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 EMERSON, RALPH WALDO (1803-1882).
Poet and philosoPher. Concord.

A.L.S. to James R. Osgood. 18 Aug. 1869.
3p. (double sheet, octavo)

He discusses the possibility of a trip to

Canada in order to secure the copyright of
a book, and inquires into the exact legal

technicalities involved.

The letter probably refers to the new edition

of Emerson's Prose works, published in 1869.
Attempt to secure a COpyright good in the

British Empire came to nothing, however, since the
firm of Bell and Daldy brought out a cheap
edition before anything could be done. The

letter was printed in Letters of Ralph Waldo

Emerson ed. R.L. Rusk. ’(COlumbia Univ. Press,
19395, GI, 82-83; a photoStat is in the Columbia
University Library, secured in or about 1939
from the Carnegie Book Shop, Which owned the
letter in that year.

 

 Concord
18 August 1869

My dear Sir,

I do not know but I could waive the

perhaps sentimental objection filat occurs to
me at the suggestion of going to Canada for a
few days, provided that I were assured that so
doing I could establish a perfect ["right to"
cancelled] EngliSh coPyright without weakening
my American copyright to the same book.

I have never taken professional advice ["in"
cancelled] on the matter, but I believe that
prior publication is required by U"each”
cancelled] the law of each country. Unless
you are informed exactly on this point, I will
within a few days take advice in Boston, &

be guided by that. If you are infonned, I am
content to be ready to make the journey at the
proper time.

I enclose a note of one or two errata for the
printer of the new edition.
Yours with great regard,

R. hLEmerson