepted, and he duly produced the bock which lias obtained so wide a fame. .aieMare'easselCfcjWever; somewhat tnlschievously add that such popularity was at least In part to be attributed to th# be»vy which, they, embarked ia order to maie It imowW to the reading wodd. "In fact," t&ey say, "we doubt if any work of th* Mnd baa ever been co. estensirely *d»erfcieed aa/thi* work written by the clergyman who how protests ißgyiliit of advertiaing. M Whea the book proved to be each a Buocess, they voluntarily paid him various sums from .time , id time nnta they bad added jei4oo to the >mputit they bad agreed to give him. ■~.

%om is the one ©f the moat pcpolfir smd •aeeessfol 'ofniodem gicai worke, ArolwJoeoß Farrar bae received It wouldboioterefltiEg to ' know' what it hu ' brought to "the publiaieru. Oβ «»ia pdtet M*#m Casseil,

Zrn***"' ™^^^ ifre book is a graft teetiiaoay te-T* vety fairly claim rt WflL?* tinotion as a writer, but eren w L®* doubt.,-«* hie - Mc orc£. teaUy the foundation of W»«J? career. In regard to hia «ml™?** Papl," it appeara that J ***** to; pay him imoot^JJ eequently he informed them jL V ooaeequeace of the great euccew J* "Life of Christ;* he had^ iT l tke offer of JS2OOD and a royalt, «J* another firm of pubMehew f« work. Meesra Caasell thereupon jTS* , rallied the payment to the mm* -J?* As already .tated, indudiag a w 3Ti Mm Wald, be ha. received up to date for this particular bodk. i the "Early Daye of Chtietaaaity.«/ agreed to pay him the earne tei-J? the "Life of SU Paul." This work, k ever, did not prove anything like so °* , Ceraful Mite pMdeoeseore, the wnfoJ! 1 * that, in addition to the cash ptoj**!! JKOOO. the author only recseiFed way jrf royalties. On the wholeTZS deacon Farrar does not have been v«ry inequitably; by hw publishew. Hβ ' as much in a subsequent letter to a. Times. He says—" Those ("the with whom I have peraoaally dealt jJ <*ith scaroely mn> exception, 2 sonal friends, with whom I stand moat cordial relations." '

If ia generally understood Ui&t«a , jj." you become famous for some great or tarf deed, or notorious for some very b«l«u the photographer* at once regard you y toeir lawful prey, and fairly swoon &„ upon you with xequeata tW It ie not usually supposed that the* r,, qaeate entail any pecuniary liaoilit. fcaU'o* the "wbjflcfc" ever, evidently,, exceptions to this The other t day,Lord George Hamilton ws, sued, injthe County Coiutt«i :the'value of five pliotog raph«.' fendant (according to the .report l«i*» Home paper) said that in 1888 a communication from the him to give them a sitting, as they frag anxioue to bomplera a set of public 'ma, The witneea wrote back regretting Uatja could not, but he receive! aoothe? Utte from; the' plaintiffs asking him to allow i them to come to the Admiralty end j&ofc. graph him there.; The witaaeea agwdb gi»ethem a few minutes,and they e&ne to the Admiralty and occupied Ida for forty minutea. Hβ gave no radar foi any portraite. A few daye after th aittinff- r he received proofs, whiob Wβ complete failures. No invoice afesosapsnled them, and there, was not lie alighted fa dioatdon that payment would be sttjoWi. The.portraits wero perfect!? he threw them away. Six months iffct the receipt of the proofs stx ascobat ni sent in, and he at once wrote repudiating all liability. Counsel < for 1 (ke defeated AaiA he i had witnesses to provft &i wpeJsdns of notoriety " were tm d charge, and had the pbotogr&pfais gwta them/ The Judge gave judgment for thi defendant, with coats of wuneel, »dleiior, and defendant. Th« photographexs will probably know better another time. Lori George Hamilton, however, asms to tute hale legitimate gronnde of complaint. Be gave up a portion of hie time at the urgent request o! the firm, the Utter seni him, photography which ha didn't weak and which were of no oae to him, and il was only by losing more of his TftlnsiJi time, and Buffering the wmoywte* > having to appear in Court, that h escaped having to pay pretty aearUjrifc goocl nature. We vuppoee this 4 thing, however, must be reckoned «vms the.penalties which oae bag tojffltti being' great.