1343
August 17th 1917
Dear Mr. Joyce
I have found out that the importation of copies of the extracts from
the press notices of your novel will be permitted if they come through the
post in parcels weighing not more than 7 lbs each. I think it would be
useful if the Egoist were to have an independent supply of
1000
for insertion in copies of the paper going to new people and in copies of
Mr. Eliot's small book Prufrock
[1] and in Mr. Pound's
Dialogues of
Fontenelle which are being reprinted. If you can kindly arrange this
please deduct the cost and postage from the amount of the third dozen
copies of your novel.
I am sorry to say a catastrophe has occurred which will cause
considerable delay in the appearance of the second English edition of the
book. The text is already set up (I think) but the manager who had
undertaken the work has gone off on military service and his successor
declines to produce the book without deletions. I shall try one or two other
firms but feel rather hopeless of success. Failing an English printer we shall
have to apply to the Board of Trade for permission to import sheets from
America. As the first edition will soon be exhausted I think perhaps it
would be better not to try for more reviews while we are unable to supply
copies that might be ordered as a result. I had a card from Mr.
Viderovich[2] (I think it must be he
though the signature is not quite clear) from via Carona 221, Rome, saying
that he will glad to review the book on the first opportunity. Dr. Olivero
[sic] is keenly interested in all works of art based on lofty
and pure ideals and trying to express with a beautiful style the refined
psychology of our time. If your novel corresponds to these aesthetic
principles he will be delighted to review it in one of the best Italian
periodicals. I wonder whether you will come up to his test! | With kind
regards | Yours sincerely
