Lineland precedent

[Paul DiFilippo]

I'm a big fan of author James Branch Cabell (1879-1958), US 
fantasist best known for his JURGEN, and I'm always on the 
lookout for his titles in used bookstores.  Recently, I was
happy to pick up his THE EAGLE'S SHADOW in its Storisende
edition, the uniform assemblage of JBC's work issued in 1929.
Apparently, the novel caused a bit of controversy when it was
first published in 1904, and for this edition JBC included
an appendix, which consisted of all the relevant letters to
the editor of the NY TIMES BOOK REVIEW for the period surrounding
the publication of the novel.   Now:  do you think JBC or his
publishers botered to get written permission from all those
semi-anonymous letter writers?  Seems doubtful.  And I doubt
that they received copied of the volume with their reprinted 
letters, since it was a limited printing of 1500.

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