Changes Not Discussed

Significant revisions to the first American edition of Moby-Dick—found in the Harper’s New Monthly Magazine version of Ch. 54 (H), the first British edition (B), the Northwestern-Newberry edition (NN), and this edition (LCRE)—are discussed in the LCRE revision narratives. Thirty-one narratives appear in the text of Moby-Dick, near the relevant revision sites (see List of In-Text Revision Narratives for an index of these narratives); and over three hundred other sites are discussed in the revision narratives in Making Moby-Dick. Listed below are over 550 additional revision sites too numerous to be discussed in this edition. Readers may inspect these changes (“variants”) in context, and devise revision narratives of their own. (A website for sharing narratives is under consideration.) In this list of changes not discussed (which includes authorial and editorial revisions as well as undiscussed NN and LCRE emendations), a vertical bar (|) separates the American edition text on the left from its variant on the right; the bracketed abbreviations following a variant indicate the variant’s appearance in one or more of the versions indicated above. Dropped letters or broken type are represented with braces ({}). Accordingly, the entry Rokovoko | Kokovoko [B, NN, LCRE] indicates that the word “Rokovoko” in the American edition was changed to “Kokovoko” in the British, and that this variant was then adopted as an emendation by both the NN and LCRE editions.

Extracts

Chapters 1–15

Chapters 16–30

78.7 purposed | proposed [B] 79.17 Beckett | Becket [B, NN, LCRE] 79.30 over | through [B] 79.34 its | his [B] 80.32 Merchant | Marchant [B, NN] 81.13 by | about [B] 82.34 virgin voluntary | virgin, voluntary, [B, NN, LCRE] 85.4 what | that [B] 85.4 mighty deal | deal [B] 85.9 “Lay | “ ‘Lay [NN] 85.10 moth—” | moth—’ ” [NN] 85.28 “for | “ ‘for [NN] 85.29 also.” | also.’” [NN] 86.23 to | a [B] 86.39 shore | short [B] 86.40 have | has [B] 87.15 that | that, [B, NN, LCRE] 91.1 knot | knob [B, NN, LCRE] 91.4 top | the top [B] 91.15 he | I [B, NN, LCRE] 91.21 it’s | its [B] 94.title XVII | XVIII [B]; 18 [NN, LCRE] 96.13 his harpoon | the harpoon [B] 97.5 Bell | Bel [B, NN, LCRE] 100.6 you? | you?” [B, NN, LCRE] 101.27 storage | stowage [B, NN, LCRE] 103.21 we | he [B] 104.15 would | should [B] 112.12 ships | ships’ [B] 112.30, 31 & 34 Cookes . . . Cooke . . . Cooke | Cooks . . . Cook . . . Cook [B, NN, LCRE] 113.1 those | these [B] 114.18 that somehow | that [B] 114.20 fish.” * | fish.” [B] 114.29 very heavens | heavens [B] 114.38 properly | probably [B] 117.2 on an | on [B] 118.4 was | is [B] 118.9 Stbub | Stubb [B, NN, LCRE] 118.9 any other | any [B] 120.4 crisis | crises [B] 121.24 {}o | to [B, NN, LCRE] 121.24 batter{}ng | battering [B, NN, LCRE] 124.16 warrantry | warranty [B, NN, LCRE] 125.5 forenoon | afternoon [B] 125.12 cast | cast of [B] 125.20 say, | say. [B, NN, LCRE] 126.10 in | into [B]

Chapters 31–45

131.21 Slid | ’Slid [NN] 132.2 eating of | eating [B] 132.5 ‘Halloa, | ‘Halloa,’ [B, NN, LCRE] 133.26 Bonneterre | Bonnaterre [B, NN, LCRE] 133.28 Olmstead | Olmsted [NN, LCRE] 134.38 swam | swum [B] 135.32 Lamatins | Lamantins [NN, LCRE] 136.12 Pottsfich | Pottfisch [NN, LCRE] 136.40 Baliene | Baleine [NN, LCRE] 138.40 Growlands Walfish | Gronlands Walfisk [NN, LCRE] 137.26 man-haters | men-haters [B] 138.3 afford the basis | afforded the bases [B] 138.9 each of these | each [B] 138.14 has | have [B] 139.4 Thrasher . . . Killer | Killer . . . Thrasher [NN] 140.1 bill-fish | the bill-fish [B] 140.17 bold | old [B] 140.20 in | at [B] 140.40 (Duodecimo.) | (Duodecimo). [N] 141.5 i.e | i.e. [B, NN, LCRE] 145.6 deep | deeps [B] 147.15 his | this [B] 147.17 turn | tune [B] 148.11 to obtain | obtain [B] 149.14 whetstone | whetstones [B, NN] 149.30 anybody else | anybody [B] 149.35 hereby | thereby [B] 151.11 ever | even [B, NN] 151.15 however | however, [NN, LCRE] 151.28 mast-heads | masts [B] 151.30 pleasant | pleasant—the [B, NN, LCRE] 152.20 crow’s-nests | crows’-nests [B] 152.28 ridiculous | ridiculously [B] 153.19 South | Southern [B, NN, LCRE] 154.9 a harpooneer | an harpooneer [B] 157.15 while | when [B] 158.5 ye | you [B] 158.19 Stubb | Stubbs [B] 158.24 tha{} | that [B, NN, LCRE] 159.22 man | men [B] 159.31 unrecking | unreeking [B] 160.32 wer’t | wert [B, NN, LCRE] 160.46 yon | you [B] 162.4 goblet’s | goblets [B] 162.23 prophesy | prophecy [B] 163.3 unsounded | unsound [B] 164.17 demigorgon | demogorgon [B, NN, LCRE] 164.24 me! | I! [B] 165.2 Ha! ha! ha! ha! | Ha! ha! ha! [B] 165.20 through with | through [B] 167.36 come’s | comes [B, NN, LCRE] 169.13 TAHITAN | TAHITIAN [B, NN, LCRE] 169.15 low veiled | low-valed [B]; low valed [NN] 170.16 one | own [B] 173.31 fearfnlly | fearfully [B, NN, LCRE] 174.2 & 11 Povelson | Povelsen [NN, LCRE] 174.38 as well | also [B] 175.2 Strello | Strella [NN, LCRE] 175.11 immortality | mortality [B] 175.38 aforethought | forethought [B] 176.28 but felt | felt [B] 177.11 concentred | concentrated [B] 177.41 scorched | sore [B] 178.5-6 the one only | the only [B] 178.6 any one | any [B] 178.13 chiefly | that chiefly [B] 179.18 Cæsarian, | Cæsarian [B, NN, LCRE] 180.24 albatross, | albatross: [B, NN] 180.37 whence | hence [B] 180.38 funereal | funeral [B] 181.10 revived | have revived [B] 181.24 kin? | kin! [NN] 181.33 our | the [B] 182.14 much like | much [B, NN] 183.15 seas: | seas; [B, NN, LCRE] 184.21 distant | the distant [B] 186.18 eat | ate [B] 188.22 incrossing | in crossing [B, NN, LCRE] 188.23 grounds he could | grounds [B] 188.41 on which | in which [NN] 189.8 or | and [B, NN] 189.27 correctly | covertly [B, NN, LCRE] 190.19 or | of [B] 192.4 but the | the [B] 192.30 previous | previously [B] 193.22 & 24 Tom . . . Jack | Jack . . . Tom [NN, LCRE] 193.31 Tom | Jack [B] 194.14 that had | had [B] 194.17 ashore | on shore [B] 194.28 First: In | In [B] 194.28 of | the [B] 194.34 has | has ever [B] 194.39 & 42 Chace . . . Chace’s | Chase . . . Chase’s [NN] 195.26 Okhotsh | Okhotsk [NN, LCRE] 195.31 just before | just [B]

Chapters 46–60

Chapters 61–75

254.29 all at once | at once [B] 256.20 rocking | rocky [B] 256.32 bowsman{!} | bowsman; [B, NN, LCRE] 257.8 bowsman | bowman [B] 258.8 uttermost | utmost [B] 269.16 fastidions | fastidious [B, NN, LCRE] 270.1-2 substance | substances [B] 270.20 man | man man [B] 272.8 two … hour, | two, … hour [B, NN, LCRE] 272.19 her side | side [B] 273.3 marksmen | marksman [B] 273.18 end | end is [B] 275.13 slicings | slices [B] 279.16-17 vultureism | vulturism [B, NN] 282.34 on matter | in matter [B, NN, LCRE] 283.3 strangers’ | stranger’s [B, NN] 284.2 way ahead | ahead [B] 284.21 the way | way [B] 284.43 be | be in [B] 287.13 upon | on [B] 289.19 Nor | How [B] 290.16 involuntarily trembling | trembling [B] 290.39 bade | bad [B] 293.12 fagged | flagged [B] 294.11 get | to get [B] 294.32 helped | helped to [B] 295.11 let’s | lets [B, NN, LCRE] 295.15 suppose it | suppose [B] 295.17 his | the [B] 295.20 and | an [B] 295.41-42 black bone | back-bone [B] 296.3 Meantime | Meanwhile [B] 297.24 one | see one [B] 298.31 moment of time | time [B] 299.39 into | in [B] 301.12 its circular | circular [B] 301.20 arch | reach [B]

Chapters 76–90

305.25 irrevocably | irrecoverably [B] 306.17 fata{} | fatal [B, NN, LCRE] 307.4 single-sheaved | shingle-sheaved [B] 307.8 high | highly [B] 307.26 baling | bailing [B] 308.1 cabled | cable [B] 308.3 to fall | fall [B] 308.30 top | the top [B] 309.40-310.1 undetached | detached [B] 311.title The Praire | The Prairie [B, NN, LCRE] 315.12 can there | can [B] 316.20 sort of | sort of a [B] 316.26 yaw | yawn [B] 317.25 rivals’ | rival’s [B] 317.32 Fiercely, but evenly | Fiercely but evenly, [NN] 318.6 diagonically | diagonally [B, NN] 318.11 yawed | yawled [B] 318.26 and | and, [NN] 318.30 harpooneer | harpooneers [B] 319.4 lead-lined | lead-line [B] 320.8 ship’s | ships’ [B, LCRE] 321.7 new made | newly-made [B] 323.6 go | goes [B] 328.5 the whale | a whale [B] 329.3 as such | such [B] 330.18 minds | reminds [B] 330.24 old Monongahela! | Monongahela! [B] 332.8 fishermon | fishermen [B, NN, LCRE] 332.22 necessities | necessities, [NN] 333.21 perceived | perceive [B] 336.3 Eckerman | Eckermann [NN, LCRE] 336.27 descend | descends [B] 339.13-14 spices, and silks | spices, [B] 340.11 his | the [B] 341.25 these | the [B] 341.32 to | to to [B] 342.8 had | has [B] 342.22 flashing | fishing [B] 342.41 for | from [B] 344.27 overboard | over [B] 345.20 snuffling | snuffing [B] 345.36 scarce yet | scarce [B] 346.6 vicisitudes | vicissitudes [B, NN, LCRE] 349.3 times | time [B] 350.18 fishermen | fisherman [B] 352.15 fishermen | fisherman [B] 353.9 seas; and when indeed | seas, [B, NN] 353.10 they were . . . obliged | but . . . were obliged 353.11 itself. Ultimately | itself,—Furthermore: ultimately [B] 353.13 plaintiffs. And | plaintiffs;—Yet again:—and [B] 353.14 plaintiffs’ | plaintiff’s [B] 353.16 which | all of which [B] 353.40 plaintiffs | defendants [B, NN, LCRE] 356.39 (twice) Plowdon | Plowden [NN, LCRE] 357.1 warbrobe | wardrobe [B, NN, LCRE] 357.9 of | at [B]

Chapters 91–105

358.2 not | that [B, NN, LCRE] 358.5 vapory | vapour [B] 361.3 argued | augured [NN] 362.10 it’s | its [B] 362.32 withont | without [B, NN, LCRE] 364.3 the chapter | this chapter [B] 364.27 gave forth | gave [B] 365.9 boats’ | boat’s [B] 365.12 heard of | head [B] 366.5 effulgenees | effulgences [B, NN, LCRE] 366.40 wont | won’t [B, LCRE] 366.43 loved | loves [NN] 366.44 interferes | interfered [B] 368.19 snuffed | sniffed [B] 368.25 petulence | petulance [B, NN, LCRE] 369.33 and a | a [B] 369.37 the tubs | tubs [B] 370.17 This | The [B] 370.20 assistants’ | assistant’s [NN, LCRE] 373.5 foremast | fore- [B] 373.5 main-/mast | mainmast [B, NN]; main-mast [LCRE] 374.11 he | he had [B] 374.23 conflagrations | conflagration [B] 375.30 spite of | in spite of [B] 381.19 flows | flow [B, NN, LCRE] 382.12 the third | a third [B] 382.30 ol{} | old [B, NN, LCRE] 383.10 almanack{} | almanack; [B, NN, LCRE] 383.14 Bull and Jimimi! | Bull;—and Jimini! [B, NN]; Bull and Jimini! [LCRE] 383.32-33 rear | the rear [B, LCRE] 384.4 wont | won’t [B, LCRE] 384.16 it is | is it [B] 384.33 Hark! | Hark!” [NN, LCRE] 387.10 blubber-hook | blubber-book [B] 387.34 the bottom | bottom [B] 388.1 on to | on [B] 388.23 when, when, | when, [B] 389.14 wound | a wound [B, LCRE] 390.5 swallow | to swallow [B, LCRE] 391.14 1778 | 1788 [NN] 391.16 a whale-boat | a a whale-boat [B] 392.35 and drinking | drinking [B] 395.25 And as | As [B] 396.17 hair-hung | air-hung [B] 396.21-22 with all | with [B] 397.27 upon | on [B] 401.11-12 & 40 antichronical | ante-chronical [B, LCRE]; antechronical [NN] 401.21 Dauphiné | Dauphine [NN] 401.32 skeleton of the whale | skeleton [B] 402.5 Pharaoh’s | Pharaohs’ [B, NN, LCRE] 402.24 pass it | pass by it [NN] 402.29 This Rib (says John Leo) | This Rib [B] 403.22 Cooke’s | Cook’s [B, NN, LCRE] 403.22 Danish | Swedish [NN] 403.23 reydan-siskur | Reydan-siskur [B]; reydar-fiskur [NN, LCRE] 404.1 these | the [B] 404.35 horse | horses [B] 405.21 Harto | Horto [NN, LCRE]

Chapters 106–120

Chapters 121–135

Textual Emendations

The LCRE Moby-Dick reprints the first American edition; however, it emends (alters) the text, in 177 places, to correct typographical errors and unintended or confusing misspellings and faulty punctuation. In the following list, all LCRE emendations appear to the left of the vertical bar (|) with the original American text indicated to the right. In almost all cases the LCRE emendations are based on corrections found in the first British edition. The abbreviations in brackets ([]) following an emendation indicate, where applicable, the earlier appearance of that variant in one or a combination of the versions listed below. Dropped letters or broken type in words found in the American and British versions are represented with braces ({}). Forty-four of the LCRE emendations appeared for the first time in the 1988 NN edition, and eight appear in LCRE without textual precedent. Most LCRE emendations are non-controversial; however, those that affect meaning are listed in boldface and are discussed in a revision narrative either in the text of Moby-Dick or in Making Moby-Dick. Accordingly, the entry left [B, NN] | lift indicates that the emended word “left” in the LCRE text, which is also found in the British edition and was adopted as an emendation in the NN edition, originally appeared as “lift” in the American edition. Because the entry is in boldface, a revision narrative discussing the word has been provided (in this case in Making Moby-Dick).

H “The Town-Ho’s Story,” Harper’s New Monthly Magazine (October, 1851)

B First British Edition. London: Richard Bentley, 1851.

NN Northwestern-Newberry Edition. Evanston and Chicago: Northwestern University Press and The Newberry Library, 1988.

Extracts

Chapters 1–15

Chapters 16–30

79.17 Becket [B, NN] | Beckett 82.34 virgin, voluntary, [B, NN] | virgin voluntary 83.13 Bildad [B, NN] | Peleg 87.15 that, [B, NN] | that 91.1 knob [B, NN] | knot 91.15 I [B, NN] | he 94.title 18 [B, NN] | XVII 97.5 Bel [B, NN] | Bell 100.6 you?” [B, NN] | you? 101.27 stowage [B, NN] | storage 112.30, 31 & 34 Cooks . . . Cook . . . Cook [B, NN] | Cookes . . . Cooke . . . Cooke 118.9 Stubb [B, NN] | Stbub 121.24 to [B, NN] | {}o 121.24 battering [B, NN] | batter{}ng 124.16 warranty [B, NN] | warrantry 125.20 say. [B, NN] | say,

Chapters 31–45

144.38 direst [B, NN] | direct

151.15 however, [NN] | however 151.30 pleasant— [B, NN] | pleasant 153.19 Southern [B, NN] | South 158.24 that [B, NN] | tha{} 160.32 wert [B, NN] | wer’t 164.17 demogorgon [B, NN] | demigorgon 166.5 commanded— [B] | commanded.— 167.36 comes [NN] | come’s 169.13 TAHITIAN [B, NN] | TAHITAN 173.31 fearfully [B, NN] | fearfnlly 174.2 & 11 Povelsen [NN] | Povelson 175.2 Strella [NN] | Strello 179.18 Cæsarian [B, NN] | Cæsarian, 183.15 seas; [B, NN] | seas: 188.22 in crossing [B, NN] | incrossing 189.27 covertly [B, NN] | correctly 193.22 & 24 Jack . . . Tom [NN] | Tom . . . Jack 194.12 others, [NN] | others 195.26 Ochotsk [NN] | Ochotsh

Chapters 46–60

Chapters 61–75

256.32 bowsman; [B, NN] | bowsman{!} 266.5 yourselbs [B, NN] | yoursebls 269.16 fastidious [B, NN] | fastidions 272.8 two, for an hour [B, NN] | two for an hour, 280.2 powerful [B] | powerless 282.34 in matter [B, NN] | on matter 283.3 stranger’s [B, NN] | strangers’ 295.11 lets [B, NN] | let’s

Chapters 76–90

306.17 fatal [B, NN] | fata{} 311.title Prairie [B, NN] | Praire 320.8 ships’ [B] | ship’s 332.8 fishermen [B, NN] | fishermon 332.8 Eckermann [NN] | Eckerman 343.32 sc. ii. [LCRE] | [not present] 346.6 vicissitudes [B, NN] | vicisitudes 353.40 defendants [B, NN] | plaintiffs 356.39 (twice) Plowden [NN] | Plowdon 357.1 wardrobe [B, NN] | warbrobe

Chapters 91–105

358.2 that [B, NN] | not 362.32 without [B, NN] | withont 366.5 effulgences [B, NN] | effulgenees 366.40 won’t [B] | wont 368.25 petulance [B, NN] | petulence 370.20 assistant’s [NN] | assistants’ 373.5 main-mast | main-/mast 381.19 flow [B, NN] | flows 382.30 old [B, NN] | ol{} 383.10 almanack; [B, NN] | almanack{} 383.14 Jimini [B, NN] | Jimimi 383.32-33 the rear [B] | rear 384.4 won’t [B] | wont 384.33 Hark!” [NN] | Hark! 389.14 a wound [B] | wound 390.5 to swallow [B] | swallow 401.11-12 & 40 ante-chronical [B] | antichronical 402.5 Pharaohs’ [B, NN] | Pharaoh’s 403.22 Cook’s [B, NN, LCRE] | Cooke’s 403.23 reydar-fiskur [NN] | reydan-siskur 405.21 Horto [NN] | Harto

Chapters 106–120

Chapters 121–135

453.20 braced hard up [B, NN] | hard up

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