31. 1925:
Rapid City, Man.    January 1, 1925

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Dear Arthur,

When I reached home yesterday, Mrs. Grove and myself spent the rest of the afternoon planning the next move. A move has to be made. Frankly, I don't want to go back to teaching if I can help it. It is too hard on me. But of course, if it can't be helped, I'll do so. We both agreed that, in order to get that next move started, I should do as I suggested: print a book myself.

I enclose the draft of an advance notice which I would like to print at once, let me say in 200 copies, to send to everybody of whom I know as having taken an interest in my work.

I should be very much obliged if you could point out to me likely printers in Winnipeg .

Also, if you know of any booksellers in Toronto or Montreal or any other place: I should send them a subscription blank, but I should not give them any discount: they can, if they have customers for that kind of thing, make their own price with those customers.

Now I have one more point. Could you let me have the address of a British magazine to send some of those sketches to? Blackwood's was mentioned, if I remember right. Possibly you could get a copy for me? By phoning? I'll pay for it, of course.

If you have any objection to any part of this advance notice; or if you would like to see anything added, please let me know at once. I intend to go ahead with that right away.

Remember me to Mrs. Phelps please, and tell her that I have the worst conscience in the world for having upset her household for two days in succession.

Since I didn't get to sleep after the last session, I made the train on Wednesday.

Yours,
F.P.

By the way, my conscience pricks me for not having called on Wallace & MacLean, Sr. Riddell etc. Should anybody say anything, please make any excuses as best you can.