MS Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, MA 2768
My dear Florence
Publishing on commission does mean taking the risk and paying a percentage, above the expenses to the publisher. It is what I often do, always with Mozley The round sum for each edition is pleasant, and I don’t think you would get so much in the end by this as by selling copy right. But if Mr Cowie1 has answered you and is considering is there much use in my writing to him. I would do it if it were to ensure his attention, but I think he will give that, and if one writes without necessity, it is rather wasting one’s recommending power and making it less effective when it is really needed I wish Ward would take the story, but he declined Chardham Fair,2 which I thought would have made beautiful illustrations and he has taken such stupid stories instead that I cannot judge of him
your affectionate
C M Yonge