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Re: 27/22 juin 1862

From: Zvi Har'El <rl~at~math.technion.ac.il>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 21:13:14 +0300
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Thanks, Bill!

Any idea what is the origin of Gallica's etext (i.e., the file mirrored in
http://jv.gilead.org.il/gallica/T0089829.html, p. 217)? It has 27 in both
places!.

It seems 27 is the *correct figure*, since already "Les trois documents" have
"7 Juni" in the German document (Part 1, Chapter II), and in "Les paris de
Jacques Paganel et du major Mac Nabbs" (Part 2, Chapter IV) , we read:

-- Eh bien, reprit Paganel, au lieu de lire « 7 juin » sur le document,
supposez que la mer ait rongé un chiffre de cette date, lisez « 17 juin »
ou « 27 juin, » et tout s'explique.

-- En effet, répondit Lady Helena, du 31 mai au 27 juin...

-- Le capitaine Grant a pu traverser le Pacifique et se trouver dans la mer des
Indes ! »

So, It seems, the LP edition is incorrect, and the Gallica's is correct.

Best,

Zvi.

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 18:37:44 +0800, wbutcher wrote about "RE: 27/22 juin 1862":
> Zvi,
>
> Interesting. In general, if I were you, I'd leave most mistakes in, since
> it's a slippery slope correcting them unless you indicate somewhere what
> you're doing.
>
> In this case my Hetzel grand in -18 from about 1880 has the same discrepancy
> that you indicate.
>
> However, MER has 22 June in both places, so you should presumably do the
> same.
>
> Presumably the book editions were reset (no cutting and pasting in those
> days), so on occasion introduce new mistakes.
>
> In some Verne works, there are indeed 4 or 5 successive "corrections" of the
> same word, getting worse with each new edition! Another sign of uninformed
> editorial tinkering?

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