Jack the Ripper A-Z

[Chris]

Incidentally, the text is searchable on Amazon's website, which makes it easy to see that there are 11 occurrences of "Robert Clack," 5 of "Philip Hutchinson" and 4 of "Robert Linford."

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1844547973/ref=sib_dp_ptu

[Robert]

Doubtless Rob Clack and Philip Hutchinson are going through it with a fine toothed comb to see which of them got more mentions.

[Tom_Wescott]

It seems that the A-Z authors are only mentioning researchers names where there is a published article or book that they can refer to (and obviously they can't provide links to posts are threads which are clunky and change or get deleted regularly), and it must be for this reason that people such as Chris Phillips and Debra Arif are not mentioned more, though why Chris is not mentioned (as is Debra) in the acknowledgements I cannot say. I've seen my name about 7 times, 6 of which were in the sources for entries which referred directly to published articles of mine. In one occassion, I was mentioned in the body of the text (Le Grand). There may be more occassions, but I'm only on the J's. I believe Debra was mentioned under Rose Mylett for the one published essay she has, that being the fantastic piece she co-authored with Rob Clack.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

[Chris]

BALFOUR, ARTHUR JAMES [p. 42]

The Fenian plot involving Millen, Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee and Williamson's journey to France took place in the summer of 1887, not in 1888.

[Chris]

Just to note this one in the right place:

PIZER, JOHN [p. 416]

His appearance at Chapman's inquest was on 12 September, not 11 October.

[bolo]

Found another small error (probably a typo) in entry "Warren, Sir Charles (1840 - 1927)" pg. 540. The Trafalgar Square riot also known as Bloody Sunday was on 13 November 1887, not 1888.

[bolo]

Hi all,

guess releasing a revised paperback can't hurt... during my four-hour reading session last night, I came across lots of typos and other errors, some of them are really hilarious (see the MJK entry). I don't want to sound pedantic or anything but I think a book of that caliber deserves better editing.

Regards,

Boris

[Phil Carter]

Hello GM,

Hear hear! I have all three paperback versions, each in one or another state of being "read"..and two versions of the "complete" two versions of "sourcebook", two versions of the "mammoth" and even two versions of Cornwell's offering. This A-Z version is probably soon to be superceded by a revised paperback, though it will be treasured and read just as much as any upcoming edition.

best wishes

Phil

[The Grave Maurice]

Tom is absolutely correct, Corey. Keep all the old editions. I've got a hardcover of the first edition signed by the three boys and Rumbelow (who wrote the introduction). I'm hanging on to that no matter how many new editions may appear. And I imagine that a decent copy of the 1996 paperback revision will ultimately be worth a bob or two. There can't be that many of them about, since we've all read them to death.

[Tom_Wescott]

Hi Corey,

By all means, keep your old edition for sentiments sake, but I'm doing the authors no injustice in pointing out that much new material has come along in the last 14 years, and quite a bit of information in the 1996 edition has since shown to be inaccurate or lacking through further research. If Begg/Fido/Skinner feel it's time for a new edition, then that's good enough for me.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

[corey123]

Hello All,

I have pre-ordered the Novemeber edition of the A-Z but I am still reluctant to do away with my old edition.

[mariab]

Bolo wrote:
However, if the corrections have been verified, I'll probably print out the corresponding posts of this thread and create a custom errata section.
Very wise decision. I'll definitely do this too, if I decide to order the new A-Z. Plus, there are even more corrections on this new edition (by Stewart Evans, among others) on the JTR Forums.

[bolo]

Hello all,

received my copy today. Impressive tome I must say!

About the errors found by Chris and others, I'm not an author or true researcher so I don't dare to comment on that. However, if the corrections have been verified, I'll probably print out the corresponding posts of this thread and create a custom errata section.

Looking forward to immersing myself in the new edition with a glass of brandy and a pipe tonight... aah, I really love getting new books!

Regards,

Boris

[mariab]

The Great Maurice wrote:
Sounds like it's already time for a revised and corrected edition of the new edition.

[The Grave Maurice]

Uh-oh. Sounds like it's already time for a revised and corrected edition of the new edition.