|
A day of days
|
|
|
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1866)
|
first book (1885)
|
|
throughout
|
Laura B.
|
Laura Benton
|
|
Madison Perkins
|
Weatherby Pynsent
|
|
1
|
1
|
Mr. Herbert Moore, a gentleman of
some
note…
|
Mr. Herbert Moore, a gentleman of
the highest
note…
|
|
1
|
6
|
She had spent a
Summer
in Europe,…
|
She had spent a
summer or two
in Europe,…
|
last two
[last]
|
7–9, 1
[7–9]
|
“Why spoil it?
She is an admirable girl: to have learned
that is enough for me.” He raised her hand to his lips, pressed them to
it, dropped it, reached the door and bounded out of the
garden gate.
The day was ended.
|
“Why spoil it?
She’s a different sort from any I have met, and
just to have seen her like this –
that is enough for me.” He raised her hand to his lips, pressed them to
it, dropped it, reached the door, and bounded out of the
garden-gate.
|
|
Poor Richard
|
|
|
|
the magazine text appeared in three parts; the book text is divided into
seven chapters (part 1 into 1–4, part 2 to chapter 5
and part 3 to chapters 6 and 7)
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1867)
|
first book (1885)
|
|
throughout
|
Richard Clare
|
Richard Maule
|
|
James Luttrel
|
Robert Luttrel
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
…and at its farther extremity was bounded by a
narrow meadow,
which…
|
…and at its farther extremity was bounded by a
large pasture,
which…
|
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
She herself
had
been positively plain,…
|
She herself
would have
been positively plain,…
|
3 [7]
(last)
|
last
|
last
|
…although, as she is by this time
twenty-seven
years of age,
a
little
romance is occasionally invoked to account
for her continued celibacy.
|
…although, as she is by this time
nearly thirty
years of age,
some
little
romantic episode in the past is vaguely alluded
to as accounting
for her continued celibacy.
|
|
The romance of certain old clothes
|
|
|
|
the 1885 text is divided into two chapters
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1868)
|
first book (1875)
|
revised book (1885)
|
|
throughout
|
Viola
|
Viola
|
Rosalind
|
|
Willoughby
|
Willoughby
|
Wingrave
|
|
[1]
|
1
|
1–2
[1]
|
Toward the middle …
of three children.
Her name is of little account: I shall take the liberty of calling her
Mrs. Willoughby, – a name, like her own, of a highly
respectable sound.
|
Toward the middle …
of three children. Her
name is of little account: I shall take the liberty of calling her
Mrs. Willoughby, – a name, like her own, of a highly
respectable sound.
|
Towards the middle …
of three children, by name Mrs. Veronica Wingrave.
|
|
[1]
|
1
|
1
|
…and had devoted herself to the care of her
children.
These
latter
grew up…
|
…and had devoted herself to the care of her
progeny.
These
young persons
grew up…
|
…and had devoted herself to the care of her progeny.
These young persons grew up…
|
|
[2 (last)]
|
-12
|
7
|
It was a revolting thought that these
glorious
fabrics should
wait on the bidding
of a little girl…
|
It was a revolting thought that these
exquisite
fabrics should
await the commands
of a little girl…
|
It was a revolting thought that these
exquisite
fabrics should await the
good pleasure
of a little girl…
|
|
[2 (last)]
|
last
|
last
|
…and on her bloodless brow and cheeks
|
…and on her
bloodless
brow and cheeks
|
…and on her
blanched
brow and cheeks
|
|
A most extraordinary case
|
|
|
|
the 1885 text is divided into nine chapters
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1868)
|
first book (1885)
|
|
throughout
|
McCarthy
|
Masters
|
|
Van Zandt
|
Middlemas
|
|
[1]
|
1
|
1
|
…just as the war had come to
a close,
|
…just as the War had come to
an end,
|
|
[1]
|
1
|
2
|
…superscribed Mrs.
Samuel
Mason,…
|
…superscribed Mrs.
Augustus
Mason,…
|
|
[9] (last)
|
last
|
last four
[last two]
|
Miss Hofmann’s
wedding was,
of course, not
deferred. She was married in September,
“very quietly.” It seemed to her lover, in the interval, that
she was very silent and
thoughtful. But
this
was certainly
natural under the circumstances.
|
Miss Hofmann’s
nuptials were
of course not
deferred; they took place in October,
“very quietly.” It seemed to her lover in the interval that
she was very silent and
thoughtful; but
this
certainly was
natural under the circumstances.
|
|
A light man
|
|
|
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1869)
|
first book (1884)
|
revised book (1885)
|
|
1
|
4
|
…but it’s easier to
preserve
the habit than to drop it.
|
…but it’s easier to
stick to
the habit than to drop it.
|
…but it’s easier to stick to the habit than to drop it.
|
|
1
|
14
|
…two deplorable obstructions.
|
…two deplorable obstructions.
|
…two deplorable impediments.
|
|
-4
|
4 (last)
|
…his eyes starting in his head.
|
…his eyes starting
in
his head.
|
…his eyes starting
out of
his head.
|
|
last
|
last
[last two]
|
I’m sure I can’t say.
|
I am sure I can’t say.
Yes, I shall wait for Miss Meredith.
|
I am sure I can’t say.
Yes, I shall wait for Miss Meredith.
|
|
A passionate pilgrim
|
|
|
|
A passionate pilgrim appeared in two parts on its original
magazine publication; these remained in the subsequent book appearances
until four chapters were created in the New York edition
– this last revision also has different paragraphing;
because there are five texts to compare, there are more than the usual
number of examples here (and apologies that they’re squeezed into
three columns!)
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
mag./book (1871/75)
|
rev. book (1884/85)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
throughout
|
John Simmons
|
Abijah Simmons
|
Abijah Simmons
|
|
throughout
|
Lockley Park
|
Lockley Park
|
Lackley
|
|
throughout
|
Herefordshire
|
1884 : Slantshire |
1885 : Slopeshire
|
Middleshire
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
…England, of which I had dreamed much but as yet knew nothing.
|
…England, of which
I had dreamed much but as yet
knew nothing.
|
…England, to which
country my mind’s eye only had as yet
been introduced.
|
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
…bespoke my dinner of the very genius of
decorum,…
|
…bespoke my dinner of the genius of
“attendance,”…
|
…bespoke my dinner of the genius of
“attendance,”…
|
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
…English life is a fact which
I never fairly probed to
[1871 : the
| 1875 : its]
depths.
|
…English life is a
fact I never have got to the bottom of.
|
…English life was a
matter I meanwhile failed
to get to the bottom of.
|
|
1
|
2
|
12
|
…dreamed of lamb and spinach and a
[1871 : rhubarb tart
|
…dreamed of lamb and spinach and a
[1884 : charlotte-russe
|
…dreamed of lamb and spinach and a
salade
de saison,…
|
|
| 1875 : charlotte-russe],…
|
| 1885 :
salade
de saison],…
|
2
[4]
(last)
|
-16
|
1
|
“Really, this is too much; I can’t,” our friend
protested in a tremulous voice.
|
“Really, this is too much; I can’t,”
[1884 : our friend
| 1885 : the poor man]
protested, in a tremulous voice.
|
“Really this is too much; I can’t,” the poor man
protested, almost scared and with tears in his eyes.
|
2
[4]
(last)
|
-2
|
1
|
…the doctor had silently attested it,…
|
…the doctor had silently
[1884 : assured us of
|
…the doctor had silently attested it,…
|
|
| 1885 : attested]
it,…
|
2
[4]
(last)
|
last
|
-2
|
…beneath one of the mightiest
of English yews and the little tower than which none in all England
has a softer and
[1871 : older
| 1875 : hoarier]
grey.
|
…beneath one of the blackest and widest
of English yews and the little tower than which none in all England
has a softer and hoarier gray.
|
…beneath one of the blackest and widest
of English yews and the little tower than which none in all England
has a softer and hoarier grey.
|
|
Master Eustace
|
|
|
|
the 1885 text is divided into six chapters
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1871)
|
first book (1885)
|
|
[1]
|
1
|
1
|
…an operation she performed with
a delicate
old-maidish precision…
|
…an operation she performed with
an
old-maidish precision…
|
|
[1]
|
2
|
11
|
…but Mrs. Garnyer made
service
easy.
|
…but Mrs. Garnyer made
bondage very
easy.
|
|
[6] (last)
|
-7
|
11 (last)
|
[para. beg. :
I knew what was coming,…]
|
|
I saw his face
crimson
through his fingers.
|
I saw his face
burning red
through his fingers.
|
|
The madonna of the future
|
|
|
|
The madonna of the future has three chapters in the
New York edition only
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
mag./book (1873/75)
|
rev. book (1879)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
[1]
|
1
|
1–2
|
…high level of the best. Our host had
been showing us…
|
…high level of perfection. Our host had
been showing us…
|
…high level of perfection. Our host had
shown us…
|
|
[1]
|
2
|
9–10
|
…like some
[1873 : young god of
| 1875 : embodied]
Defiance.
In a moment I recognized him as
Michael Angelo’s David.
|
…like a sentinel who has taken the alarm.
In a moment I recognised him as
Michael Angelo’s David.
|
…like a sentinel roused by some alarm
and
in whom I at once recognised
Michael Angelo’s famous David.
|
|
[3] (last)
|
last
|
last
|
…among the ruins of
[1873: Roman greatness
|
…among the ruins of triumphant Rome…
|
…among the ruins of triumphant Rome…
|
|
| 1875: triumphant Rome]…
|
|
[3] (last)
|
last
|
last
|
…I seemed to hear a fantastic, impertinent murmur,…
|
…I seemed to hear a fantastic,
impertinent murmur,…
|
…I seemed to catch the other so
impertinent and so cynical echo:…
|
|
The last of the Valerii
|
|
|
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1874)
|
first book (1875)
|
revised book (1885)
|
|
throughout
|
Camillo
|
Camillo
|
Marco
|
|
1
|
2
|
…thinking, indeed, that from the picturesque point of view…
|
…thinking, indeed, that from the
picturesque
point of view…
|
…thinking, indeed, that from the
pictorial
point of view…
|
|
1
|
4
|
I don’t know that I am addicted to rudeness; but…
|
I don’t know that I
am particularly addicted to rudeness,
but…
|
I don’t know that I
usually miss that effect,
but…
|
|
-4
|
7
|
He had missed the Juno – and
rejoiced!
|
He had missed the Juno – and
drawn a long breath!
|
He had missed the Juno – and drawn a long breath!
|
|
-2
|
1 (all)
|
“Ah, – a Roman?” said the gentleman, with a smirk.
|
“Ah, – a Roman?”
said
the gentleman, with a smirk.
|
“Ah – a Roman?”
asked
the gentleman, with a smirk.
|
|
Mme. De Mauves/Madame de Mauves
|
|
|
|
the title (in both senses!) was expanded in the book editions;
the New York edition has some re-paragraphing
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
mag./book (1874/75)
|
rev. book (1879)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
…terrace had chosen not to forget
[1874 : it.
| 1875 : this.]
|
…terrace had chosen not to forget
this.
|
…terrace had preferred to keep
this in mind.
|
|
1
|
6
[4]
|
1
|
…American, but essentially both, on a closer scrutiny.
|
…American; but she was essentially
both, on a closer scrutiny.
|
…American, but essentially
both for the really seeing eye.
|
|
9 (last)
|
-2
|
9
|
…a friend of Euphemia’s lovely
sister-in-law,…
|
…a friend of Euphemia’s charming
sister-in-law,…
|
…a friend of that charming sister of
the Count’s,…
|
|
9 (last)
|
last
|
last
|
…conscious of a singular feeling,
[1875 : – a feeling]
for which awe would be hardly
too strong a name.
|
…conscious of a singular feeling
– a feeling for which awe would be hardly
too strong a name.
|
…conscious of a singular feeling
– a feeling of wonder, of uncertainty, of awe.
|
|
Eugene Pickering
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1874)
|
first book (1875)
|
revised book (1879, 1883)
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
It was at Homburg, several years ago, before the
play
had been suppressed.
|
It was at Homburg, several years ago, before the
gaming
had been suppressed.
|
It was at Homburg, several years ago, before the
gaming had been suppressed.
|
|
1
|
1
|
8
|
…and proposing an adjournment to the damask divans of the
Kursaal,…
|
…and proposing an adjournment to the
damask divans
of the Kursaal,…
|
…and proposing an adjournment to the
silken ottomans
of the Kursaal,…
|
|
1
|
10
|
3
|
[para. beg. :
“Yes, we were very good friends,…]
|
|
…passing his hand over his eyes, “I’m
half
dazed and bewildered at finding myself…
|
…passing his hand over his eyes, “I’m
dazed and
bewildered at finding myself…
|
…passing his hand over his eyes, “I am
rather
dazed, rather
bewildered at finding myself…
|
|
2 (last)
|
-5
|
8
|
[para. beg. :
Cruel indeed, I declared,…]
|
|
He recovered in a measure the
ample speech
with which…
|
He recovered in a measure the
generous eloquence
with which…
|
He recovered in a measure the generous eloquence with which…
|
|
2 (last)
|
last
|
2 (last)
|
I had risked the conjecture that Miss Vernor was a
lovely creature,…
|
I had risked the conjecture that Miss Vernor was a
lovely
creature,…
|
I had risked the conjecture that Miss Vernor was a
charming
creature,…
|
|
Benvolio
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1875)
|
first book (1879)
|
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
…I have always found it
agreeable
to observe.
|
…I have always found it
profitable
to observe.
|
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
He was
more than twenty-five years old, but the was not yet
thirty-five;
he had a little
property; he
followed no regular profession.
|
He was
about to enter upon the third decade of our mortal span;
he had a little
property, and he
followed no regular profession.
|
|
7 (last)
|
6 (last)
|
-12
|
He
succeeded in a fashion, but it seemed
dreary –
doubly
dreary
when he
reflected
what it might have been.
|
He
only half
succeeded in a fashion; it seemed
dark and empty;
doubly
empty
when he
remembered
what it might have been.
|
|
Four meetings
|
|
|
|
the original chapter 2 of Four meetings was split in the
book versions, making a later total of four numbered chapters instead of three
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1877)
|
first book (1879)
|
NYE (1909)
|
|
int. ¶
|
1
|
1
|
I saw her but four times,
but I remember them vividly:
she made an impression
upon me.
|
I saw her only four times,
but I remember them vividly;
she made an impression
upon me.
|
I saw her but four times,
though I remember them vividly;
she made her impression
on me.
|
|
int. ¶
|
1
|
2
|
…a charming specimen of a type.
|
…a charming specimen of a type.
|
…a touching specimen of a type
with which I had other and perhaps less charming
associations.
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
The first one took place in the country,
at a little tea-party,…
|
The first one took place in the country,
at a little tea-party,…
|
The first was in the country,
at a small tea-party,…
|
3
[4]
(last)
|
last
|
last
|
…I reflected that poor Miss Spencer
had been right in her presentiment
that she should still see something of Europe.
|
…I
reflected that
poor Miss Spencer
had been right in her
presentiment
that she should still see something
of that dear old
Europe.
|
…I
could feel how right my
poor friend
had been in her
conviction at the other, the still intenser,
the now historic crisis,
that she should still see something of that dear old Europe.
|
|
Théodolinde/Rose-Agathe
|
|
|
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1878)
|
first book (1885)
|
|
throughout
|
Théodolinde
|
Rose-Agathe
|
|
1
|
5–6
[5–7]
|
…adjacent to the restaurant. Then there was a woman…
|
…adjacent to the restaurant.
It had above it the sign, “Anatole, Coiffeur;”
these artists, in Paris, being known only by their Christian name.
Then there was a woman…
|
|
1
|
8
[9]
|
…standing in the various attitudes of imminent
empressement,
the agreeable
dame de comptoir
sitting idle for the moment
|
…standing in the various attitudes of imminent
eagerness,
the agreeable
dame de comptoir,
sitting idle for the moment…
|
|
-7
|
1 (all)
|
“It will last as long, I hope, as she
does herself,” I answered.
|
“It will last as long, I hope, as she
herself does!”
|
|
Daisy Miller : a study
|
|
|
Daisy Miller : a study had no chapter numbers in its
original two-part magazine form: a bracketed alternative for this are
given (instead of the brackets being for the later edition).
To aid you in finding the very useful second example, it is during the
first discussion between Winterbourne and Mrs Costello, in a short
two-sentence speech paragraph.
The subtitle of this tale was dropped in the New York edition.
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1878)
|
first book (1879)
|
NYE (1909)
|
|
1
|
1
|
1–2
|
…hotel. There are, indeed, many hotels; for the entertainment…
|
…hotel. There are, indeed, many hotels; for
the entertainment…
|
…hotel; there are indeed many hotels, since
the entertainment…
|
|
2
|
22
[116]
|
1–2
(all)
|
“Ah, you are cruel!” said the young man.
“She’s a very nice young girl.”
|
“Ah, you are cruel!” said the young man.
“She’s a very nice girl.”
|
“Ah you ’re cruel!” said the young man.
“She ’s a very innocent girl.”
|
|
4 (last)
|
55
=-84
|
9–11
|
[para. beg. :
“The little Italian.
/ New York edition :
“The shiny – but, to do him justice,…]
|
|
…pretty and interesting. I rather doubt that
he dreams of marrying her. That must appear…
|
…pretty and interesting. I rather doubt whether
he dreams of marrying her. That must appear…
|
…pretty and interesting. Yes, he can’t
really hope to pull it off. That must appear…
|
|
4 (last)
|
58
=-81
|
1 (only)
|
“Ah! but the
avvocato
can’t believe it,” said Mrs. Costello.
|
“Ah! but the
cavaliere
can’t believe it,” said Mrs. Costello.
|
“Ah but the
cavaliere avvocato
does n’t believe
them!” cried Mrs. Costello.
|
|
4 (last)
|
-2
|
3 (last)
|
…too long in foreign parts.”
|
…too long in foreign parts.”
|
…too long in foreign parts.”
And this time she herself said nothing.
|
|
4 (last)
|
last
|
1
|
Nevertheless, he went back…
|
Nevertheless, he went back…
|
Nevertheless he soon went back…
|
|
Longstaff’s marriage
|
|
|
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1878)
|
first book (1879)
|
|
throughout
|
Gosling
|
Josling
|
|
1
|
1
|
…which is notoriously the envy of their foreign sisters,
|
…which is notoriously the envy
and despair
of their foreign sisters,
|
|
1
|
6
|
…the old sailing-vessel which was to bear her to
the lands she had dreamed of.
|
…the old sailing-vessel which was to bear her to
foreign lands.
|
|
-11
|
3
|
[para. beg. :
He looked at her again…]
|
|
The clergyman, too, looked at her,
marveling;
but he consented…
|
The clergyman, too, looked at her,
in much surprise;
but he consented…
|
|
An international episode
|
|
|
|
the magazine publication of An international episode was in two
parts, but both book versions are divided into six chapters
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1878)
|
first book (1879)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
…much struck with the fervid temperature of that city.
|
…much struck with the
fervid
temperature
of that city.
|
…much struck with the
high, the torrid
temperature.
|
|
1
|
20
|
last
|
…American citizens doing homage to an hotel-clerk.
By bed-time – in their impatience…
|
…American citizens doing homage to an hotel-clerk.
“I’m glad he didn’t tell us …
Fifth Avenue, where, for instance, he had told them that
all the first families … [three new paragraphs]
… also apparently more of a moralist.
By bed-time – in their impatience…
|
…American citizens doing homage to an hotel-clerk.
“I ’m glad he did n’t tell us …
Fifth Avenue, where he had for instance told them
all the first families … [three paragraphs with some further variants]
… also apparently more of a moralist.
By bedtime – in their impatience…
|
|
[6] (last)
|
last
|
last
|
But Bessie Alden seemed to regret nothing.
|
But Bessie Alden seemed to regret nothing.
|
But Bessie Alden, strange and charming girl,
seemed to regret nothing.
|
|
The Pension Beaurepas
|
|
|
|
the New York edition has minor changes in paragraphing
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1879),
US book (1883)
|
first book (1881)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
I had moreover been told that a boarding-house…
|
I had, moreover, been told that a boarding-house…
|
I had further been told that a boarding-house…
|
|
1
|
1
|
24
=-5
[-6]
|
…I believe Madame Beaurepas would have
contented herself with remarking that the proceeding was
misplaced.
|
…I believe Madame Beaurepas would have
contented herself with remarking
that the proceeding was out of place.
|
…I believe Madame Beaurepas would have
been satisfied to remark
that this receptacle was not the place for arsenic.
She could have imagined it otherwise and suitably applied.
|
|
9 (last)
|
-6
[-5]
|
1
|
Mr. Ruck was still looking round
the shop; he was still
whistling a little.
|
Mr. Ruck was
still vaguely inspecting
the shop; he was still
whistling a little.
|
Mr. Ruck
still vaguely examined
the shop; he still
just audibly whistled.
|
|
9 (last)
|
last
|
last
|
…with my luggage, the family
had not returned.
|
…with my luggage, the family
had not returned.
|
…with my luggage these interesting friends
had not returned.
|
|
The diary of a man of fifty
|
|
|
|
the following table lists all the fully substantive variants between
the matching magazine texts and the matching book texts:
there are, additionally, four spoken contractions (he’s, I’m)
expanded in the books;
there are no chapters as such but to make finding paragraphs slightly easier
I have counted them within ‘diary dates’
|
|
date
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1879, both)
|
first book (1879, 1880, 1883)
|
|
[April] 6th
|
1
|
14
|
She died ten years ago, and yet, as I sat there in the
evening
stillness,…
|
She died ten years ago, and yet, as I sat there in the
sunny
stillness,…
|
|
[April] 8th
|
83
[83–84]
|
1–2
[1, 1]
|
My companion listened to all this. “The Andrea del Sarto is there;…
|
My companion listened to all this.
<new para.>
“The Andrea del Sarto is there;…
|
|
[April] 26th
|
3
|
7
|
[para. beg. :
“I admit I am inconsistent,…]
|
|
Those
are the rare moments of life.
|
These
are the rare moments of life.
|
|
[April] 26th
|
20
|
1–2
(all)
|
“She has begged me to listen to everything you may say against her. She
prefers that; she
has a good conscience.
|
“She has begged me to listen to everything you may say against her. She
declares that she
has a good conscience.
|
|
[May] 7th
|
27
|
6
|
[para. beg. :
“She asked me what I would have? …]
|
|
We had a passionate
quarrel,…
|
We had a passionate
argument,…
|
|
[May] 7th
|
35
|
1
|
“There is nothing so
analystic [sic both]
as disillusionment.
|
“There is nothing so
analytic
as disillusionment.
|
|
[May] 11th
|
9
|
1
|
“But yours is abominable,” she
declared,
with a laugh.
|
“But yours is abominable!” she
exclaimed
[1883 : exclaimed,]
with a laugh.
|
|
A bundle of letters
|
|
|
|
the last three paragraphs of the 1881 text are made into a single one
in the New York edition
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
first book (1881)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
1–2
|
I have
kept you posted as far as Tuesday week last, and,
although
my letter will not have reached you yet, I will begin
another, before my news accumulates too much. I am glad
you show my letters round in the family, for I like them all to know
I am doing, and I can’t write to every one,
though I
try to answer all reasonable expectations.
|
I ’ve
kept you posted as far as Tuesday week last, and
though
my letter won’t have reached you yet I ’ll begin
another before my news accumulates too much. I ’m glad
you show my letters round in the family, for I like them all to know
what I ’m doing, and I can’t write to every one,
even if I do
try to answer all reasonable expectations.
|
|
9 (last)
|
-2
[-1]
|
3–4
[7–8]
|
I haven’t decided what country I will visit
yet;
it seems as if there were so many to choose from. But I
shall take care to pick out…
|
I have n’t decided what country I ’ll visit
next;
it seems as if there were so many to choose from. But I
must take care to pick out…
|
|
The point of view
|
|
|
|
the magazine text has a footnote to the name ‘Church’ in the
the first heading: ‘The author takes the liberty of referring the
reader to a little tale entitled “The Pension Beaurepas”.’
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1882)
|
first book (1883)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
…round the deck makes a mile,…
|
…round the deck makes a mile,…
|
…round the deck make a mile,…
|
|
1
|
1
|
9
|
…in sight of land, and we are soon to enter the Bay of New York,…
|
…in sight of land, and
we are
soon to enter the Bay of New York,…
|
…in sight of land, and
are
soon to enter the Bay of New York…
|
|
1
|
1
|
12–13
|
…on the other hand, Mamma, as you know, was dreadfully severe.
She is severe to this day;…
|
…on the other hand, mamma, as you know,
was dreadfully severe.
She is severe
to this day;…
|
…on the other hand, mamma, as you know,
had what she called a method with me.
She has it
to this day;…
|
|
3
|
1
|
33
|
The long lines of the far shores are soft and pure, though
there
are places that…
|
The long lines of the far shores are soft and pure, though
they
are places that…
|
The long lines of the far shores are soft and pure, though
they are places that…
|
|
8 (last)
|
last
|
last
|
But, fancy us in the West!
|
But, fancy us in the West!
|
But fancy us at Oshkosh!
|
|
The siege of London
|
|
|
|
the following table includes the only three substantive differences
between the magazine and first-book texts, two of which relate to the
same French phrase on both its appearances;
as shown, the penultimate three paragraphs of the 1883 text are made into a
single one in the New York edition
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1883)
|
first book (1883)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
throughout
|
San Diego
|
San Diego
|
San Pablo
|
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
…appreciate certain details.
|
…appreciate certain details.
|
…appreciate details.
|
|
1
|
1
|
7
|
…instrument which was often only less
injurious in effect than a double-barrelled pistol; but he was always
very curious, and he was sure, … so
he was pleased to qualify the masterpiece of
an Academician – he would not be observed…
|
…instrument which was often only less
injurious in effect than a double-barrelled pistol; but he was always
very curious, and he was sure, … so
he was pleased to qualify the masterpiece of
an Academician – he
would not be observed…
|
…instrument often only less
injurious in effect than a double-barrelled pistol; but he was always
very curious, and was sure, … so
he was pleased to qualify the masterpiece of
a contemporary – he
should n’t be observed…
|
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
“Elle ne
se
doute de rien!’
|
“Elle ne
doute de rien!’
|
“Elle ne
doute de rien!’
|
|
6
|
2
|
29
(=-4)
|
…she had added, oblivious for the moment that she
was at least as near to the age of the mother as to that
of the son.
|
…she had added,
oblivious
for the moment that
she could scarcely pretend to belong to a budding
generation.
|
…she had added,
forgetting
for the moment that
the crown of the maturer charm dangled before her at a
diminishing distance.
|
|
8
|
30
|
9
|
[para. beg. :
Littlemore winced at this.
/ New York edition :
He winced at this –…]
|
|
“Elle ne
se
doute de rien!’
|
“Elle ne doute de rien!’
|
“Elle ne doute de rien!’
|
|
10 (last)
|
-4
[-2]
|
all
|
…done differently.
He spoke … blush.
“Did you want…
|
…done differently.
He spoke … blush.
“Did you want…
|
…done differently. But
he spoke … blush. “Did you want…
|
|
10 (last)
|
last
|
last
|
…who in the world was Mrs. Headway.
|
…who in the world was Mrs. Headway.
|
…who in the world Lady Demesne “had been.”
|
|
The impressions of a cousin
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1883)
|
first book (1884)
|
|
1
|
1
|
9
|
…say to myself, How can I even
endure
Fifty-third Street?
|
…say to myself, How can I even
inhabit
Fifty-third Street?
|
|
1
|
2
|
19
|
[sent. beg. :
She doesn’t know that,…]
|
|
…for she wishes (very naturally) to think
that he is
a pearl of trustees.
|
…for she wishes (very naturally) to think
him
a pearl of trustees.
|
2
(last)
|
November 20
|
5
|
…her old, sweet, trustful self, as
far as I am concerned.
|
…her old, sweet, trustful self, so
far as I am concerned.
|
2
(last)
|
November 20
|
7
|
…things that I didn’t
dare to consider too closely,…
|
…things that I don’t
dare to consider too closely,…
|
|
Lady Barberina
|
|
|
|
Lady Barberina was subtly retitled Lady Barbarina
in the New York edition
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1883)
|
first book (1884)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
throughout
|
Lady Barberina
|
Lady Barberina
|
Lady Barbarina
|
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
They were lost in the multitude of
observers, and they belonged,…
|
They were lost in the multitude of
observers, and they belonged,…
|
Lost in the multitude of
observers they belonged,…
|
|
1
|
1
|
4–5
|
…but you would scarcely have noticed them.
Nevertheless, in all that shining host,
it is to them, obscure, that we must
give our attention.
|
…but you would scarcely have noticed them.
Nevertheless, in all that shining host,
it is to them, obscure, that we must
give our attention.
|
…but would scarcely have noticed them.
It is to them, obscure, in all that shining host,
that we must nevertheless
give our attention.
|
|
1
|
1
|
25
|
[sentence beginning : Dexter Freer was…]
|
|
…a nose that rather
drooped than aspired.
|
…a nose that rather
aspired than drooped.
|
…a nose that rather
drooped than aspired.
|
|
1
|
1
|
31
(= -5)
|
She was full of
intuitions
of the most judicious sort; and though…
|
She was full of
intentions,
of the most judicious sort; and though…
|
She was full of intentions,
of the most judicious sort and, though…
|
|
6 (last)
|
-2
|
1–2
|
[para. beg. :
The day after this,…]
|
|
…the reasons why she should not
marry
her Californian. Jackson was kind, he was affectionate;
he kissed her and put his arm
around
her waist,…
|
…the reasons why she should not
unite herself with
her Californian. Jackson was kind, he was affectionate;
he kissed her and put his arm
round
her waist,…
|
…the reasons why she should not
marry
her Californian. Jackson was kind, he was affectionate;
he kissed her and put his arm round her waist,…
|
|
6 (last)
|
last
|
last
|
Meanwhile it is as good as known that
Jackson Lemon supports them.
|
Meanwhile it is as good as known that
Jackson Lemon
supports them.
|
Meanwhile it ’s as good as known that
their really quite responsible brother-in-law
supports them.
|
|
The author of Beltraffio
|
|
|
|
the long last paragraph of the two earlier texts is divided in the
New York edition
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1884)
|
first book (1885)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
…I had kept my letter of introduction for three weeks…
|
…I had kept my letter of introduction for
three weeks…
|
…I had kept my letter of introduction
three weeks…
|
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
…he had the irritability as well as the brilliancy of genius.
|
…he had the irritability as well as the
brilliancy of genius.
|
…he had the irritability as well as the
dignity of genius.
|
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
…it was
close to my grasp), would…
|
…it was
really at hand), would…
|
…it was
near at hand – would…
|
|
1
|
1
|
8
|
…beauty of execution and
reality
of matter.
|
…beauty of execution and
value
of subject.
|
…beauty of execution and
“intimate” importance
of theme.
|
|
4 (last)
|
last
|
6
[3]
|
“She’ll
treat him better after this,”
I remember Miss Ambient saying, in response…
|
“She’ll
be nicer to him after this,”
I remember
Miss Ambient saying, in response…
|
“She ’ll
treat him better after this,”
I remember
her sister-in-law’s saying in response…
|
|
4 (last)
|
last
|
last
|
When the new book came out – it was long delayed – she
read it over as a whole, and her husband told me that a few months
before her death – she failed rapidly after losing her son,
sank into a consumption, and faded away at Mentone –
during those few supreme weeks she even dipped into Beltraffio.
|
When the new book came out – it was long delayed – she
read it over as a whole, and her husband told me that
a few months
before her death – she failed rapidly after losing her son,
sank into a consumption, and faded away at Mentone –
during those few supreme weeks
she even dipped into
Beltraffio.
|
When the new book came out (it was long delayed) she
read it over as a whole, and her husband told me that
during the few supreme weeks
before her death – she failed rapidly after losing her son,
sank into a consumption and faded away at Mentone –
she even dipped into the black
“Beltraffio”.
|
|
Pandora
|
|
|
|
magazine text not (yet) available to me
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
first book (1885)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
To watch from a point of vantage the struggles of
later comers
– of the uninformed, the unprovided,
the bewildered – is an occupation…
|
To watch from such a point of vantage the struggles of
those less fortunate than ourselves
– of the uninformed, the unprovided,
the belated,
the bewildered – is an occupation…
|
|
2 (last)
|
last
|
2
|
…entered a carriage with Pandora,…
|
…entered a carriage with Miss Day…
|
|
2 (last)
|
last
|
3
|
…to D. F. Bellamy,…
|
…to Mr. D. F. Bellamy…
|
|
2 (last)
|
last
|
3–4 (last)
|
…that Pandora’s long engagement
had terminated at the nuptial altar.
He communicated this news to Mrs. Bonnycastle, who had not heard
it,
with the remark that there was now ground for a new induction as
to the self-made girl.
|
…that Pandora, a thousand other duties performed,
had finally “got round” to the altar of her own nuptials.
He communicated this news to Mrs. Bonnycastle, who had not heard
it but who, shrieking at the queer face he showed
her, met it
with the remark that there was now ground for a new induction as
to the self-made girl.
|
|
A New England winter
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1884)
|
first book (1884)
|
|
1
|
1
|
10
|
…looking up at her house, she
had
time to see that everything…
|
…looking up at her house, she
had had
time to see that everything…
|
|
1
|
2
|
12
|
…she did not regard her life as especially cheerless;
there were many others’
that were more denuded than hers.
|
…she did not regard her life as especially cheerless;
there were many others
that were more denuded.
|
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
…as the object of an appeal in its nature somewhat
precarious.
|
…as the object of an appeal in its nature somewhat
ambiguous.
|
7
(last)
|
last
|
6–7
|
…and yet she was vexed at Pauline’s pert resignation; it proved
her to be superficial.
She disposed of everything with her absurd little phrases,
that were half slang and half quotation.
|
…and yet she was vexed at Pauline’s pert resignation; it proved
her to be so superficial.
She disposed of everything with her absurd little phrases,
which were half slang and half quotation.
|
7
(last)
|
last
|
last 2
|
…and she smiled to think that the conscientious Susan should have
descended, in her last resort, to an artifice,
to a pretext. She had probably persuaded him she was
tired of Joanna’s children.
|
…and she smiled to think that the conscientious Susan should have
descended, in the last resort, to an artifice,
to a pretext. She had probably persuaded him she was
out of patience with Joanna’s children.
|
|
The path of duty
|
|
|
|
the following table shows all the substantive variants between the
two sample publications of The path of duty:
that is, all variants except those involving punctuation within sentences
and printers’ spellings
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1884)
|
first book (1885)
|
|
int. ¶
|
19–20
[19]
|
…think they
are. The
result,…
|
…think they
are; the
result,…
|
|
1
|
1
|
8
|
He was not
an exemplary or edifying character,…
|
He was not
a person to admire or imitate,…
|
|
6
|
1
|
3
|
He didn’t mention
Joscelind’s name,…
|
He didn’t mention
Joscelind,…
|
|
6
|
9
|
3
|
…was a very strange one
indeed.
|
…was a very strange one.
|
|
8 (last)
|
2
|
15–16
[15]
|
This seemed to me really
ominous. It
stuck in my mind…
|
This seemed to me really
ominous – it
stuck in my mind…
|
|
Cousin Maria / Mrs Temperly
|
|
|
|
Cousin Maria was renamed Mrs Temperly on its book
appearance, and the text was provided with a number of additional paragraph
breaks (hence the alternative numberings here)
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1887)
|
first book (1889)
|
|
1
|
11
|
12
(=-2)
|
…and there was something homely and cozy, a
kind of
rustic, motherly
bonhomie,…
|
…and there was something homely and cosy, a rustic, motherly
bonhomie,…
|
|
1
|
15
|
6
|
She used
every convenience that the civilization of her time
offered her, in a superior, unprejudiced way, and would…
|
She
used, in a superior, unprejudiced way, every convenience
that the civilisation of her time offered her, and would…
|
|
2
|
2
[4]
|
1
|
…surveyed in them with complacency the results of
superior educative processes.
|
…surveyed in them with complacency the results of
her own superiority.
|
|
4 (last)
|
9
[13]
|
5–6
|
[para. beg. :
On the whole he was glad,…]
|
|
…orchids with a double escort.
Doubtless each wished
to quit her, but
didn’t
wish to appear to give way to
the
other;
…
to give him, apart,
a few minutes’ conversation.
|
…orchids with a double escort.
Her friends would wish
to quit her but
would not
wish to appear to give way to
each
other;
…
to give him a few minutes’ conversation.
|
|
4 (last)
|
12
[16]
|
1 (only)
|
…looking round the conservatory
to see if the plants were all there.
|
…looking round the conservatory
as if
to see if the plants were all there.
|
|
Louisa Pallant
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1888)
|
first book (1888)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
2 (last)
|
…I flattered myself that I had nothing more to learn.
|
…I flattered myself
that I had nothing more to learn.
|
…I flattered myself I had nothing more to learn.
|
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
…one lovely night…
|
…one lovely night…
|
…one beautiful night…
|
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
…watching the others
with a kind of solemn dumbness.
|
…watching the others
as if they had paid for the privilege and were rather
disappointed.
|
…watching the others as if they had paid for the privilege and were
rather disappointed.
|
|
6 (last)
|
last
|
-4
|
Mrs Gimingham’s photographs
(such is her present name)
may be obtained at the principal stationers.
|
Mrs Gimingham’s photographs
(such is her present name)
may be obtained from the principal stationers.
|
Mrs Gimingham’s admired photographs
– such is Linda’s present name –
may be obtained from the principal stationers.
|
|
6 (last)
|
last
|
last
|
I related to her, as soon as I saw her, the
substance of the story I have written here,
and (such is the inconsequence of women) nothing…
|
I related to her as soon as I
saw her the
substance of the story I have written here,
and (such is the inconsequence of women) nothing…
|
I put before her as soon as I
next saw her the
incidents here recorded,
and – such is the inconsequence of women – nothing…
|
|
The Aspern papers
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1888)
|
first book (1888)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
throughout
|
Miss Tita
|
Miss Tita
|
Miss Tina
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
…confidence; in truth without her
I should have made…
|
…confidence; in truth without her
I should have made…
|
…confidence; without her in truth
I should have made…
|
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
It was she who invented the short cut, who severed the Gordian knot.
|
It was she who invented the short cut, who severed
the Gordian knot.
|
It was she who found the short cut and loosed
the Gordian knot.
|
|
1
|
1
|
12
[12–13]
|
…I remarked as much to Mrs. Prest, who,
however, replied with profundity,…
|
…I remarked as much to Mrs. Prest. She however
replied with profundity,…
|
…I remarked as much to Mrs. Prest. She replied
however with profundity…
|
|
9 (last)
|
last
|
last
|
When I look at it my distress at the loss of the
letters becomes almost intolerable.
|
When I look at it my chagrin at the loss of the letters
becomes almost intolerable.
|
When I look at it I can scarcely bear my loss – I
mean of the precious papers.
|
|
The liar
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1888)
|
first book (1889)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
The curtains were drawn in this asylum, the candles were
lighted, the fire was bright, and when … the comfortable little place
became suggestive – seemed to promise a pleasant house,
a various party, talks, acquaintances, affinities,…
|
The curtains were drawn in this asylum, the candles
were
lighted, the fire
was
bright, and when … the comfortable little place
became suggestive
– seemed to promise a pleasant house,
a various party, talks, acquaintances,
affinities,…
|
The curtains were drawn in this asylum, the candles
lighted, the fire bright, and when … the comfortable little place
might have been one of the minor instruments in a big
orchestra
– seemed to promise a pleasant house,
a various party, talk, acquaintances,
affinities,…
|
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
…profession to pay many country visits,…
|
…profession to pay many
country visits,…
|
…profession often to pay
country visits,…
|
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
…walls;
he considered that these things gave
a sort
of measure of the culture, and even the character,
of his hosts.
|
…walls;
he considered that these things gave
a sort
of measure of the culture and even of the character
of his hosts.
|
…walls;
these things would give in
a sort
the social, the conversational value
of his hosts.
|
|
3 (last)
|
-7
|
3
|
[para. beg. :
“Yes, your husband’s strange friend…]
|
|
He
did not wish
to frighten her; he only
wished
to communicate the impulse which would make her say,…
|
He
had no desire
to frighten her; he only
wanted
to communicate the impulse which would make her say,…
|
He
did n’t want to scare or to shake
her; he only wanted to communicate the impulse
that
would make her say:…
|
|
3 (last)
|
last
|
last two
[last four]
|
He would never go back – he couldn’t.
She was still in love with
the Colonel – he had trained her too well.
|
He would never go back – he couldn’t.
She was still in love with
the Colonel –
he had trained her too well.
|
He would never go back – he could n’t.
Nor should he ever sound her abyss. He believed
in her absolute straightness where she and her affairs alone might
be concerned, but
she was still in love with
the man of her choice, and since she
could n’t redeem him she would adopt and protect him. So
he had trained her.
|
|
Two countries / The modern warning
|
|
|
|
the original name was changed in all the book editions
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1888)
|
first book (1888, 1890)
|
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
…and to be vexed when he found they
didn’t know
them.
|
…and to be vexed when he found they
were ignorant of
them.
|
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
…which were mainly negative –
to say that he couldn’t
yet say when he should be able to start for the Continent.
|
…which were mainly negative, mainly
to say that he could not
yet say when he should be able to start for the Continent.
|
|
1
|
1
|
9
|
Family feeling was strong among these three
(though Macarthy’s manner
of showing it was sometimes peculiar),
and her affection for her son…
|
Family feeling was strong among these three though Macarthy’s manner
of showing it was sometimes peculiar, and her affection for her son…
|
7
(last)
|
-2
|
2
|
She was very well this morning, sir,” the
lady’s-maid
broke out, to Macarthy,…
|
She was very well this morning, sir,’ the
waiting-maid
broke out, to Macarthy,…
|
7
(last)
|
last
|
9
|
He made him come back to Grosvenor Crescent;
|
He made him return to Grosvenor Crescent;
|
|
A London life
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1888)
|
first book (1889)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
It was raining, apparently,
but she didn’t mind –…
|
It was raining, apparently,
but she didn’t mind –…
|
It seemed to be raining,
but she did n’t mind –…
|
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
She was restless and so
fidgetty [sic] that it was a pain;…
|
She was restless and
so fidgety that it was a pain;…
|
She was so restless and
nervous that it was a pain;…
|
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
The girl had been in England
nearly
a year, but there were some satisfactions…
|
The girl had been in England
more than
a year, but there were
some satisfactions…
|
The girl had been in England more than a year, but there were
satisfactions…
|
|
13 (last)
|
-12
|
17–18
[17–19]
|
[para. beg. :
She made no answer,…]
|
|
…her ladyship would have come
herself, only she was too angry.
It was a sort of proof
of this that she had sent back…
|
…her ladyship would have come
herself, only she was
too angry.
She was very bad indeed. It was an indication
of this that she had sent back…
|
…her ladyship would have come
herself if she had n’t been
too angry.
She was very bad
indeed; it was revealed that her
wrath was terrible; and it was truly rather a sign
of this that she had sent back…
|
|
13 (last)
|
last
|
-4
|
…staying with some distant relatives…
|
…staying with some distant relatives…
|
…staying with distant relatives…
|
|
13 (last)
|
last
|
-3
|
…he himself has ideas of transmitting funds,…
|
…he himself has ideas
of transmitting funds,…
|
…he himself has a project
of transmitting funds,…
|
|
The lesson of the master
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1888)
|
first book (1892)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
throughout
|
Bryanston Square
|
Manchester Square
|
Manchester Square
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
He had been informed that the ladies were at church, but that
was corrected…
|
He had been informed that
the ladies were at church, but that
was corrected…
|
He had been told
the ladies were at church, but this
was corrected…
|
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
…great trees; but the fourth figure
was not a gentleman, the one in the crimson dress
which made so vivid a spot, told so
as a “bit of colour” amid the fresh, rich green.
|
…great trees; but
the fourth figure
was not a gentleman, the one in the
crimson dress
which made so vivid a spot,
told so
as a “bit of colour” amid the fresh, rich green.
|
…great trees, while
the fourth figure
showed a
crimson dress
that
told
as a “bit of colour” amid the fresh rich green.
|
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
…if he wished
to go first
to his room.
|
…if he wished
first to go
to his room.
|
…if he wished first to go to his room.
|
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
…and liking to take a general
imaginative
possession of the new scene immediately, as he always did.
|
…and liking to take a general
perceptive
possession of
the
new scene immediately, as he always did.
|
…and liking to take
at once
a general perceptive possession of
a
new scene.
|
|
6 (last)
|
20
|
3
|
[para. beg. :
He dressed quickly,…
/ New York edition :
He dressed and drove quickly,…]
|
|
…going “on,” with the
ovine,
herdlike movement of London society at night.
|
…going “on,” with the
hunted,
herdlike movement of London society at night.
|
…going “on” with the
hunted herdlike movement of London society at night.
|
|
6 (last)
|
last
|
last
|
I may say for him, however, that if this event were to befall
he would really be the very first to appreciate it: which is perhaps
a proof that St. George was essentially right and that Nature
dedicated him to intellectual, not to personal passion.
|
I may say for him, however, that if this event were to
befall
he would really be the very first to appreciate it: which is perhaps
a proof that St. George
was essentially right and that Nature
dedicated him to intellectual, not to personal passion.
|
I may say for him, however, that if this event were to
occur
he would really be the very first to appreciate it: which is perhaps
a proof that the Master
was essentially right and that Nature had
dedicated him to intellectual, not to personal passion.
|
|
The Patagonia
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1888)
|
first book (1889)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
…was a kind of foreshortened desert.
|
…was a foreshortened desert.
|
…was a foreshortened desert.
|
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
…so that it would be an act of consideration
to prepare her mind.
|
…so that
it would be an act of consideration
to prepare her mind.
|
…so that
I should be doing her a service
to prepare her mind.
|
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
As I stood on her doorstep I remembered
that as she had a son she might not after all be so lone; yet
at the same time it was present to me that Jasper Nettlepoint …
long since drawn him away from the maternal side.
|
As I stood on her doorstep I remembered
that as she had a son she might not after all be so lone; yet
at the same time it was present to me
that Jasper Nettlepoint …
long since drawn
him away from the maternal side.
|
It came to me indeed as I stood on her door-step
that as she had a son she might not after all be so lone; yet
I remembered at the same time
that Jasper Nettlepoint …
long since diverted
him from the maternal side.
|
|
1
|
3
|
last two
[last]
|
…I was more the old lady’s contemporary than Jasper’s.
What was unpardonable was that in Germany I had never been near her
daughter – the one who lived abroad. I knew she was fixed at
Wiesbaden but I had quite forgotten the name of the Prussian diplomatist
(much older than herself and now on the retired list) whom she had
married.
|
…I was more the
old lady’s
contemporary than
Jasper’s.
|
…I was more the
mother’s
contemporary than
the son’s.
|
|
4 (last)
|
last
|
7
|
It was not till afterwards that I thought
that
a little stupid of him.
|
It was not till afterwards that I thought
this
a little stupid of him.
|
It was not till afterwards that I thought this
rather characteristically dull
of him.
|
|
4 (last)
|
last
|
last two
|
I told him first that she was ill. It was an odious moment.
|
I told him first
that she was ill.
It was an odious moment.
|
I broke ground by putting it, feebly,
that she was ill.
It was a dire moment.
|
|
The solution
|
|
|
|
the magazine text is in three parts, with no chapter numbers and a line space
after the introductory paragraph (so add one to the paragraph number in
each of the first three examples to get that of the periodical);
the magazine’s part three forms the whole of chapter four in the book
text
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1889)
|
first book (1892)
|
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
It was the slumbrous,
pictorial Rome of the Popes,…
|
It was the slumberous,
pictorial Rome of the Popes,…
|
|
1
|
2
|
8 [=-2]
|
…she had done battle for her precedence and had
boomed
out her
little
title.
|
…she had done battle for her precedence and had
roared
out her
luckless
title.
|
|
1
|
9
|
2
|
…and none of its defects – he
was, socially, a pure pearl.
|
…and none of its defects – he
was born for human intercourse.
|
pt 3
4
(last)
|
-2–-1
|
10 (last)–1
|
Of course I had myself to thank for it, for I not only
cornered her
with Wilmerding – I
cornered her
with Veronica.
What she said to Veronica
was no doubt that it was all a mistake…
|
Of course I had myself to thank for it, for I not only
shut her up
with Wilmerding – I
shut her up
with Veronica.
What she said to Veronica in this situation
was no doubt that it was all a mistake…
|
pt 3
4
(last)
|
last
|
last
|
but do you think
that was sufficient?
|
but do you suppose
that was sufficient?
|
|
The pupil
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1891)
|
first book (1892)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
throughout
|
Adolphus
|
Ulick
|
Ulick
|
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
…about her son which it was better that a boy of eleven…
|
…about her son which
it was better that a boy of eleven…
|
…about her son that
it was better a boy of eleven…
|
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
…who had first come into the room, as if to see for himself, as soon as
Pemberton was admitted,…
|
…who had first come into the room,
as if to see for himself, as soon as
Pemberton was admitted,…
|
…who had come into the room
as if to see for himself the moment
Pemberton was admitted,…
|
|
5
|
5
|
1
|
“You know they don’t pay you up,” said Morgan, blushing and
not looking up.
|
“You know they don’t pay you up,” said Morgan, blushing and
turning his leaves.
|
“You know they don’t pay you up,” said Morgan, blushing and
turning his leaves.
|
|
5
|
7
|
1
|
“It has been there a long time,” the boy replied,
turning over his leaves.
|
“It has been there a long time,” the boy replied,
continuing his search.
|
“It has been there a long time,” the boy replied
rummaging his book.
|
|
5
|
23
|
-1
|
[para. beg. :
Mr. and Mrs. Moreen looked at each other,…]
|
|
…but his wife had recourse, for the first time since
Pemberton had been in the house,
to
haughtiness,
reminding him that a devoted mother,…
|
…but his wife had recourse, for the first time since
the arrival of their inmate,
to
a fine hauteur,
reminding him that a devoted mother,…
|
…but his wife had recourse, for the first time since
his domestication with them,
to a fine hauteur,
reminding him that a devoted mother,…
|
|
8 (last)
|
last
|
1–2
|
“I told you he didn’t, my dear,”
argued Mr. Moreen. He was trembling all over, and he
was, in his way, as deeply affected as his wife.
|
“I told you he didn’t, my dear,”
argued Mr. Moreen. He
was trembling all over, and he
was, in his way, as deeply affected as his wife.
|
“I told you he did n’t, my dear,”
her husband made answer. Mr. Moreen
was trembling all over and
was in his way as deeply affected as his wife.
|
|
Brooksmith
|
|
|
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1891)
|
first book (1892)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
5
|
Mr. Offord, the most agreeable, the most lovable
of bachelors, was a retired diplomatist, living on his pension,
confined by his infirmities to his fireside and delighted to be
found there any afternoon in the year
by such visitors as Brooksmith allowed to come up.
|
Mr. Offord, the most agreeable, the most lovable
of bachelors, was a retired diplomatist, living on his pension,
confined by his infirmities to his fireside and delighted to be
found there any afternoon in the year
by such visitors as Brooksmith allowed to come up.
|
Mr. Offord, the most agreeable, the most attaching
of bachelors, was a retired diplomatist, living on his pension
and on something of his own over and above;
a good deal
confined, by his infirmities, to his fireside and delighted to be
found there any afternoon in the year,
from five o’clock on,
by such visitors as Brooksmith allowed to come up.
|
|
2
|
2
|
…to come merely once was a slight which
nobody, I am sure, had ever put upon him.
|
…to come merely once was a slight which
nobody, I am sure, had ever put upon him.
|
…to come merely once was a slight
nobody, I ’m sure, had ever put upon him.
|
|
7
|
5
|
…in his cloistered white face and extraordinarily
glossy
hair,…
|
…in his cloistered white face and extraordinarily
polished
hair,…
|
…in his cloistered white face and extraordinarily
polished hair,…
|
|
-2
|
2
|
He had not opened the door of the house to me,
and I had not recognised him in the cluster of retainers in the hall.
|
He had not opened the door of the house to me,
and I had not
recognised him in the cluster
of retainers in the hall.
|
He had n’t opened the door of the house to me,
nor had I
recognised him in the array
of retainers in the hall.
|
|
-2
|
15
[-4]
|
…are supposed to lubricate the
wheels
of departure;…
|
…are supposed to lubricate the
process
of departure;…
|
…are supposed to lubricate the process of departure;…
|
|
The marriages
|
|
|
|
the last two paragraphs of the 1892 text are made into a
single one in the New York edition
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1891)
|
first book (1892)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
…the hostess said, holding the girl’s hand and smiling.
|
…the hostess said, holding
the girl’s hand and smiling.
|
…the hostess asked while she held
the girl’s hand and smiled.
|
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
…she held up to her face, in a vague,
protecting, sheltering way,…
|
…she held up to
her face, in a vague,
protecting, sheltering way,…
|
…she flourished about
her face, in a vaguely
protecting sheltering way,…
|
|
1
|
9
|
|
[para. beg. :
He was going to his room,…]
|
|
3
|
…that she should hear her father come out again and
mount to Godfrey’s room.
|
…that she should hear her father come out again and
go up to Godfrey.
|
…that she should hear her father come out again and go up to Godfrey.
|
|
7
|
…upon which she came out and
stole up to Godfrey.
|
…upon which she came out and
made her way to Godfrey.
|
…upon which she came out and made her way to Godfrey.
|
|
4 (last)
|
-2
|
3
|
Mrs. Churchley, perched higher than ever,
rolled
by without a recognition.
|
Mrs. Churchley, perched higher than ever,
rode
by without a recognition.
|
Mrs. Churchley, perched higher than ever,
rode by without a recognition.
|
|
4 (last)
|
last
|
5
[9]
|
…and she told papa that she thought I was horrid.
|
…and she told papa that
she thought I was
horrid.
|
…and she told papa
she really thought me
horrid.
|
|
The chaperon
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1891)
|
first book (1893)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
…close to the fire,
and
she sat
there
knitting and warming her knees.
|
…close to the fire,
where
she sat
knitting and warming her knees.
|
…close to the fire, where she sat knitting and warming her knees.
|
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
…illiberal compression assumed by
her lips in obedience to something
that was passing in her mind.
|
…illiberal compression assumed by
her lips in obedience to something
that was passing in her mind.
|
…illiberal compression of
her lips in obedience to something
she had thought of.
|
|
1
|
1
|
8 (last)
|
If she were thinking something out,
she was thinking it thoroughly.
|
If she was thinking something out,
she was thinking it thoroughly.
|
If she was studying a question
she was studying it thoroughly.
|
|
5 (last)
|
-4
|
-2
|
It owes a portion of
this peculiar intensity of quietude
to the fact that Mrs. Tramore…
|
It owes a portion of
its concentration
to the fact that Mrs. Tramore…
|
It owes a part of its concentration
to the fact that Mrs. Tramore…
|
|
5 (last)
|
-3–-2
|
all
|
“If it hadn’t been for you,” she replied, smiling,
“she might have had her regular place at our fireside.”
“Good heavens, how did I prevent it?” cried Captain Jay,
with all the consciousness of virtue.
|
“If it hadn’t been for you,” she
replied, smiling, “she
might have had her regular place at our fireside.”
“Good heavens,
how did I prevent it?” cried Captain Jay, with all the
consciousness of virtue.
|
“If it had n’t been for you,” she
unsparingly replied – she is mistress
of an odd deep irony – “mamma
might have had her regular place at our fireside.”
“Gracious goodness,
how did I prevent it?” cried Captain Jay with all the
consciousness of virtue.
|
|
Sir Edmund Orme
|
|
|
|
the first book edition has a paragraphing error and the
New York edition has some deliberate re-paragraphing,
hence the alternative counts and the counting-backwards in the cited
locations
|
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1891)
|
first book (1892)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
2
|
There is, however, nothing in the strange story to establish this point,
which is, perhaps, not of importance.
|
There is, however, nothing in the strange story to establish this point,
which is, perhaps, not of importance.
|
There is however nothing in the strange story to establish this point,
now perhaps not of importance.
|
|
1
|
4
|
…and you may easily and will probably
say that the tale is too extravagant to have had a demonstrable origin.
|
…and you may easily and will probably
say that the tale is too extravagant
to have had a demonstrable origin.
|
…and you may easily, and will probably,
think it too extravagant
to have had a palpable basis.
|
16
[14]
|
-2–-1
(last two)
|
[para. beg. :
Mrs. Marden had made us promise…]
|
|
…as if it had been a full volume of sound – I heard the whole
of the air. It was sweet, fresh
music, and I
was often to hum it over.
|
…as if it had been a full volume of
sound – I
heard the whole of the
air. It
was sweet, fresh
music – I
was often to hum
it
over.
|
…as if it had been a full volume of
sound. I
heard the whole of the
air, and it
was sweet fresh
music, which I
was often to hum over.
|
165
[166]
(= -13)
|
-2
|
[para. beg. :
The question I asked her…
/ New York edition :
She came out with me…]
|
|
I promised not to come too often
and, for three months, not to speak to her
of the question I had raised the day before.
|
I promised not to come too often
and not to speak to her for three months
of the
question
I had raised the day before.
|
I promised not to come too often and not to speak to her for three months
of the
issue
I had raised the day before.
|
|
last
|
1
|
…(it was like a waft from a great tempest),…
|
…(it was like a waft from a great
tempest),…
|
…(it was like a waft from a great
storm)…
|
|
Nona Vincent
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1892)
|
first book (1893)
|
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
…which was simply a sort of
ordered diffusion of her presence,
so soothing,…
|
…which was simply a sort of
distillation of herself,
so soothing,…
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
…had forgotten, in her
great
warm, golden drawing-room,…
|
…had forgotten, in her warm, golden drawing-room,…
|
|
2 (last)
|
-2
|
2 (last)
|
“You know how she dresses!”
she cried.
|
“You know how she dresses!”
|
|
2 (last)
|
last
|
last
|
Mrs. Alsager continues
to take boxes.
|
At these representations
Mrs. Alsager continues
frequently to be present.
|
|
The private life
|
|
|
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1892)
|
first book (1893)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
2
|
…one of those impressions which make up…
|
…one of those impressions which
make up…
|
…one of those impressions that
make up…
|
|
1
|
5
|
…and for a week, there,
we had had company and weather.
|
…and for a week
we had had company and weather.
|
…and for a week we had had company and weather.
|
|
2
|
6
|
We were of the same general communion,
we participated in the same miscellaneous
publicity.
|
We were of the same general communion,
we participated in the same miscellaneous
publicity.
|
We were of the same general communion,
chalk-marked for recognition by signs from the
same alphabet.
|
|
last
|
-4
|
Mrs. Adney had vanished when we came down;
…
finished his play,
and she produced it.
|
Mrs. Adney had vanished when we came down;
…
finished his play, which she produced.
|
Blanche had vanished when we came down;
…
finished his play, which she produced.
|
|
The real thing
|
|
|
|
the magazine text is divided into chapters, but the first of these
does not carry its number
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1892)
|
first book (1893)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
When the porter’s wife (she used to answer the house-bell),
announced “A gentleman – with a lady, sir,” I had,
as I often had in those days, for the wish was father to the thought,
an immediate vision of sitters.
|
When the porter’s wife (she
used to answer the house-bell), announced “A gentleman
– with
a lady, sir,” I had, as I often had in those
days, for
the wish was
father to the thought, an immediate vision of sitters.
|
When the porter’s wife, who
used to answer the house-bell, announced “A gentleman
and
a lady, sir,” I had, as I often had in those
days –
the wish being
father to the thought – an immediate vision of sitters.
|
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
However, there was nothing at first
to indicate that they might not have come for a portrait.
|
However,
there was nothing at first
to indicate that they might not have come for a portrait.
|
There was nothing at first however
to indicate that they might n’t have come for a portrait.
|
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
…– I don’t mean
either
as a barber or a tailor –…
|
…– I don’t mean as a barber or
yet
a tailor –…
|
…– I don’t mean as a barber or yet a tailor –…
|
|
1
|
16
|
7–10
(last four)
[7]
(last)
|
[para. beg. :
It was only then that I understood…]
|
|
…I afterwards reflected.
But that’s nothing; a portrait is almost always
bad in direct proportion as it gratifies the original or his friends.
He himself can please his friends; the triumph of the painter is to
please his enemies; they can’t get over that. At any rate the
delight of the sitter is in general a bad note.
|
…I afterwards reflected.
|
…I afterwards reflected.
|
|
4 (last)
|
-3
|
5
|
…– I confess I should like to have been able to
draw
that –…
|
…– I confess I should like to have been able to
paint
that –…
|
…– I confess I should like to have been able to
paint that –…
|
|
4 (last)
|
last
|
-2
|
…did me a permanent harm – got me into a second-rate trick.
|
…did me a permanent harm, got me into
a second-rate trick.
|
…did me a permanent harm, got me into
false ways.
|
|
Lord Beauprey
|
|
|
|
this tale was renamed Lord Beaupré in
the book publication
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1892)
|
first book (1893)
|
|
throughout
|
Beauprey
|
Beaupré
|
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
…taken as a vocal
translation
of the act…
|
…taken as a vocal
rendering
of the act…
|
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
…she put down her teacup with a
little short, sharp movement,
and, getting up,…
|
…she put down her teacup with a
failure of suavity
and, getting up,…
|
|
6 (last)
|
52
|
1
|
“She had only to wait – to put an end to their
deception,
harmless…
|
“She had only to wait – to put an end to their
artifice,
harmless…
|
|
6 (last)
|
55
|
1
|
“I loathed their
deception,
harmless…
|
“I loathed their
artifice,
harmless…
|
|
The visit / The visits
|
|
|
|
The visit was renamed to the plural in the book edition
|
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1892)
|
first book (1893)
|
|
1
|
2–4
|
For a London epitaph that was almost
elaborate,
and the subject presently changed.
I
had taken many notes, but
I
didn’t
mention
it
then.
The following story is
one of them – I took it down,
verbatim,
having that faculty, the day after I heard it.
|
For a London epitaph that was almost
exhaustive,
and the subject presently changed.
One of the listeners
had taken many notes, but
he
didn’t
confess
it
on the spot.
The following story is
a specimen of my exactitude
– I took it down,
verbatim,
having that faculty, the day after I heard it.
|
|
2
|
3
|
…I would work her in, as
they
say.
|
…I would work her in, as
you
say
nowadays.
|
|
last
|
1–3
|
“Mother, mother,” the girl repeated, and poor Helen replied
with a sound of passionate solicitation.
“I–I–I–I—”
her daughter
stammered
in the waiting
hush.
“I’m dying,” she
substituted, she finished;
and she died that night, after an hour, unconscious.
|
“Mother, mother,” the girl repeated, and poor Helen replied
with a sound of passionate solicitation.
But
her daughter
only exhaled
in the waiting
hush, while I stood at the window where the dawn
was faint, the most miserable moan in the world.
“I’m dying,” she
said, articulately;
and she died that night, after an hour, unconscious.
|
|
Collaboration
|
|
|
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1892)
|
first book (1893)
|
|
1
|
2
|
…but I
affirm without hesitation
that my invitations are never declined.
|
…but I
rejoice in the distinction
that my invitations are never declined.
|
|
1
|
5
|
The air is as
cosmopolitan
as only Parisian air can be;…
|
The air is as
international
as only Parisian air can be;…
|
|
last
|
5-6
|
Where
had she
found
it? How had she learned it?
|
How
had she
got hold of
it? How had she learned it?
|
|
last
|
10
|
…made on that occasion
also an ineffaceable
impression
on her!
|
…made on that occasion
more than one intense
impression.
|
|
Greville Fane
|
|
|
|
¶
|
s.
|
newspaper (1892)
|
first book (1893)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
2
|
Let her down easy,
but not too easy.”
|
Let her off easy,
but not too easy.”
|
Let her down easily,
but not too easily.”
|
|
1
|
6
|
“I simply won’t qualify it,” I said to myself.
|
“I simply won’t qualify it,”
I said to myself.
|
“So I simply won’t qualify it,”
I said.
|
|
2
|
4
|
…but poor Mrs. Stormer had passed
beyond the reach of kind inquiries from colleagues.
|
…but poor Mrs. Stormer had passed
into a state in which the resonance of no earthly knocker
was to be feared.
|
…but poor Mrs. Stormer had passed
into a state in which the resonance of no earthly knocker
was to be feared.
|
|
-3 (third last)
|
1
|
“What is it?” she asked, looking hard at
one of the pictures
of the year,…
|
“What is it?” she asked, looking hard at
the picture
of the year,…
|
“What is it?” she asked, looking hard at the picture
of the year,…
|
|
last
|
last
|
He really goes too far.
|
He really
goes too far.
|
He really – with me at least –
goes too far.
|
|
The wheel of time
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1892–93)
|
first book (1893)
|
throughout
(chapter 6)
|
Ripple
|
Blankley
|
|
1
|
2
|
1–2
|
“Oh, yes, she’s nice.
She’s a great comfort.”
|
“Oh, yes, she’s nice enough.
She’s a great comfort.”
|
|
1
|
5
|
1–2
|
…said Lady Greyswood, with an easy assumption.
“I’ve known plain women whom everyone liked.
|
…said Lady Greyswood, with more benevolence than logic.
“I’ve known plain women who were liked.
|
|
1
|
6
|
2
|
“But everyone doesn’t like me!”
|
“But I’m not so awfully liked!”
|
|
6 (last)
|
-13 [-12]
|
-1
|
She was white and she looked scared; she
came to meet him in a wavering way.
|
She was white and she looked scared; she
faltered in her movement to meet him.
|
|
6 (last)
|
-2 [-1]
|
2–3
|
He remembered what his mother
told him of the grievous illness of Fanny Knocker. Poor little Vera lay there
all flushed with
a feverish cold, which…
|
He remembered what his mother
had
told him of the grievous illness of Fanny Knocker. Poor little Vera lay there
in the flush of
a feverish cold which…
|
|
Owen Wingrave
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1892)
|
first book (1893)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
“By heaven, I think
you must be
maa [sic = mad]!”
cried Spencer Coyle, as the young man
stood there, with a white face,
panting a little and repeating,…
|
“Upon my honour
you must be
off your head!”
cried Spencer Coyle, as the young
man, with a white face, stood there
panting a little and repeating…
|
“Upon my honour you must be off your head!”
cried Spencer Coyle, as the young man, with a white face, stood there
panting a little and repeating…
|
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
…exasperating to his interlocutor, who however still discriminated
sufficiently to see that his grimace (it was like an irrelevant leer) was
the result of extreme and
of quite pardonable
nervousness.
|
…exasperating to his
interlocutor,
who however still discriminated sufficiently to
see that
his grimace (it was like an irrelevant leer)
was the result
of extreme and
conceivable
nervousness.
|
…exasperating to his
supervisor,
who however still discriminated sufficiently to
feel
his grimace – it was like an irrelevant leer –
the result of extreme and conceivable nervousness.
|
|
1
|
2
|
1 (only)
|
…but that is exactly why I feel I mustn’t go further,”
poor Owen … through the
window, for no purpose,
to the stupid opposite houses the dry glitter of his eyes.
|
…but that is exactly why
I feel
I mustn’t go further,”
poor Owen … through the
window
to the stupid opposite houses the dry glitter of his eyes.
|
…but that ’s exactly why
it strikes me
I must n’t go further,”
poor Owen … through the window
to the stupid opposite houses the dry glitter of his eyes.
|
|
4 (last)
|
last
|
-3
|
…the catastrophe that the next moment he found himself
staring
at on the threshold of an open door.
|
…the catastrophe that the next moment he found himself
aghast
at on the threshold of an open door.
|
…the catastrophe that the next moment he found himself
aghast at on the threshold of an open door.
|
|
4 (last)
|
last
|
last
|
He looked like a young soldier on a battle-field.
|
He looked like a
young soldier on a battle-field.
|
He was all the
young soldier on the gained field.
|
|
The middle years
|
|
|
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1893)
|
first book (1895)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
3
|
…had
always
sounded
second-rate to him,
but now he was reconciled to the moderate.
|
…had sounded
like a mere advertisement,
but
now
he was
reconciled to the prosaic.
|
…had sounded like a mere advertisement, but
he was
thankful now for the commonest conveniences.
|
|
1
|
4
|
…creeping to a convenient bench that he knew of,…
|
…creeping to a convenient bench
that he knew of,…
|
…creeping to a bench
he had already haunted,…
|
|
1
|
6
|
He was
sufficiently tired
when he reached it,…
|
He was
tired enough
when he reached it,…
|
He was tired enough when he reached it,…
|
|
-26
|
1
|
From that moment he was less and less present,…
|
From that moment
he was less and less present,…
|
From that hour
he was less and less present,…
|
|
-26
|
4
[4–5]
(last)
|
…suddenly opening his eyes to ask of him if he had spent the interval
with the Countess.
|
…suddenly opening his eyes to
ask of him if he had spent the interval
with the Countess.
|
…suddenly opening his eyes to
put a question. Had he spent those days
with the Countess?
|
|
-8 to -6
|
all
|
“If you’ve doubted, if you’ve despaired you’ve always
done
it,” his visitor subtly argued.
“We’ve done something,”
Dencombe conceded.
“Something is
all.
It’s the feasible. It’s you!”
|
“If you’ve doubted, if you’ve despaired, you’ve always
‘done’
it,” his visitor subtly argued.
“We’ve done something or other,”
Dencombe conceded.
“Something or other is
everything.
It’s the feasible. It’s you!”
|
“If you ’ve doubted, if you ’ve despaired, you ’ve always
‘done’ it,” his visitor subtly argued.
“We ’ve done something or other,” Dencombe conceded.
“Something or other is everything. It ’s the feasible. It ’s
you!”
|
|
The death of the lion
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1894)
|
first book (1895)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
This was a weekly periodical, and had been supposed…
|
This was a weekly periodical,
and had been supposed…
|
This was a weekly periodical,
which had been supposed…
|
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
It was Mr. Deedy who had let it down so dreadfully:…
|
It was Mr. Deedy who had let it
down so dreadfully:…
|
It was Mr. Deedy who had let the thing
down so dreadfully:…
|
|
1
|
1
|
10
|
…was by no means in the
middle
of the heavens;…
|
…was by no means in the
centre
of the heavens;…
|
…was by no means in the centre of the heavens;…
|
|
1
|
12
|
8
|
…very much what had made Mr. Pinhorn
bite.
|
…very much what had made Mr. Pinhorn
nibble.
|
…very much what had made Mr. Pinhorn nibble.
|
|
10 (last)
|
last
|
5
|
Perhaps some
chance, blundering
hand, some brutal ignorance has lighted kitchen-fires with it.
|
Perhaps some
hazard of a blind
hand, some brutal ignorance has lighted kitchen-fires with it.
|
Perhaps some hazard of a blind
hand, some brutal
fatal
ignorance has lighted kitchen-fires with it.
|
|
The Coxon fund
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1894)
|
first book (1895)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
…but later, alone in the compartment…
|
…but later, alone in the compartment…
|
…but later on,
alone in the compartment…
|
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
…put me into
a
frame
for divining that
we should all have the honour, sooner or later,
of dealing with him as a whole.
|
…put me into
the
frame
of foreseeing how
we should all, sooner or later, have the honour
of dealing with him as a whole.
|
…put me into the frame of foreseeing how
we should all, sooner or later, have the honour
of dealing with him as a whole.
|
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
He was staying with them
for
the winter: Adelaide dropped it in a tone
which drew the sting from the temporary.
|
He was
staying with them all
the winter: Adelaide dropped it in a tone
which drew the sting from the
temporary.
|
He was to stay
all the winter: Adelaide dropped it in a tone
that drew the sting from the
inevitable emphasis.
|
|
12 (last)
|
last
|
2
|
…to watch the manna descend, as already drawing the magnificent income.
|
…to watch the manna descend,
was already drawing
the magnificent income.
|
…to watch the manna descend,
had begun to draw
the magnificent income.
|
|
12 (last)
|
last
|
10–11
[10–12]
|
She and Kent are even yet looking for another prop, but
everyone is so dreadfully robust.
With Saltram the
type
was scattered, the grander, the elder style.
|
She and Kent are even yet looking for another prop, but
no one presents a true sphere of usefulness.
They complain that people are self-sufficing.
With Saltram the
fine type of the child of adoption
was scattered, the grander, the elder style.
|
She and Kent are even yet looking for another prop, but
no one presents a true sphere of usefulness.
They complain that people are self-sufficing.
With Saltram the fine type of the child of adoption
was scattered, the grander, the elder style.
|
|
The altar of the dead
|
|
|
|
there was no magazine appearance of this tale
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
first book (1895)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
…and he disliked
them still more when they made…
|
…and loved
them still less when they made…
|
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
…and there was only
one of the former that
found a place in his life.
|
…and but
one of the former
found a place in his life.
|
|
9 (last)
|
-4
|
2
|
…and while the apprehension
deepened in her eyes…
|
…and while the alarm
deepened in her eyes…
|
|
9 (last)
|
-3
|
1
|
…and she fell on her knees beside him
with his arm on
her shoulder.
|
…and she fell on her knees beside him,
his own arm round
her shoulder.
|
|
The next time
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1895)
|
first book (1896)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
intro.
|
1
|
2
|
…and what leads me to record the incident
is the train of memory lighted by that explanation.
|
…and what leads me to record the incident
is the train of memory lighted by that explanation.
|
…and what prompts a note of the matter
is the train of memory lighted by that explanation.
|
|
intro.
|
1
|
3
|
…with her having come in precisely as she came in this morning
to bespeak my consideration for him.
|
…with her having come in precisely as she came
in this morning
to bespeak my charity for him.
|
…with her having come in, precisely as she came
to-day before luncheon,
to bespeak my charity for him.
|
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
Mrs. Stannace was
never
the woman to do anything:…
|
Mrs. Stannace was
seldom
the woman to do anything:…
|
Mrs. Stannace was seldom the woman to do anything:…
|
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
…pretty pink Maud to detach some one of the
hundred (he
wouldn’t be missed)
from the cluster.
|
…pretty pink Maud to detach some one of the
hundred, who
wouldn’t be missed,
from the cluster.
|
…pretty pink Maud to detach some one of the
noble
hundred, who wouldn’t be missed, from the cluster.
|
|
5 (last)
|
last
|
2
|
…together by the fire, that he had been visited…
|
…together by the fire, that he had been
visited…
|
…together by the fire, how he had been
visited…
|
|
5 (last)
|
last
|
last
|
How far
it would have waked up the libraries
is of course a very different question.
|
I am not prepared to say
it would have waked up the libraries.
|
I am not prepared to say it would have waked up the libraries.
|
|
Glasses
|
|
|
|
Glasses did not appear in the New York edition
but was revised in 1915 for Martin Secker’s Uniform edition
of the tales
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1896)
|
first book (1896)
|
Uniform Ed. (1916)
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
Yes, I say to myself,…
|
Yes indeed, I say to myself,…
|
Yes indeed, I say to myself,…
|
|
1
|
2
|
14
=-3
|
Blessed conveniences they were, in their hideous, honest
potency,
– they showed the good lady everything in the world but her own
plainness.
|
Blessed
conveniences they were, in their hideous, honest
strength
– they showed the good lady everything in the world but her own
queerness.
|
Blest
conveniences they were, in their hideous, honest
strength – they showed
the good lady everything in the world but her own queerness.
|
|
1
|
3 (last)
|
15
=-3
|
However, when the young lady moved on…
|
However, when the young lady moved on…
|
However, by the time the young lady moved on…
|
|
13 (last)
|
-3
|
4 (last)
|
…encouragement to try and keep up our relations with her.”
|
…encouragement to
try and keep up our
relations with her.”
|
…encouragement to
keep up
relations with her.”
|
|
13 (last)
|
last
|
-2
|
…we literally avoided the subject.
|
…we quite avoided the subject.
|
…we quite avoided the subject.
|
|
The way it came / The friends of the friends
|
|
|
|
The way it came was retitled The friends of the friends
in the New York edition
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1896)
|
first book (1896)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
intro.
|
1
|
1
|
Yes, I may say I do
find much that’s interesting,…
|
I find, as you prophesied,
much that’s interesting,…
|
I find, as you prophesied, much that’s interesting,…
|
|
1
|
2
|
7
|
…looked at her in singular distress, with
an impatience that was akin to reproach.
|
…looked at her in singular distress, with
an impatience that was akin to reproach.
|
…looked at her in singular distress and
an impatience that was akin to reproach.
|
|
1
|
2
|
8
|
…who were at her heels,…
|
…who were at her heels,…
|
…who were by that time at her heels,…
|
|
7 (last)
|
-4
|
1
|
He looked at me hard
a moment.
|
He looked at me hard.
|
He looked at me hard.
|
|
7 (last)
|
-3
|
9
|
…she’s not an idiot who has to be credibly informed.
|
…she’s not an idiot
who has to be credibly informed.
|
…she ’s not a dull dunce
who has to be “credibly informed.”
|
|
John Delavoy
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1898)
|
first book (1900)
|
|
throughout
|
Winton
|
Windon
|
|
throughout
|
Bullen
|
Beston
|
|
1
|
1
|
8
|
…would in all likelihood have been pronounced
discoverably plain.
|
…would in all likelihood have been pronounced
almost occultly so.
|
|
1
|
10
|
6
|
[sentence beginning : I permitted her, I confess,…]
|
|
…and that there was
a kind of stupidity in the air
to which perhaps…
|
…and that there was
in the air a gross indifference
to which perhaps…
|
|
7
|
last
|
6 (last)
|
“It will be a
nice thing!”
he remarked;…
|
‘It will be a
ripping little thing!’
he remarked;…
|
|
8 (last)
|
no substantive changes
|
|
The turn of the screw
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1898)
|
first book (1898)
|
NYE (1909)
|
|
intro.
|
1
|
1
|
…somebody happened to remark that it was
the only case…
|
…somebody happened to say that it was
the only case…
|
…somebody happened to note it as
the only case…
|
|
intro.
|
1
|
2
|
…the same sight that had shaken him.
|
…the same sight that had shaken him.
|
…the same sight that had shocked him.
|
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
…found myself doubtful again,…
|
…found myself doubtful again,…
|
…found all my doubts bristle again,…
|
24
(last)
|
44
=-8
|
last
|
I shrieked, as I tried to press him against me, to my visitant.
|
[missing type: I] shrieked, as I tried to press him
against me, to my visitant.
|
I shrieked
to my visitant as I tried to press him against me.
|
24
(last)
|
-2
|
last
|
…demonstration of my triumph,…
|
…demonstration of my work,…
|
…demonstration of my work,…
|
|
In the cage
|
|
|
|
In the cage is also reprinted as a novel (its first
publication was as a single volume) and the entries here, which
are provided for completeness’ sake, duplicate those on the
page of novels’ variants
on this site
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
first book (1898)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
…to see any one come in whom she knew,
as she called it, outside, and who could add
something to the poor
identity of her function.
|
…to see any one come in whom she knew outside,
as she called it, any one who could add
anything to the meanness
of her function.
|
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
…were no more to her than one of the momentary appearances in
the great procession;…
|
…were no more to her than one of the momentary,
the practically featureless, appearances in the great
procession;…
|
|
26
|
1
|
8
=-2
|
…prompted Mrs. Jordan to dash, at a
venture, at something
that might attenuate criticism.
|
…prompted Mrs. Jordan to dash, a bit
wildly, at something, at anything,
that might attenuate criticism.
|
|
26
|
22
|
3
|
[para. beg. :
Our young lady, at this,…]
|
|
…future, of no such very different
suggestion, at last…
|
…future, of no such very different
complexion, at last…
|
|
26
|
22
|
7
|
She felt indeed magnanimous in such matters;
for if it was very well,…
|
She felt indeed magnanimous in such matters;
since if it was very well,…
|
27
(last)
|
|
no substantive changes
|
|
The great condition
|
|
|
|
there are only about eighteen substantive changes in this tale, and none
in the first two chapters
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1899)
|
first book (1900)
|
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
…looking after his father’s ‘interests’ and his
real one
that of spending,…
|
…looking after his father’s ‘interests,’ and his
actual
that of spending,…
|
|
3
|
9
|
3
|
…makes anything but a
demoralising and most misleading
darkness?
|
…makes anything but a
most damnable and demoralising
darkness?
|
|
3
|
16
|
2
|
[para. beg. :
‘Ah!’ said Henry Chilver…]
|
|
…but his
consciousness
was again predominantly…
|
…but his
state of mind
was again predominantly…
|
|
7 (last)
|
14
|
1–2
|
She just visibly hesitated.
‘We
only want to be kind to you.’
|
She just visibly hesitated.
‘He and I
only want to be kind to you.’
|
|
7 (last)
|
47
|
1
|
‘In
all this time?” Braddle spoke almost with indignation…
|
‘For
all this time?” Braddle spoke almost with indignation…
|
|
‘Europe’
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1899)
|
first book (1900)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
…and the end, so far as I
was concerned with
it, was not till long after;…
|
…and the end, so far as I
was concerned with
it, was not till long after;…
|
…and the end, so far as I
enjoyed a view of
it, was not till long after;…
|
|
1
|
2
|
6–7
|
…and on such
high, superior, exemplary grounds
that he
was consistent, somehow, even in death.
He was likewise understood…
|
…and in such
fine declamatory connections
that he
seemed to gesticulate even from the tomb.
He was understood…
|
…and in such fine declamatory connexions that he
seemed to gesticulate even from the tomb.
He was understood…
|
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
…a surrender not justified by anything
that she should go,
with her daughters, to Europe
for her health.
|
…a surrender not justified by anything
that she should go,
with her daughters, to Europe
for her health.
|
…a surrender not justified by anything
nameable that she should go
to Europe
with her daughters and
for her health.
|
|
3
|
-5
|
1
|
But Becky addressed herself only to me.
|
But Becky only addressed herself to me.
|
But Becky only addressed herself to me.
|
|
4 (last)
|
-3
|
2
|
It was difficult to me, somehow,
to seem to sympathize…
|
It was difficult to me, somehow,
to seem to sympathize…
|
It was somehow difficult to me
to seem to sympathise…
|
|
Paste
|
|
|
|
¶
|
s.
|
first book (1900)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
3
|
5
|
…in those dim years,
in the way of eccentricity,
even bettered…
|
…in those dim years,
so far as eccentricity
was concerned,
even bettered…
|
|
25
|
1
|
[para. beg. :
Charlotte was conscious…]
|
|
…Hamlet’s mother
had probably been careful
to attach…
|
…Hamlet’s mother
must have been concerned
to attach…
|
|
last
|
3
|
…though Charlotte
felt really morbid too…
|
…though the young person employed in
Eaton Square
felt really morbid too…
|
|
The real right thing
|
|
|
|
magazine text not (yet) available to me
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
first book (1900)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
…had been brought to bear upon
them by their late client’s widow.
|
…had been applied
them by their late client’s widow.
|
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
…to Withermore’s knowledge, a very
special chapter…
|
…to Withermore’s knowledge a
special chapter…
|
|
3 (last)
|
-2
|
2
|
For himself he could at last but drop upon
the sofa…
|
For himself he could at last but sink to
the sofa…
|
|
3 (last)
|
-2
|
5
=-2
|
…and so it was that,
for the last time, they
faced together their strange question.
|
…and so it was that they
for the last time
faced together their strange question.
|
|
The great good place
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1900)
|
first book (1900)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
George Dane had waked up to a bright new day,…
|
George Dane had waked up
to a bright new day,…
|
George Dane had opened his eyes
to a bright new day,…
|
|
1
|
1
|
8
|
…where the hard light of duty could penetrate every corner,…
|
…where the hard light of
duty could penetrate
every corner,…
|
…where
duty shed its hard light into
every corner,…
|
|
1
|
2
|
last
|
But there, on the table, still were…
|
But there still, on the table, were…
|
But there still on the table were…
|
|
5 (last)
|
-8
|
5
|
…to withdraw his hand and move softly away.
|
…to withdraw his touch and move softly away.
|
…to withdraw his touch and move softly away.
|
|
5 (last)
|
-8
|
9
|
It was strange, he at last reflected, but the young man was still there.
|
It was strange, he at last reflected,
but the young man was still there.
|
It was strange, he at last mused,
but the young man was still there.
|
|
Miss Gunton of Poughkeepsie
|
|
|
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1900)
|
first book (1900)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
3
|
…in London, towards the end of May…
|
…in London towards the end of May…
|
…in London toward the end of May…
|
|
2
|
1
|
…had as yet
neither succeeded
in understanding…
|
…had as yet
succeeded neither
in understanding…
|
…had as yet succeeded neither in understanding…
|
|
2
|
5
|
…as embodied in America, was exposed to criticism –…
|
…as embodied in America, was exposed to
criticism –…
|
…as embodied in America, was under
criticism –…
|
|
-36
|
1
|
She hesitated. “No. Yes. …
|
She hesitated. “No. Yes. …
|
She debated. “No. Yes. …
|
|
-35
|
2
|
[para. beg. :
This at least is seemed he could take in.]
|
|
‘You mean that one should be quite sure first…
|
‘You mean that
one should be quite sure first…
|
“You mean
one should be quite sure first…
|
|
-12
|
1
|
‘Oh, I was sure it was!’ the young man
murmured.
|
‘Oh, I was sure it was!’ the young man
moaned.
|
‘Oh I was sure it was!’ the young man moaned.
|
|
The tree of knowledge
|
|
|
|
there was no magazine appearance of this tale
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
first book (1900)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
…was in a garden-wall on which the
stucco was cracked and stained,
and in the small…
|
…was in a garden-wall on which the
discoloured
stucco made patches,
and in the small…
|
|
4 (last)
|
-8
|
3
|
[para. beg. :
The young man continued for a moment…]
|
|
…appeared to hesitate, for the first time
for so long,
to say he did know.
|
…appeared to hesitate, for the first time
in an age,
to say he did know.
|
|
The abasement of the Northmores
|
|
|
|
there was no magazine appearance of this tale
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
first book (1900)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
7
|
His lordship had been a person, in fact,
in connection with whom
there was almost nothing…
|
His lordship had been a person
in connexion with whom
– that was it –
there was almost nothing…
|
|
1
|
1
|
11
|
…and there was quite a kind of
tribute to it in the way…
|
…and there was a virtual
tribute to it in the way…
|
|
5 (last)
|
last
|
-4
|
…and the type, under her eyes, dispersed.
|
…and the type dispersed under her eyes.
|
|
The tone of time
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1900)
|
first book (1903)
|
|
1
|
1
|
7–8
[7]
|
She had given up too much. This was why…
|
She had given up too much; this was why…
|
|
1
|
31
|
9
|
[para. beg. :
It threw me straightway back…]
|
|
She goes in for dignity.
|
She goes in for propriety, the real thing.
|
|
2 (last)
|
-4
|
10
(= -2)
|
Then she herself, by a miracle—!”
|
Then she herself, by a prodigy—!”
|
|
2 (last)
|
-2
|
1
|
She fairly, for an instant over the miracle,
closed her eyes.
|
She fairly, for an instant over the marvel,
closed her eyes.
|
|
Broken wings
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1900)
|
first book (1903)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
The social ladder, even at Mundham, had – as they might properly…
|
The social ladder,
even at Mundham, had
– as they might properly…
|
The social ladder had
even at Mundham
– as they might properly…
|
|
1
|
4
|
8
|
…he saw her
seated
for dinner next his Excellency.
|
…he saw her
placed
for dinner next his Excellency.
|
…he saw her placed for dinner next his Excellency.
|
|
2
|
1
|
7
|
…for it had ended by gathering such a
flood
as floated forth
not only
everything in Lady Claude’s own life,…
|
…for it had ended by gathering such a
current
as floated
forth, with
everything in Lady Claude’s own life,…
|
…for it had ended by gathering such a current as floated
forth, with everything in Lady Claude’s own life,…
|
|
5 (last)
|
1
|
4
|
But it was himself above all that he now sharply judged,
for
women, he felt, …
reasons he had, with a sore heart, to acknowledge.
|
But it was himself above
all that
he now sharply judged,
since
women, he felt, …
reasons he had, with a sore heart, to acknowledge.
|
But it was himself above
all
he now sharply judged, since women, he felt, …
reasons he had to acknowledge with a sore heart.
|
|
5 (last)
|
-9
|
3
|
[para. beg. :
“It’s an article we have to supply?]
|
|
“And the strange thing is that they like us.”
|
“And the strange thing is that
they like us.”
|
“And the strange thing is they like us.”
|
|
5 (last)
|
-2
|
2
|
Standing there at her little high-perched window,
which overhung grey housetops, they…
|
Standing there at her little high-perched window,
which overhung grey housetops, they…
|
United there at her little high-perched window
overhanging grey house-tops they…
|
|
The faces / The two faces
|
|
|
|
The faces was retitled The two faces
in both its book and New York edition appearances
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1901)
|
first book (1903)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
…justified him, even to the
little gleam
in the glance…
|
…justified him even to the
small scintilla
in the glance…
|
…justified him even to the small scintilla in the glance…
|
|
1
|
20
|
1 (only)
|
[para. beg. :
Sutton had to think an instant,…]
|
|
…put out a hand with a frank, pleasant “How d’ye do?”
|
…put out a hand with a frank, pleasant
“How d’ye do?”
|
…put out a hand with a straight free
“How d ’ye do?”
|
|
1
|
-10
|
1
|
Mrs. Grantham hesitated but an instant.
|
Mrs. Grantham hesitated but an instant.
|
Mrs. Grantham waited but an instant.
|
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
Till he could make up his mind about that, at any rate, he would say nothing;
so that, with sufficient presence of mind, he found a better excuse.
|
Till he could make up his mind about that,
at any rate, he would say nothing; so that,
with sufficient presence of mind, he found
a better excuse.
|
Till he should see this clearer,
at any rate he would say nothing; so that
he found with sufficient presence of mind
a better excuse.
|
|
2
|
-6
|
1
|
…bold one, by assuming your generosity and placing himself…
|
…bold one, by assuming
your generosity
and placing himself…
|
…bold one, by treating
your generosity as a real thing
and placing himself…
|
|
3
|
-31
|
1
[1–2]
|
What was in the air descended the next moment to
earth; he
turned round…
|
What was in the air descended the next moment to
earth. He
turned round…
|
What was in the air descended the next moment to earth. He turned round…
|
|
3
|
-30
|
1–2
[1]
|
…felt himself too noticeably
silent. But
something…
|
…felt himself too noticeably
silent; but
something…
|
…felt himself too noticeably silent; but something…
|
|
Mrs Medwin
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1901)
|
first book (1903)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
…an “upper half ” so
compact
that it
might have passed
for convenient;…
|
…an “upper half” so
concise
that it
had to pass, boldly,
for convenient;…
|
…an “upper half” so
concise that it had to pass boldly for convenient;…
|
|
1
|
1
|
last
[last two]
|
…and in a crowd.
|
…and in a crowd.
It was like an agency – it bristled with particulars.
|
…and in a crowd.
It was like an agency – it bristled with particulars.
|
|
1
|
2
|
11
|
…with Miss Cutter in a harmony worthy of wonder.
|
…with Miss Cutter in a harmony worthy of
wonder.
|
…with Miss Cutter in a harmony calling for
wonder.
|
|
1
|
11
|
2
|
[para. beg. :
“Well,” remarked Scott,…]
|
|
…he spaciously inquired; not as if
to a practical end,…
|
…he spaciously inquired, not as if
to a practical end,…
|
…he spaciously enquired, not as
to a practical end,…
|
|
4 (last)
|
61
|
2
|
[para. beg. :
“The rest,” she said,…]
|
|
…evaded, in her fortitude,
another visit from
that lady.
|
…evaded, in her fortitude,
the reappearance of
that lady.
|
…evaded, in her fortitude, the reappearance of that lady.
|
|
4 (last)
|
last
|
3
|
This one was of the smallest, and it
was finally judged to conform…
|
This one was of the smallest, and it
was finally judged to conform…
|
This one was of the smallest and
was finally judged to conform…
|
|
The Beldonald Holbein
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1901)
|
first book (1903)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
Mrs. Munden had not yet been to my studio on so good a pretext as when
she first put it to me that…
|
Mrs. Munden had not yet been to my studio on so good a pretext as when
she first put it to me that…
|
Mrs. Munden had not yet been to my studio on so good a pretext as when
she first intimated that…
|
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
…who would really, by-the-way, be a story
by
herself.
|
…who would really, by the way, be a story
in
herself.
|
…who would really, by the way, be a story in herself.
|
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
…I might easily have imagined
that Lady Beldonald
was throwing me the handkerchief.
|
…I might easily have imagined
that Lady Beldonald
was throwing me the handkerchief.
|
…I might easily have imagined
her ladyship
was throwing me the handkerchief.
|
|
1
|
24
|
2
|
[para. beg. :
“Oh, a ‘total absence’,” I said,…]
|
|
We live in a
difficult
world.”
|
We live in a
worrying
world.”
|
We live in a worrying world.”
|
|
5 (last)
|
2
|
9
[10]
|
There was scarce a special success, I think,
of her companion
at which she was not personally present.
|
There was, I think, scarce a special success
of her companion’s
at which she was not personally present.
|
There was, I think, scarce a special success
of her companion’s at which she was not personally present.
|
|
5 (last)
|
3
|
8
|
…with a “scratch lot,” as our hostess said, was there,
and,
the preliminary wait being longish,
approached
me very sweetly.
|
…with a “scratch lot,” as our hostess said, was there,
and,
the preliminary wait being longish,
approached
me very sweetly.
|
…with a “scratch lot,” as our hostess said, was there,
so that,
the preliminary wait being longish,
she could approach
me very sweetly.
|
|
The story in it
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
first book (1903)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
…filling the pretty drawing-room,…
|
…filling the pretty saloon,…
|
|
1
|
24
|
3 (last)
|
[para. beg. :
“So that as he evidently isn’t coming,…]
|
|
Except that, of course,”
she subjoined,
“he might come partly for you.”
|
Except that of course,”
she threw in,
“he might come partly for you.”
|
|
3 (last)
|
-23
|
11 (last)
|
[para. beg. :
And Mrs. Dyott conformed,…]
|
|
Did that lady
know of
anything between them?
|
Had that lady
the idea of
anything between them?
|
|
3 (last)
|
-22
|
1–3
|
“No. I’m sure. There’s one
thing
she does know,”…
|
“No. I ’m sure. There ’s one
idea
she has got,”…
|
|
Flickerbridge
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1902)
|
first book (1903)
|
NYE (1908)
|
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
…that the pair had been “several times” over
so closely contracted.
|
…that the pair had been
“several times” over
so closely contracted.
|
…that the pair had
“several times” over
renewed their fond understanding.
|
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
What had occurred, at all events, for Granger,
in connection…
|
What had occurred for Granger, at all events,
in connection…
|
What had occurred for Granger, at all events, in connexion…
|
|
5
|
-2
|
1
|
She
gave her beautiful laugh.
|
She
laughed in clear tones.
|
She laughed in clear tones.
|
|
6 (last)
|
5
|
1
|
…it would have been hard to say whether what was
in her face was the last failure to follow…
|
…it would have been hard to say whether what
was
in her face was the last failure to follow…
|
…it would have been hard to say whether what
showed
in her face was the last failure to follow…
|
|
6 (last)
|
8
|
11
|
…blown about the world for all you are
and proclaimed for all
you are
on the housetops.
|
…blown about the world for all you are
and proclaimed for all
you are
on the housetops.
|
…blown about the world ‘for all you ’re
worth’
and proclaimed ‘for all
you ’re worth’
on the house-tops.
|
|
6 (last)
|
11
|
1
(all)
|
“You mean that she and I will be inseparable?”
|
“You mean that
she and I will be inseparable?”
|
“You mean
she and I will be inseparable?”
|
|
The beast in the jungle
|
|
|
|
there was no magazine appearance of this tale
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
first book (1903)
|
NYE (1909)
|
|
1
|
1
|
7
=-2
|
…he needed to wander apart to feel in a
proper relation with them, though his doing so
was not,…
|
…he needed some straying apart to feel in a
proper relation with them, though this impulse
was not,…
|
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
It led, in short, in the course…
|
It led, briefly, in the course…
|
6
(last)
|
last
|
3
|
Her spoken words came back to him, and
the chain…
|
Her spoken words came back to him –
the chain…
|
6
(last)
|
last
|
last
|
…he flung himself, on his face, on the tomb.
|
…he flung himself, face down, on the tomb.
|
|
The birthplace
|
|
|
|
there was no magazine appearance of this tale
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
first book (1903)
|
NYE (1909)
|
|
1
|
2
|
12 (last)
|
This was a situation in which his general intelligence –
acknowledged as
his strong point – was doubtless conceived,
around him, as feeling less of a strain…
|
This was a situation in which his general intelligence –
admittedly
his strong point – was doubtless imaged,
around him, as feeling less of a strain…
|
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
…were a challenge to his temper,…
|
…were a challenge to his nerves,…
|
|
7 (last)
|
-2
|
2
|
But Isabel, with almost
a shriek, was the first to recover hers.
|
But Isabel, almost with
a shriek, was the first to recover hers.
|
|
Fordham Castle
|
|
|
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1904)
|
NYE (1909)
|
|
throughout
|
Lily
|
Sue
|
|
1
|
1
|
…carried on the pleasant
pension…
|
…carried on the pleasant pension…
|
|
1
|
last
|
…and I’m sure
she would
like to know you.”
|
…and I ’m sure
she ’d
like to know you.”
|
|
15
|
8
|
[para. beg. :
“Places like Rome and Constantinople?” …
– just after the first set of short speech paragraphs]
|
|
…and to that degree that when Abel’s
interlocutress
happened to lay down on the parapet…
|
…and to that degree that when Abel’s
fellow guest
happened to lay down on the parapet…
|
|
11
|
Her daughter had put her out
to
board, pending
important operations,
just as Lily had put him…
|
Her daughter had put her out
at cheap
board, pending
higher issues,
just as Sue had put him…
|
|
83 [=-29]
|
6
|
[para. beg. :
“By my death. And also…]
|
|
She knew
I would die,…
|
She knew
I ’d die off,…
|
|
last
|
-2
|
…and to himself at least
he
could express it without fear of protest.
|
…and to himself at least could express it without fear of protest.
|
|
Julia Bride
|
|
|
|
Harper’s independent book edition closely follows the text of their
earlier magazine publication – having only a few substantive changes –
despite the fact that it appeared after completion of the
New York edition with its revised text;
the magazine and independent book text is in two parts, the first of which has
a line-space between paragraphs 14 and 15 that becomes the start
of chapter 2 in NYE:
the original part 2 becomes the whole of chapter 3 in
NYE
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1908)
|
NYE (1909)
|
independent book (1909)
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
…those that
descended
from the galleries…
|
…those that
descend
from the galleries…
|
…those that
descended
from the galleries…
|
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
…yet if he wanted, in
that
degree, to break the spell…
|
…yet if he wanted in
such a
degree to break the spell…
|
…yet if he desired, in
that
degree, to break the spell…
|
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
…when she
took the measure, instantly,
of all she yet missed.
|
…when she
instantly took the measure
of all she yet missed.
|
…when she
took the measure, instantly,
of all she yet missed.
|
2 [3]
(last)
|
19
|
5
|
She could have repeated afterwards the detail…
|
She could have repeated
afterwards
the detail…
|
She could have repeated
later on
the detail…
|
2 [3]
(last)
|
20
|
6
|
[para. beg. :
They trod then afresh their ancient paths;…]
|
|
…awkwardness of that possible
failure
of his measure of her charm,…
|
…awkwardness of that possible
lapse
of his measure of her charm,…
|
…awkwardness of that possible
failure
of his measure of her charm,…
|
2 [3]
(last)
|
last
|
1
|
It was all in his expression; he couldn’t keep it
out of that,
and his shining good looks…
|
It was all in his expression; he could n’t keep it
undetected,
and his shining good looks…
|
It was all in his expression; he couldn’t keep it
out of that,
and his shining good looks…
|
|
The jolly corner
|
|
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1908)
|
NYE (1909)
|
|
throughout
|
Mrs. Muldoody
|
Mrs. Muldoon
|
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
…as the matter
in fact presented itself, having promptly enough taken the first place
among the surprises, as he would have called them,
attending his so strangely belated return to America.
|
…as the situation
in fact presented itself, having promptly enough taken the first place
in the considerable array of rather unattenuated surprises
attending his so strangely belated return to America.
|
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
…so much margin for preparation.
|
…so much margin for play.
|
|
3 (last)
|
-19
[-17]
|
1
|
But she kept her clearness.
|
But she kept the clearness
that was like the breath of infallibility.
|
|
3 (last)
|
-8
|
2
|
Yet though it all brought for him…
|
But though it all brought for him…
|
|
3 (last)
|
-2
|
1
|
“Aie!” Brydon winced…
|
“Ah!” Brydon winced…
|
|
The velvet glove
|
|
|
|
the following table lists the only substantive variant
between the two sources of The velvet glove (that in
chapter 1),
together with two typographical errors, the first of which
(marked *) may well be an error in The English
review – although it is impossible to determine, by context
alone, the correct reading;
it has proved to be difficult for some editors of the 1910 book text to
spot the final error
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1909)
|
first book (1910)
|
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
…of missing everywhere as little
of the human scene as possible,…
|
…of missing everywhere no more
of the human scene than possible,…
|
|
3 (last)
|
3
|
last
|
…and anything else she liked indeed…
|
…and anything else he liked indeed… *
|
|
3 (last)
|
13
|
4 (last)
|
[para. beg. :
Nothing stranger could conceivably…]
|
|
…an escape from a state that he felt himself fairly
flatter
by thinking of it as “awkward”;…
|
…an escape from a state that he felt himself fairly
flattered
by thinking of it as “awkward”;…
|
|
Mora Montravers
|
|
|
|
the following table lists all the substantive variants
between the two sources of Mora Montravers, including three,
or even four, examples which may well be typographical errors, but which
certainly offer valid alternative readings
(remember that James was dictating his fiction to a typist by this time,
so the chance of the printers having misread their copy is minimal)
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1909)
|
first book (1910)
|
|
2
|
1
|
7
|
…much more searching than shifting eyes,…
|
…much more searching than shifting look,…
|
|
3
|
12
|
2
|
By this felicity it was he who showed…
|
By this facility it was he who showed…
|
|
3
|
15
|
1
|
The danger descried by Sidney Traffle…
|
The danger described by Sidney Traffle…
|
|
4
|
31
|
6
|
In short she has shown you how much she does mind them.
|
In short she had shown you how much she does mind them.
|
|
6 (last)
|
96
|
1
|
“A month after – their form; and she seems to think it handsome,
he says, that she has waited the month.
|
“A month after – their form; and she seems to think it handsome,
he says, that she waited the month.
|
|
6 (last)
|
-4
|
1
|
She seemed to wonder a little at this
press of questions,…
|
She seemed to wonder a little at his
press of questions,…
|
|
Crapy Cornelia
|
|
|
the following table lists all the substantive variants
between the two sources of Crapy Cornelia,
including two typographical queries in The finer grain :
one definite error (marked *), a real howler,
as it involves the first occurrence of the tale’s title epithet;
and one possible one (marked †), where the
later reading would make sense with a comma after ‘Germans’;
the five sections/chapters are not numbered in the periodical text, but
they are separated by blank lines, so an alternative paragraph
numbering is not given below
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1909)
|
first book (1910)
|
|
1
|
3
|
7
=-2
|
…an impulse as sharp and a self-respect
as reasoned; a self-respect
that hadn’t in the least suffered,…
|
…an impulse as sharp and a self-respect
that hadn’t in the least suffered,…
|
|
1
|
5
|
1
[1–2]
|
…introduced and committed; on
our friend’s part…
|
…introduced and committed. On
our friend’s part…
|
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
…the first act of some small,
expensively mounted comic opera,…
|
…the first act of some small and
expensively mounted comic opera,…
|
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
…a little person with her secret of pride.
|
…a little person with her secret pride.
|
|
2
|
last
|
last
|
The moment after which she was gone.
|
The moment after which she had gone.
|
|
3
|
1
|
8
=-2
|
…had their common past committed him to crapy
Cornelia?
|
…had their common past committed him to crazy
Cornelia? *
|
|
3
|
6
|
5
|
…she was the only person in an hotel full
of roaring, gorging, smoking Germans with whom I could
have a word of talk.
|
…she was the only person in an hotel
of roaring, gorging, smoking Germans with whom I couldn’t
have a word of talk. †
|
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
…just where they had left it; and
even with the consciousness…
|
…just where they had left it;
even with the consciousness…
|
|
5 (last)
|
63
|
2
|
[para. beg. :
“With them – these modern wonders;…]
|
|
“It must have been to help me you’ve
got back.”
|
“It must have been to help me you’ve
come back.”
|
|
5 (last)
|
-7
|
2
|
…carte-de-visite, over which,
folding it together with deliberation,
he put it back.
|
…carte-de-visite, folding it together with deliberation
over which
he put it back.
|
|
The bench of desolation
|
|
|
|
the following table lists sample variants from the start and end of the
tale as usual, but treats the two book editions separately because of the
substantive variants in chapter 6
(all of which are therefore shown);
the difference in paragraph 27 of chapter 6 is almost certainly
a Methuen misprint, but the alternative reading is not an impossibility;
note also that the magazine has James’s spaced contractions (for
example ‘could n’t’) even though they were
not part of the magazine’s house-style: these are not
listed as variants here
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1909-1910)
|
USA book (1910)
|
UK book (1910)
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
…what he would fain have called a little more
confidently
the strength of his position…
|
…what he would fain have called a little more
aggressively
the strength of his position…
|
…what he would fain have called a little more
aggressively
the strength of his position…
|
|
1
|
3
|
8
=-2
|
It was what
it meant
in a woman all through,…
|
It was what
might signify
in a woman all through,…
|
It was what
might signify
in a woman all through,…
|
6
(last)
|
6
|
2
|
…he had at these moments
breathed to himself
with the intensity…
|
…he had at these moments
audibly breathed – breathed
with the intensity…
|
…he had at these moments
audibly breathed – breathed
with the intensity…
|
6
(last)
|
10
|
1
|
…her reticule, from which she
drew,
not a handful of gold…
|
…her reticule,
from which she took,
not a handful of gold…
|
…her reticule,
extracting from it,
not a handful of gold…
|
6
(last)
|
11
|
1
|
…their old place of tryst, which had been,
all
the years,…
|
…their old place of tryst, which had been,
through
the years,…
|
…their old place of tryst, which had been,
through
the years,…
|
6
(last)
|
27
|
1
|
“But that you could live all the while and
save
that—!”
|
“But that you could live all the while and
save
that—!”
|
“But that you could live all the while and
have
that—!”
|
6
(last)
|
52
=-6
|
1
|
“Never,” she
all
oddly replied.
|
“Never,” she
all
oddly replied.
|
“Never,” she
most
oddly replied.
|
|
A round of visits
|
|
|
|
the following table lists all the substantive variants
between the two sources of A round of visits,
together with one significant difference in punctuation
|
|
ch.
|
¶
|
s.
|
magazine (1910)
|
first book (1910)
|
|
2
|
3
|
5
|
It wasn’t that he wanted to be pitied…
|
It wasn’t that he wished to be pitied…
|
|
6
|
1
|
8 (last)
|
…though why should he just now…
|
…though why should one just now…
|
|
6
|
8
|
1 (only)
|
… “he’d see I bear up ;
pretty well!”
|
… “he’d see I bear up
pretty well!”
|
|
7 (last)
|
7
|
3
|
…with his back turned, as Mark now…
|
…with his back shown, as Mark now…
|
If you have any problems with the above tables, or would like help with
identifying the source of any particular text, please feel free to
contact me.
Together we may be able to build up a more comprehensive online resource.
