984
13th December 1915,
Kranzstrasse [sic] 19, III., Zurich VIII.,
Switzerland.
Dear Mr. Joyce,
I have just received your postcard of the 6th.[1] Messrs. Duckworth have declined
the
novel, and I am showing it to Werner Laurie. I assume you would rather
have it published here than under an arrangement such as your French
friend may make?[2] I will hurry the
decisions as much as possible, but all publishers and indeed most of the rest
of us are short of staff now, and one has to be a little indulgent.
Since writing the foregoing I have received your second card.[3] I will certainly see the editor of
the
Egoist, and I agree with you that it would be more
satisfactory
for them to publish the novel than to get it published in France.[4] I have written to Miss Weaver
saying that
I shall be very glad to see her and discuss the matter, and I will write to
you again later.
