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tributions. She will finance it for three years anyhow, there is
enough money to pay contributors at £10 per 5000 words and pro–
protionately (should be 80 pages) and I don't see why it shouldn't be
tried and the right people as far as possible (i.e . as far as they can be
enlisted) get the money regardless of consequences. Lady
R .
is a
particular admirer of yours and especially anxious for your col–
laboration, as of course
I
also consider it an essential condition.
Also, my credit with her would suffer seriously if you did not. Will
you therefore consider
1.
A Paris letter every quarter as per
Dial,
say 1500 words.
2.
Of course cantos etc . except that
I
suppose you would get
more by putting them in the
Dial,
but
I
shall hope to ar–
range much higher rates for verse.
3.
Sending over contributions by the best people.
I
am par–
ticularly anxious to obtain Picabia,15 for whom
I
have much
respect. None of these people can get printed in England
otherwise . When you translate, translator's fee also .
It
is of course clear that the selection of contributions is entirely in
my hands. HLady R . goes in for illustrations later, which I discour–
aged for the present,
I
should with your permission suggest that you
should for a fitting consideration be given a free hand to make up
special numbers devoted to the work of one man each. Otherwise il–
lustrations do more harm than good, and she warmly admires the
Brancusi no. of
Little Review.
Lewis has not got a portrait out of Lady
R .
and is in an ex–
tremely pessimistic mood, as you will find when you see him. Do not
allow this to affect you .
I
want the paper to be good while it lasts,
and if at any time
I
could not have my own way with it
I
should drop
out and publish the fact . But
I
see no reason for anticipating this.
Any suggestions from you as to people anywhere on the continent to
be approached would be cordially welcome, but
I
should take any–
thing from Picabia , Cocteau, etc. that you approved provided the
space permitted .
I
thought it would be a good idea to get Larbaud to send me his
lecture onJoyce .
I
also see no reason why some things should not ap–
pear in this and in the
Little Review
concurrently. Please consider that
this venture is impossible without your collaboration , and let me
hear from you as soon as possible .
Best sympathies to
D.
and enquiries after Agamemnon.
T .S.E.
15.
Francis Picabia
(1879-1953),
French avant-garde painter and writer.
