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Johnson's editions, following the first three editions, read:--

'Would you believe it, Lizzie, that when he went to town last Nove but a persuasion of ain!'

'He made a little mistake, to be sure; but it is to the credit of his yric from Jane on his diffidence, and the little value he put on his own good qualities

Elizabeth was pleased to find that he had not betrayed the interference of his friends; for, though Jane had theheart in the world, she kneas a circuainst hiraph stands, 'hiley, which ainst him; besides, it was not his 'friends' who had interfered, but his 'friend' Darcy There can be no doubt, therefore, that we ought to read, with Bentley's edition, 'friend,' and then 'hiainst whom Lizzie was very anxious on her own account that Jane should not be prejudiced

10 Chapter LVI, when Lady Catherine is trying to browbeat Elizabeth, Mr Johnson reads, in his edition of 1892, following the first two editions (which, however, have a comma after 'accomplished'):--

'While in their cradles, we planned the union: and now, at the moment when the wishes of both sisters would be acco woman of inferior birth, of no importance in the world, and wholly unallied to the fa the third, ation to an exclaht not to read '_is_ theirthe coation So the edition published by George Allen in 1894

'MANSFIELD PARK'

1 Chapter VIII: Bentley's edition, following the first and second editions, reads:--

Mrs Rushworth proceeded next, under the conviction that everybodyto see Sotherton, to include Miss Crawford in the invitation; and though Miss Grant, who had not been at the trouble of visiting Mrs Rushworth, on her cohbourhood, civilly declined it on her own account, she was glad to secure any pleasure for her sister; and Mary, properly pressed and persuaded, was not long in accepting her share of the civility

Inasmuch as there is no such character as 'Miss Grant' in the book, all other editions read 'Mrs Grant' Dr Verrall, in the pages of the _Cae Review_, defended 'Miss Grant,' provided that 'Miss' were placed between inverted commas, as well as the previous 'Miss Crawford'; he believed Mrs Rushworth to have been a blundering kind of person, who desired to invite Miss Crawford, but while na 'Miss Crawford'

addressed herself to Mrs Grant Otherwise (if we read 'Mrs Grant'), Dr Verrall argued, there was not the slightest occasion for Mrs Grant to decline the invitation on her own account, for she had not been in any way invited; nor would there have been any need for Mary to be 'properly pressed and persuaded,' and then to accept 'her share' of the civility Dr Verrall's suggestion is ingenious, but not quite convincing

2 Chapter VIII: Bentley's edition, following the first and second editions, reads:--

When Edive hi, that she need not distress herself on Mrs Rushworth's account, because he had taken the opportunity, as he walked with her through the hall, ofMiss Price as one ould probably be of the party, and had directly received a very sufficient invitation for her cousin, &c

'_Her_ cousin' would certainly seely alter 'her' to 'his' Dr Verrall, however, defends 'her'; and would read 'and had directly received a very sufficient invitation for her cousin,' on the ground that Mrs Rushworth, not quite understanding as ht she was cousin to the Miss Price who she had previously heard would remain at hoht, would alone account for the 'very sufficient' invitation

3 Chapter X, p 106, where fanny Price says to Mr Rushworth, who on returning with the key finds Miss Bertra for hied me to say that you would find them at that knoll, or thereabouts'

So all the editions read; but Dr Verrall would eround that fanny, as the soul of truth, had not been desired to stay But, for the ed her to say anything, for it was Crawford who had suggested that 'Miss Price will be so good as to tell him, that he will find us near that knoll' However, the e toCrawford's share in the transaction

4 Chapter XXIV: All editions read:--

This dear Williast the leave of absence immediately, for he was still only aon the spot,hiht with justice be instantly given to his sister

The expression 'his direct holidays,' h, but did not satisfy Dr Verrall, who suggested 'derelict' as a naval expression to iht therefore be given to Mansfield Park Like reater than its probability

5 Chapter xxxIII, p 340:--

Here again was a so of the same Mr

Crawford whoross want of feeling and humanity where his own pleasure was concerned; and alas! hoays known no principle to supply as a duty what the heart was deficient in