User talk:Londonjackbooks

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Is Capital Income?

I would LOVE to see the following book/essay by George H. Earle, Jr. online, if anyone has the means... Very few libraries have the text (mostly private libraries, universities, etc.), and I can not find any online editions. I would gladly add it to WS myself if electronic copies can be obtained. (revised) Londonjackbooks (talk) 12:28, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

• Is Capital Income? Does the power of taxation to destroy extend to the destruction of constitutional guarantees? 42pp. (1921)

The Red Harvest

I own both Fifes and Drums (1917, by The Vigilantes) and The Red Harvest: a cry for peace (Burns, ed., 1930). I noticed that both collections contain poems by poets such as Clinton Scollard (whose wife, Jessie B. Rittenhouse, arranged the poems in The Red Harvest—as per p. xiv of the "Acknowledgements" of that book), Theodosia Garrison, Amelia Josephine Burr, Katherine Lee Bates, Percy MacKaye, Mrs. Coates (Florence Earle Coates—by "Estate of Florence Earle Coates"—presumably with the permission of Mrs. Coates' daughter Alice or another family member(?) since Mrs. Coates died in 1927), Willard Wattles, and Hermann Hagedorn. It seems (to me, a layman) that the purposes of each collection are at odds with each other—having read the introduction (p. xv) of The Red Harvest... I say "seems", because the [perhaps] ambiguous nature of some of the war (WWI) poetry included in the work was/could be used for different purposes during different times... and could this possibly even be by design—on the part of the editors as well as the authors (or those representing deceased authors)... Bottom line, I am curious to know how Mrs. Coates may have felt about how her poetry has been represented since her death. Obviously, she is not here to speak for herself, but if any of you historians out there might have any insight for this layman, I would appreciate it! I would also even welcome differing viewpoints and opinions! Obviously, without online access to the text of the introduction, it makes it difficult for those not possessing the text (still under copyright, I assume) to discern the viewpoint of the editor/contributors, but hopefully someone might come along with some insight for me! Thanks, Londonjackbooks (talk) 13:54, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Sir Galahad

Thanks for picking up that misattribution: an embarrassing error that had survived an embarrassingly long time.

It might amuse you to know that this error is now enshrined in an actual book. There are certain unscrupulous "publishers" out there who mindlessly scrape free web content, pull it together into book form, and then try to sell that book to unsuspecting buyers. Such a publisher has done so with Wikisource's collection of Longfellow works; thus will find Sir Galahad proudly occupying a place in a book entitled Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, here.

Hesperian 01:40, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

That is amusing! I suppose such errors have been made in "scrupulously" published works as well... These days of self-publication, however, particularly lends itself perhaps to even more errors being made... But public domain is public domain—errors and all (let the buyer beware!), and many people are trying to "scrape" by. We'll never know who has the right intentions—all we can do is make sure ours are true! :) Thanks, and have a good one, Londonjackbooks (talk) 11:36, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Heh. Thankyou for that well-deserved lesson in humility. Hesperian 13:52, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

It's only on my mind constantly, as I have to reteach it to myself every day! :) Londonjackbooks (talk) 13:54, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Greek text

Hi. You might be interested in this link [1] for typing Greek characters. Antother tip is search and copy Greek WS once you have identified the basic letters to find the right accents … Bye --Mpaa (talk) 14:14, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Noted. And thank you for your recent help on Genius pages as well. Londonjackbooks (talk) 17:21, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Mpaa,—Middle names go on the same line as last names on Author pages? Londonjackbooks (talk) 18:35, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

My understanding is "Yes" "No". The reason is that in {{Author}}, when "defaultsort" is not specified, sorting is done based on "lastname, firstname". If you put the 2nd name in lastname line, it will sort by 2nd name and not lastname. Bye --Mpaa (talk) 20:49, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Or vice-versa... I am dense, and fear I always shall be... Better for everyone (including myself)! Thanks, Londonjackbooks (talk) 20:59, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Oops, you're not alone :-) See strike-through. Middle names do not go on the same line as last names. Guess it is time to log-off for me?!--Mpaa (talk) 21:34, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

If that were the standard, then there'd be no one left to do all the work that needs to be done around here! Londonjackbooks (talk) 22:24, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

William Snow

Congratulations on finding the elusive W. Snow. I kept trying but I could never find any matches myself. - AdamBMorgan (talk) 12:22, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

As ambiguous as the name is, I could still be wrong... But I think the Oxford connection—and the fact that "William Snow" is primarily listed as "W. Snow" in Google Books searches put it in his favor (at least for me). Time will tell! Thanks for your help! Londonjackbooks (talk) 12:25, 6 February 2012 (UTC)