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Returns proof quickly; queries whether 'Raiders' title already registered; wants to reach London mid-March

Explains expectations based on September letter; discusses new house necessity and financial worries

Expresses confusion about third and fourth edition payments; explains counting on funds for new house

Approves title page; discusses double binding strategy for continuity; terrible weather conditions

Thanks for cheque; discusses Wylie correspondence from September; notes Raiders selling 24,000 copies in five weeks

Corrects interviewer's exaggerated 10,000 figure; reports Burns Club speech; promises proof return

Approves tablet advertisement idea; emphatically rejects Haggard/Cassells style; insists on quality green cloth binding

Returns title page proof with corrections; emphasises preference for green ribbed cloth binding; wants thin format

Questions fifth edition status; sends Scottish press interview noting inaccuracies; discusses book binding preferences

Sends 18th century Scots Magazine title page as design model; requests careful handling of precious leaf

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