Letter from Norman Leys to Leonard Woolf (31/07/1924)

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[[MS 2750/255/15]]

 

31.7.24

Dear Woolf,

 

This is the copy for the printers of Chap[ter]. xvi. Chap[ter] xv I mean to send you tomorrow.

 

Two things trouble me. My economic analysis in Chap[ter]s. viii, xi and xv is based on data that are to some extent obsolete. I think I ought to say in a footnote in each chapter somewhere that such is the case. Also Chap[ter] xiv is

 

 

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illwritten, illarranged [sic] and, perhaps, inaccurate. If I understood you aright the printer will not set up several chapters at once but one at a time. If so do you think he would return these chapters to me, say in a fortnight? I would guarantee not to make the book longer by alterations, if that is necessary.

 

Yours | Norman Leys [signature]

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Letter from Norman Leys to Leonard Woolf (31/07/1924)

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Norman Leys writes to Leonard Woolf about specific chapters. Leys also discusses troubles that he has with some of the content. He asks how the printers will set up the chapters, and if the chapters can be sent back to him.

 

Handwritten letter signed by Leys