May 21, 1996
Dear Mr. Copland:
Thank you for writing to our director, James Clark, on May 13th and for sending us your manuscript, The Evolutionary Development of Life Forms. However, I am afraid that we cannot offer to take it under review. We are in the enviable position of receiving many more excellent submissions than we can possibly publish and must be quite ruthless in our selection process. This is obviously not a judgement about the quality of your work, just its appropriateness for our particular list.
I trust another publisher will be able to give your work the time and attention it deserves.
Yours sincerely,
Millie Org
Assistant to James Clark, Director of UC Press