Editorial Emendations

These notes record all editorial emendations in the present text to the first edition of Malcolm's Katie: A Love Story. Each entry records the reading of the present text before the "]" and the reading of the first edition after the "]". Thus "II, 62 mists: ] mists" indicates that in Part II, line 62 a semicolon has been added after "mists" where there is none in the first edition. Where necessary, the notes also record the authority and/or earlier precedent(s) for a given emendation, either in the manuscript fragments of Malcolm's Katie in the Queen's University Archives (see Appendix A) or in the important editions of the poem by John Garvin in The Collected Poems of Isabella Valancy Crawford (1905: rpt. 1972), pp. 193-236 and David Sinclair in Nineteenth-Century Narrative Poems (1972), pp. 158-190.  For example, "I, 41 unfoldment feebly ] unfoldment— feebly (MS.; Garvin; Sinclair)" indicates that the editorial change recorded has been made on the authority of the manuscript and the precedent of Garvin and Sinclair.

I, 6, 7, 9,11, 13-26 Double quotation marks have been placed at the beginning of each of these lines where there is none in the first edition (MS.).
               

 

I, 24

fields ] fields, (MS.; Garvin; Sinclair)
I, 25

won) ] won). (MS.)
I, 26

sixteen-summer'd ] sixteen summer'd (MS.; Garvin; Sinclair)
I, 28-34

Double and single quotations have been placed at the beginning of each of these lines where there is none in the original.
I, 36-47, 49-57, 59-67, 70-90 and 92-115 Double quotation  marks have been placed at the beginning of each of these lines where there is none in the original.
               

 

I, 41

unfoldment feebly ] unfoldment—feebly (MS.; Garvin; Sinclair)
I, 42

leaves, wait ] leaves; wait (MS.; Garvin; Sinclair)
I, 58

Katie. ] Katie: (Garvin; Sinclair)
I, 91

Inglorious? Yes ] Inglorious? yes (MS.; Garvin; Sinclair)
I, 94

Inglorious! Aye ] Inglorious! aye (MS.; Garvin; Sinclair)
I, 101

sword, ] sword; (Garvin; Sinclair)
I, 112

heir, ] heir. (Sinclair)
I, 124

Katie's ] Katies (Garvin; Sinclair)
I, 125-126 and 128-132 Double quotation marks have been placed at the beginning of each of these lines where there is none in the original.
                
I, 127

sweet? Why ] sweet? why (Garvin; Sinclair)
I, 129

last-bought] last bought
I, 137-145

Italics added.
I, 139

Heaven's ] heaven's (MS.)
II, 3

wampum ] wampun (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 10

"Ugh! ] "Ugh!" (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 12

"Our ] Our
II, 12

reach," and ] reach." And (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 35

Moons of Summer ] moons of summer
II, 35

locks, ] locks; (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 36

danc'd, ] danc'd; (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 37

emerald, ] emerald; (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 38

South Wind ] south wind (Garvin)
II, 38

flame, ] flame; (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 39

Sun ] sun (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 50

Moon ] moon
II, 50

Winter ] winter (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 56

tranced ] tranied (Sinclair) Garvin offers "deep-crannied" in place of "the deep, tranied" of the original. Sinclair's reading has been adopted here because it is (a) less open to the charge of tautology than Garvin' s and (b) more consonant with the tenor of the preceding lines.
II, 59

Sun ] sun (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 62

mists; ] mists
II, 63

Sun ] sun (Garvin; Sinclair)
II. 76

barbs. ] barbs, (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 79

cliffs, ] cliffs; (Sinclair)
II, 82

evening's ] Evening's (Garvin)
II, 85

Seen, limn'd ] Seen limn'd (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 87

nor, when ] nor when (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 97

blades, ] blades  Instead of supplying a coma here, Sinclair deletes the comma at the end of the previous line.
II, 98

low-set ] low set
II, 99

Sun] sun (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 101

And, pointing ] And pointing (Garvin)
II, 102

Moon ] moon (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 105

loon, ] loon (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 107

Moon ] moon (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 109

Moon of Evil Witches ] moon of evil witches (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 111

flowers ] Flowers (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 114

blanket? ] blanket, (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 115

frost-mist ] frost mist (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 120

tresses, ] tresses; (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 122

branches; ] branches, (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 128

Path ] path
II, 129

fire, ] fire; (Sinclair)
II, 130

splendour, ] splendour: (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 145

Summer!' ] Summer.'" (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 164

"No ] No
II, 173

Full muscl'd ] Full-muscl'd
II, 175

And, like ] And like (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 192

earth ] earth, (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 198

it ] it, (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 206

beds, ] beds; (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 213

pyres ] pyres, (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 218

fields, ] fields; (Garvin: Sinclair)
II, 242

folk, ] folk; (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 245

thrice-told ] thrice told (Garvin; Sinclair)
II, 246

ways; ] ways: (Sinclair)
II, 254-265

Italics added.
III, 16

fall ] Fall (Garvin; Sinclair)
III, 22

poet's ] Poet's (Garvin; Sinclair)
III, 52

lip until ] lip, until (MS.; Garvin; Sinclair)
III, 53

rock that ] rock, that (MS.; Garvin; Sinclair)
III, 58

love, ] love. (Sinclair)
III, 64

But, if ] But if (MS; Garvin)
III, 74

brow ] brow, (MS.; Garvin; Sinclair)
III, 104

di'mond ] diamond (MS.; and see I, 85 and III, 266; Sinclair)
III, 107

three-score ] three score (Garvin: Sinclair)
III, 109

bright, consummate ] bright consummate (Garvin; Sinclair)
III, 129

clay o'ermasters] clay, o'ermasters (MS.; Garvin; Sinclair)
III, 152

nestling ] nest'ling (Garvin; Sinclair)
III, 163

close-hing'd ] close hing'd (Garvin; Sinclair)
III, 163

wood, ] wood. (MS.; Garvin; Sinclair)
III, 169

beyond, the ] beyond the (Garvin; Sinclair)
III, 172

feet, ] feet; (Garvin)
III, 175

White ] While (Sinclair)
III, 176

shrines, ] shrines. (Sinclair)
III, 188

cup. ] cup (Garvin)
III, 193

skies that ] skies, that (Garvin; Sinclair)
III, 194

moon. ] moon, (Garvin; Sinclair)
III, 205

middle wave ] middlewave (Garvin; Sinclair)
III, 210

brac'd ] brac'd, (Garvin)
III, 220

logs. ] logs; (Garvin; Sinclair)
III, 243

shouldst ] shoulds't (Garvin; Sinclair)
III, 257

Alfred, being ] Alfred being (Garvin; Sinclair)
III, 270

true-sounding ] true sounding (Sinclair)
III, 270

silver that ] silver, that (Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 5

death; ] death, (Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 20

paint ] Paint (Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 23

Moon ] moon (Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 24

Leaves: 'Ugh ] Leaves." "Ugh (Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 25

"'He ] "He
IV, 25

babes!' ] babes! (Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 32

dead, ] dead; (Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 34-38

Italics added.
IV, 50-51

Rule added between these lines.
IV, 56

"We ] We
IV, 58

immortal! Is ] immortal! is (Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 63

eloquent that ] eloquent, that (Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 67

waves ] waves, (Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 76

Chance)— ] Chance).
IV, 78

gaze, ] gaze; (Sinclair)
IV, 80

shrine-builders of ] shrine-builders, of (MS.; Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 83

that, ] that (Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 99

Where ] where (Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 118

tow'rs ] towers (MS.)
IV, 131

fresh, clear ] fresh clear (Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 146

Iris-arch ] Iris arch
IV, 147

"Enring ] Ent'ring
IV, 149

Max; and then, "I had ] Max; "and then, I had
IV, 154

As Troilus ] And Troilus
IV, 156

high. "But ] high, "But
IV, 161

Kate? Pause ] Kate? pause (Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 178

What ] what (Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 178

soul?" ] soul? (Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 180

far-reaching ] far reaching (Garvin)
IV, 182

'You lie!' ] "You lie! (Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 187

woods ] woods, (MS.; Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 189

Not ] not (Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 202

con'd ] coned (MS.)
IV, 217-218

In the first edition, line 217 ends with "him," (and thus contains only four stresses) and line 218 begins with "As hands" (and thus contains six stresses). The present text follows the manuscript, which has ". . . caught at him, as hands / In a death-throe. . . ." (MS.; Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 224

Now, Katie ] Now Katie (MS.; Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 231

and ] And (MS.)
IV, 233

Hell's ] hell's (MS.; Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 235

down ] Down (Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 235

Knock ] knock (MS.)
IV, 243

mine, ] mine (Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 245

Ye ] ye (MS.)
IV, 245

head. ] head: (MS.)
IV, 256

thee. What? ] thee—What?
IV, 265

villains ] villians (MS.; Garvin; Sinclair)
IV, 267

swarm ] swarm'd (MS.; Garvin; Sinclair)
V, 5

crevasse ] crevase (MS.; Garvin; Sinclair)
V, 6

Now ] How (Garvin). This is an especially contentious emendation, for, while Garvin substitutes "Now" for "How" (see Appendix B), Sinclair changes the "mist. How" of the first edition to "mist; how". Nor does the manuscript (Fragment 6; see Appendix A) offer an easy solution to the problem: it shows a clear period after "mist", but the opening letter of the next word could be either a poorly formed "H" or an "N" with a slight slip of the pen. Obviously, the balance has tipped towards the latter reading in the present text.
V, 11

eagle with ] eagle, with (MS.; Garvin; Sinclair)
V, 15

echoes: 'Sun, ] echoes: "'Sun, (Garvin)
V, 36

"Could ] Could
V, 37

me, ] me; (Garvin; Sinclair)
V, 43

'Forget-me-not!' ] "Forget-me-not!"
V, 44

"And ] And
V, 50

pain, ] pain (Garvin; Sinclair)
V, 51

'Forget-me-not!' ] "Forget-me-not!"
V,52

"Ah ] Ah
V, 59

'Forget-me-not!' ] "Forget-me-not!"
V, 60

"Love ] Love
V, 62

Love's ] loves (MS.; Garvin; Sinclair)
V, 67

'Forget-me-not! '" ] "Forget-me-not!"
V, 68

faint, last ] faint last (Garvin; Sinclair)
V, 70

rugged, silver ] rugged silver (Garvin; Sinclair)
V, 86

left, ] left (Garvin; Sinclair)
V, 88

arm." ] arm" (Garvin)
V, 95

"Forget-me-nots" ] "forget-me-nots"
V, 100

amaze ] a maze (Garvin)
V, 123

that, my foolish little lass?" ] that," my foolish little lass? (Garvin; Sinclair)
V, 144

heart, ] heart? (Garvin; Sinclair)
V, 146

in? ] in. (Garvin; Sinclair)
V, 162

blind, creative] blind creative (Garvin; Sinclair)
V, 164

Nor say, 'Do this—be that!' Were ] Nor say, "'Do this—be that!'" Were (Garvin; Sinclair)
V, 168-183

Italics added.
V, 168

Doth ] "Doth (Garvin)
V, 175

he. ] he." (Sinclair)
V, 176

blow, ] blow (Garvin; Sinclair)
VI, 1-18

Italics and indentation added.
VI, 1

Who ] "Who (Garvin)
VI, 4

out, ] out; (Sinclair)
VI, 6

Eternity. ] Eternity, (Garvin; Sinclair)
VI, 9

tears, the ] tears; the (Garvin; Sinclair)
VI, 17

instrument ] instrument, (Garvin; Sinclair)
VI, 18

Hand! ] Hand!" (Garvin)
VI, 20

harvest ] Harvest (Garvin; Sinclair)
VI, 24

light. Down ] light—Down (Garvin; Sinclair)
VI, 31

moon. ] moon; (Garvin; Sinclair)
VI, 32

close-link'd ] close linked (Sinclair)
VI, 44

river-level ] river level
VI, 54

fresh, grey ] fresh grey (Garvin)
VI, 61

doubts?" ] doubts?' (Garvin)
VI, 62

flow'r-soft ] flow'r soft (Garvin; Sinclair)
VI, 73

What ] what
VI, 76

Love ] love
VI, 77

And, faintly ] And faintly (Garvin; Sinclair)
VI, 84

cry, ] cry: (Garvin; Sinclair)
VI, 86

half raised ] half-raised (Garvin; Sinclair)
VI, 101

thralls ] thralls, (Garvin; Sinclair)
VI, 104

propylaeum ] propylaleum (Garvin; Sinclair)
VI, 104

wide,— ] wide. (Garvin)
VI, 109

hair, ] hair; (Garvin; Sinclair)
VI, 123

long-drawn ] long drawn (Garvin; Sinclair)
VI, 153

swift-pac'd ] swift pac'd (Garvin; Sinclair)
VII, 4

walls; ] walls,
VII, 18

times, ] times. (Garvin; Sinclair)
VII, 25

sides, ] sides (Garvin; Sinclair)