WCP2232

67 Bedford G^ns

Kensington

13 Dec 1869

My dear Wallace

Mr Stanford¹ has passed on to me your note²of 12^th. Inst.

You are more courteous than there is any need for. — I find from my publisher³ the entrepreneur of the Journal of Travel⁴ (whom I saw on the subject today) that he had never given you anything for [2] the article⁵ — therefore in any view it was y^r. own to deal with— But I understand the law of copyright in such matters to be that unless an author formally signs away the copyright of anything it remains with him. — So I was told by one learned in the law. — At any rate you are most welcome to any authority you think ^{you need. —} At our interview today sentence of death (w^h. has been hanging [3] over it for a long time) was finally pronounced on the Journal of Travel[.]

I told the publisher that he ought to pay you— He made some decision about it being an article read at the Br. assoc.⁶ — but I hope I overruled him, — at any rate he promised to consider it on his return to Gdn, when I hope he will do as I have told him, & as I asked him [4] at the time.

Believe me | yours truly | And^w Murray⁷ [signature]