Transcription correction
139 · lead-up
Transcription: 097
Printed reference: 997
This edition: 997
The original scan confirms the corrected reference; the old form was a transcription error.
Source audit · 29 October 2026
Reference corrections
The original scans resolve five transcription mistakes among the 21 previously unavailable subvariant references. The other sixteen references are already invalid in the 1928 printing. Their repaired links are marked as editorial decisions in the readers and generated outlines.
Editorial entries record this edition’s interpretation of broken printed links. Ten normalize an absent suffix to the existing unlettered conflict; six use contextual or numbered-example interpretations. Each records the printed form, the chosen reference, and the evidence. The book’s 1,852 existing variants remain intact.
The ledger also retains the three transcription corrections from the initial app release. Reference spellings below use the original-role edition; both editions apply the same repairs. Scan page numbers refer to the printed pages.
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Transcription correction
214 · carry-on
Transcription: 3633
Printed reference: 363a
This edition: 363a
The original scan confirms the corrected reference; the old form was a transcription error.
Transcription correction
461 · inline reference
Transcription: 4913
Printed reference: 491b
This edition: 491b
The original scan confirms the corrected reference; the old form was a transcription error.
Editorial inference from context
2a · carry-on
Transcription: 146a, c
Printed reference: 146a, c
This edition: 1461a, c
Page 18 prints 146a, c, but page 36 has only an unlettered 146 about captivity. This edition restores the likely omitted final 1: 1461a and 1461c concern confession and revelation of identity, matching the poor clerk posing as wealthy in 2a. The adjacent carry-on already names 1461a with A changed to B. This is a contextual editorial inference; the scan does not confirm the author’s intended number.
Scan p. 18 · Scan p. 36 · Scan p. 188 · Read conflict 2a · Read the repaired target
Editorial inference from context
75a · carry-on
Transcription: 1267d
Printed reference: 1267d
This edition: 1267a
Page 29 prints 1267d. Pages 161–162 contain only 1267a–c; the next conflict is 1268, so no d text can be recovered. This edition selects 1267a, the existing trap situation that fits the rival’s attempt to eliminate A. The other two variants concern a captive miser and a dying person’s will. This is an editorial choice, not a recovered variant d.
Scan p. 29 · Scan p. 161 · Scan p. 162 · Read conflict 75a · Read the repaired target
Transcription correction
158 · carry-on
Transcription: 285a
Printed reference: 265a
This edition: 265a
The carry-on on page 37 reads 265a, not 285a. Variant 265a is printed on page 50.
Scan p. 37 · Scan p. 50 · Read conflict 158 · Read the repaired target
Transcription correction
174 · carry-on
Transcription: 810a
Printed reference: 816a
This edition: 816a
Page 39 prints the compound carry-on 816a; 1265b. Page 110 prints 816a, whose lead-up names 174; 1265b also prints the reciprocal sequence 174; 816a on page 161.
Scan p. 39 · Scan p. 110 · Scan p. 161 · Read conflict 174 · Read the repaired target
Editorial normalization to the whole conflict
194b · lead-up
Transcription: 325a
Printed reference: 325a
This edition: 325
Page 42 prints 325a; 261. Page 56 prints a single unlettered conflict 325, followed immediately by 326. Resolve the unavailable suffix to that whole printed conflict and retain the following 261 step. The book supplies no separate a text.
Scan p. 42 · Scan p. 56 · Read conflict 194b · Read the repaired target
Transcription correction
234b · carry-on
Transcription: 384b
Printed reference: 364b
This edition: 364b
The carry-on at the bottom of page 46 reads 364b. Page 60 prints that reconciliation-and-marriage variant.
Scan p. 46 · Scan p. 60 · Read conflict 234b · Read the repaired target
Editorial normalization to the whole conflict
263 · lead-up
Transcription: 1146a ch A to A-3
Printed reference: 1146a ch A to A-3
This edition: 1146 ch A to A-3
Page 49 prints 1146a ch A to A-3. Page 148 prints only an unlettered 1146 about a crook pretending wealth. Resolve the suffix to the existing whole conflict and retain the character change.
Scan p. 49 · Scan p. 148 · Read conflict 263 · Read the repaired target
Transcription correction
265a · lead-up
Transcription: 1312a
Printed reference: 1342a
This edition: 1342a
Page 50 prints 1342a, not 1312a. Page 173 prints 1342a and explicitly refers back to 265a.
Scan p. 50 · Scan p. 173 · Read conflict 265a · Read the repaired target
Transcription correction
360b · lead-up
Transcription: 21a, b
Printed reference: 24a, b
This edition: 24a, b
Page 60 prints 24a, b, not 21a, b. The two variants appear under conflict 24 on page 23.
Scan p. 60 · Scan p. 23 · Read conflict 360b · Read the repaired target
Editorial normalization to the whole conflict
456 · carry-on
Transcription: 1447a tr A & A-8
Printed reference: 1447a tr A & A-8
This edition: 1447 tr A & A-8
Page 70 prints 1447a tr A & A-8. Page 187 has a single unlettered 1447, with a reciprocal carry-on to 456 changing A to A-8. Resolve to that whole conflict and preserve the printed transposition.
Scan p. 70 · Scan p. 187 · Read conflict 456 · Read the repaired target
Editorial inference from context
476a · lead-up
Transcription: 389a, b
Printed reference: 389a, b
This edition: 398a, b
Page 72 prints 389a, b. Page 63 has an unlettered 389 about the legality of a second marriage; page 64 has 398a and 398b about a neglected wife and the other man, matching the setup of 476a. This edition treats 389 as a transposition of 398. This is a contextual editorial inference.
Scan p. 72 · Scan p. 63 · Scan p. 64 · Read conflict 476a · Read the repaired target
Editorial normalization to the whole conflict
565 · lead-up
Transcription: 975a
Printed reference: 975a
This edition: 975
Page 83 prints 975a. Page 128 prints a single unlettered conflict 975. Resolve the unavailable suffix to that whole conflict. No variant a has been recovered, and no different conflict number is asserted as the author’s intent.
Scan p. 83 · Scan p. 128 · Read conflict 565 · Read the repaired target
Editorial interpretation of a numbered example
626 · lead-up
Transcription: 966c
Printed reference: 966c
This edition: 966-3
Page 90 prints 959; 966c. Page 127 divides conflict 966 into numbered examples, not lettered variants; example [3] concerns scientific attempts to override heredity. This edition interprets c as the third example and uses the book’s numbered-reference notation, 966-3, for the scientific-experiment lead-up. This is an editorial inference.
Scan p. 90 · Scan p. 127 · Read conflict 626 · Read the repaired target
Editorial inference from context
757 · lead-up
Transcription: 126a, b
Printed reference: 126a, b
This edition: 726a, b
Page 103 prints 126a, b, but page 34 has only an unlettered 126 about persuasion to transgress. Page 100 prints 726a and 726b about an interrupted enterprise and illness before a difficult duty, matching 757. This edition changes the likely mistaken leading digit to 7. This is a contextual editorial inference.
Scan p. 103 · Scan p. 34 · Scan p. 100 · Read conflict 757 · Read the repaired target
Editorial normalization to the whole conflict
1052b · carry-on
Transcription: 1116b ch A to A-8
Printed reference: 1116b ch A to A-8
This edition: 1116 ch A to A-8
Page 137 prints 1116b ch A to A-8. Page 144 has a single unlettered 1116 about an accident delaying a steamer. Resolve to that whole conflict and retain the printed character substitution; no missing b text is invented.
Scan p. 137 · Scan p. 144 · Read conflict 1052b · Read the repaired target
Editorial normalization to the whole conflict
1099 · lead-up
Transcription: 325a
Printed reference: 325a
This edition: 325
Page 143 prints 325a. Page 56 has only the unlettered conflict 325. Resolve the unavailable suffix to that whole printed conflict, as for the same printed error in 194b.
Scan p. 143 · Scan p. 56 · Read conflict 1099 · Read the repaired target
Editorial inference from context
1343 · lead-up
Transcription: 1282a -*
Printed reference: 1282a -*
This edition: 1382a -*
Page 173 prints 1282a-*. Page 163 has only an unlettered 1282 about a disguise after robbery. Page 178 prints 1382a about acquiring an object of mystery and explicitly lists 1343 as a lead-up. This edition changes the likely mistaken second digit and retains the first-section limit. This is a contextual editorial inference.
Scan p. 173 · Scan p. 163 · Scan p. 178 · Read conflict 1343 · Read the repaired target
Editorial normalization to the whole conflict
1345 · lead-up
Transcription: 567a
Printed reference: 567a
This edition: 567
Page 173 prints 567a. Page 83 prints only an unlettered 567. Resolve the unavailable suffix to that whole conflict; the scan does not supply a separate a text or justify changing the conflict number.
Scan p. 173 · Scan p. 83 · Read conflict 1345 · Read the repaired target
Editorial normalization to the whole conflict
1350 · lead-up
Transcription: 567a
Printed reference: 567a
This edition: 567
Page 174 prints 567a. Page 83 prints only an unlettered 567. Resolve the unavailable suffix to the whole printed conflict, preserving the number rather than claiming an unverified alternative.
Scan p. 174 · Scan p. 83 · Read conflict 1350 · Read the repaired target
Editorial normalization to the whole conflict
1371 · carry-on
Transcription: 1456a
Printed reference: 1456a
This edition: 1456
Page 176 prints 1456a. Page 188 prints only an unlettered 1456 about proving a criminal’s guilt. Resolve the suffix to that whole printed conflict.
Scan p. 176 · Scan p. 188 · Read conflict 1371 · Read the repaired target
Editorial normalization to the whole conflict
1420 · carry-on
Transcription: 1416b
Printed reference: 1416b
This edition: 1416
Page 182 prints 1416b, but the same page prints a single unlettered 1416 followed by 1417. Resolve the suffix to that whole printed conflict. This does not claim to recover a missing b situation or to establish the author’s intended subdivision.