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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