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Register. 16th October 1916,
Seefeldstrasse, (par terre),
Zurich, Switzerland.
Dear Mr. Joyce,
I have just received your postcard of the 11th., and I will answer
your questions in their order.
A form of contract was sent to Mr. Huebsch for your novel, but he
wanted some alterations in it,[1] so
that I was obliged to send him another form. I am now daily expecting to
receive the amended form back from him with his signature.
The contract is between yourself and Mr. Huebsch, and as soon as I
receive the signed form from him, I will send the agreement on to you for
your approval and signature.
The royalties are 10% on the first 2,000 copies sold, and then
15%.
£10: is to be on account of royalties on signature of the
contract.
The date of publication is to be fixed by mutual agreement.[2]
The text to be used is the copy you sent us from the
Egoist.[3]
Dubliners.
Huebsch has not yet made an agreement for this book, but no doubt
he will take it up eventually.
The last account received from Grant Richards showed 536/495
copies sold,[4] and according to the
agreement no royalty is due until after 500 copies have been sold. The next
account is due next month.
Exiles.
This is still being considered by Drama, and I will let
you
know as soon as I have their decision.
The Stage Society made no comment when returning the MS.
Mr. Archer[5] has not read it,
neither has it been submitted to Mr. Knoblock.[6]
Verses.
These are at the moment under consideration with
Colour.