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February 6, 1957

Dr. Joshua Lederberg
Department of Genetics
College of Agriculture

The University of Wisconsin
Madison 6, Wisconsin

Dear Josh:

I hear that, since the night we saw you, you have
decided to take the plunge and come west. I hope it is so.
It will be good to have you near me so that I may, a couple
of times a year, undergo your stimulus.

But I write now to say, in black and white, that we will
be happy to publish the small book--if such your paper should
become--on transmigration. And I assure you we could get a
book of the size you describe into bound form in a very short
while. To that end, let me make herewith two points on which
we would have to have your cooperation,

First, keep me informed of developments as there are
any. In short, should the paper turn out shorter than you
expected and be accepted for the Review, so that no book is
to result, do let me know. On the other hand, if it is going
to develop into a small book that we can publish, do give me
warning of its impending appearance so that a route through
manufacturing may be kept clear for it.

The other point revolves about the form in which you
deliver the manuscript to us. You may write so that both the
typographical designer and the copy-editor have a lot of work
to do, and should you give us a manuscript that would require
a good bit of work, this would take time and delay publica-
tion (believe me, Such a manuscript could be ground out
without much attention to its form, and this is a frequent
publishing procedure, but not for books over our imprint, so
that I would tell you that if the manuscript needs work we
would give it to it, and that would delay publication some-
what). On the other hand, you have published enough to know
what would be a well prepared manuscript that both copy-editor
and typographer could handle easily. I won't ask perfection
of you in your hurry to move for the summer. But do, in
your preparation of the final draft, give us as good copy as
you can. Should our copy-editor be intruding upon you in
Australia to ask what you mean by such-and-such a passage,
you and we would both be bothered and publication would be
delayed!

My wife enjoyed your wife very much, My best to her.
Dr. Lederberg ~-2- February 6, 1957

Probably the two of them can get together more often in the
future.

Sincerely yours,

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