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Accepts advice to set aside The Galloway Herd; discusses proof stages; requests Canadian market attention; wants 25 complimentary copies

Describes daughter (4½ years old, born August 1888); discusses Sweetheart Traveller papers about cycling trips; mentions Wales journey to Lleyn…

Expresses pleasure with book's appearance and format; anticipates reviews including expected criticism from National Observer and Scotsman

Notes good early reviews; requests missing copies be sent to Bookman and British Weekly; mentions Sir George Douglas review

Sends new preface for second edition; discusses royalty terms (1/6th or 10d per copy); requests correction of error in 'Split in the Marrow Kirk'

Sends RLS prefatory letter for second edition of The Stickit Minister

Wants italic dedication retained with RLS letter following; requests author proof before printing

Discusses works in progress (Weir of Hermiston barely begun, The Ebb Tide with Osbourne); expresses permanent exile from Scotland; requests visit to…

Commits literary affairs to Watt; reveals £335 debt from marriage circumstances causing severe anxiety; requests loan assistance

Formal letter appointing Watt as agent for all literary and financial matters except Christian Leader journalism

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