Original Plays, by W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert 59057 [Subtitle: The Wicked World; Pygmalion and Galatea; Charity; The Princess; The Palace of Truth; Trial by Jury] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/5/9/0/5/59057 ] [Files: 59057-h.htm; 59057-0.txt; ] [Clearance: 20151102071439williamsch] E-text prepared by Emmanuel Ackerman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) This appears to have been an American pirated version of a British (Chatto & Windus) edition published the same year. The U.S. did not recognize British copyrights until about 1891. Thus, when Gilbert & Sullivan operettas became popular, their works were published and performed throughout the U.S. with NO royalties paid to Gilbert or Sullivan. Gilbert was an astute businessman and developed a scheme for simultaneous openings of new works in both London and New York, thus establishing copyright in the U.S. Thanks, Joe