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The Courting of Sister Wisby

by Sarah Orne Jewett.

Comparison of the King of Folly Island, Atlantic, and Outlook texts.

Between the Atlantic and the King of Folly Island texts there are only a few differences.

Weber and Weber believe the Outlook text was reprinted from The King of Folly Island (1888), and indeed, there are few differences between the two texts, except that punctuation has been fairly thoroughly reworked in this printing.

     The first list below identifies global punctuation and spelling changes.

     The table indicates specific instances of changes that were not clearly global.
 

List of Global Changes between Outlook and The King of Folly Island.

The King of Folly Island   to  Outlook

" - " is changed to ", -"
Contractions such as " 't was" all are closed to read " 'twas."
The word " a " as a contraction of "have" is replaced with " 'a' ".
The word " way " meaning away, becomes " 'way ".

meetins becomes meetin's
goins-on becomes goin's on
any way becomes anyway
agin becomes ag'in

Global hyphenation changes

pasture land to pasture-land
yellow-bird to yellowbird
sweet fern to sweet-fern
jack-knife to jackknife
horse-radish to horseradish
set-back to setback
second sight to second-sight
stone-wall to stone wall
dance tunes to dance-tunes
peach pit to peach-pit
mullein leaves to mullein-leaves
under-value to under value
half way to half-way
 
 

Table of Differences between The King of Folly Island text and the Outlook text.

Paragraph	The King of Folly Island	Atlantic	Outlook
1	out-door		outdoor
2	second sight		second-sight
3	autumn like  the fields that day, I found spring-time		autumn-like the fields that day I found springtime
4	singing lessons		singing-lessons
5	pitch-pine outward bound		pitch pine outward-bound
6	the thought that in a piece of wild pasture land like this one may overturn the soil, and vex		the thought that, in a piece of wild pasture-land like this, one may overturn the soil and vex
7	drink of fresh cool water sweet flag		drink of fresh, cool water sweet-flag
8	she said briskly		she said, briskly
9	the next fence but one."		the next fence but one"
10	pair of scissors, which might		pair of scissors which might
13	Book-fools I call 'em them bilin' over with book-larnin' Note that in this text, SOJ is inconsistent: larnin' here and l'arnin' paragraph 15.	Book-fools I call 'em, them	b'ilin' over with book-l'arnin'
15	most of 'em, any. There	most of 'em, anyway. There
18	keep it from spilin' to Widder Peck's and the house	to Widder Peck's, and the house	keep it from sp'ilin'
20	said my companion stoutly An' besides that, Sunday-keepin' 's all gone out       their next door neighbor over it.	Sunday-keepin 's all gone out  their next-door neighbor over it.	said my companion, stoutly An', besides that, Sunday-keepin' 's all gone out       their next-door neighbor over it.
21	the good, clear-minded soul beside me	the good, patient, clear-minded soul beside me
22	gal o' Miss Peck's had met with a dis'pintment and had gone into screechin' fits hayin' time	gal o' Miss Peck's had met with a dis'pintment and gone into screechin' fits	gal o' Mis' Peck's had met with a dis'p'intment and had gone into screechin' fits hayin'-time
23	I asked with great interest		I asked, with great interest
24	replied Mrs. Goodsoe, earnestly   summer nights when I was huskins He'd got the gift --	replied Mrs. Goodsoe earnestly summer nights, when I was     He'd got the gift, --	huskin's
25	edge o' the woods and some of us side of the road where and there she cried herself	edge o' the woods, and some of us side of the road, where and then she cried herself	edge o' the woods, and some of us
26	resumed Mrs. Goodsoe, after	resumed Mrs. Goodsoe after
27	a clean, calico apron		a clean calico apron
28	I'm despri't afeared		I'm desp'rit afeared
29	peaches out of my pocket, and laying		peaches out of my pocket and laying
31	to keep her goodness, and to last under-value medicinal herbs	undervalue medicinal herbs	to keep her goodness and to last
32	had eaten our peaches we still sat a long fine root		had eaten our peaches, we still sat a long, fine root
33	she assented indulgently		she assented, indulgently
34	I repeated inquiringly		I repeated, inquiringly
35	halfway up the long hillside	half-way up the long hillside
38	after a pause, which began to appear		after a pause which began to appear
39	was very pious accordin' to his lights in his early years a rovin' preacher along, and set		was very pious, accordin' to his lights, in his early years a rovin' preacher along and set
42	Women folks liked it, an' the men too;	Women folks liked it, an' the men, too;
43	all unsuspectin', and 'stead that next day an' the next	all unsuspectin'; and 'stead	that next day, an' the next
45	said Mrs. Goodsoe mildly		said Mrs. Goodsoe, mildly
47	said Mrs. Goodsoe emphatically, was consider'ble talk, now I tell you! full o' somethin', so it couldn't You see the deacon was		said Mrs. Goodsoe, emphatically, was consider'ble talk, now, I tell you! full o' somethin' so it couldn't You see, the deacon was
49	last o' April, any way some an' then I declare if he didn't have the malice to turn right in towards the barn, where an' says he real natural went out an' took in the sitooation nothing ailed the kingbolt   when Josh riz up he says	nothin' ailed the kingbolt	last o' April; anyway, some an' then, I declare if he didn't have the malice to turn right in towards the barn where an' says he, real natural went out and took in the sitooation       when Josh riz up, he says
52	a sound sleep.	a sound sleep to set with her.
53	she owned to Phebe, when she died,  seems to me sometimes		she owned to Phebe when she died, seems to me, sometimes
55	the pasture ground, when my		the pasture-ground when my
58	I had said good-by, and was		I had said good-by and was

 

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