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Correspondence from John Quinn to Wieland & Co.
Messrs. Wieland & Co. 33 Avenue Studios (76 Fulham Road), South Kensington, S.W. London, England
August 1, 1913.
Dear Sirs:
I have just seen the carbon copy of the letter of July 22d to you, which was sent without reading or revision on my part, being signed by one of the men in my office. Had I had a chance to read it I would have changed it, and please regard this as a withdrawal on my part of any request regarding the book called “White Stains”, which you say is supplied only to a doctor. I don’t want to be engaged in using the mail for any improper purpose. I of course know nothing about the book. I have no knowledge of its contents whatever, and write only because I observe the words in your statement “Sold only to the medical faculty”.
As to the second book called by you “Scented Garden”, I don’t want to import that through the mails or in any other way that would be violative of the law. I am more or less writing in the dark, because I know nothing about the character of the two books. Because the book called “Scented Garden” is stated by you to be “procurable only in Paris” is no evidence that to send it by mail would be against the law. But I don’t want to take any chances. When I dictated my letter, which was sent unrevised and not signed by me, I was merely anxious to get a complete set of Crowley’s things without thinking about the contents.
I should be glad to get the New Year's Card, of which you state there were forty copies printed.
Is there in your opinion anything in the three books referred to, “White Stains”, “Scented Garden” and “The World's Tragedies”, which would make it improper for me to purchase them in order to complete my set? With us it is generally understood that books like Havelock Ellis’s books and similar books may be purchased by lawyers or physicians. I write only for information and of course in confidence.
As to the other two books which were not sent, namely, “Berashith” and “Oracles”, I assume that there is no objection to their being sent through the mails.
Yours very truly,
John Quinn
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