A Curious Case.
An American contemporary says that the international copyright law has had an unexpected operation in the case of the latest novel of Thomas Hardy, This book, 1 less of the D'Urbervilles,’ treats freely of the relations of the sexes, One of its chapters was so very explicit on that subject that Messrs Harper Bros., who are its American publishers, refused to put it in print in their edition. The fionsequenoe is that the American edition is an expurgated one, being minus a chapter that appears in that issued in England. The cuntous feature in the case is that the international copyright law is an engine to be used for the protection of American morals. The law forbids the English edition being reprinted as it is here, the Harpers bolding the exclusive right tp the book. The English edition costs 7dol 50c, while the American is issued for Idol 500, so there will not be much importing* The 1 Harpers would have been as far at possible from having the control of such a book a year ago.
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Evening Star, Issue 8810, 27 April 1892, Page 4
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180A Curious Case. Evening Star, Issue 8810, 27 April 1892, Page 4
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