Letter from S.R. Crockett to Clement Shorter

Letter from S.R. Crockett to Clement Shorter

LETTER

S.R. Crockett

Gladly accepts; would like to do rattling adventure and generally rousing tale for Illustrated; pretty pressed but others are magazine people (Windsor etc) so perhaps could arrange to do Shorter's first; glad Shorter likes Red Axe; had many letters especially from America where generally prefer love stories; sixty thousand words little short for book form but can give little rope and be easy in word counting; too little for six shilling book and finds can sell as many at that price as lower; not been in town long time; taken to Earth-wandering of late with last being Spain and North Africa

1898-08-18

Illustrated London News commission, adventure tale, word count, Windsor Magazine, The Red Axe, American reception, Spain, North Africa, travel

SRC_1898_412

Clement Shorter (My Dear Shorter)

English

Bank House

https://srcrockett.scot/LETTERS/1898/SRC_Shorter_18Aug_1898.pdf