New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-15

was in'the latter, of course he can point to the
page. He shall have an opportunity
Statement six is q lie by way of equlvocatlon.
The truth is, that before "Grfith Gaunth was
written an agent of mine proposed to me to sound
some newspaper propretors, who had hitherto
stolen my works, as to whether they would like to
buy a story of me, instead of stealing it. con-
sented to this preliminary question being put and
don't know what they replied to my agent
Probably the idea of buying, where they had
formed habit of stealing, was dstasteful to them.
But this you may rely on, that l never submit
line of manuscript to the Judgment of any trader
whatever, either in England or in America, and
never will Nothing is ever discussed between
trader and me except the bulk and the price. The
price Is sometimes high one; but always fair
one, founded. on my sales. If he has not the
courage TO pay it, all the worse for him. II he
has, the bargsinis signed, and then, and not till
then, he sees the copy.
IneEer ntrusted line of 'Grifith Gaunt" to
an agent. / never sent line of it across the At.
Tieknor & Fields; and even to that respectable
firm. one of the partners in which is my valued
friend, I did not send q line of it until they had
purchased of me the right to publish it in the
United States And this purchase was made on
the basis of an old standing agreement.
Compare these facts with the impression mis-
erable prevaricator has sought to create, to wit,
that the proprietor of some low. journal was al
lowed to read the manuscript, or Unpublished
sheets, of "Grihfth Gaunt," and decline it on the
score of morality.
Statement I, which accuses me of asliterary
felony, is deliberate, intentional falsehood The
Argosy is sold in New York in great numbers
price, sixpence. The editor OF the Round Table
Is aware of this, and has seen @GTifith Gauntf in
it, with my name attached yet he was SO bent
on slandering me, by hook or by crook, that he
printed the letter of G. s.. Fl. without contradic-
tion, and SO turned the conjecture Of a mere fool
into libel and q lie.
shall only add that mean to collar the editor
of The Round Table, and drag him and his slanders
before jury of hscountryInen. He thinks there
is no law, justice or humanity for an Englishman.
We shall see. -A&f ft#4 % d1fY
Pending the legal inquiry, earnestly request
my friends in the United States to let3me know
who this editor OF The Round Table is, and all
about him, that We may meet on fair terms be-,
fore jury.
X All editors of American journals who have any
Justice fair play, or common humanity to spare to,
an injured stranger, will print this letter. in which
one man defends himself against many; and will
be good enough to accept my thanks for the same
in this writing. CHARLES READE.
No. Albert Terrace. Hyde Park, London.
p. ST. demand as my right the undivided
honor of all the insults that have eenmisdirected
against Messrs Ticknor & Fields, of Boston
Those gentlemen, have had no alternative; they
could not bow to slander, and discontinue g Grit
fifth Gaunt = in The Atlantic Monthly, without
breaking faith With me, and driving their sub
scrihersa to The AFgosy. The whole credit, and
discredit, of 'sGrifHth Gaunt, my masterpiece,
belongs to me- tssole author, and original vendor.