COPYRIGHT IN CANADA.—Letter by the _Times’_ correspondent:—“Under the English Law, English Copyrights reprinted in the United States are imported into Canada, subject to the same duty as other imported articles; but these Copyrights cannot be reprinted in Canada, the consequence being that the Canadian public is almost entirely dependent on the United States for reprints. The English author is seriously injured, inasmuch as not one-tenth part of the reprints which find their way to Canada are entered at the Custom-house or pay duty.”... Mr. Rose replies:—“The undersigned is ready to admit that the principle involved is theoretically at variance with the general policy of the mother-country, in so far as the object of that policy is to secure to authors an absolute monopoly in works of literature for a term of years; but it must be remembered that the necessity for this exceptional legislation arises out of a previous partial departure from this theoretical policy, which in its practical operation is shown to afford a premium to the industrial interests of a foreign country, &c. If it could be shown that the concessions asked for would result in any way to the practical disadvantage of the author, or lessen the protection which it is intended to secure to literary labour, there might be some reason for withholding them. If the rate of duty, whether import or excise, were inadequate, it would be an equally reasonable argument against the extension of the law; and in that case the rate could be augmented. But the undersigned fails to see any reason why, so long as the importation from abroad is permitted, the publication in Canada at an equal rate of duty should be withheld.” (Extract from the _Atlantic Monthly_, October, 1867.) ... This work, we repeat, cost the author 24,000 dollars to produce. Messrs. Harpers sell it at 15 dollars a copy; the usual allowance to the author is 10 per cent. of the retail price, and as a rule, it ought not to be more. (Extract from the _American Booksellers’ Guide_, June 1, 1869.) At a public meeting recently held in Montreal, respecting the Copyright-Law, it was resolved to apply to Parliament for an amendment permitting Canadian publishers to print British Copyright works upon the payment of 12½ per cent. to British authors.... The payment by the publisher of 5 or 10 per cent., or of a fixed sum, for a Copyright of a book, whether by an American or British author, does not necessarily increase the price of the book. (Extracts from an Article in the _Athenæum_, July 17, 1869.)