Thanks, Forum, for all the good info about Following the Equator. Peter, I'll definitely read this essay. Ben On 8/30/10 11:23 AM, "Peter Messent" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > There is a little known essay - quite old now - on the differences in = > content in the US and UK versions of Following the Equator. In case of = > interest it is by Dennis Welland, 'Mark Twain's Last Travel Book,' = > Bulletin of the New York Public Library, Vol 69, No 1 (Jan 1969)pp. = > 31-48. > > ________________________________ > > From: Mark Twain Forum on behalf of Kevin Mac Donnell > Sent: Fri 27/08/2010 2:48 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Following the Equator > > > > Regarding the best reading edition of FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR-- > > The English edition, MORE TRAMPS ABROAD, contains 6,000 words deleted = > from > the American edition. On the other hand, the American edition includes = > 1,400 > words not in the English edition. So, neither is entirely satisfactory = > as a > reading edition. > > Is there an edition that provides the full text? I reckon I dunno. I'm = > not > sure an edition with the "full text" could be considered authorial in = > the > sense that it would reflect Twain's final intentions, but so long as the > altered texts were designated as such, it would make for good reading. I > don't know if the 1899 collected edition of FTE was revised by Twain. I = > have > marked proof copies for two works from that edition, but not FTE, and I = > have > not compared the 1899 text to the 1897 English and American editions. > Perhaps the MTP knows to what extent Twain was aware of those textual > differences and whether he revised the 1899 setting. > > If he did revise the text, then any FTE odd volumes from the 1899 = > edition > would do. That setting was used to print several later editions. BUT, = > you'd > miss out on the original illustrations that appeared in the 1897 = > American > edition (they are not present in the 1897 English edition). The Oxford > edition simply reproduces the American edition, and not the English, but = > has > a good essay on the illustrations by Beverly David. > > Then, of course, there's the first Canadian edition (Vancouver, 1899)... > > Kevin > @ > Mac Donnell Rare Books > 9307 Glenlake Drive > Austin TX 78730 > 512-345-4139 > Member: ABAA, ILAB > ************************* > You may browse our books at > www.macdonnellrarebooks.com > > > = > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee a= > nd may contain confidential information. If you have received this mess= > age in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. P= > lease do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this me= > ssage or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the aut= > hor of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the Universit= > y of Nottingham.=0D=0A=0D=0AThis message has been checked for viruses b= > ut the contents of an attachment=0D=0Amay still contain software viruse= > s which could damage your computer system:=0D=0Ayou are advised to perf= > orm your own checks. Email communications with the=0D=0AUniversity of N= > ottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.=