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1342

Dear Mr. Joyce

Your letter of the 18th (the one that was not lost by your absentminded daughter)[1] was rather slow in the post and as I have been away for a few days it was delayed still longer and I did not get it till last night. It is very good of you to suggest an alteration in the contract in our favour and to say that you agree in advance to anything I may propose. But as the book is to be charged at 6/— net — most of the 6/— novels published in London now are to be charged at 6/— net I am told — the increased expense with the English printing should be met in this way unless the increased price proves a hindrance to the sales. You speak of trying to get some wholesale bookseller in Zurich to take copies on sale. The export price will be 4/6; or 4/3 if a dozen are ordered.

I am very glad to hear that your play Exiles is is to [folls. del. is] be published in the autumn and wish it good success. It is pleasing to hear that you would rather it had been published by the Egoist. Your proposal that the leaflet with the press notices of your novel be inserted in the copies for sale as well as in the review copies seems to me good and I hope Mr. Richards will agree. I am uncertain whether the regulation against the import of books in quantity applies to all printed matter. I will inquire at the general post office here but probably shall not have a reply for some days.[2]

I will send a copy of your novel to Dr. Pouptis at 62 Oxford Street and must get a copy of his paper with the review which I shall have to find someone to construe.[3] I have now had a letter from Mr. Jaffé who advises that a copy be sent to the Semaine Litteraire, Lausanne, as well as to the Journal de Génève and he says that he mentioned this paper to you. Are there, I wonder, the two papers of the same name or is it a case of absentmindedness on your part or on his? You had told me the Semaine Litteraire, Geneva and I sent the copy there. I shall not send one to Lausanne until I hear from you again on the matter.

If I were to send out a copy of your novel would you be willing to sign it for the bookseller[4] a letter from whom I enclose? Apparently it is for


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himself. I had told him that if you did it you would probably want to know the name of his customer and might require a fee: I did not know. | With kind regards | Yours sincerely