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Messrs. E.' P. Dutton
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681 stfth Ave rue,
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York Clty.
Dear Bir, gacrae:
At the end of l.a.s eek iI. Yeffil1f cal1ed on &e and eaid that e.s it was extr ely doubtful if woul0 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 eoncerned thoee two booke and the further booke in eaclr of the eontracts f or whieh optlons $ere profided.
f decllned his offer, rsaylng that if he d.ld. not write the further booke I did not prof,lt by sald unwritten voIu$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 following 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 tr rC oven Hoof
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