The Bureau offers to read manuscripts and give (1) specific advice as to their disposal; (2) general advice based on the defects observed; (3) thorough grammatical and rhetorical revision; (4) one or more typewritten copies.

A charge for these services will be made as follows:—

(1.) For reading any manuscript containing not more than 2,000 words, and giving a list of the periodicals to which it is best suited, 50 cents; if the manuscript contains more than 2,000 words, 25 cents additional for each additional thousand words or fraction thereof will be charged; each short poem is regarded as a separate manuscript.

(2.) For a letter of general advice, 50 cents, in addition to the fee for reading.

(3.) For correction and revision of manuscripts, at the rate of one dollar an hour.

(4.) For one typewriter copy of manuscript, at the rate of six cents a hundred words; for each other copy, two cents a hundred words. For dialect, or poetry, or other work of unusual difficulty, ten cents a hundred words. No manuscript copied for less than fifty cents.

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For reading a book manuscript containing more than 40,000 words, and less than 100,000 words, and giving a list of publishers and a general letter of advice, the fee is ten dollars, in advance.

The payment for service (1) is essential in the case of every manuscript sent, but the selection of services (2), (3), and (4) is optional with the sender. In other words, no manuscript sent to the Bureau for any purpose whatever will be examined unless the manuscript is accompanied by the fee for reading. Services (2) and (4) will not be performed without the fees in hand.

In addition, postage should be enclosed for return of the manuscript to the author. If the author so directs, and encloses double postage, the Bureau will send the manuscript to the publisher most likely to buy it, with directions if the manuscript is declined to return it to the author. In either case, a list of periodicals to which it is best suited will be sent to the author direct.