A Digest of the Law of Copyright. By E. J.
Dfacgillivray, LL.B. (Butterworth and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—This is a useful summary which every publisher, not to say every author, should have at hand to consult. This is not the place for discussing the subject generally, but we may say that the subject of copyright in the Colonies requires attention. There is, for instance, the case of Canada. Canadian legislation has put on English copyright the same limitation which prevails in the United States,—a book is copyrighted if it is produced in the Dominion. Now this means practically abolition. It is not worth while, speaking generally, to have a Canadian edition. There is a huge country, with dis- tribution difficult and costly, and a small reading pu blic, and to publish specially would mean loss. The consequence is that the law of copyright practically does not run in Canada. The writer of this notice knows an author whose books have reached a total circulation of nearly a million without bringing him in a farthing from Canada.
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