Errata for the B&N volume

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The Other Gods
[No errors to report! ]

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The Music of Erich Zann
*175.11-12: in the Rue d'Auseil kept by] in the Rue d'Auseil, kept by
*175.17: his name Erich Zann,] his name as Erich Zann,
178.22-23: intense and frightening listening.] intense and frightened listening.
*179.25: pen could ever suggest.] pen could even suggest.

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Herbert West--Reanimator
180.36: likewise become clear that,] likewise became clear that,
184.10: delicate cerebral ceils might] delicate cerebral cells might
*188.6: with the remnants of West’s bottles] with the broken remnants of West’s bottles
188.7: open window told us what had] open window told what had
188.25-26: receiving tomb, here a small] receiving tomb, where a small
*189.9: against the wall of a padded] against the walls of a padded
189.11: disgusted the researchers of] disgusted the searchers of
193.37: one. West head never] one. West had never
195.25: obtain what the had] obtain what he had
199.31: over a queerly incubating burner,] over a queer incubating burner,
200.37: caused at the instant] caused at that instant
203.26: had happened to Sefton Asylum] had happened at Sefton Asylum

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Hypnos
206.28: once been the deepest] once been of the deepest
208.8: and look affightedly out] and look affrightedly out

[The text in The Fiction is based on a T.Ms. that was not available when Dagon and Other Macabre Tales was published. I have not bothered listing the textual differences.]

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What the Moon Brings
212.19: of calm, dead forces.] of calm, dead faces.
213.15: raised my eye I saw] raised my eyes I saw

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Azathoth
[No errors to report!]

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The Hound
*218.5: over the far swamps and] over far swamps and
221.18: the ivied church pointing a jeering] the ivied church pointed a jeering

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The Lurking Fear
222.8: recalls “Facts concerning the Late] recalls “Facts Concerning the Late
226.30: I partly awakened, probably] I partly awaked, probably
226.32: was attending his duties] was attending to his duties
*228.29-30: stretches of morbidly overnourished] stretches of the morbidly overnourished
232.28: to his head, he fitted] to his health, he fitted
233.22: returned with a spade and] returned with spade and
235.14: sheet lightnings illumined the] sheet lightnings illumed the
235.20: claw and eye had] claw and eyes had
*238.26: accursed midnight forest and] accursed midnight forests and

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The Rats in the Walls
240.21: horror greater that that of] horror greater than that of
241.4: our planter neighbors, we] our planter neighbours, we
241.17-18: through the line to] through the lines to
243.15: reticence and cloudly evasiveness.] reticence and cloudy evasiveness.
243.18: the occasional disappearance of] the occasional disappearances of
243.23: few members. Temperment rather] few members. Temperament rather
243.29-30: after her marraige to] after her marriage to
245.4: some very circumstatial accounts] some very circumstantial accounts
247.1: cook remembered that actions] cook remembered the actions
250.3-4: what I though I was] what I thought I was
250.16-17: with decreasing fevour at the] with decreasing fervour at the
250.22: abandon his effort when] abandon his efforts when
251.24: Nigger-Man was quietly] Nigger-Man was still quietly
252.17: only an aeronaut could] only an aëronaut could
253.10: three hundred years, or a] three hundred, or a
254.30: howls blindly to the] howls blindly in the darkness to the

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The Unnamable
258.4: dark, upon the riven tomb] dark, upon that riven tomb
*258.18: grow up, and look into] grow up, look into
258.21: my friend was not] my friend Manton was not
259.19: door, but let the whole] door, but left the whole

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The Festival
262.21: in their heads it] in their hearts it
264.5: in that town of] in that aged town of
264.7: afraid long, of the] afraid long, for the
264.18: I did to like] I did not like
265.31: half-paved square spot nearly] half-paved square swept nearly
*266.30: the things the night] the things that the night

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Under the Pyramids
*270.18: told and will continue] told and shall continue
*270.22: hitherto guarded secret pertains] hitherto guarded subject pertains
*270.26: the authorities in Cairo,] the authorities at Cairo,
270.28: my own imagination] my own fantastic imagination
*271.5: magical performer away from] magical performer apart from
273.25: and secured and excellent] and secured an excellent
*273.32: extinct capital of Memphis,] extinct capital Memphis,
*275.30-31: speed in their performance] speed in the performance
*275.36: crowned citadel and background] crowned citadel background
288.26: there stood faindy forth] there stood faintly forth
*291.14: have been dream] have been a dream [There is no “a” in the AH text, but there is one in The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Tales, and in the old, uncorrected text.]

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There will most likely be no further posts from me here for a while, since I'm starting on "The Shunned House" (which is fairly long) now and soon will take the holidays off for some R&R.

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Some corrections below:

Originally Posted by Ningauble

Under the Pyramids
270.18: told and will continue] told and shall continue
270.22: hitherto guarded secret pertains] hitherto guarded subject pertains
270.26: the authorities in Cairo,] the authorities at Cairo,
270.28: my own imagination] my own fantastic imagination
*271.5: magical performer away from] magical performer apart from
273.25: and secured and excellent] and secured an excellent
*273.32: extinct capital of Memphis,] extinct capital Memphis,
*275.30-31: speed in their performance] speed in the performance
*275.36: crowned citadel and background] crowned citadel background
288.26: there stood faindy forth] there stood faintly forth
*291.14: have been dream] have been a dream [There is no “a” in the AH text, but there is one in The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Tales, and in the old, uncorrected text.]

The first page of Lovecraft's original manuscript is reproduced at

L. W. Currey, Inc.: "UNDER THE PYRAMIDS" [novelette]. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (AMsS). 34 pages, handwritten on the rectos of 34 sheets of white 8 1/2 x 11-inch paper with typed and handwritten business and personal letters on the rectos. Undated,

(I have no idea whether that came through clearly -- go to L. W. Currey - Leading Specialist in Popular and Sensation Fiction and search for "Under the Pyramids"). This confirms some of the readings and eliminates the asterisks.

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You seem to be thorough Sir, I'm impressed....

A question if I may...Will/do you submit these errors/issues to publisher(s) or just keep notes in general for your own reference purposes?