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November 10th 1916
Dear Mr. Joyce
Your letter[1] was forwarded
and reached me yesterday. I am concerned to hear of your illness and that
you are suffering from a nervous breakdown. When you write again will
you please tell me how you are. I shall hope to hear that you are feeling
better and that you have had no more collapses.
I had a letter (dated October 17th) from the American publisher
saying that your book was then in the hands of the printers and that he quite
hoped to be able to bring it out this season, by which I take him to mean
before the end of the year. I have written to tell him that you wish it to
bear the date 1916 in any case. On October 24th I had a letter from him
which I forwarded to you by express post that day and I wrote to you also
by express post the following day: I am surprised that the letters had not
reached you when you wrote on October 30th. If Mr. Huebsch's letter does
not reach you I must repeat to you what he said. Perhaps I had better do so
now to save delay. He said he would like to have autobiographical details
about you for use in the press both before and after the publication of your
novel and that he would be glad to have a photograph of you for the same
purpose. I wrote to him that I was referring the letter to you. Now that you
are ill I expect you will not want to be troubled with giving him the
information for which he asks. He also asked to see a copy of your book
Chamber Music with a view to an American edition and,
since
I was coming away before I could hear from you, I arranged for one to be
sent to him and I sent him a message from
Mr. Elkin Matthews
[2] as to the terms
on which he would be willing to dispose of the American copyright. I also
told him that he ought to communicate also with your agent if he decides
he would like to publish the book.
I shall be back in London before I can hear from you after you
receive this par [?]. If you write please send a postcard only. if you are still
unwell. | With many kind regards | Yours sincerely