I am wondering if anyone is familiar with Crane’s Last Words, published posthumously, in England. I’ve come across a “first edition,” bound in blue cloth, while it appears that it was primarily released in maroon. I’d be grateful for any thoughts, if there are any.

Thank you, for your attention.

Sincerely,

Robert Lages

Allentown, NJ 

Hello,

I would be glad if you could post it, but, to avoid the confusion, I would like to specify that the question I have is not about the ‘whine’ word ( I understand it refers to the sound of the old-fashioned streetlight), but more about the meaning of the entire sentence which is not quite clear to me. I can’t quite get the exact ‘message’ of this specific sentence and how it fits the context:

Let’s say, it would be very helpful if you or someone else could rephrase it somehow. If it is explaining why she took the lamp with her when exiting to the street, still, why is it explained not directly, but after a sentence describing how the street appeared to her? What relevance does that streetlight have to the described situation? If it explains why the street looked like that to her then she must have seen the light itself as she saw the effect it had on the crowd.

Good morning:

 
Looks like Cora Crane's heir was Ernest C. Budd.

Is that true? If so, did he inherit Stephen Crane's copyrights

and did he pass those along to his heir?

 
Thanks.

Angus H. Paul

I sent a query to the society some time ago but saw no answer. Involved the unpublished English version of War is Kind. From what I have seen in various places there were a small number of samples of what a Heinemann edition would look like made up by Bradley. Anywhere from 30 to 20 to 12 copies were made up with the Heinemann Imprint on the tp in a related typeface. So my query is why was the English edition not published? What happened? Anybody have any theories, ideas, done any research I’m\n the Publishers records? BTW I ‘ve one of the mockups with a paper DJ with the note: “12 copies”. It came from Bradley material given to Stanford by his son. Thx for any help.

–John Lehner