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[[MS 2750/93/15]]

17 March, 1923

Dear Morgan^*1,

Pharos is being considered by Harcourt Brace, and now the incorrigible nibblers, Putnam's, are nibbling. My being away may create difficulties if there is an offer, and so I want to lay my plans ahead. My feeling is that we should try to get a normal American royalty of 10% and a small sum, say £25, in advance of royalties, cut that if they will not pay an advance, to be satisfied with a royalty. Would you agree to my doing this, or would you prefer my tr[y]ing to screw more out of an offer?

Yours | Leonard [signature]

*Endnotes

1. Edward Morgan Forster.