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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to J.F.C. Fuller
50 rue Vavin Montparnasse Paris
[14 November 1909]
My dear Captain Fuller,
'Madeleine' is to go into No. 3 [of The Equinox] instead of 'In Manu Dominae'.
Norman Roe has promised me a short story—in the telling the best I have ever heard, bar none—which may advantageously replace 'Mr. Todd'. I hope he will send you the copy in good time.
With regard to Mr. McCall's letter, it is quite true that the delay was not due to his inexplicable delays over the Temple [The Temple of Solomon the King], at least directly; for the sheets were ready for the binder by a date sufficiently early, if only Mr. Massey or Mr. Collimore had noted the instructions given by me on the eve of my departure for Bournemouth on the holiday which their dilatomieas had postponed for months.
Their defence was, I understand, that I did not give any instructions for binding, and it was therefore relevant to observe that they never took any notice of instructions, as instanced in the case of my change of address.
Even after the receipt of my extremely pertinent letter, they continued to forward letters to [21] Warwick Road.
The wretched proofs of 'The Temple' etc do show general stupidity and delay most unnecessary; but their chief function is to resist any exorbitant claim for 'Author's Corrections'.
I am dear Captain Fuller
Yours faithfully
Aleister Crowley
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