p.

of an accepted book would not be
delayed beyond next spring, I
think I might venture later on to
accept your former offer on
the subject - providing you
can place an article or two
where it will not be mutilated
or fantastically illustrated,
and where it will be well
paid (though not to the
Harpers, even for a thousand
dollars a page.)
My present situation
may be no particular affair
of yours; I mention it
merely to explain circumstances.
I have a number of people
to support, no chance of
employment - in Japan (except
such as would render literary