XVIII * Bibliography and Textual Criticism

Abstract

The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America (PBSA 101[2007]) running true to form, contains some fascinating and important contributions. Lynette Hunter's ‘Adaptation and/or Revision in Early Quartos of Romeo and Juliet’ (PBSA 101:i[2007] 5–54) contains a thorough investigation of ‘the interrelationship between the [four] quarto texts’ (p. 7) of Romeo and Juliet. In doing so, Hunter provides a most informative account of previous textual and editorial scholarship. Her focus is theatrical practice, and she concludes ‘The relationship between Q1 and Q2 Romeo and Juliet does not require “solving,” nor can it be “solved” by thinking about theatre practice, but the impact of the theatre may provide a further site for talking about the cultural materiality of the text’ (p. 54). YWES readers hardly need reminding that Jane Millgate has produced extremely important work in the field of Sir Walter Scott scholarship and early nineteenth-century publishing history. Indeed, her Union Catalogue of Walter Scott Correspondence may be found on the National Library of Scotland website: www.nls.uk/catalogues/resources/scott/index.html. This most generous of scholars has provided yet another important addition to our knowledge of Scott's relationships with his publishers. Her ‘The Name of the Author: Additional Light on the Publication of Ivanhoe and the Scott–Constable Relationship’ (PBSA 101:i[2007] 55–62) draws upon publishing agreements found in the Pierpont Morgan and the National Library of Scotland to illuminate the relationship between Scott and his publisher Archibald Constable.