A conscienceless plunderer. On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 1:16 PM <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Well, you caught me in a good mood, the weather clear, my hopes bright, > birds chirping nearby, and feeling more charitable than I've felt in > months. So, you might have to factor this in when I grade Mr. Neider on > a curve, but I'd give him an F. > > That's his grade as an editor. As for popularizing Twain, he seemed > quite good at PR, either promoting himself or Twain. > > Kevin > @ > Mac Donnell Rare Books > 9307 Glenlake Drive > Austin TX 78730 > 512-345-4139 > > You can browse our books at: > www.macdonnellrarebooks.com > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Dave Davis" <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: 2/14/2024 10:04:40 AM > Subject: Charles Neider, editorial reputation? > > > > https://www.edseditions.com/pages/books/192304/mark-twain/the-adventures-of-colonel-sellers-edited-with-an-introduction-notes-by-charles-neider > > > >I'm reading in this version, while I wait for my Library of American > volume > >to come in the mail. > >In it, Neider took the liberty of excising Warner's chapters, leaving > >SLC's, and explained why he thought that was a good idea. Apparently > >Doubleday (the publishers) thought so as well. I guess there was market > >demand for 'new' Twain works in the American book market at the time. > > > >What is anyone's view of Neider's editorial work on MT, nowadays? He got > >out several volumes of Twain material -- (see list below) --the stuff that > >was on the shelves when I first wandered into my Jr. High School library > in > >the late 60's. I read and enjoyed his edition of the Autobiography, which > >included some previously unpublished chapters and excellent period > >photographs, including the "rocking chair" series which SLC annotated. > > > >Like Holbrook, Neider did a lot of this Twain-related work during the last > >decade of Clara Clemens's life and tenure of the Estate. > > > >From Wikipedia-- > > > > > >"Neider edited a major edition of the Autobiography of Mark Twain, > >published in 1959. In this, he expressed regret that Twain's daughter > Clara > >Clemens would not permit him to include Samuel Clemens' dictations from > >June 1906 (the 19th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd, and 25th).[6] > > > >"Other Mark Twain Publications he edited include: > > > > > > - The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain (1957) > > - The Autobiography of Mark Twain (1959) > > - The Complete Humorous Sketches and Tales of Mark Twain (1961) > > - Mark Twain: Life As I Find It (1961) > > - The Travels of Mark Twain (1961) > > - Complete Essays of Mark Twain (1963) > > - The Adventures of Colonel Sellers (1965) > > - The Complete Travel Books of Mark Twain (1966) > > - Mark Twain (1967) > > - The Comic Mark Twain Reader (1977) > > - The Selected Letters of Mark Twain (1972) > > - A Tramp Abroad (1977) > > - Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrims and Other Salutary Platform Opinions > > (1984) > > - Papa: An Intimate Biography of Mark Twain by Susy Clemens (1985) > > - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1985) > > - Mark Twain at His Best: A Comprehensive Sampler (1986) > > - The Outrageous Mark Twain (1987)." > > > >(The ones in that listing that were authored entirely by Neider, I don't > >know anything about.) > > > >Thoughts? /DDD >