This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was in the public domain in its home country as of 1 January 1996, and was never published in the US prior to that date. This work may still be copyrighted in other countries.


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Please consider using {{Pd/1996|year of author's death}} to automatically enhance the template to show how many years ago the authors died, or {{PD-anon-1996|year of publication}} for anonymous and pseudonymous works.


To create dynamic copyright messaging that will update as time passes and stay accurate when author author's death year (ADY) is known. Direction for including ADY is in each template document.

Published prior to 1923, ADY 100+ years ago {{PD-old}}
Published prior to 1923, ADY anything less then 100 years ago {{Pd/1923}}
Published after 1922 and before 1964, Non-renewal confirmed {{PD-US-no-renewal}}
Published between 1923 and 1996 {{Pd/1996}}