"I dispatched to you yesterday a box containing 25 copies of The Telling, signed. I have treated no. 1 as your personal copy: may the manner of the treatment suit you."

"Yes, your word as to the manuscripts stopped me in my speculations as to them; it has been a long time since I brought them from England for selling here, and I have put some dependence on a successful issue of this."

"...but suddenly felt that there was need of my refering to something as to your disposition of the book which I had failed to think. If you list them in a catalogue, please, bear it in mind that I am sensitive to possibilities of literary and personal identification that may not accord with my ideas of the correct or appropriate in my regard."

"I understand, and approve, the scruple that has altered your plan as to the handling of The Telling copies. I should indeed like to see a copy of your script for the flyer-"

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"I am sorry our Mr. Gallup idea had no future. I dislike that talk of 'major' acquisitions."

"It pleased me that our thought as to the Berg Collection met, as it did- and that the response there was hospitable.. As I related in our talking yesterday, the bibliographer person is seasoned in such matters, besides being a very upright person."

"How could there be any criticism of the flyer, which is all practical essentiality! ---As to a paragraph in the Publisher's Weekly, that might well from their point of view be something of some descriptive body."

"I thank you for the word as to the inscriptions. Yes, the 'portion' alteration will be included. I shall try for the inscribing of 25-50 today, for mailing tomorrow."

"The printed flyer is beautiful! I am grateful to Mr. Brotherton, and to yourself, for this grace of treatment of our little project..."

"...interrupted my attentions to correspondence, and especially work on the carbon-copies material. I am at least half-way though my comments on this; but you ought to have word as to this, before further delay."

"I was able to start late, yesterday, on the inscribing of the remaining copies; but I had to accomplish the most of this this morning..."

"As to the likelihood of your having difficulty with The Telling: you may indeed find it very difficult reading."