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read in trains and tubes, which is
what they thought I was after. The
result is that I have got out of
humour with them & withdrawn the
book from their hands.

There are four other publishers
who have asked me to give them
books, but I know too little of their
methods and points of view to feel
sure of my ground. I am prepared
to have the book condemned as
unprofitable copy in the publishers'
sense, but I wish the condemnation
to come from somebody who knows
what he is doing.

Knowing my work, as you were kind
enough to say you did, perhaps you