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- Collection: LETTER REPOSITORY
Will write for Northern Syndicate one 6,000-word story or two 3,000-word stories (will cut larger one into two); cannot do current topics article they…
Promises to deliver Galloway book copy next summer unless death or madness intervenes; offers to indemnify £300 paid to Pennell if unable to deliver;…
Brief note about missing 27 June letter; defers to Watt's judgment on Doubleday Page offer, likely answering Yes; instructs Watt to proceed
Agrees Paget should handle second serial and unsold serial rights in USA; reports just returned from hills recruiting; finishing 'Pernicketty Town'…
Accepts American cheap editions proposal; humorously notes grumpy mood and bad words arising easily, which physician says indicates improvement
MacMillan & Co. to Watt reporting Men of the Moss Hags out of print since 1913 error (cataloguer note: likely meant to report for different date);…
Agrees Alex should decide all Hodder Williams sixpenny offers and such matters; requests notification of any new stories booked; reports rotten…
Still bedridden but gaining strength slowly; approves Waverley Book arrangements and Rimmer Black offer; notes no need to bind them to £180 spending…
Letter of condolence on death of Mrs A.S. Watt; explains delayed response due to severe malarial fever since Christmas keeping him bedridden and…
Greatly obliged for letter about Men of Moss Hags; sees might make effective play; no playwright and unless abler arises must slumber; much obliged…
