Category Archives: copyright

Generations of readers have enjoyed Wanda Gág’s Millions of Cats, and kept it in print ever since its 1928 publication. The book is memorable both for its text (with the repeated cadence “Hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, Millions and … Continue reading →

The 1928 musical Good Boy is nearly entirely forgotten now, but one of its songs was a breakout hit. Helen Kane performed “I Wanna Be Loved by You” in the show, and the song was later famously taken up by … Continue reading →

“The history of the American musical theater,” wrote Miles Kreuger, “is divided quite simply into two eras: everything before Show Boat, and everything after Show Boat.” We’ve featured Show Boat in our #PublicDomainDayCountdown before. The Edna Ferber novel the show … Continue reading →

“For generations of women– and men– on their own difficult passages to sexual self-discovery, The Well of Loneliness became a beacon” writes Hephzibah Anderson on Radclyffe Hall’s 1928 novel, which joins the US public domain in 7 weeks. One of … Continue reading →

I was interested to scroll through the Goodreads reviews of Robert Nathan’s The Bishop’s Wife, a book not as well known or as much loved as its film adaptations (the 1947 movie of the same name, and the 1996 movie … Continue reading →

“My experiences in the First World War have haunted me all my life and for many days I have, it seemed, lived in that world rather than this.” Edmund Blunden wrote that over 40 years after he published Undertones of … Continue reading →

“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of … Continue reading →

Not everyone was a fan of The House at Pooh Corner. An infamous review of the book ran in the Constant Reader column of the October 20, 1928 issue of The New Yorker, in which Dorothy Parker pronounced “Tonstant Weader … Continue reading →

Everyone’s lives are disrupted in The House at Pooh Corner. Newcomer Tigger bounces routines off-kilter; Owl’s house falls; Piglet moves in with Pooh; Christopher Robin goes away to school. Ryan Britt writes “Pooh was not intended to be… on an … Continue reading →

Victor Yarros wrote of Charles Beard’s The American Party Battle “Why do parties survive issues and die morally while pretending to carry on?… [Those] who would like to know what has happened to republicanism or democracy are confidently referred to … Continue reading →