Business letters between publisher, author and agent. Group A
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@ttbffiugrt frittrurg Agrnr5 25-WEST 45tk STREET Thc Follooing arc Afflialcd Orgaaizaliow: rHE PAGET NETTSPAPER SERVICE TI{E PAGET DRAMATrc AGENCY THE PAGET MOTION PTCTURE AGENCY THE PAGET TYPEWRITING BUREAU | \f,fhile cvery cerc is takcn ofMSS.. I Drawioga, ctc,, rcnt to us. wc dir- I cleio eny reponsibllity for locs I or damagc io trsnsit. or by fire. I c otherwisc. crtl ,r fi3#,- l\ Messrs. E.' P. Dutton & 681 stfth $ew $r. John $iaerae. Dear Bir, gacrae: January 5, 19L8. COrr Ave rue, York Clty. At the end of l.a.s cal1ed woul0 on &e and eaid that e.s it was extr write any more books for a couple o on8er, consJ.dertng the state of the bookrm.rket, a aa the eontractg I made wlth you f,or ttTHE 30OK or THlr IJ/ESr I],l"nII]Sn and t,Tiff TR;iIL O3' ?HI CI,0v31[ Eo0frt provided cptlons for furtlrer books, reepeotlvely, f,or which I rae aleo his agent as provlded therein, ln vlew of these things he aeked me if I would a.ccept twenty-five d^ol.lare to oancel my a,geney clause as eon- cerned thoee two booke and the further booke in eaclr of the eontracts f or whieh optlons $ere profided. f decllned his offer, rsaylng that if he d.ld. not write the further booke I did not prof,lt by sald unwritten voI- u$es; if lie skrould, a.fter all, write them, I should wieh to earn the commiesione c3.earJ"y due to me by the provisions speelfleall.$ made ln tiiose contracts. I was na.turally soueF/hat astoniehed to see in the fol- lowing Sundayre New York Times the announcement that verri}I sas preparlng to wrlte further books for you, foI3..owing the sI[est Indiesfr bookr on South Amerlea, Centra]. Aperiea and Mexico. I rae aleo not a llttIe surpri.eed to receive this morning from Verrill a contralt for tht next book of the rC oven Hoof tr serles ! eek iI. Yeffil1f ely doubtful if
THE PAGET MOTION PTCTURE AGENCYTHE PAGET TYPEWRITING BUREAU
| \f,fhile cvery cerc is takcn ofMSS..I Drawioga, ctc,, rcnt to us. wc dir-I cleio eny reponsibllity for locsI or damagc io trsnsit. or by fire.I c otherwisc.
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Messrs. E.' P. Dutton &681 stfth
$ew$r. John $iaerae.
Dear Bir, gacrae:
January 5, 19L8.
COrrAve rue,York Clty.
At the end of l.a.s cal1edwoul0on &e and eaid that e.s it was extr
write any more books for a couple o on8er,consJ.dertng the state of the bookrm.rket, a aa the eontractgI made wlth you f,or ttTHE 30OK or THlr IJ/ESr I],l"nII]Sn and t,TiffTR;iIL O3' ?HI CI,0v31[ Eo0frt provided cptlons for furtlrer books,reepeotlvely, f,or which I rae aleo his agent as provldedtherein, ln vlew of these things he aeked me if I woulda.ccept twenty-five d^ol.lare to oancel my a,geney clause as eon-cerned thoee two booke and the further booke in eaclr of theeontracts f or whieh optlons $ere profided.
f decllned his offer, rsaylng that if he d.ld. not writethe further booke I did not prof,lt by sald unwritten voI-u$es; if lie skrould, a.fter all, write them, I should wieh toearn the commiesione c3.earJ"y due to me by the provisionsspeelfleall.$ made ln tiiose contracts.
I was na.turally soueF/hat astoniehed to see in the fol-lowing Sundayre New York Times the announcement that verri}Isas preparlng to wrlte further books for you, foI3..owing thesI[est Indiesfr bookr on South Amerlea, Centra]. Aperiea andMexico. I rae aleo not a llttIe surpri.eed to receive thismorning from Verrill a contralt for tht next book of therC oven Hoof tr serles !
eek iI. Yeffil1fely doubtful if
Dutton & Co. 2.
I ca.lIed up Lir. Yerrill re the further voluraes io fol.-Iow the {West Indlestr and }re inforrned me that ti:ey ttdid not
eome under the option for further"'books provided for in thetTlest Ind.ies t eontract . r
I had to inform him very d.efinltely that I would notaccept that interpretation and should. lnsist that thosefurtkrer books be subjeet to my commiseionr &B governed bymy eigency clauee in the ngest Indlestt eontract.
So fair-rainded person eould dispute the matter par-tLcularly in view of L{r. Yeruil}ts dieingenuous proposi-tion to me re the payment of Se5.00 to eancel rny agencyclauses on both the exieting Dutton contraete(ttryest Indiesnand ttCloven Hoof r ) .
I feel confident that XoE, putting yourself in my shoes,will. agree that my attitude is a perfectly proper one, a.ndth4t you will not permit L{r. \rerril} to put through thlsclear evasion of his obligatlons to me.
Your s
P.S. fhe option clguse in the nlflest Indtesn contract reads:
Theof furtherIr{exi co , and
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Author gives to the Publlshere the firet refusalvolunoes of a proposed seriee of sirnilar works onCentral. and South Ameriea.
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@\t 'Sugrt ffiilrlrury Agnug
25 WEST 45rh STREETNEW YORK
The Followias arc Afilialcd @gqntzatlou:
THE PAGET NEWSPAPER SERVICETHE PAGET DRAMA*TIC AGEIICY
THE PAGET MOTION PICTURE AGENCYTHE PACET TYPEWRITING BUREAU
ffiI Drawings, etc.r scnt to us. we dla--I clalm any tepoosibtlity'for tossI or drmagc ln traasit. or by 8re.I or otherwigc.
I[es8rB. E.P.Dutton68'l- ?ifth AvenuerNew York.
Ifr. John ldacrae.
Dear J,1r . Macra.e:
I am delighted to be ab]-e to lnform Xotr, inreferenee to rny }etter of January 5rdcal"Led ln this morning and agrees to
re Ur. l{gqr-ilf , that heconcede lny rlght to
corlmlssion4Lbook cn r,IT. & E. SOlJIi{ ,$ii RICA$, for which hesigned a contract with you recently. .
Ile authorizes me to say that he vrlll be gladtf you will sqpp)-y me with a coiry of the contract.
Doubtless :fou wlil"l be good enougn tc nake anorr,e on your file copy of the ccntract, and. on the accountcanne,:+.ed 'ryith 'r,his book, that it comes to ycu through myAgenc3', subject to the Ageney clause in the contract for 'ITHEBOOK CI'T:Hf: 'IIEST I'frDIESo - and that any flrther advances orroyalties Lpon lt qhoutd be made to me for ]Jr. Verril} inacoo:rd.ance wlth said Agency clause.
?,,,r. verrllr of .t3r[?lll*x;r'J";"#";; rlf;"L:s:l:.r:l;f:ro'Arnerica, or.Mexico, shaIL, ?s provldecl in the contract f or''Tqe Sooi{ oT'frlI]x'i{Isr rt{Drrs", be eubJect to the generalAgency cLause in salC contract - snd +,Ttat the advan'ces anclroyalties <tue on any si:ch books shall be paiC throu& fay Agency.
amicabry sert' "al 3Tq"?ilr-ili*l +33Lll';,t':;;: t3 ",lSinrn"matter in the rvay he iras done.
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sEs scel* t*w,@ ** t& ru4g*atl gnfsftoe frFffi tI yfi far EilBmOB ffi Ere EtsqE ImIffi. 'rfun th 6a#ioa w to a cdreet for th -m{# &ss* In th6 r*ri&* *q. fel}ffi -rc $IElrr or uB srsTffi rcoF, I .r.I}qaet* u3*s.rilEr '&rt ymr *cr*.ryc* ,goquse{t thnl }oek, d tstrd Sr. Yer-'-{trl ro. Ilfi tls o<rqtnaoG of l}eo6sr Sth ne dremr by o'e, d st3acdhg Er. TsrrflJ. rnd @rEGtrEs. it yonr neqnclt *d on tb lrrogrmptloaBrf Hs. &r"***,tr* E ws* 3rore * cagry af tkt tiffiSsa06. I fufi ao rn6ffi&t*rer t* e}l**4p t&*ir cm}ltat ;*tlmt th, *rrtclnst[oa of, trr. Wr*1,11.I t&f;* gura eomle he qstt$, w.*thla yur rl6ht. to wr*tt &rE 8 lrttorr BadtXfwu ar tht tt traqr t$gn** t*arr GhI?c book *riq ffiU tbr *atk m,IrfimEt *uf flm [ffir s']' ffi ffisc lwffi'' sl& Qsr pq et*,f;tait nrtE th f*f18& fbt ffi r'g!nll' Se *hoeLd h p*# thrcqrb pou. &eh eIsttor reqil* &hca Ea *ttrohrit to Ghs oontr*otr *d &f lCIr. Yarr,lll ftrtXe{to !*-ta s* tartficttssf &* tk *t'td'rtr m @& tba tska trlr th **-{eot anri srk H* fEr S.nstmsttoac. Ik rstcrr{t tnto tta oontnd ofEceub+r Sth" ffiilarlrt Strr -YGErtrlI teld nr 6ttr elc*l{ry *ht hs had grr-f dl hls crsl,#s*&t sil,th 1ren for ffium tookc.
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C. PecEr
Tk Follaoiag arc ,4ftltatcd Organlzalbta:
THE COSMOPOIJTAN COPYRIGT|T BUREAU
Replylng to yours of tranuary llth re VerrilL anand the eontraet of Decem"ber 5th, 191?. of which you kgndlysent me a copy, I enclose a coBy of a letter whlch I have writ-ten to Verrtll which requeets him to provlde written instruct-ions which I can hand to you for your file.
It is so abund.antly clear that theee books eontracted. forDeeember 5th are al"so provided for by the optiono in the Gorl-tract for the book of the $W:ES? I$DIIESII, that I feel sure thatI ean count upon you to Bee to it that our rights in thie matterare protected.
I anu, of course, perfectly riLLing to endeavor to obtainrrltten inetructione from Hr. Verri1l, who has already put on:ecord his ultimate agreement wlih rqlr view ofl the matter by pay-Lng me our rnlnlmum commLssion of $25 in advance and on aceountlf further commissi.ons under this nelr contract.
r underetood from you on the telephone that wkren you andlr. VerrllL entered into this new contract you understood, from.im that I had released h8ar from hls obLigaiions to me in regard.o it, clearly provided for in the contract for the book of itrewEsT rrdDrE8rt. since r dld not know of the existence of th$.eontract or anything in regard to It whaterrer untlL aome weeksfter i.t was signed, any such understanding between Btr. VerrlLlnd. rayself wae quite imposslble. $d I thlgk you wi1l not
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THE PAGET NEVSPAPER SERVICETHE PAGET DRAMA^TIC AGENCY
Ideggrg.
Iqr. John
De::r Mr.
THE PAGET MOTION PICTURE ACENCYTHE PAGET TYPEWRITING BUREAU
C.ablc Addrcss:PAGETAGENT. NEWYORK
Telcplata:905 BRYANT
Januafy i5, 191.8.
E. P. Dtrttor: & Co.,68L 31fth Avenue,
$ew York City.Macrae.
trfaerae:
\f,fhile evcry carc ir taken ofMSS..Drawiags.ctc.. aent to ue. wc dlr-clrim any reponeibillty for lorsor drmagc in treasit. or by 6te.or oth.rwla..
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Messrs. 3. F. Iutton & Co. 2.
mlsunrl.erstand rae if I potnt out that it was certa-inIy due to meto get direct from me my view of the rnatter before this nevr con-tract wae eornpleted, exciuding me from it. I think that wouldhave been qdvisabLe'as much with a view to your orn protectiona.e mine - 4otr* I naturally look, ln a ea.se so elLar as this,to any puldish6f-to whom I have intiodueed an author, and be-tween whom I have made careful provision for further bookg,whieh are so unequivocaLl,y stated to be eubject to our literaryagency elause.
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3or instance you now ask me to obtain written instruetionsfrom I,[r. Verrill conflrming his hraving come round. to uy way ofl.ookli:g at the matter, &$ proved by hie payment, to me of, $2Scomnnissiononaccount.IfsuchwritterrWisnecessaryfrom MI. Veml11 to you, merely confirming what is already pro-vide{ for in the original contract eoveri.ng the new contract,surely it wae equally Recessary to obtain from ue written eon-firmation of the aLleged releaee (which f never gave or irad achanee of glving) of Mr. Verrill from hig obligations to me inregard, to ihe new booke for which options were provid.ed in theorlginal contract.
I know I ean wr lte th$s frankl;n to you without fear of mis-underetanding and if you can take tfune to thtnk of the matterfronn my point of vlew, Iou will realize horry very important 1tls to me to feel tha.t whlLe I do m$ utrypstr &B a literary agent,to guard the interests both of pubJ"isher and author, and to seeto the proBer carrying out of the nutual obllgatlone, I aleohave a right to expeet +"hat pub3"ishere will d"o their utmost toguard my intereets when they are so clearly provided for a.e inthe prEE-ent lnsta.nce.
If ldr. Yerrll-I d.oes :iot srlte the latter I have aeked for,it would seem to me abundantly sufflcient that you should writeto hira and ptt it on record that you agree with him (*s shown byhia payment to me of $25 commleslon on account ) that the booksprovided for in the contract dated Decer,ber 5th do most eertaln-}y come unddr the provisions made for thern in the contract forthe book of the rW:EST IifDIIStt, and. that einee, through an over-sight, the new contract was signed uithout my agency clause, a3-Ifuture payments on the books fpovirled for in'ttre contraet dated.
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Me'ssrs. X, P. Dutton & Co. 3.
December 5th wil"1 be paid by your firm through my agency aceord-1ngly.
I much regret to have to trouble yo-u in the matter and tohave to write a.t, thlp Length, but t tefr, that a very clear prin-ciple is at etake,+W I can rely upon you to set right a rnis-take which was nna,d.e eertainly through no fauLt of mine.
!.8, I'astrs,e hsie e$nt rae a copy' of ttre eo,ntraotbetween youreelf end rnrtton re t},re vol,umes (1 i tll$nfi#:R$ A3{BH"{';?rffE S*u$i .4}rfifircA'ti {2} {silt}t$rss m .yHsrit:8s ,soufll rr{E8I-**16; {3} '}:iENI,3f +R }ISXI#G f-gIt?f;IpASLY*r cn whlc}r I hane seeeLv-ed our rul.nimui:r conrierylar: of '#25 oir the f,iret vo}ene ou acootntof 10f of the arlv*,,ce.sr"id reyalties due unrler tliie *o*traet, ar,ldrhl*h. iis you re?e gosd enou&h u}tiuately to a,gree, ei,i&e un€erthe provlelonb of the eo*tf,act for the Lssk of tlre * ?[SST I:IDIE$if,.hteh S&?a, IArtton optleno gn thase firther'boa}cs. wliieii pptio*erere alaa eubJect,i,ri our eSBnSJr elanse at the foot of the egn-+.r&,et.
!fF. !daer''e polnts out that thia new eontraot errbodyin6 ,theacoeptanoe gf fJreee pptlons by thm, on dho temia :aentLoaed lnsush new eonttra.ct date$ tr)eognber $, 1917' Brofldee tha.t pagraentaf tlre *dvauess aud ro3r,*ltles eh+ulrl be raa,de to you - sirich Gorr-fltets with t&e lnetruetl.ons l"n the oontract for ttra o*ok of tkerWffST SFDIB$i. rhleh provldee tlrs.t'arnounts dLLe ln cosaecttsg ritlr.oon8raets lf and r-trcu made for the f,rrture Erooke, c}lall be pal,dto the Paget Uterary Agency.
' *e also paiats out *hat wl:.11* you have e.gree*l lrlth ere andhave lxitd to se sus rntrnir,rus f2& eomffileeisn ort aossunt of furth,encomunibelons under the new pontraet, he ou*ht to recelve a letter'from you to ue duly stered bJr you*-*hi.eh t c*u forrerd. to hlm forttieir fl],e, refardlffi the fa"t tbat preu hare agreed that the co*tract of E*eesbs Sth ls subJest to our coumlselono, and. that
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Syracuse iJnrversiry l-rbrart
@\t,lflugrt pttrrurg Agrnrg25,WEST 45th STREET
Thc Follooing arc Afilialed Organizatlors:
THE PAGET NEWSPAPER SERVICET}TE PAGET DRAIUA.Trc AGENCY
THE PACET MOTION PICTURE AGENCYTHE PAGET TYPEWRITING BUREAU
llfhile every care is taLcn ofMSS..Drawings, ctc,, rcnt to us. wc dii-cteim any rcsponsibllity fos locaor d.mage in transit. or by fire.
THE COSMOPOUTAN COPYRIGHT BUREAUor othcrwigc.
Janu.a3.v i6, I ?18 .
ji;essrs. g. P. Iuiton & Co.,6i;1 Fifih Avenue,
"rew York City.i,,lr " 'iolin $a.cr ae
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Iea.r j..,rr . l,-aci"ae:
?his to give ]rou foruia.J warning tha"t, f cler.imcyouJ obligation to pay throu.gh the Paget Litera.ry Agenc;"' a.11ruonies vrliatsoever due or accruing du-e uncler the terns of tlieconi,raci aa.ted Iecenber 5, I91?, between A.- 1I. Verrill and E.P. Iuttoti {c Co., for ihree volumes on Scuth Afierica a.nd }tex-ico.
i,iy cla.iri to the ,r;ay:rrent of these monies through rny a.gen-cy is based upon cia.uees in tlie ccntraot. of Jui.y 12, 1.916,bettreer: I. P. jjurton €c Co. r and A. H. 1,Ierrill for rTHX B00I; CIf'??lx' lVliST Iilil)IEst' .
ltre f ollovring are tkre tvro cla.rr,seg uponwhich i 'ba.se theclairn a-b ove ii:entloned :
n?he Auth.or gives io the Fubl-i.gkrers the first refuserlof fr-irthe.r'vclu,nies of a plol)osed series of sirnil.ar wcri,rs onlIexir:o, a.nd Central and Sout,}i Atierica..
the Author tiereby a.iithorlzes and empowers his Agen'i;s,The Paget Litera.ry Ageney, of 25 West 45tii Streetlii lde$r [orkcity, to collec'r, and rqcei.ve afl. sums of rnoney paya.ble to theAutlior rinrier the terms a.nd conditione of .this a.greenient a-ndunder the terms and conditions of fulure agreements for fur-ther rrol.umes, 3.F provideri. above, and d-ecla.re.q tha.t Ti:e pagetLitera.r:y AgenCy t s receiS:i slia"l1 be a good a"nd va.]:d d-ischa.rgeto all per$ons paying such rrlonies to ihem. the Author qlsohereby a.utllorizes anc-l empcrvc&s tire Publ ishers to trea"t with
, ,'t Lf essre I E. P. Dutton & co . 2.
The Faget literary Agency on his beha.Lf in aLl. matters con-cerning thie agreer:ent, and slickr further a€reefiients in anyway wliatsoever . rr
r inay further ir:rf ofln Jrou" tha.t r ha.ve r:eceived from ],T.iier:'t]l $25 in arJ.vance a.nd on accouni of ri,y la,fi eowdission,anrl I embocly in this ldter, as foliows, t}:.e copy of thestateiiient riellvered to L{r. yerr"i3.1, and a.cceptecl by him, ineonnec'cior wlth ihe payrrent of said $zb on a.ccount of ourl,Qfl eownission.
since you ha.ve already palci $soo to lJ,r. verrill. in ad-yance and on account of royalties under the contract of }ec-enber 5th :'eferreei to a.bove, I have eharged I,1r. yerri]l repccount with a.IuT!i:q, #25 to make up our tUfoil 10f; comrrris-sicn on the sa.iri $500.Your.".rrfu%lHlltTRiilztT
Bece iverl fr om
a/e royaltiess er ies
copY 03 s?AT}ji,slf?ianuary ?, 1918.
A. Hyatt Verril1., Esq.
3.P. nutton & Co. a.dvance on
?,nd volume Of ,tgloven iloof r:i; \/,rir;.iiSts i a, ,qa,;,, . ,..:
Our ryinimum eonrnrission $
On afe our lOfi corniiission on a.rtrva"nce a.nd
royaltles of the bo.ok on IT. & g. South
America", a.$ per contract t3ook of Weet
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Our eheck handed to you today
s125, CJo
25.00
25. O0
?5 .00
125 .0C' $ 1e5 . 00
@.tie Paget ?f;itewry flgenw25 WEST 45th STREET
yp YoRKHenoln Pecrr
Thc Folloulng arc ,/ftltated Oryanizations:
THE PACET NE\trSPAPER SERVICE
THE PAGET DRAMATIC AGENCYTHE COSMOPOLITAN COPYRIGHT BUREAU
Cable Addrcs:PACETACENT, NEW YORK
Telephonc:905 BRYANT
THE PAGET MOTION PICTURE ACENCYTHE PAGET TYPEWRITING BUREAU
I have just : ron v er-T1i- r vrho writesas f o1l-ovrs:
"A$ to t1',e -8coi,- of the lliest lr-dies, 1am vo'ilIing to 1ea",..e {;i:e cre{- e of pr-h1 rcr ticn a rC rry'' ce tcilr. llacrae's jt:-dgment provid-ed. t.e is r,rrl I r-r.5. t o I f t-et'e tohls eor;trect as: to tire la;rr.rent of tl'e sercord instel-li:rent of{:2SO.OOC rihic}r i,ies to bb leid wit}rin six nor ths o:1 ti-e C-eteuhen Illi v;as deillered.
It As I hr.ve connted- or, tlils ir' n;r l-.lersit wor,l-cl- serior.sl;r inconrrenlence ne 1f d"ele-yed r:rti1 r.elitSoptember. If therefore il::. .r-aerp-e tt ir:.],s 1t best to r.':itl:-1ro1d. puhJ ieetlor, tr-ltil ti..at d.ate I s1'€.13 e:.1 ect n]: T,a:'r,rertjust the sa.rie. hs fa:: ers the ei:erges 1r. tb.e che.pter or.rDanish iYest frrd-ies c"re corcerr-ed f wil-l El r-d"lJ,' nc-ke tl:err:,brit 1t r,;i1l not be uecestrs.t:lr to revirite th-e chapter bttin each ca,se w?'lcr:e th.e iel-ar,i.s r-f'e rr:--r'el:reC. to es .lJar ish,sribstrtute ( "Acr-riired 'b]r iinlluU State s b;r pt:rc;t,ase Ieeen-t,er 1916" ). flowever if iir. i;a.cra.e lreiere erd. r'rill ser,one tj:e proof oi +-he hooir refe:"rirf to ttre-lerish. i"estf adles ( or a t;rpevrritter, coy)v of l.ire litj ) I vril I rer.rri t ethe po:'t ion.g rerlui::ing altere"tior:. "
F ebrue::3r I , 191? .
Yerrril ll
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!?11i i'o11 1et ne het.:r fron ;r6f ir regerdto t.n6,s/, erd I hope ;161; 1"ill 1;e €'ooc er',or:.g1-'. to let re 13\rea eirecl: jor hir:l a,.s :'€(11i€sted..
ilolirrg' tliat thisr ,.',111 riot be inconver.ient'Ian
Wbilc evcry carc is takeoof MSS,.Drawi$ss. etc., saDt to ns, wc dis.claim any resDoasibility for loss ordamage io traasit, or by 6re, orothcrwise,
Apri.L 24, 19L?.
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Hessrs. E.P. Dutton, & Co.,681 I'ifth Avenue,New York Clty.I{r. John tr{acrae.
Dear illr. I'iacrae,
It has been very difflcult to keep ln touchwith Mr. A.H. Verrl1l - and I have only just recelved fromhim a letter dated April 5 in reply to one whlch I wrote himin December, referring to your.letter to me of December L4,eOneernlng the contraet f Or 6T;ij ?F.,,i.iL .il' -rr1 f;-,1)rrj'1,:l Hr0:'t.
Verrill wrltes: rTell };lr. ]l{aerae I wl}} trseevery effort to have tl:e manuscrlpt reach him by June 1, butI fear it will be impossible to obtain lllustra.tions. I donot thlnk this makes any difference however, and am personal-ly of the opinlon that lllustratlons, especially photographs,detract from a boye bcok of thls sort.r
I w1I} dellver the manuscript to you assoon as it reaches me - further, if, Mr, YerriII should by anycha.nee send the manuscript to you d.irect, I should be greatlyobliged i.f you wlI1 notlf,y me.
Sincerely yours,
Ri{P/rDK
I .g'I{ew Yarh ileb. 23rd. 1922
Mr. Jo?m Maerae,E.P.Dutton. Co,6Bl FLftl.L Aue.i,leut YorT; CLty. lvracuse I rnrversity Llbrarv
near Mr.Macrae:
I haue just reoeLued, Aour letter deted.Feb. 78th., but rdtLch, fsee bA the postmark wi$ not +taLled untL| tlw 21,st" I regret t?wt ya?r
dld, not see fLt to re-tiA to 7nA preuLous l.etter.wr!,tten Ln JanuarUr*s
Ln t\?fr,t case tt'e uh,67e unfortrtnate mLeund,erstandLng nL$tt \ta,oe been
cleared, up.
lfow as io tlw TRAIL 0f IllE RElALUru1llfSfS, Although I real.ly consLder
thqt Vour TwJd up of, the payment {or thLs on tha grou.nds tlwd
LJlastro,ti,ons upre,not f,urnLsWd, Ls quLbbLLng, stLJl.,a,e Vol.t i,nsLst upon
tlt'Lsrl an eendLng Aou photagraptts oi Venezuelcn seenes rnentLoned, Ln tho
story. I[te;oaason I say f Tooh uporl thLs as so'neu)iint ltetty,Ls because
t\rc orLgi,7uq7- ztrtdersiancli,ng Lxt,s thnt f ttns to furnLsh, pttotos whLclt, wcuid,
Ferue &'s o, gu,Ld,e to tlLe artLst illustratL!-Lg t\w baohs,and, as t?te pLctures
sup.oJLed, usLth, the ctWr aoLu,nes u.ere not usedrand as gou Jong ago gaoe
up tt?E Ldea of, usLng p?wtoe as Lllastratlans, such ,;?wtos tollJ be.of,
no rea| ua\ue Ln eonnect'Lon vtLtl't tVw boo\t. Eotreuer, t1Lo,i Ls t?trt,t, X
an sendlng tlw pLctares und,er separate cover so you cannot eay f h,aue
not fuJfLJled thp eontract to tlta Jet,ter.]fozts o's regcrd,s ffB South Amerlean book: LeauLng. asLd,e alJ rtruesti,ons
eon)etertcy of, the reacters oy the uali,d,Lty of, tTteLr crLtLei,srnsrzottlch Ilong ago tooh u-,wlttt, yor-t, r am perf,ectly toLll.Lng to tal."e t?Le t{s oy
t7'e booi; ancl reprLte Lt w?wre need,ed and, to mabe d,nu eorreetl,)rls#### of, staternents tohLetr, *re not correct. Eut f slw,Jl certaLnJy requlrean undertcitlng lfron aau t?wt Ln th.a,t eese f a;rz Lnf,orwed, of, tha nffies
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of qny pq,rty or pa,rtLes who take aaceptLon to my strs,ternents Ln
t?w usork. If, Ls Q,n i,mpossLbJe si,tuctLon f*r an a,utkor to h,aue \ti,s
statenents d,ubbed erroneoas or ljfrrse bg an qrss4ymous crltLerYou eay tltat iI got uerA a,cri,monLous ouer th,e matter, flwre uore but
twc natters Ln tlw r-tsTwJe con,trouersA wttLch.aud,e me acrLnonlous arLA if,Aou ar anyona el.se \wd been Lrz,ny plaee yoa or t?w!/ lcouJd \rr*ue been f,arrflore acrlrnorlLott,s tiw,n, myself,, ITpse ttyc natters w-re,f,Lrstt-t?w f,actt?La,t you, used, Uour erLt+ci,sms of tltLs boah 6s a, basLs f,or ref,usLt"t,g to
fdff,l your obJ!,gat,Lons regardLng thn TRAIL serLe€, And saeor?d:- thp
, t71,e /?,a:ii,e of nJ erLt,Le* Ang cr|tLc ar reuLer;er wfuo L* aifrci,d to use
h,Ls natna is,to rny nLnd,,urutrfrrthy oi consi,CeratLon;
I{ow I thlnk we ttnc\eretand, each other and, Lf, you wts\t, I shall be uerA
glad to talh tTtLs dtol.e matter ouer i,n persoT?, if gou ea,n, appaunt a
t,Lrne bef,ore you Je*ue, 1thorwi,se Lt Ls weraly necessd,ra;or you towrbte ifle c, JLne agreeLng to *zy stLpulati,ons encl to serrcl tne t?w clwek
f,or $175, d.we orl t?w rRArL oF fiIE RTrLlurrlllr,srs. 07t eourse i,t isund,erstood th/l,t Lf f undertaka to rewrLtd th,i,s boo?t ss statedrand, i,fAou keep to you" a,greenents to sertd, tiw e?wcir and do ruot subwlt my
wark to an&,*o.us eri,ti,esr.f wi,ll do t?,]fi at?,wr uoJunes of the So.:.tth
AmerLean ffiffi., fn f,a,ct,the contracts wlll renaLn as Lrr ttwLr ori,gf,ns.J. Syracuse Univsl5;s1 Librarifo rm. -" r uvsr
I tntst t?tilt r Twue rnad,a euerytTtLng elecr and, that our forma! eordi,aJreLatLons ttay be resum,ed; f rratst conf,ess fuotreoery that, l,n, a-tJ r?t! o,v;)arieneeLn wrLtL:og I ?wue neuer ltart any dLff,LcultA rslth a .*.tblLsh,er ?t,Lt?tertot"and t7t8 entLre u,nfortunpte a/latr couLrt reac),Lly izaue been aaclded, ha,d,
aou not, Twld up ttw,!r*,Ll booh baca*se of, any Lwpasse regardLng theo the r book,
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Awerilean. book Ln proper eha.pe Lf you are raLllLng to do goar part,AgaLn expressLrtg nV regrets f,or tlw lntu u,rl.,tf6q,s6ntness an"rJ ?wplrry
tho,t Vou, wlll s,ppreeLq,te tTze f,aet tTwt f hnue wt Vau $tore t?wrz Twift$d!2 I renaLn,2
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I b*v{ *$ail'" #-1; "{-ry:oi *arsf 1*.$urtg thtf }ooB ron**, ad tffi;";;i;;";-*t"-"etiilt fi.-ru. ,anusiriBt -tc l'"ecPoBrtbtr's f g lta l,'til;;lffil--r.*iil&"pid.-*ii e*ryauce 11 6Uee *a tlis urxtr$arlFt" .touh*yC 6g**r{Lttf iti*ilt ferp-sqrtungpfq'a! ever *ht ,st$ss*t I ryQ-s*fffiH ffi[-ffi;[*.' hat{rtr erap**i- * pn?llaher te orrcr * b66* *9.fsSL 3fiuiiri-fil;ffi=xffib[il- *i ]]i ro;rlrted,t o r*E ]x vcsn S]tr4*gt4t:.Pi*_'+*Yq* ' Y '*";d;eft*"ds no gdCr *rlil they ito n*t !Ee&{ t&€ @ $ssr*rtbt#$c aui* tkrlpht fon pu,t;i-iii;;.--r'h ili;i E", tb.el 1r vot {,atlrs rs,tgt€ -I8*rT' s: mt ;ia'jr*eh im "tu : I ;,1*[ #ffi I' ii i if n i'ol "ffiil'riiiril-;;ffi il"Js lr ro" wlsh lt, to'ooualt sith trs ln Psrtoiro
?ar coutrsateg rrlth as to 0o oertain rpes_*fts tbII'6E tbrottghyoar :gUrtr garola PefEt. Slc89 coutraeta &16 oa lllE. -.ilfta:t EoilFi ieot iie ;it L ;;-tJ*6-s.* elr tblase' vqu Y€T-o 1"9-:l1jt-lly-:^Eodsr;st !"r; otnrod yo$rrnll,tioaa to tbe eBd of ih* raiaDP'Tll3olt.t'grffirTiS"}il*;n,ii{r' w11trw* lg lts E*. Ebe pgg}t- f,* a$r. thst.tqS*,sa*tk *mrfisaa niwd* Vor*u*- 6*s; *'a&net ue -plrlrttht& uni tI it i* txF;;;;d ili ;;e; omt'gpoa *u&ertoig tc aegs tt 1* trot1 eox*rffit '- E*u{Eil*rgcsle a*.i uniipeiert qr[ter te rrrttc & $antoe 6# tkr** leokq dsnl"*H;-;il['siith *rmr,*,snr".g,qL.*,* sB ssrth*{t* ar& Es*tsF' tfF 1fdJitu'*w rteal -voir- A+UT:ffi ssr*tli6r8 as$ f+*ts&*x $*&6 of ssutkAmeltca.ABdvoiffiIrtexlgo.1{Ewerg-qu1toeasoltohavg.'the!ef"fa"toolrs to.soutn Aueriss. It was a Eood. uadertakLag, an'd I had.
"o" ry reaEon to bolleve that you would d.o what I fell $ur€ you werg
""putle of d.olag - wrlte tXlree bopks whlch would stahd for a-long
t lms est stand,arl End, lmportant book* on $outh Amqrics' EAg f,lrEt;;i;*;
-*;;.:;;-r"a.-- p"oi." f or publioat ion; and tf vou €xpec t us t o
proceed with the putLlcat ioa of YoJ.uue Oae and. it l* mado corrgctana rleht, then you must gi.ve ms somo guarantee that you will For-form the rest of tho work ln a workmanllka wayr
I axn speaklng pf$lnb and frim tb shouldEr' bscause n?othe r methocL e**t u""ornpf tsU what is now des 1r'abla: the sstt lameat of;;;i- r',-;;-;"-;;";-;;;; mr"e vour eon*act.
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s bool rotttra6 oEt to glrr prol)rf lnfo!tsBtloBilsooror tb8 lnfcrmttoa g[rcu lr uot qslrcstlr rnaagLy aSrpral,rcd ta othe! lugtauoelr
: I rtrll ftr** *Tel-rt*tb sB tltla rol,uslc of,-thf Erait utet*rf{fiB !tstl& 0tr {H$ SffiSLUflXSffi$t$. Shs'rstr*{or6p t 'e[sitr*d. hrury, sE s,n&r,Utd. It l,e too latc to h8"o thlc toot tEato fe; tbtr lretra bu,rtairo.tf t$s'nas*ror+1pt t,r np to tkq p*liilt.rd sf t&r t** irii*eins rt[*lrcrln tbc rcrterl !.t rtII tc aaocptcd aq{ trrat0 fo! oD the bettrr of tlrtoatteol rf,gnrill oa tho l,gtf, Ary of Droubc; 1919o .tt lhet tlss rtpaltl yEs 8laEioo. .tr yorr herr fol Srour fi]E 6[od, au0 rrrf,fl,olcut rll-soit lalloit to ltclltct thtrr lEsuuroltptr f[B!B tho 18tL iry Of Dooulcr,1919 raitl tue tC 6ay of Ssir l9?1, tr rlall! tn ItIr r&aEe!, feE grosila4l raf,ftal,cat lqareE! tBll tO B6€.Ft ihlr anutrsslpt aad, pay t[o rC-uala**g *l.tE.so, xrt,ll trttrsert f*&4. ,, ta** tl]r ltt*ut$ t'il**nil *tir:fgh*r ** vlor tl t&* f,aEt tb** trst'lrsfflttsilfl ** asr ficlitc**c toIt st B ltno rc late ln tM tnss thnt lt tr lugocolblo for pe to gietttil r-so* s***Xr f,or'rtftc SBII6 ae &ua *ratm fu* e 1rtop6$ rro5lr
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I are rlcaltn6 rltb tlr rubJcl af yoil! Sorrth &sericaa toEtLa a rrparato l,rllrrr X hnvr upthlagi but f$iendlrrlatelrrt 1! t?!t3.^tEt yst ffi,rt trrcU f,airly ana rquamls at tbr faot thnt rbra roE rlltt
'but the agreemente eontq,Lned ilwreLn s,rLd, f wuld ea,Il no Vou?
attenlf"on Elwt t?tere Ls nothl,ng Lrt the tradl book controcYe dtleltprovLd,es f,ar nam paryertt af odaanees Ld sotna otker wori, Ls at
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arbttltors, by Jaw or by tfue Autlwrs Leogue, I om,and oJtg,ys
Iwee been, gulte wLltlng ta rw,he a,ny eorreetlans or ehanges tn, any
l{5, bttt yod eennat exgtect we to d,o 'i;ltLe unleas tV,e natfref ts auLled,
to mg aitentlon.
Yours very tru,lyt,4i;t
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Dec. e0th. 1917
Dear }k. IdcCrae:
Yours of the 19th. received. I am sendirg
herewith a list' of the heads of the various S.S, lines
to whom the books shoul-d be sent,. I have already given
away my copies to three sf ihe lines, (United Fruit,Porto Rieo. and Quebec S.S,Cos. ) I regret that you
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still adhere to the idea that to give books to these
men will not resuli in lncreaseci sales. As a matter of
faet I lolow that the three copies I $ave oiit have
already resulted in the sale of seven copies.
People are constantly asking the offiees ,when theyplirchase tickets, to reco,,,rrorrd books on the islandsand nran;r of the l-inesrmoreover, print names of books
which they recon"raend ontheir ad.rer*i^*r* literature.The offici.als eonsider that the sale of the books
is to their adlantag., *i increasing interest in the
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E\lEtaYraool:f'wrrEr.BATEAND SEOV{ER
islarrds reached by iheir hoatsrand hence they do
all they ean to frrther their sales.
Moreover, these men are alL nersonal friends ofmine and are interested in ny work and the sar-e oftire booirs and I as sure you wilL find tnat the outJ.ay
is repafrd, iaany times over,
ffaen I l-ast sa"ov you ihe question of a second" boys'story was brought up. ?he ori"gir:al idea was tohaye a sequeL to tire cloven Fout end if this is iobe done at all it should. be done while Itn on theground this winter. 0an you not come to a decisionabout ti:is before I leavet I hope to get off on aship leaving here about Jen, ?th.
Yours very truly,
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