Your MS. has this moment been returned to me, accompanied by a commendation which enables me to say that I should be proud of being its publisher. But in these times I am obliged to refrain from speculation, and I cannot offer any sum for it that is likely to be equal to its probable value.
I would, however, if it so please you, print at my expense an edition of 1200 or 1500 copies, and give you half the profits; and after the sale of this edition, the copyright shall be entirely your own; so that if the work prove as successful as I anticipate, you will ensure all the advantages of it without incurring any risque.
If this proposal should not suit you, I beg to add that I shall, for the handsome offer of your work in the first instance, still remain,
