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GrannyGrump · 05-15-2018, 11:42 PM

@Tex --- I dunno, somehow I got the impression that nothing new had been posted in 2017. However, theirs is planned to be a "scholarly" reference, with all misspellings and typesetting errors faithfully reproduced --- ANATHEMA! I just can't, I simply can't, I tell you!

It is strange that I have not been able to find any scan of the original serial --- or perhaps, not so strange --- it was apparently an inexpensive magazine, and I can't find any archive for Edward Lloyd's "The People's Periodical and Family Library". And that was way back in 1847.

The only texts of the original serial I have found are actually transcriptions. And who knows how faithful those are....
At VictorianLondon.org:
http://www.victorianlondon.org/myste...ey_todd-00.htm

And a "community text" transcription at archive.org:
https://archive.org/details/TheStrin...rOfFleetStreet

Gutenberg Australia has a very truncated version, which can also be found in our own MR library, and probably many other places as well.
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0602581h.html

I AM determined that I will not flee, screaming in defeat. I will beat this book into submission, though it cost me my sanity!

05-15-2018, 11:42 PM	#11
GrannyGrump Obsessively Dedicated... Posts: 3,229 Karma: 35158061 Join Date: May 2011 Location: PA {back in the usa!} Device: Sony PRS-T2, ADE on PC	@Tex --- I dunno, somehow I got the impression that nothing new had been posted in 2017. However, theirs is planned to be a "scholarly" reference, with all misspellings and typesetting errors faithfully reproduced --- ANATHEMA! I just can't, I simply can't, I tell you! It is strange that I have not been able to find any scan of the original serial --- or perhaps, not so strange --- it was apparently an inexpensive magazine, and I can't find any archive for Edward Lloyd's "The People's Periodical and Family Library". And that was way back in 1847. The only texts of the original serial I have found are actually transcriptions. And who knows how faithful those are.... At VictorianLondon.org: http://www.victorianlondon.org/myste...ey_todd-00.htm And a "community text" transcription at archive.org: https://archive.org/details/TheStrin...rOfFleetStreet Gutenberg Australia has a very truncated version, which can also be found in our own MR library, and probably many other places as well. http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0602581h.html I AM determined that I will not flee, screaming in defeat. I will beat this book into submission, though it cost me my sanity! Last edited by GrannyGrump; 05-16-2018 at 12:47 AM.