300 Edward Livingston Youmans, 



at once plundered, and when that thing begins there is no 

 knowing where it will end. I have from the beginning 

 guarded against this result with all care, furnishing every- 

 thing through Appletons early. But as your name becomes 

 valuable the danger increases, necessitating more vigilance. 

 Another element of apprehension has come into the case — 

 Appleton's course favouring copyright has made him many 

 and ugly enemies lately. As respects the Tribune, I have 

 not yet been able to see Greeley. 



It will not be so good as the Galaxy would be, for the 

 newspaper dies in twelve hours, and, besides, it is presi- 

 dential campaign year, and the papers are already going 



mad with politics. 



New York, March 14, 1872. 



My dear Spencer : I saw Greeley last night with refer- 

 ence to publishing your articles. He is as ignorant as a 

 Bushman and as prejudiced as a papist, so that conver- 

 sation on the subject is hardly possible. "As for sociol- 

 ogy," said he, " Fourier proclaimed more, thirty years ago, 

 than this generation can appreciate." When your name 

 was mentioned he broke out that he was "dead and for- 

 ever opposed to that whole laissez-faire school, and if the 

 articles contained any of that, he didn't want them." I 

 urged him as much as I could, and he ended by saying, 

 "When your articles come, let us see them." 



But if the Tribune prints the papers, \vhat then ? Not 

 being in an accessible monthly, they must be reproduced 

 in pamphlets by somebody. I see no other way but that 

 you get Mr. King to stereotype the chapters in the form of 

 the series and send us the plates. We can strike off a 

 small edition with a large margin, and supply it to those 

 who wish, and thus forestall piracy. 



I shall be uneasy until I know what you are going to 

 do about those articles — whether we are to have them early 

 or not. 



