[prob. 5 Aug 1923]

Sunday p.m.

Dear Mac -

The proofs came this morning. Your letter dated Friday.

The blank page is a printer's error. It was not in the first proof. Why the hell didn't Darantier send the first proof with the second for comparison etc.?

This proof looks very good and clean. I have gone over it twice. Hadley once.

Enclosed a suggested cover. It was Bill suggested putting in the titles of the stories and poems. He said they were good titles and would make a good lay out for the cover and at the same time stimulate the purchaser. I like the look of it.

Maybe you don't.

You are the publisher.

If you don't want the titles cross them out and use the

THREE STORIES
& TEN POEMS

with the name at the bottom in a size smaller type. Huh?
I think the type on the cover should be taller, but
just as black. The type it was set in was too squatty.

The & sign for AND makes it much sounder and better balanced and permits of proper spacing as in the enclosed cover. After all the title is Three Stories And Ten Poems.

As for the extra blank pages. Nearly all books have four to eight, counting each side as a page, in the front right after the cover page. I think they would go better there and have as many as are left over at the back after the last story. I think we will find that the added bulk will sell more than we would save by cutting it down to 48 eliminating title pages etc. No body will buy a book if it is too goddam thin.