SIR,—No one has ever explained why boOk publishers should , be
singled out for this special form of Capital Tax which presses most hardly on expensive scholarly books in English, whether produced here or imported from abroad,
That the tax should be levied in part for the benefit Of a library in a completely independent country Makes it additionally anomalous. In his letter the Provost of Trinity College says, books endeavour is made to catalogue or index all nooks received.' It is interesting to note in this con-
nection that until there was a protest only a fraction of the books demanded from publishers were in fact catalogued and that in April, 1946, instructions were given to the College Librarian that every book re- ceived in future under the Copyright Act should either
STANLEY UNWIN
George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 40 Museum Street, WC I
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