tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post4257533547626685244..comments2023-06-18T05:44:02.991-04:00Comments on My Maugham Collection: Looking Back - W. Somerset MaughamUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-57956627431119767442014-09-21T21:09:25.226-04:002014-09-21T21:09:25.226-04:00Hi Wendy,
As far as I know there isn't any, b...Hi Wendy,<br /><br />As far as I know there isn't any, but it was a long time since I searched for it last, which is definitely a pity! The back issues of Sunday Express are online, but I think you need to subscribe to it. I vaguely remember that you can search the archive for free and I did try, but somehow couldn't locate the articles. Again, if I remember correctly the subscription canMy Maugham Collectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001690360958605423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-77285613386667757222014-09-21T13:24:27.413-04:002014-09-21T13:24:27.413-04:00Is there anywhere I can read the articles online? ...Is there anywhere I can read the articles online? I am so curious to read this! Wendy Franczakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01434473197331085427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-85578102355750631002014-02-27T00:49:01.996-05:002014-02-27T00:49:01.996-05:00Hi Mike,
I found your no. 3. It appears to be a re...Hi Mike,<br />I found your no. 3. It appears to be a remainder binding. You can find more information in the Norman Moore catalogue: http://www.normanmoore.com/wsm/sectionA.htm<br />It's under The Bishop's Apron.My Maugham Collectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001690360958605423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-90776495133103859892014-02-26T04:37:26.724-05:002014-02-26T04:37:26.724-05:00Hi Mike,
The first one sounds like the true first....Hi Mike,<br />The first one sounds like the true first. The colonial edition doesn't have the author's symbol, but it does have the publisher's ornament and name on the spine. As for the third one I don't know. <br /><br />As for first editions, I would say that the no. 1 is first edition, no. 2 is first colonial edition and no. 3, I have no idea.... What happens is that many My Maugham Collectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001690360958605423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-51958028220883814122014-02-25T14:51:04.939-05:002014-02-25T14:51:04.939-05:00On a somewhat related note - Stott's inaccurac...On a somewhat related note - Stott's inaccuracy etc.: Can someone please explain the apparent binding variations for "The Bishop's Apron"? I've seen 3 so far, 1. Standard - what you'd expect with the Moorish symbol bottom right, gilt lettering both on the spine and the cover, publisher's name at bottom of the spine. 2. Colonial (?) with slightly different lettering Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-72937842123199150592014-02-24T18:21:59.885-05:002014-02-24T18:21:59.885-05:00Yes, it's interesting to see his creative proc...Yes, it's interesting to see his creative process at work. Wondering why he changed certain things, added others, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-57264608204518735082014-02-24T17:06:26.056-05:002014-02-24T17:06:26.056-05:00Thanks for checking these details, Mike. Good to k...Thanks for checking these details, Mike. Good to know that one more mistake in Mr Stott's bibliography is fixed. On the other matter, I may add that this version of "The Right Thing is the King Thing" is important because it is supposed to the first appearance of this story in book form, reprinted from Cosmopolitan (June 1931), and, according to Mr Stott (C14), "the author madeAlexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16093061780494131162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-81328738589163017692014-02-24T13:07:46.359-05:002014-02-24T13:07:46.359-05:00Yes, I think the magazine was published first, on ...Yes, I think the magazine was published first, on Feb. 1922, while the book on 5 Oct. 1922. This is indeed a piece of interesting information.My Maugham Collectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001690360958605423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-52352319553691005952014-02-24T09:31:33.124-05:002014-02-24T09:31:33.124-05:00Hello,
I checked the magazine to "...Chinese...Hello,<br /><br />I checked the magazine to "...Chinese Screen." The stories are at least substantially the same. In "The Dinner Party" the nationality (Swiss) of the Banque Orientale was given in the book but the magazine simply calls him "The astute manager of the Banque Orientale." There are also some paragraphs and sentences that were re-arranged, or added to in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-27648919400793593282014-02-16T06:56:20.359-05:002014-02-16T06:56:20.359-05:00Eminent Maugham scholars have been quilty of the s...Eminent Maugham scholars have been quilty of the same mistake, bigger if anything. In his Encyclopedia, Mr Rogal boldly asserted that "The Point of Honour" was first published in "On a Chinese Screen" and later reprinted in "Creatures of Circumstance" Sure it was - the title at any rate. Penetrating critics have not been immune to such mistakes, either. In his Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16093061780494131162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-71347484114623576462014-02-16T06:13:48.593-05:002014-02-16T06:13:48.593-05:00Hi Alexander,
Chipping in...
Oops...You are right!...Hi Alexander,<br />Chipping in...<br />Oops...You are right! I wasn't thinking about the Mirage in On a Chinese Screen at all. Of course the magazine was published in 1922 and the rest of the stories are from OCS. Thanks for pointing out the error.<br />Let's see what Mike says.My Maugham Collectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001690360958605423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-69792392997721732742014-02-16T03:56:58.047-05:002014-02-16T03:56:58.047-05:00Thank you for this extraordinary piece of bibliogr...Thank you for this extraordinary piece of bibliographical information. It seems that Mr Stott made a pretty blunder when he stated that "Foreign Devils" was changed to "Dinner Parties" in book form. If what you say is true, and for now I will take your word, "Foreign Devils" was turned into no fewer than five sketches from "On a Chinese Screen", including Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16093061780494131162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-49735418744899828822013-12-28T10:47:35.030-05:002013-12-28T10:47:35.030-05:00I have to catch up on the travel books.I have to catch up on the travel books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-55405215680637932112013-12-28T10:03:25.877-05:002013-12-28T10:03:25.877-05:00Hi Mike,
Thanks for mentioning the magazine.
Howe...Hi Mike,<br />Thanks for mentioning the magazine. <br />However, the stories that you mentioned are collected in On the Chinese Screen, except "Mirage," which is in The Gentleman in the Parlour.<br />Sometimes I feel tempted to start collecting magazines too, but then it's too challenging for me at the moment. <br />Cheers!My Maugham Collectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001690360958605423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1103812558425454904.post-54402809925548209282013-12-27T20:27:03.210-05:002013-12-27T20:27:03.210-05:00Hi. Another magazine you may want to look out for ...Hi. Another magazine you may want to look out for is the February 1922 issue of "ASIA: The American Magazine On The Orient." It contains a a few little short stories put together and given the title "Foreign Devils." It contains: "The Dinner Party" "The Taipan" "Mirage" "The Old-Timer" and "The Consul." I looked for these Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com