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30.
November 25th, 1913
Dear Sir,
Your letter of the 23rd instant arrives during Mr. Grant Richards's absence in the United States.
It is so long since your work was in our hands that we could not say anything definite about it until we had the opportunity of re-considering it. If you will send us a set of proofs together with your preface we will go into the matter without delay and will write to you shortly after Mr. Grant Richards's return in about a fortnight. Faithfully yours, [signed by E. P. Hemmerde]
By January 1914 Joyce had sent Richards the set of proofs
salvaged from Dublin plus a preface. The preface, "A curious History" in
a new guise, appeared in the Egoist on 15 Jan. On 8 Jan.
Joyce
pressed Richards to decide about publishing the book and answer by return
mail. On 19 Jan. he made the same request.
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