Re The Wrecker

Aug.1, 1892

R.L.S. acknowledges a copy of the *Wrecker*, and complains to Burlingame
that an error is on pp.548-9-- a Latin quotation has been split in two
by a line of English text.

In the July issue of Scribners, 1892, p.75 the correction is made.

But, of course, not by R.L.S.

This looks as if the book was in sheets before the July issue came out,
someone caught the error in magazine and corrected it.

The English edition, p.424 is the same as the American book-- with the
error. Looks as if made from sheets supplied by Scribner before the
correction was made.

Edinburgh Ed. has correction-- also Vailima, Swanston, Pentland, South
Seas, edition; but The Thistle Edition has the error.

The Edinburgh Ed. has a note that its text is from a copy corrected by
R.L.S. (This is something to ask Mr. Kilpatrick-- has he that copy).

Dec. 1891 R.L.S. hears from Burlingame he likes the Wrecker.

The first English Edition carries an advertisement of The Wrecker, p.3 ads, byxæmikæm which includes a review of the novel by Andrew Lang, copied from the New Review.

Did Lang read a copy of the American edition-- or is our copy a later binding? Or
what?