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Makes me worry about the Library of Congress.  Very sorry to hear it.
Arianne Laidlaw

On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Peter Salwen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Oh, no -- they absolutely did not. Not even close.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Arianela . <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for showing that the Library of Congress is making an effort
>> to deal with this production.  I won't take the time to compare the two
>> collections of errors we now can see, but I hope they took in all that
>> was originally presented in this Forum.
>> Arianne Laidlaw
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 12:56 PM, Peter Salwen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> > That is discouraging, but Twain didn't have much use for critics, did he
>> > ("the most degraded of all trades")?
>> >
>> > For anyone who's interested, by the way, you can find a bunch of
>> > *additional* errors & omissions on the LOC's own errata sheet, which is
>> > online at
>> > http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2015/Files/TwainErrataSheet-Feb11-2015.pdf.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 4:29 AM, Arianela . <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I hope that is so.  I notice the Amazon notice says that they are out
>> >> of stock, but I was also disappointed to see some favorable reviews.
>> >> Sigh
>> >> Arianne Laidlaw
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]
>> >
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Arianne,
>> >> >
>> >> > To the best of my knowledge, the book was pulled from shipping and
>> >> > further publication shortly after the problems were first acknowledged
>> >> and
>> >> > has never been rereleased.
>> >> >
>> >> > Barb
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Arianne Laidlaw A '58
>> >>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Arianne Laidlaw A '58
>>



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Arianne Laidlaw A '58

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