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Letter 6.
I will send you a typewritten copy of the novel in time for Mr. Heinemann to see it in New York if you will let me know when he is to be here. Of course, there will be many corrections in the proof sheets and the copy I have is in very bad condition, but I suppose he is used to that. I shall be so grateful if you will do your best for me in this English affair. By that I mean secure me an able and enterprising publisher. I don't know just yet who is to have the American rights, but even if the Harpers bring it out over here, I should still prefer an English publisher in London.
Indeed, no, I do not in the least feel it to be your fault that the short story has not sold. The truth is that I am a novelist, not a writer of short stories, & in putting them upon the market I am trying to pass my least good work upon the public. This is my point of view and this is why I asked you to return it. In placing my ms. of my novel in your hands I am giving proof of great confidence in you. Its success (from an artistic standpoint) means more to me than I can say.
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