6 April 1898: "I am glad that you take a serious view of the brutal hacking of my story in Strand. . . . [W]ould they have treated Doyle so?
"I feel a strong protest should be made at such high handed & idiotic cutting . . . .
"Unless they give you a promise never to alter a line of mine again I had rather not submit more work to them." A postscript: "Messrs. Innes can have the 1st 100 thousand words of 'Children of the Mist' after Easter if they like. That represents nearly [two-thirds] of total. I tremble for America."
13 August [1899]: "'Sam of Sorrow Corner' . . . . I want it to go first to Pall Mall Magazine . . . .
"Will you tell me how I stand with regard to Children of the Mist? I see it is . . . never advertised. Does this mean that Innes continue to make money . . . & I continue to lose money? . . .
"I would rather 'cut a loss' & get the books away into other hands . . . . Then presently we might republish through a more reputable firm. . . ."
1 November 1900: ". . . Will you see about the volume of short stories for America if MacArthur is off them[?] The short stories are the best ever I wrote & I do think we ought to get a good show[:] ? Putnam's if we are friendly again, ? Harpers, ? Stokes, or any other firm. . . .
"I should have thought after 15 editions of Children of the Mist we ought to have had no bother & thus the tales would at least have been worth publishing . . . ."
with--Children of the Mist. 8vo, publisher's gilt-stamped blue cloth, edge wear, corners bumped; light scattered foxing throughout; lacking dust jacket. London: A.D. Innes & Company, 1898.