Errors and Possible Errors in The Literature of California, Volume 1, first printing

Page/Par/Line: The first paragraph that begins on a page is paragraph 1. Any carryover paragraph from the previous page is numbered 0.

Problem: Relevant subsection is underlined when possible.

Confidence: (highest to lowest)
!! Fix confirmed against other sources
! Unconfirmed, but 95% sure of fix
? Unconfirmed, not sure of fix, might not be a problem
?? Unconfirmed, less chance it is a problem

I use `` for double left quotes, '' for double right quotes, ` for a single left quote, and ' for a single right quote. On your browser this may look a little funky.

 

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Introduction to Part 1
19/4/1 We included several Coyote stories {The anthology contains exactly one Coyote story, ``Coyote Cooks His Daughter''.} ??
The Soul's Journey to Similaqsa (Chumash)
64/1/13 Maria heard that... {Maria is not identified on first mention, but identified on second mention. Probably should be other way around.} ?
65/2/3 Maria [the teller] knows...
Introduction to Part 2
74/4/9 Sierra Nevada (1872 ) Sierra Nevada (1872) !!
Jedidiah Smith, "The Trapper and the Padre"
102/0/8 principally of meats, and an abundance principally of meats. and an abundance {Period instead of comma -- honest!} !!
Richard Henry Dana, "Haole and Kanaka"
108/1/12 for a carpet; stopped up for a carpet, stopped up !!
109/6/1-2 then Kanaka work plenty:'' then Kanaka work plenty.'' !!
110/1/12 in solitary grandeur; eating and sleeping alone, (and in solitary grandeur, eating and sleeping alone (and !!
111/1/4 ``I'll be good friends with you''; ``I'll be good friends with you,'' !!
Lansford Hastings, Emigrant's Guide
121/1/4 some conception, of which, some conception of which, !!
Edwin Bryant, "The California Battalion"
132/0/12 manzanita, (in bloom), manzanita, (in bloom,) !!
Bayard Taylor, "San Francisco..."
142/1/10 Fresh beef, bread, potatoes. and Fresh beef, bread, potatoes, and !!
147/1/8 racking labor on hand. racking labor on land. !!
[Dame Shirley], "A Trip into the Mines"
149/0/3 the coup d`oeuil the coup d'oeil !!
149/1/12 ''mica,'' ``mica,'' !!
T'tcetsa, "Lucy's Story"
175/7/7 ``Tomorrow, 'other white man ``Tomorrow, 'nother white man !!
175/12/3 cause think `bout cause think 'bout !!
176/2/1 there. Next. morning there. Next morning !!
Clarence King, "Mount Shasta"
The word cañon is intermittently italicized. In the original, it is never italicized. Example occurrence: 184/2/4. !!
185/0/5 with the impression of the mountain with the impression of the mountain
{italic in original}
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189/3/4 the first débris slopes the first débris slopes
{italic in original}
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Mark Twain, "The Celebrated..."
207/3/11 and take ary side and take any side !!
Bret Harte, "The Outcasts..."
216/2/3 ``likely it`s me.'' ``likely it's me.'' !!
224/5/3 can you pray ?`` can you pray?'' !!
Helen Hunt Jackson, from Ramona
270/1/8 verdure and bloom,--- myriads verdure and bloom,---myriads
{no space after dash}
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Josiah Royce, from California: ...
282/2/3 on the whole, there was struggle; on the whole, there was no struggle; !!
282/2/4 on the whole there was no order. on the whole, there was no order. !!
283/0/7 who happened to be intent gambled, who happened to be present gambled, !!
283/0/12 can be judged by read-the conflicting can be judged by reading the conflicting !!
283/1/11 and do a work as he may, and do a man's work as he may, !!
285/0/2 time should come far showing true manhood, time should come for showing true manhood, !!
285/0/10 very accidents of the majesty very accidents of daily life, the majesty !!
Mary Hallock Foote, "How the Pump Stopped..."
291/7/3 `Tis all as still 'Tis all as still !!
292/2/1 `Tis all nothin' `` 'Tis all nothin' !!
John Muir, from The Mountains of California
301/2/5 Every gravel-and boulder-bed Every gravel- and boulder-bed
{add space after hyphen}
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301/2/6 shovel, once, wielded shovel, once wielded !!
302/1/7 the best shade-frees, the best shade-trees, !!
302/1/7 with drooping wings and hills with drooping wings and bills !!
302/1/17 withered wisps of bay, withered wisps of hay, !!
303/1/3 of tremendous depth end of tremendous depth and !!
Gertrude Atherton, from The Californians
312/6/1 ``What---what---`` ``What---what---'' !!
312/8/1 What possessed you---`` What possessed you---'' !!
312/9/2 she said coaxingly . she said coaxingly. !!
313/12/2 'Léna, we`re going down Fourth 'Léna, we're going down Fourth !!
316/3/1 ``Git on! Git on !'' ``Git on! Git on!'' !!
[Sui Sin Far], from Mrs. Spring Fragrance
321/0/13 lines. ``The Land of the Free'' is lines. ``In the Land of the Free'' is

{The name of the story is ``In the Land of the Free.''
Note also that the header before the story is simply ``From Mrs. Spring Fragrance''. It should probably read ``In the Land of the Free'', the story title, by analogy with every other named story in the anthology.}

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322/14/1 returned Horn Hing. returned Hom Hing.
{HoM, not HoRN}
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322/20/1 exclaimed Horn Hing. exclaimed Hom Hing. !!
322/22/1 Hing,'' he is my son. Hing, ``he is my son.'' !!
323/2/1 reiterated Horn Hing, reiterated Hom Hing, !!
323/2/11 and my son was my son. and my son was my son.'' !!
Yone Noguchi, "Some Stories of My Western Life", etc.
332/3/11 Prof. G------I got a job Prof. G------ I got a job {note space after dash} !!
334/1/1 or if he had as any, or if he had any, !!
334/1/2 without the understanding it of which without the understanding of which !!
334/5/9 experience a `tramp life'' experience a ``tramp life'' !!
334/5/11-13 the perfect freedom, the having April when I started on my lone pilgrimage (with a book of poems all airs and flowers on equal terms, was brighter. It was the month of instead of a holy staff) the perfect freedom, the having all airs and flowers on equal terms, was brighter. It was the month of April when I started on my lone pilgrimage (with a book of poems instead of a holy staff) !!
338//9 gray haired hill, in sober--- gray haired hill, in sober- !!
Charles Fletcher Lummis, ``Walking to Los Angeles''
343/4/2 blunder the Union ever blunder the Union ever
{It is a trade union, not a rival paper. Other occurrences have no italics.}
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343/6/2 things---n printing and newspapering things---in printing and newspapering !
345/2/1 acres fir only for grain acres fit only for grain !
345/3/11 world [Del Coronado] took world [Del Coronado], took ?
L. Frank Baum, from Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
348/9/1 ``Canary-birds ?'' ``Canary-birds?'' !
349/3/1 ``Gid-dap !'' ``Gid-dap!'' !
349/21/1 ``What is your name ?'' ``What is your name?'' !
Jack London, from Martin Eden
357/5/9 lie had stayed with it! He had stayed with it! !!
359/14/2 In the, middle of the bridge, In the middle of the bridge, !!
360/0/8 his hand warningly:---``They his hand warningly:--- {PARAGRAPH BREAK} ``They !!
361/1/2 hit me with 'em !'' hit me with 'em!'' !!
361/10/1 with his left hard only, with his left hand only, !!
361/10/2 as from a remote, distance as from a remote distance !!
362/3/6 shouting :---``I licked shouting:--- {PARAGRAPH BREAK} ``I licked !!
363/4/2 Savve?---you will, will you? Savve?---you will, will you?'' !!
363/11/2 that reach? ``It'll make that reach? It'll make !!
368/3/5 He sat in around the deck He walked around the deck !!
368/3/6 then his chair until he then sat in his chair until he !!
369/0/12 slowly aloud--- slowly aloud:--- !!
Frank Norris, from The Octopus
372/1/1 upon the Country Road. upon the County Road. !!
381/1/7 blinded with the agony in his eves, blinded with the agony in his eyes, !!
Mary Austin, from The Land of Little Rain
388/2/1 to drive eighteen and twenty-mule to drive eighteen- and twenty-mule !!
Introduction to Part 4
395/1/10 Amy Semple McPherson Aimee Semple McPherson !!
395/2/2 A handful of major works endures, A handful of major works endure, ??
400/0/5 international avante-garde international avant-garde ?
401/3/4 Amy Semple McPherson Aimee Semple McPherson !!
Jaime de Angulo, from Indians in Overalls
416/0/7 People often do that, you know.... People often do that, you know....'' !!
416/2/4 says the Fox.'' says the Fox. !!
416/3/16 said the Coyote.'' said the Coyote. !!
417/19/1 ``Shh! ... Doc. For God's sake ``Shh! ... Doc! For God's sake !!
417/19/2 She is probable somewhere She is probably somewhere !!
417/23/1 ``Well, she's take my shadow ``Well, she'll take my shadow !!
418/3/3 ...that's what I've heard. ...that's what I've heard.'' !!
418/9/3 that's not the same thing dalilamdzi, that's not the same thing as dalilamdzi, !!
419/0/3 tells it gestures, mimicry, tells it with gestures, mimicry, !!
421/4/2 with quondam sister-in-law, with his quondam sister-in-law, !!
Dashiell Hammett, from The Maltese Falcon
430/6/4 ``Oh. yes, of course you saw ``Oh, yes, of course you saw !!
432/17/1 till the curtain-bell rang. till the curtain-bell rang.'' !!
433/12/3 hurt, bewildered look ``Surely you're not hurt, bewildered look. ``Surely you're not !!
435/7/1 sharply, ``Who is she?' sharply, ``Who is she?'' !!
435/13/2 pretending to love me gave me---`` pretending to love me gave me---'' !!
Wallace Thurman, from The Blacker the Berry
440/7/1 ``Here we are,'' she shouted and releasing ``Here we are,'' she shouted, and releasing !!
Yvor Winters, "The Slow Pacific Swell"
448//25 Of distance water in unbroken Of distant water in unbroken !!
James M. Cain, from The Postman Always Rings Twice
453/1/2-3 poolroom, and begun playing him poolroom, and began playing him !!
457/11/1-2 I thought we could raise it to get started with, but then I lost it. I thought we could use it to get started with, but then I lost it.'' !!
458/6/1 a red kimono, as pale milk, staring at me, a red kimono, as pale as milk, staring at me, !!
William Saroyan, from Quarter, Half, Three-Quarter and Whole Notes
465/3/3-4 in the landscape the new grass, the new in the landscape: the new grass, the new !!
469/3/3 and this wholeness been not be purely and this wholeness need not be purely !!
Horace McCoy, from They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
474/3/3 and hate a bunch of people... and hate a bunch of people....'' !!
474/7/1 ``...I like it,'' ...``I like it,'' !!
475/5/1 stopped, not saving anything, stopped, not saying anything, !!
476/2-3 trying not to laugh. {PARAGRAPH BREAK} ``Haven't you got trying not to laugh.... ``Haven't you got
{That is, replace paragraph break with 4-dot ellipsis}
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478/4/1 But I knew what he mean. But I knew what he meant. !!
478/9/1 `''What does he know ``What does he know !!
George R. Stewart, from Ordeal by Hunger
486/4/2 and the horses amid push on for life. and the horses and push on for life. !!
488/1/9 which they though to be two or which they thought to be two or !!
John Steinbeck, from The Grapes of Wrath
492/7/1 ``Ma smiled with amusement. Ma smiled with amusement. !!
493/3/5 potatoes 'fore we boil `em. I wonder potatoes 'fore we boil 'em. I wonder !!
493/8/1 Pa,'' Tom said. ''Noah ain't a-goin'. Pa,'' Tom said. ``Noah ain't a-goin'. !!
493/18/1 ``But you ain't got nothing'' ``But you ain't got nothing.'' !!
495/2/5 an' them folks standin' there an me a-singin'. an' them folks standin' there an' me a-singin'. !!
496/2/1 said Pa. `` `We ain't left it all. said Pa. ``We ain't left it all. !!
496/4/3 ``If you don' get `em, somebody else ``If you don' get 'em, somebody else !!
497/6/2 ``You know', they don't have ``You know, they don't have !!
498/4/1 Winfleld said, ``Pa, I wanta Winfield said, ``Pa, I wanta !!
500/1/3 jus' et too much.' Uncle John put his hand jus' et too much.' '' Uncle John put his hand !!
500/4/4 I couldn' stand `em!'' I couldn' stand 'em!'' !!
500/5/2 I oughta go away an' let `em be. I ain't I oughta go away an' let 'em be. I ain't !!
503/7/2 down the back board Tom looked at her. down the back board. Tom looked at her. !!
Carey McWilliams, from Factories in the Field
507/1/4 however, is to he found in however, is to be found in !!
508/3/2 They had, example, conducted two sensational They had, for example, conducted two sensational !!
508/3/6 to maintain a headquarters, distribute literature, and to maintain a headquarters, to distribute literature, and !!
509/2/4 Many ``job strikes'' called and, frequently, Many ``job strikes'' were called and, frequently, !!
510/0/1 propaganda the militancy of their free-speech fights, propaganda and the militancy of their free-speech fights, !!
513/2/1-2 an incident occurred, which for the first time, an incident occurred which, for the first time, !!
515/0/2 through the winter. Witness after through the winter.'' Witness after !!
515/0/13 1916, when the demand for labor increasing, 1916, when, the demand for labor increasing, !!
John Fante, from Ask the Dust
525/1/8 ``Here, `` she offered. ``A cool drink.'' ``Here,'' she offered. ``A cool drink.'' !!
526/2/3 You must take a nap. Maybe that You must take a nap.'' Maybe that !!
530/1/5 against a stone bench. Suddenly I felt against a stone bench. {PARAGRAPH BREAK} Suddenly I felt !!
530/2/1 into the sand, I looked at into the sand. I looked at !!
Raymond Chandler, from The Big Sleep
539/4/11 Respectfully, A. C. Geiger.'' Respectfully, A. G. Geiger.'' !!
540/11/1 own right, General ?`` own right, General?'' !!
541/2/1 Mr. Marlowe. ``What are Mr. Marlowe. What are !!
541/4/2 You realize that. I hope. You realize that, I hope. !!
Nathanael West, from The Day of the Locust
548/7/5 backwards in a long backwards in a long, curving swoop. backwards in a long, curving swoop. !!
F. Scott Fitzgerald, from The Love of the Last Tycoon
557/11/1 some evenings for you. some evenings for you.'' !!
557/16/1 When do you back to college?'' When do you go back to college?'' !!
558/6/1 and Robby arrived, clusters of lights had a picked out and Robby arrived clusters of lights had already picked out !!
558/7/1 out of Thirty-Sixth Street, said Robby out of Thirty-sixth Street,'' said Robby !!
558/10/1 sudden bogs, they made their to the bank sudden bogs they made their way to the bank !!
558/10/2 the women, looking a little the women looking a little !!
560/2/11 paresis like------; paresis like ------; {note space before dash} !!
M. F. K. Fisher, "The First Oyster"
568/0/2 strawberry syrup on chocolate ice-cream-with-butter-scotch-sauce. strawberry syrup on chocolate-icecream-with-butter-scotch-sauce. !!
568/1/7 degrees, turned out rare bats into degrees, turned our rare bats into !!
568/4/2 think at all of those day's, were the hot think at all of those days, were the hot !!
572/9/4 delight, not at what Miss I Huntingdon was saying delight, not at what Miss Huntingdon was saying !!
574/1/3 artificial mocking bird. Filipino boys skimmed ... into the candlelight, {This is a bowdlerization -- one of two bowdlerizations in this essay. The complete text is as follows:}
artificial mocking bird. A flock of little Filipino boys skimmed like monkeys into the candlelight,
{The problem is that the first of the textual omissions has not been signaled with an ellipsis. The passage should read:}
artificial mocking bird. ... Filipino boys skimmed ... into the candlelight,
{although I would prefer the unbowdlerized version.}
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Idwal Jones, from The Vineyard
575/1/9 the vat room.[...] the vat room. [...]
{Note: Elsewhere in the anthology, added ellipses don't have brackets, so this is a bit weird. But at least put a space before the open bracket.}
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Toshio Mori, ``He Who Has the Laughing Face''
590/2/9 Sunday is the day any one may possibly be Sunday is the day anyone may possibly be !!
590/2/10 I believe he was a grocer I believed he was a grocer !!
591/6/2 not rich and I do not travel not rich and I do not travel.''
{This is definitely a typo: there should be quotes here, as the sense of the passage makes clear. However, the original contains the same typo.}
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Chester Himes, from If He Hollers Let Him Go
616/8/2 I said, ``Fine. Kelly, fine!'' I said, ``Fine, Kelly, fine!'' !!
616/9/1 when you learn how.'' he said. when you learn how,'' he said. !!
618/3/1 it came up in mouth, filling it came up in my mouth, filling !!