Transcriber’s note

Variable spelling and hyphenation have been retained. Minor punctuation inconsistencies have been silently repaired. A list of the changes made can be found [at the end of the book].


AUTHORS AND THEIR PUBLIC IN ANCIENT TIMES

AUTHORS AND THEIR PUBLIC
IN ANCIENT TIMES

A SKETCH OF LITERARY CONDITIONS AND OF
THE RELATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC OF
LITERARY PRODUCERS, FROM THE
EARLIEST TIMES TO THE FALL
OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

BY
GEO. HAVEN PUTNAM, M.A.
AUTHOR OF “THE QUESTION OF COPYRIGHT,” ETC.

THIRD EDITION, REVISED

G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS

NEW YORKLONDON
27 WEST TWENTY-THIRD ST.24 BEDFORD ST., STRAND

The Knickerbocker Press
1896

COPYRIGHT, 1893
BY
GEO. HAVEN PUTNAM

The Knickerbocker Press, New York