Letter from William Tinsley to Thomas Hardy, 2 August 1872

[Page 1] [Page 2] Agreement for the serial publication of "A Pair of Blue Eyes"

In reply to your letter of the 27th of July I hereby agree to the terms therein contained, viz. –

That you supply for Tinsleys’ Magazine a novel to run for about twelve months, and to consist of about twenty pages of the Magazine each month.

I am to have the right to publish a three-volume edition of the story for twelve months from the date of its appearance in that form, after which all rights revert to you.

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The whole of the copy is to be delivered to me in time to enable me to publish the novel three months before its com­pletion in the Magazine.

In consideration thereof I am to pay you the sum of £200, at the rate of £15 per month within a fortnight or thereabouts of the issue of each number of the Magazine — the balance, £20, to be paid within a month after the publication of the three-volume edition.

Should the success of the novel exceed my anticipations I agree to make you a fair additional allowance.

Yours truly

[Page 4] Agreement for the serial publication of "A Pair of Blue Eyes"

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