DUBLINERS

        As with *APOTAAAYM* and *Dubliners*, the edition I have used
is *The Essential James Joyce*, the 1973 Penguin reprint of Jonathan
Cape's edition of 1948 (JC).
        I have tried to reduce the number of hyphens to a sensible
minimum - I'm sure Joyce would have liked me to strike out even more
of them. I seriously considered following the *Portrait* and *Ulysses*
style for conversations, but this would have meant making minor, but
frequent, changes in wording. In my more inflated moments I feel that
having typed more than half a million of Joyce's words I am reasonably
qualified to make this sort of change, but cooler counsels prevailed.
        As well as correcting the usual (and numerous) 'obvious'
errors, I have made a few amendments which might or might not be
specific to JC:

An Encounter. In the final paragraph, JC has 'Now my heart beat as he
came running across the field to me!'. I have read this as 'How my
heart ....'.

Eveline. Near the end, in the paragraph beginning 'She stood among the
swaying crowd ....', JC has 'The station was full of soldiers with
brown baggages'. This conjures up a ludicrous picture which I am sure
was not intended: I have written 'baggage'.

After the Race. The second sentence of the fifth paragraph begins
'These were three good reasons ....' in JC. I have written 'There were
three ....'.

The Boarding House. In the paragraph beginning 'All his long years of
service ....', JC has 'But that was all passed and done with ....'
('past' in my version) and 'He could not make his mind whether to like
her ....' ('up' inserted after 'mind' in my version).

Clay. In the paragraph which begins 'After the breakup at home ....'
JC has 'There was one thing she didn't like and that was the tracts on
the walks;'. Clearly this should be 'walls'.

A Painful Case. In the paragraph beginning 'He took the remark as an
invitation to talk' JC has 'the reign of prudence'. Perhaps this
should be 'rein', but I have followed JC.
        In the paragraph beginning 'Four years passed' JC has 'His
room still bore witness of the orderliness of his mind'. I have
written 'witness to ....'.

Ivy Day in the Committee Room. After old Jack's scornful reference to
'the other tinker', Colgan, JC has Hynes saying 'It is because
Colgan's a working man you say that?'. I have written instead 'Is it
because ....'.
        During the discussion about the man of mystery, Father Keon,
Mr O'Connor says 'Fanning and himself seem to me very thick'. I have
written 'seem to be ....'.
        When the first three bottles of stout have been opened, JC has
'After having drank ....', which I have read as 'drunk'.

A Mother. During the first concert, Mrs Kearney points out to Mr
Holohan that the *artistes* 'are not good.' JC has the next paragraph
beginning 'Mr Holohan admitted that the *artistes* were no good ....'.
Surely not 'no', but 'not', if you see what I mean.

Grace. During the 'Purgatorio' section, after Mr Fogarty has said 'Get
behind me, Satan!', JC has 'Mr Power said nothing. He felt completely
outgeneralled.' Quite clearly this is a slip - I have substituted 'Mr
Kernan'.

The Dead. Just after Gabriel's conversation with Miss Ivors, while he
is staring 'blankly down the staircase', JC has 'At the moment, Aunt
Kate came toddling out of the supper-room ....'. I have written 'At
that moment ....'
        A few lines later, in the paragraph beginning 'A fat brown
goose ....', JC has the goose lying 'on a bed of creased paper ....',
which surely should be 'greased'.
        When at last Gabriel and Gretta are alone in their hotel room,
and he has 'shot the lock to', JC says 'A ghastly light from the
street lamp ....'. This is a bit too strong - I have written
'ghostly', which is more in keeping.
        After the end of the subsequent paragraph, JC has Gabriel
telling Gretta 'You looked tired.' I have read this as 'You look
tired.'

        Finally, the usual list of substitutions and wordcounts:

THE SISTERS. 5 sets of italics (*). 3145 words. No accents.

AN ENCOUNTER. 7 sets of italics. 3267 words. No accents.

ARABY. 8 sets of italics. 2339 words. &1 - 1 (E ACUTE).

EVELINE. 2 sets of italics. 1836 words. No accents.

AFTER THE RACE. 4 sets of italics. 2240 words. &1 - 17. &2 - 6 (E GRAVE).

TWO GALLANTS. 5 sets of italics. 3927 words. &1 - 1.

THE BOARDING HOUSE. 11 sets of italics. 2794 words. No accents.

A LITTLE CLOUD. 6 sets of italics. 4990 words. &1 - 1. &9 - 2 (C CEDILLA).

COUNTERPARTS. 21 sets of italics. 4099 words. No accents.

CLAY. 9 sets of italics. 2643 words. No accents.

A PAINFUL CASE. 8 sets of italics. 3625 words. No accents.

IVY DAY IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM. 3 sets of italics. 5400 words. No accents.

A MOTHER. 21 sets of italics. 4552 words. No accents.

GRACE. 27 sets of italics. 7691 words. No accents.

THE DEAD. 16 sets of italics. 15923 words. No accents.


David J Wilson
Ivy Cottage
Chathill
Northumberland
NE67 5DE                                                October 1992