Letter from E.J. Pratt to Lorne Pierce, 24 September 1924
Description
2 p.
Citation
Lorne and Edith Pierce collection
Subject
Rights and Contributing Institution
Technical
Victoria College
Toronto, Canada
Sept 24, 1924
Dear old thing,
Here I am back again in the Queen City of Diabolus. Would like to have a psychic interview with your [?] self. I suppose by this time you have heard from Selwyn & Blount to the effect that they will act as the English Representatives of Newfoundland Verse. They are asking for Review copies for England, twenty I think, and intend pushing the volume. They suggested that their imprint be placed upon the opening page, as the London firm. I submitted also the Witches Brew which they accepted instantly. They will publish one thousand copies, cloth cover with illustration. Professor [Jordan?] of Oxford wrote enthusiastically about it and sent a copy of it to the [?] of the Mercury. [?]. In any case it took well wherever it was presented, both in London, Oxford […]
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Case Study
'The Publication of Alistair MacLeod's The Lost Salt Gift of Blood'
Era
1918-1980
Contributor
McMaster University
Collection/Fonds
McClelland & Stewart Ltd. fonds
Date
26 November 1973
Material Type
letter (typescript)