THE

LAW OF LITERATURE

REVIEWING

THE LAWS OF LITERARY PROPERTY IN MANUSCRIPTS; ROOKS,
LECTURES, DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS;

WORKS

OF ART, NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &C. COPYRIGHT
TRANSFERS, AND COPYRIGHT AND PIRACY;

LIBEL AND CONTEMPT OF COURT

BY LITERARY MATTER,

ETC.

WITH AN APPENDIX OF THE AMERICAN, ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND
GERMAN STATUTES OF COPYRIGHT

Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1875,

By JAMES APPLETON MORGAN,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

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