Box 2

"Thank you for yours of the 16th. Oct. With reference to the printing of the poems, I have no objection to a smaller edition, if that is desired. But over here 1,000 copies seems to be the lowest number likely to bring in an economic return..."

"Many thanks for the copy I have now received of the Texas Quarterly. What a fine journal! It reminds me of the old Hibbert Journal, the Studio, and such..."

"Thank you for yours of Dec. 8th. I am glad to hear that all the MSS. has reached you safely, and hope that the Neutral Ground transcript has been delivered over to you by the customs authorities..."

"Herewith the article on The White Peacock, which I feel may not fit the Texas Quarterly, being very short..."

"I have yours of Jan. 2nd., for which many thanks. I hope the article on The White Peacock, which I sent by air-mail on Dec. 29th., has reached you, and that the Customs has by this date delivered over to you the transcript of Neutral Ground..."

"I hear from Mr. Mercer that all the business in connection with the Lawrence material is satisfactorily settled. Many thanks for your help throughout negociations[sic]. Now I am wondering whether any arrangement is being made about the poems..."

"[...] With reference to The White Peacock article; I am very pleased that it has found favour in the eyes of the Texas Quarterly's editor, and accepted his offer of $150.00 for full serial rights..."

"[...] I wish you would jog the memories of the authorities in respect of that contract, the draft of which they had from me in October. I have never heard whether it is acceptable in its present form..."

"Thank you very much for sending me the Texas University's edition of Look, We Have Come Through! Well, I suppose L. thought they had when he first conceived that title for his second book of poems..."

"[...] As three months have passed since then, I am beginning to wonder whether there is some hold-up in the arrangement for publication. In the matter of the funds for the Lawrence Fellowship..."