Corrections for the Wesleyan University Press Trade Paperback Edition of Atlantis: Three Tales, 2nd printing & ff.

The location of an error is given by a page / paragraph / line number. This is followed by the correct reading of the line (or lines), with an explanation of the error(s) to be corrected in square brackets below.

ATLANTIS: MODEL 1924

6/2/9&10:

beside the biggest boy, who wore shoes like his parents, the white wo-
man gazed at the black window. At her shoulder, the blue-eyed child

[Change “eldest” to “biggest”. Change the hyphenation from “wom-” to “wo-”
and make sure the “m” falls on the second line.}

20/3/10&11:

of the scholars arrived. Before going in, I hit it on the curb outside,
till it cracked more. I then took it into my classroom and leaned

[Insert comma after “outside” and drop “school” at the head of line 11.]

42/4/8:

from the Currier-and-Ives, the rest of the world was seduced by; and

[Drop “o” and replace with “r” in “Currier”.]

45/4/4:

west of Siena, the caption said. The hilltop was ringed by a wall, set at

[Take out second “n” in “Siena”.]

55/2/1:

As she pulled it after her, it stuck, with a noise like Pra; then, when she

[Replace “Pulling it to” with “As she pulled it”.]

55/2/3:

it, and it closed on two beats: Pa-Ti. The tensions of her leaving

[Omit “to” and close up comma.]

55/5/2:

you got no-accounts—that shouldn’t be any news to you . . .”

[Omit “and” and “any”.]

78/3/1:

The man inclined his head. “Sebastian Melmoth, at your service

[Drop “u” in “Melmoth”.]

78/5/4&5:

suddenly sober-faced. “My name isn’t really Sebastian Melmoth. Do
you know who Sebastian Melmoth was?”

[Drop “u” in both occurrences of “Melmoth”.]

91/8/2:

Eliot—read it in The Dial a couple of Novembers back? No, you prob-

[[Insert question mark after “back”.]

ERIC, GWEN,

134/3/3:

his sketch, clearly dissatisfied, “to get a likeness in half an hour

[After “clearly” drop “with” and replace “dissatisfaction” with “dissatisfied”]

136/11/1:

“Very good!” Gwenny whirled about practically to incandesce! “What

[Move “to” to the right of “practically”.]

137/7/1:

Well, then, you’re not such a bunch of little wooden noggins!

[Omit “after all” and tie up.]

153/6/1:

Under the splatter I pursed my lips, turned away my face, tight-

[Omit “But” and capitalize “Under”.]

153/6/3:

dog all around me, pulled King forward.

[Put period after “forward” and drop the remaining words in the sentence.]

154/8/1:

“—You probably feel like you're responsible for everything.”

[Capitalize “Y” in “—You”.]

156/2/5:

forces. But he’d been back awhile now, and for the last two months he’d

[Change “few” to “two”.]

162/1/4:

lot of them in the Navy with him. “I just never understood the fuckers,

[After “him” replace comma with period.]

168/6/1

The half dozen of us—Priscilla and Richard and Kathy and Nicky and Mary—who'd been
glancing from our own projects to:

[Insert “—Priscilla and Richard and Kathy and Nicky and Mary—”]

CITRE ET TRANS

200/11/1:

Between the standing, clapping Athenians I could see, down

[Insert “, clapping” and omit “clapping loudly”.]

206/3&4:

You take it. He gave a sideways nod, then added a chuckle. Go on. Yes?

“No,” I said. I shook my head (or rather, raised it in negation). “Ochi,” I told him.
I pressed the button. But it didn’t close.

[Recast paragraphs 3 and 4 to read as above.]

212/4/1:

Me—and not the others at all: not you, not them.

[Replace capital “o” in “other” with lowercase “o”.]