"BGhouse" wrote in message
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Hmmmm ... I wonder if the family retains the copyrights.

The U.S. copyright on this book has lapsed. It is in the public domain.

This is generally true of works published before 1923.....last I heard. For
anything newer than that, the **** can get very complicated.

Wikipedia has a good introduction to copyright law, including a cogent
summary of the lively controversy surrounding ever increasing duration:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright

For those willing to go to the effort of wading through it, the U.S.
Copyright Office has a lot more detail:

http://www.copyright.gov/

Wolfgang