Item 36 - Letter from John Drinkwater to R. C. Trevelyan

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260 Mary Street, Balsall Heath, Birmingham. - Has read the draft contract [with Constables for the proposed "Annual of New Poetry"] and the 'various commentaries'; generally agrees with Lascelles [Abercrombie] and Trevelyan. Is less concerned about the 'odd 5%' in share of profits than that the publisher 'should have no control of any kind' over the publication of the contents except in the "Annual" itself; would agree to a right to stop publication elsewhere for a limited period, say three months after each issue of the magazine - as Lascelles points out, this is what the 'proposed venture is' - but otherwise this condition is 'unalterable' for him, and is sure it also is for Trevelyan. Asks to be informed what is happening as soon as possible.