Clockmaker: Series One, Two and ThreeMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 15 juni 1995 - 974 sidor In 1835 Thomas Chandler Haliburton introduced Samuel Slick of Slicksville, Connecticut, into the pages of the Novascotian in order to awaken his fellow citizens to the economic opportunities of their province. From this Halifax newspaper trotted out the Connecticut Yankee, manufacturer and seller of clocks, with his original dialect and unique comic vision, to become the chief character in three series of The Clockmaker published between 1836 and 1840. |
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... Notes 657 Bibliographical Description of Copy - texts 751 Published Versions of the Text 771 Emendations in Copy - texts 821 Line - end Hyphenated Compounds in Copy - texts 839 Line - end Hyphenated Compounds in CEECT Edition 843 ...
... Notes 657 Bibliographical Description of Copy - texts 751 Published Versions of the Text 771 Emendations in Copy - texts 821 Line - end Hyphenated Compounds in Copy - texts 839 Line - end Hyphenated Compounds in CEECT Edition 843 ...
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... note addressed to " Gentle Reader . " In this note he made his " bow , " retired , and thanked the reader for the reception accorded to the sketches , " a reception as much above my expectation , as I fear it is beyond my deserts . " He ...
... note addressed to " Gentle Reader . " In this note he made his " bow , " retired , and thanked the reader for the reception accorded to the sketches , " a reception as much above my expectation , as I fear it is beyond my deserts . " He ...
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... note respecting the misprints , " which Haliburton had " forwarded to " Bentley , he also asked the printer " to cancel the incorrect sheets as far as practicable and substitute correct ones . " In the same letter he listed a number of ...
... note respecting the misprints , " which Haliburton had " forwarded to " Bentley , he also asked the printer " to cancel the incorrect sheets as far as practicable and substitute correct ones . " In the same letter he listed a number of ...
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... note on the speech of Sam Slick by Walter S. Avis , who edited the text for modern readers . Watters explained that " Haliburton's inconsistencies in such matters as dialectal spelling , punctuation , and paragraphing " would be a ...
... note on the speech of Sam Slick by Walter S. Avis , who edited the text for modern readers . Watters explained that " Haliburton's inconsistencies in such matters as dialectal spelling , punctuation , and paragraphing " would be a ...
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Map of Eastern Seaboard drawn by Ross Hough | ciii |
Map of the Maritimes drawn by Ross Hough | cv |
The Clockmaker Series One | 1 |
The Clockmaker Series Two | 203 |
Explanatory Notes | 657 |
Bibliographical Description of Copytexts | 751 |
Published Versions of the Text | 771 |
Emendations in Copytexts | 821 |
Lineend Hyphenated Compounds in Copytexts | 839 |
Lineend Hyphenated Compounds in CEECT Edition | 843 |
Historical Collation | 847 |
Appendix | 867 |
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