Deseret Evening News | 1899-12-30 | Page 17 | A French Court Decision

A I FRENCH DECISION Very Veo curious continuo to hap happen pen pon In n France A French court ot of nl ats penIs peals has lately decided that 1 a Cal which prints u a critical review or of nn an authors work Is bound to the tho authors reply to the tho crItics y This decisIon seems to put the 1 French press pro s nt at the merc mercy of authors who can It If tho they choo choose take up most ot of the space In n the by their answers The moet obvious remedy would bo be to atop reviewing the books book ot of all authors who art are Inclined to talk back and that thatIs II Is feasible enough though It might cause embarrassment to literary jour journAls journals nAls ul and authors It ma may be observed are rarely wilting to spend their time refuting critics s It Itla la III the writers who cant write and whose time to Is not valuable who would Inundate te the reviews with their re rev Life