Sir

I should be very glad of the establishment of the copy right system with America but I should like to have more information before joining the Company of Authors.

Yours truly C M Yonge

My dear Miss Yonge

Will you kindly read the enclosed and if you approve of the petition will you kindly sign it and send it back to me here?

very truly yours Walter Besant

Dear Madam, At a Meeting of the Committee of Management of the Society of Authors held at the Offices of the Society on Wednesday the 29th. day of April, the following Resolution proposed by Sir Walter Besant, seconded by Mr. Anthony Hope Hawkins and put by the Chairman was carried unanimously:—

‘That ladies be declared eligible for election to the Council of the Society.’

I have the honour to inform you that in pursuance of this Resolution, but ... continue reading

Dear Sir I have been so much interested by the book you have kindly sent me, in common with rest of the Author’s Society and, having had a little correspondence with you many years ago, when you were editing the English Plutarch, I venture to write, thinking you may care to hear some experiences of a long life of writing, not from necessity but because I had something to say.

The passion for telling a story developed ... continue reading

Sir, I am moved to say something from my own personal knowledge in defence of rustic reading

I do not care whether this is inserted as a letter, but I should like the substance to appear, as I know it to be fact, and I think it is true of many other Hampshire villages

Yours truly C M Yonge

My dear C C I am glad there are some signs of life or of decay more properly of poor A D I- ! I do think there are more and more signs that a 6d phoenix would be welcomed.

I find the booksellers make all sorts of excuses for not having got it – The Authors Soc want to see my agreement before advising me. I could not find it easily before I ... continue reading

My dear C C Here is a behind the times letter that concerns you. I have heard from Mr Thring, who says I can remove my books with proper notice, but as I don’t know how long proper notice is, I have written to ask, also he thinks there may be trouble about those of which A D I gives Royalty and on the older ones there is no agreement. I asked if ... continue reading