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Letter from T. Heath Joyce (The Graphic) to A.P. Watt

Offers to accept May Margaret for The Graphic at £500 (same as paid for Grey Man in 1896); Directors will not pay more than that amount

Letter from T. Heath Joyce to A.P. Watt

Prepared to receive 10,000 word short story from Crockett as equivalent for word deficit in The Red Axe serial

Letter from James Clarke & Co. to A.P. Watt & Son

Clarke informs that Canadian copies of Crockett's new novel cannot arrive before 20 September; British publication delayed until 23rd. Requests…

Letter from James Clarke to A.P. Watt

Confirms conversation; will begin Crockett story for 1902 in first week of May that year

Letter from F.J. North for James Clarke & Co. to A.P. Watt & Sons

Confirms 12.5% royalty on 2 shilling editions of Kit Kennedy, Cinderella, Flower o' the Corn; 13 copies reckoned to dozen for sales calculation

Letter from James Clark & Co. to A.P. Watt

Thanks for letter of 18th; proposes to remainder five Crockett books (The Loves of Miss Anne, Flower of the Corn, Kid McGhie, Vida, Cinderella) with…

Letter from James Clark to A.P. Watt

Answers PS query about Cinderella serialisation starting April 26th; confirms twenty-nine instalments; mentions Dundee friends getting nervous;…

Letter from Percy Clarke to A.P. Watt

Agrees to take new Crockett story for Christian World on same terms as Cinderella; understanding style and trend similar to Cinderella or Kit Kennedy;…

Letter from Percy Clark to A.P. Watt

Returns draft agreements with suggested alterations: 13 to 12 instalments, £400 advance instead of £500; prefers keeping 30% on colonial edition…

Letter from D. Appleton NY to A.P. Watt

Confirms Cleg Kelly arrangement: retail price exceeding $1.50; £150 advance against 15% royalty on publication; £150 guarantee for American serial…