Yes, I think the raft chapter can be left wholly out, by heaving in a paragraph to say that Huck visited the raft say Huck visited the raft to find out how far it might be to Cairo, but got no satisfaction. Even this is not necessary unless that raft-visit is m referred to later in the book. I think it is, but am not certain.

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Didn’t you get those acceptances out of Osgood? You will be having sharp need of that money before long, & you better make him pony up. Hardly any of the sum is in dispute, & there is no propriety in his delaying to pay. He has already delayed so long that he has just about annulled my half-promise to let him ◊ give acceptances instead of cash.

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Yes, send me the pictures by batches of half a dozen or more.

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Yes, I want Howells to have carte blanche in making corrections.

I don’t believe Howells’s proposed book would sell by subscription. Keep the idea in mind, however; don’t throw it away. It couldn’t be published till after my book, though. We shall need all spare cash for that. And thanks to Mr. Osgood, spare cash is main scarce.