In this issue:
Re: Futrelle's 666th
666 update
Re: Unruffled Riders
Re: "The Desert Islander" again
Discussion List
The Thinking machine
Weyman etext available from Gutenberg
Today in History - Feb. 16
Re: "Have Gun Will Travel" episode
CHAT: Re: Mary Lee's Secret (WAS: Re: "Have Gun Will Travel" episode)
Re: Weyman etext available from Gutenberg
CHAT: Khaki or Drab
Re: CHAT: Khaki or Drab
<FWD> LOOKING FOR SCENARIO!
Today in history
Re: Discussion List
Re: CHAT: Khaki or Drab
Re: reprint
RE: CHAT: Khaki or Drab
RE: CHAT: Khaki or Drab
WWW etext avail: more of John Wilson Murray's cases
Re: The Thinking machine
Re: Futrelle's 666th
Roosevelt's medal (WAS: Re: Unruffled Riders)
Re: "Have Gun Will Travel" episode
CHAT: <FWD> Call for Volunteers: (modern) Detective Fiction
Re: <FWD> LOOKING FOR SCENARIO!
Re: CHAT: Khaki or Drab
Re: CHAT: Khaki or Drab
Re: CHAT: Khaki or Drab
Re: Futrelle's 666th
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Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 23:39:10 -0500 (EST)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Re: Futrelle's 666th
On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, S.T. Karnick wrote:
> Robert G. wrote, in part:
>
> >By the way, Al, this book also mentions the elusive tale "The Mystery of
> >Room 666" classifying it as a non-Thinking Machine tale yet, at the same
>
I don't recall whether the story was ever released to the
> Gaslight list, but it may well have. Perhaps Bob or Deborah or another,
> well, _vintage_ member of the group recalls better than I.
>
I don't recall seeing it discussed, but considering the recent interest in
Futrelle and the fact that we have just been the recipients, gratis,
of a fine bibliography, it may be time to look at some of the Thinking
Machine stories.
I knew that Futrelle went down with the Titanic, but I hadn't realized
that four stories went with him.
Bob C.
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 00:33:08 -0500 From: bluepencil <bluepencil(at)earthlink.net> Subject: 666 update "The Mystery of Room 666" was reprinted in The Further Rivals of Sherlock Holmes I've now discovered, thanks to a tip from Bill D. Not technically "locked-room" as we have open windows and doors ajar in this one but an enjoyable read nonetheless. The twist alluded to by Hugh Greene was indeed there at the end. As a sidenote, I've recently manged to locate a copy of The Chase of the Golden Plate--Futrelle's first experimentation with The Thinking Machine character (written prior to the newspaper stories although it appeared a year later). It seems the Professor appears here only as a supporting character more than halfway through the novel.
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 06:06:17 -0600 (CST)
From: James Rogers <jetan(at)ionet.net>
Subject: Re: Unruffled Riders
At 10:15 PM 2/13/99 -0500, S.T. Karniick wrote:
>
>Many of Davis's writings are available on the internet, and I have found
>them very enjoyable. (We read his terrific short novel "In the Fog" on
>Gaslight a couple of years back, and had a very good discussion of it.)
After years of neglecting them, I have recently gotten hooked on these.
Not many folks seem to recall them except perhaps for the "Scarlet Car"
short stories.
James
James Michael Rogers
jetan(at)ionet.net
Mundus Vult Decipi
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 08:03:41 -0500 From: Mary Lee Herrick <XSNRG(at)IX.NETCOM.COM> Subject: Re: "The Desert Islander" again What intrigued me most was the suggestion near the end that the Englishman held onto his routines, which included his sense of what must be done in any situation, with a certain despiration, like a drowning swimmer grasping a lifeline. Much like the desperation with which the Russian pursues the good opinion of others. Perhaps, each in his own way, they are doing what they can to deny death, in the can't-face-it sense, not the overcoming sense. Here are two men, one suddenly dead after following duty towards another most likely to be dead soon; and the other most likely to die in the hospital very soon. And what are their last thoughts? About order and cleanliness on one side, and about gaining some admiration on the other. Very small concerns. Neither of these men can get away from an overwhelming sense of self; it is impossible to imagine that either should ever have a true moment of insight into life as a whole. I am reminded about something from a fantasy book, about a one-eyed giant who was hit in the face so hard that his eye turned inward, and he died of what he saw there. Death should not trouble these two half so much as the waste they have made of their lives. Okay, I just didn't like either of them. Mary Lee Herrick xsnrg(at)ix.netcom.com
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 12:46:00 +0000 From: "Coomber, Lynn [CES]" <L.Coomber(at)lmu.ac.uk> Subject: Discussion List Am I through to a discussion list of stories concerning the occult, weird, myster etc written between 1800-1912 ? Await comment ! Lynn
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 10:18:33 -0500 (EST)
From: DOUGLAS GREENE <dgreene(at)odu.edu>
Subject: The Thinking machine
I have a copy of THE THNKING MACHINE (1907), as well as the reprint
THE PR0BLEM OF CELL 13 (1917) and will be glad to send Robert G a list of the
stories, or post them if the list would be interested . I also have the UK THE
PROFESSOR ON THE CASE (1908) but the
stories are divided into chapterss, normally (if I recall correctly) 2
chapters to a story. I can supply a list.
Other Thinking Machine stories appear in Futrelle's:
- -- THE DIAMOND MASTER. (ca. 1912). The 1st edition (1909) contains only a
non-Thinking Machine novel. Some reprints add "The Haunted Ball."
- --THE THINKING MACHINE, ed. Tony Simon. (1959). Contains 3 stories,
2 from THE THINKING MACHINE and one ("The Mystery of the Silver Box")
previously uncollected.
- --BEST "THINKING MACHINE" DETECTIVE STORIES, ed. E. F. Bleiler.
(1973). Contains stories from the 2 original THINKING MACHINE volumes, and 3
previously uncollected stories.
- -- GREAT CASES OF THE THINKING MACHINE, ed. E. F. Bleiler. (1976).
Contains 4 stories from THE THINKING MACHINE [UK, THE PROFESSOR] ON
THE CASE, one which first appeared in reprints of THE DIAMOND MASTER,
one from the Tony Simon edition of THE THINKING MACHINE, and 7
previously uncollected.
I also have :
- -- "The Mystery of Room 666," THE STORY-TELLER, August 1910.
Non-Thinking Machine story. I have the original magazine and will be glad to
supply a xerox.
- -- "THE GREAT SUIT CASE MYSTERY": A SHERLOCK HOLMES PASTCIHE. [Sandwich,
MA:] Seymour/ Kyper Productions, 1997. Non-Thinking
machine, published recently by the people who did the biography.
Originally published in BOSTON AMERICAN, October 5-8, 1905, this long short
story or short
novelette (about 10,000 words) was Futrelle's attempt to solve a
murder that was being investigated at the same time.
There is also a series of non-Thinking Machine short stories in THE POPULAR
MAGAZINE. I have xeroxes of those as
well as the Thinking Machine stories Futrelle left behind before
going to Europe. I have xeroxes.
I have a good friend who has access to the newspaper files, and has
madea complete list of Thnking Machine
stories, and will be glad to send to send Robert G his e-mail address if
he'll contact me directly With my friend's permission, I'll be glad to share
the list.
Someday, I'd like my small press, Crippen & Landru
(www.crippenlandru.com), to publish the complete Thinking Machine,
but current mystery fans don't seem to have much interest. . . .
Doug
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 09:19:00 -0700 (MST)
From: John Woolley <jwoolley(at)dna420.mcit.com>
Subject: Weyman etext available from Gutenberg
Hey, gaslighters! One of my favourite romancers of our period
is the now-almost-completely-unknown Stanley J. Weyman (rhymes
with Simon), also a favourite of Robert Louis Stevenson and
Oscar Wilde, so I'm in good company. I got onto Weyman via a
fan letter Stevenson sent him, and I had thought I was about
the only person left on earth who read his stuff; but lo!
Project Gutenberg has just made available an etext of one of
his better stories, _Under the Red Robe_, on line at:
http://tom.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/book/lookup?num=1896
If you like things like _Les Trois Mousquetaires_ and _Treasure
Island_, intrigue and mystery and triple-crossings, maidens
being rescued and swashes being buckled, you'll love this book!
- -- Fr. John
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 11:05:06 -0700
From: Jerry Carlson <gmc(at)libra.pvh.org>
Subject: Today in History - Feb. 16
1804
Lt. Stephen Decatur attacks the Tripoli pirates who burned the
USS Philadelphia.
Captain Stephen Decatur, commanding the USS United States, had
dismasted the 35-gun
Macedonian off the Canary Islands and, after spending two weeks
restoring the prize to
sailing condition, brought her back to New York after a return
voyage of nearly 4,000
miles.
1862
Fort Donelson, Tenn., falls to Grant*s forces, but not before
Nathan Bedford Forrest
escapes.
1865
Columbia, S.C., surrenders to Federal troops.
Born on February 16
1838
Henry Adams, son and grandson of the presidents who became a
U.S. historian, wrote
The Education of Henry Adams.
1852
Charles Taze Russell, founder of the Jehovah*s Witnesses
1904
George Keenan, U.S. diplomat, historian who proposed the policy
of *containment* for
dealing with the Soviet Union.
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 13:35:02 -0500 (EST) From: ClueFest98(at)aol.com Subject: Re: "Have Gun Will Travel" episode Since John dehner played Paladin on the radio version of "Have Gun Will Travel", Paladin met Paladin. Is there any other instance of the radio player of a character being on TV with the video incarnation?
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 11:44:48 -0700
From: Jerry Carlson <gmc(at)libra.pvh.org>
Subject: CHAT: Re: Mary Lee's Secret (WAS: Re: "Have Gun Will Travel" episode)
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 13:53:43 -0500
From: Mary Lee Herrick <XSNRG(at)IX.NETCOM.COM>
>This show was on when I was young, and I thought "Will Travel" was the hero's
>name.
>But then, in my adulthood, I thought the name of the book was the name of the
>rabbit, Pat the Bunny.
>Think of what I would have done with Les Miserables.
My parallel was when I'd see commercials for "Evening at Pops" - I always
assumed Arthur Fiedler was Pop. &8-{)
Of course, then there were the many trips to my grandparents', during which,
about once per mile for the last eleven, we'd come to a sign that said "Do
Not"Pass" - and we'd pass it!
Jerry
gmc(at)libra.pvh.org
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 14:03:00 -0800
From: Patricia Teter <PTeter(at)getty.edu>
Subject: Re: Weyman etext available from Gutenberg
John,
Thanks for the Weyman information. I have long wanted
to read more Weyman, but it has been difficult to get copies.
thanks,
Patricia
>>> John Woolley <jwoolley(at)dna420.mcit.com> 2/16/99 8:19:00 AM >>>
Hey, gaslighters! One of my favourite romancers of our period
is the now-almost-completely-unknown Stanley J. Weyman (rhymes
with Simon), also a favourite of Robert Louis Stevenson and
Oscar Wilde, so I'm in good company. I got onto Weyman via a
fan letter Stevenson sent him, and I had thought I was about
the only person left on earth who read his stuff; but lo!
Project Gutenberg has just made available an etext of one of
his better stories, _Under the Red Robe_, on line at:
http://tom.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/book/lookup?num=1896
If you like things like _Les Trois Mousquetaires_ and _Treasure
Island_, intrigue and mystery and triple-crossings, maidens
being rescued and swashes being buckled, you'll love this book!
- -- Fr. John
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 14:33:36 -0800 From: Patricia Teter <PTeter(at)getty.edu> Subject: CHAT: Khaki or Drab Better late than never: I do not remember any mention of a significant Gaslight event in military history last May -- the 150th anniversary of the introduction of Khaki. In May 1848, Lts. Hodson and Lumsden were given the responsibility of equipping the Indian Corps of Guides, and chose khaki (or drab, as it was then known) as the standard uniform, which would be lightweight and make the soldiers "invisible in a land of dust." Patricia Patricia A. Teter PTeter(at)Getty.edu
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 15:05:09 -0800
From: "Robert T. Eldridge" <rfx(at)earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: CHAT: Khaki or Drab
Patricia Teter wrote:
>
> Better late than never: I do not remember any mention of
> a significant Gaslight event in military history last May -- the
> 150th anniversary of the introduction of Khaki. In May 1848,
> Lts. Hodson and Lumsden were given the responsibility of
> equipping the Indian Corps of Guides, and chose khaki (or
> drab, as it was then known) as the standard uniform, which
> would be lightweight and make the soldiers "invisible in a land
> of dust."
>
> Patricia
>
> Patricia A. Teter
> PTeter(at)Getty.edu
Dear Patricia,
Thanks for this interesting tidbit. I know it's been my standard
uniform for a long time, rendering me invisible in Los Angeles, a land
of star dust.
Bob Eldridge
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 17:42:17 -0700
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: <FWD> LOOKING FOR SCENARIO!
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I wonder if anyone can provide the answer to this student's request for a copy
of a play. The original story was by O. Henry, and I too was wondering if the
play, which was quite popular in its day, could still be found in hardcopy.
Stephen
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mizobe <mizobe(at)skyblue.ocn.ne.jp> on 02/04/99 02:13:46 AM
To: Stephen Davies/Academic/MRC
cc:
Subject: LOOKING FOR SCENARIO!
Hello. How do you do?
I'm a Japanese college student, Yuko Mizobe.
I'm very sorry to send this mail suddenly, but I have a question to you.
I've found your mail address by "Gaslight Search" page of WWW, in looking
for scenario of "Alias Jimmy Valentine / A retrieved reformation".
I join a English Drama Club in college, and we members strongly want to play
a drama of "Alias Jimmy Valentine / A retrieved reformation" in next spring.
However, we cannot find the scenario written by English... We have searched
as many publishing companies as possible by internet...Dramatic Publishing,
Samuel French or so..., but it was no use.
Then, when I was searching, I found your mail, written in 5years ago.
You wrote you were looking for the very same scenario we are looking for.
If you could find the scenario, PLEASE tell me how you could get it.
My E-mail : x87160(at)ksc.kwansei.ac.jp
We are strongly seek the scenario. Please tell me if you can help us.
I will tell you about our activity in college if you want.
I hope you return me soon.
Good Bye,
YUKO MIZOBE
KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY
school of policy studies
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 19:59:16 -0500 From: "James E. Kearman" <jkearman(at)gate.net> Subject: Today in history On this date (February 16): In 1817, a street in Baltimore became the first to be lighted with gas from America's first gas company. Cheers, Jim
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:21:15 -0500 (EST) From: Zozie(at)aol.com Subject: Re: Discussion List yes... welcome phoebe
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:10:47 -0700 From: Deborah McMillion Nering <deborah(at)gloaming.com> Subject: Re: CHAT: Khaki or Drab > khaki (or drab, as it was then known) as the standard uniform What is 'mufti'?--They often mention, as in TESTAMENT OF YOUTH, of wearing 'mufti'? Is the the olivey-wool? khaki is an Indian word, is it not--I understand for 'dust' or is that just legend? Deborah Deborah McMillion deborah(at)gloaming.com http://www.gloaming.com/deborah.html
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 22:19:11 +0000 From: "Andrew F. Gulli" <strandmag(at)worldnet.att.net> Subject: Re: reprint It is interesting that you have been discussing Jacques Futrelle, in the first issue of The New Strand Magazine we had a story about him by Barbara Roden which has been reprinted at the website address below. > http://www.1bookstreet.com/Hard_Evidence.asp Best regards, Andrew Gulli Managing Editor >
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 22:40:36 -0500 From: "James E. Kearman" <jkearman(at)gate.net> Subject: RE: CHAT: Khaki or Drab Deborah asked > > >> > What is 'mufti'?--They often mention, as in TESTAMENT OF YOUTH, of wearing > 'mufti'? Is the the olivey-wool? Mufti, according to Webster's Collegiate, means "civilian clothing," and derives from an Arabic word for a person who interprets Muslim law as a profession. My guess is, it may refer to clothing that appeared similar to that worn by a Mufti. > > khaki is an Indian word, is it not--I understand for 'dust' or is > that just > legend? It's a Hindi word, meaning "dust-colored." > > Cheers, Jim
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 21:34:10 -0700 From: Deborah McMillion Nering <deborah(at)gloaming.com> Subject: RE: CHAT: Khaki or Drab >Mufti, according to Webster's Collegiate, means "civilian clothing," I feel chagrin for not simply looking it up but I assumed it was slang, and out of date slang. So now I understand, when Vera Brittain referred to seeing her brother in 'mufti' he was out of uniform. Thanks for this explanation--next time I will try the dictionary! :0 Deborah Deborah McMillion deborah(at)gloaming.com http://www.gloaming.com/deborah.html
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 21:33:28 -0700
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: WWW etext avail: more of John Wilson Murray's cases
(MURYMENU.HTM) (Nonfict)
John Wilson Murray's _Memoirs of a great detective_ (1904)
The cases of John Wilson Murray, the practically indefatigable
police detective of the last century, have brought me feedback
from a couple of kind an complimentary Internet surfers. I think
I used my recent sicktime well when I polished some more of the
cases and mounted them on the website.
The newly mounted cases are:
KNAPP: A WEAZENED WONDER
THE FEMININE FIRM OF HALL AND CARROLL
THE EPISODE OF POKE SOLES
WITH THE HELP OF JESSIE MCLEAN
WHEN RALPH FINDLAY LURCHED AND FELL
THE TINKLING HOUSE OF WELLINGTON SQUARE
Thanks to help from Elmer K. at the Library of Congress, we'll soon
have the complete set up for view.
Visit the Gaslight website at:
http://www.mtroyal.ab.ca/gaslight/murymenu.htm
Incidentally, I had trouble with "THE FEMININE FIRM OF HALL AND CARROLL"
because of the inconsistent use of "silver ware" versus "silverware".
The text is usually pretty tidy, so I am wondering if there is a rule for
different usages which is in effect here.
Stephen D.
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 22:18:38 -0700
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: Re: The Thinking machine
Doug G,
is _Death locked in: an anthology of locked room mysteries_ (1994) also
your work? It contains a strange Thinking Machine story, "The house that was"
(1907) which was written as a sequel to his wife's (May Futrelle) story "The
grinning god". The story introduction suggests the editor of the Sunday paper
wasn't interested in May's shaggy dog story, but that it might get published if
the Thinking Machine provided a rational answer to the supernatural mystery.
Altogether its a strange effort.
Stephen D.
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 22:23:50 -0700
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: Re: Futrelle's 666th
Sam K remembers our hunt for the original publication of "666", which we finally
traced to _Story teller_. Unfortunately we could never get a copy of the
original, so it was never released on Gaslight. The story is available in one
of the Hugh Greene anthologies.
Stephen D.
Incidentally, the numbering of the Gaslight posts was a feature of the old
Mailserv software. I miss it now that we are using Majordomo, but all in all it
has been a step forward to migrate to this software.
"S.T. Karnick" <skarnick(at)INDY.NET> on 02/13/99 08:09:47 PM
Please respond to gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
To: gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
cc: (bcc: Stephen Davies/Academic/MRC)
Subject: Futrelle's 666th
Robert G. wrote, in part:
>By the way, Al, this book also mentions the elusive tale "The Mystery of
>Room 666" classifying it as a non-Thinking Machine tale yet, at the same
>time, as "an intriguing page-turner with a startling conclusion" and
>then adds that, according to Hugh Greene, it was "discovered by Jack
>Kelson of Tunbridge Wells, England in the Story-Teller, a now defunct
>British magazine." Hmm... Going now to check my Greene anthologies to
>see if Mr. Greene included this tale in one of his Rivals of Sherlock
>Holmes series.
I vaguely remember discussing this story around the time Gaslight reached
message #666. (The messages used to be numbered, which may no longer be the
case.) I had recently read the story in some anthology or other -- think I
may still have a copy somewhere -- and found it quite enjoyable. Very good
locked room impossible crime, as I recall, with an interestingly sinister
atmosphere. I don't recall whether the story was ever released to the
Gaslight list, but it may well have. Perhaps Bob or Deborah or another,
well, _vintage_ member of the group recalls better than I.
Best w's,
S.T. Karnick
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 22:25:52 -0700
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: Roosevelt's medal (WAS: Re: Unruffled Riders)
Tweed Roosevelt, Gaslight listmember, was lobbying to have Teddy Roosevelt
receive the Spanish/American war medal. Was he successful?
Stephen D
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 22:40:48 -0700
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: Re: "Have Gun Will Travel" episode
_Have gun will travel_ is known in old-time radio circles as the one of the few
shows to migrate from television to radio, where it continued for a couple more
years with the late John Dehner as Paladin. (I can't think of any other
examples, actually.)
When the radio series ended in 1960-nov, the month when CBS finally gave up
on radio drama (cancelling _Ma Perkins_ and a few other die-hards), Paladin was
heading back to Boston to claim a $100,000 inheritance.
Stephen D
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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 23:00:41 -0700
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: CHAT: <FWD> Call for Volunteers: (modern) Detective Fiction
Here's a non-Gaslight message that may interest some Gaslight listmembers:
- ---------------------- Forwarded by Stephen Davies/Academic/MRC on 02/16/99
10:59 PM ---------------------------
Judith A Adams-Volpe <adamsj(at)ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU> on 02/16/99 01:41:03 PM
Please respond to SUNY Librarians Association
<SUNYLA-L(at)BINGVMB.CC.BINGHAMTON.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list SUNYLA-L
<SUNYLA-L(at)BINGVMB.CC.BINGHAMTON.EDU>
cc: (bcc: Stephen Davies/Academic/MRC)
Subject: Call for Volunteers: Detective Fiction
Call for Volunteers: Subject Analysis, Detective Fiction
Lockwood Library of the University at Buffalo seeks volunteers
interested in preparing abstracts and subject analysis of Detective and
Mystery popular/pulp fiction written from the 1940s through the 1980s.
This grant-supported project may serve as a pilot for a national
initiative for enhanced subject access to fiction. Volunteers will
prepare brief abstracts and compile subject analysis following a developed
template. Analysis will focus on psychological traits of characters,
settings, types and modes of crimes, gender, social, economic, and
political aspects of the pulp fiction, as well as the cover art. Novels
included are from the extensive George Kelley Paperback and Pulp Fiction
Collection in Lockwood Library. Volunteers can commit for as few or as
many novels as they wish. The activity will continue at least through
summer 1999. Be part of a major enhancement of analysis of popular
fiction. Continued funding for this initiative will be explored through
the National Endowment for the Humanities as a multi-institution project.
Austin Booth and Don Hartman coordinate this project in Lockwood Library.
If you are interested in being a Pulp Fiction Volunteer, contact them at:
Austin Booth
habooth(at)acsu.buffalo.edu
716-645-2817
Don Hartman
unldon(at)acsu.buffalo.edu
716-645-2817
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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 02:22:24 -0800 (PST) From: Jack Kolb <KOLB(at)UCLA.EDU> Subject: Re: <FWD> LOOKING FOR SCENARIO! "Jimmy Valentine" appears as an MGM film in the early 1900s. At least according to the UCLA catalog listing. More upon request. Jack Kolb Dept. of English, UCLA kolb(at)ucla.edu >I wonder if anyone can provide the answer to this student's request for a copy >of a play. The original story was by O. Henry, and I too was wondering if the >play, which was quite popular in its day, could still be found in hardcopy. > Stephen > >---------------------- Forwarded by Stephen Davies/Academic/MRC on 02/16/99 >05:40 PM --------------------------- > > > > > >mizobe <mizobe(at)skyblue.ocn.ne.jp> on 02/04/99 02:13:46 AM > > > > To: Stephen Davies/Academic/MRC > > cc: > > > > Subject: LOOKING FOR SCENARIO! > > > > > > > > > >Hello. How do you do? >I'm a Japanese college student, Yuko Mizobe. >I'm very sorry to send this mail suddenly, but I have a question to you. >I've found your mail address by "Gaslight Search" page of WWW, in looking >for scenario of "Alias Jimmy Valentine / A retrieved reformation". >I join a English Drama Club in college, and we members strongly want to play >a drama of "Alias Jimmy Valentine / A retrieved reformation" in next spring. >However, we cannot find the scenario written by English... We have searched >as many publishing companies as possible by internet...Dramatic Publishing, >Samuel French or so..., but it was no use. >Then, when I was searching, I found your mail, written in 5years ago. >You wrote you were looking for the very same scenario we are looking for. >If you could find the scenario, PLEASE tell me how you could get it. >My E-mail : x87160(at)ksc.kwansei.ac.jp >We are strongly seek the scenario. Please tell me if you can help us. >I will tell you about our activity in college if you want. >I hope you return me soon. >Good Bye, > YUKO MIZOBE >KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY >school of policy studies > > >Content-type: text/html; name=att-1.htm >Content-description: Internet HTML >Content-disposition: attachment; filename=att-1.htm > >Attachment Converted: C:/EUDORA/att-1.htm >
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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 08:32:20 -0600 From: athan chilton <ayc(at)UIUC.EDU> Subject: Re: CHAT: Khaki or Drab >> khaki (or drab, as it was then known) as the standard uniform > >What is 'mufti'?--They often mention, as in TESTAMENT OF YOUTH, of wearing >'mufti'? Is the the olivey-wool? I always got the impression that 'in mufti' meant 'in disguise'. I could be wrong about that! >khaki is an Indian word, is it not--I understand for 'dust' or is that just >legend? And yes, khaki is an Indian word, and refers to the color of the sandy soil. I believe the Guides were the first to adopt this color for their uniforms, in order that they not stand out in the areas they guarded--the very volatile Northwest Frontier, beyond which was tribal (Afghani) territory, full of fierce folk who would fire at a British red coat as soon as look at it... Same thinking was at work during the American struggle against the British--the colonists hiding in the woods, picking off those scarlet coats... athan ayc(at)uiuc.edu
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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 11:57:57 -0500 (EST) From: Kujen(at)aol.com Subject: Re: CHAT: Khaki or Drab During World War II being in mufti meant a soldier dressed in civilian clothes.
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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 09:17:32 -0800 From: Patricia Teter <PTeter(at)getty.edu> Subject: Re: CHAT: Khaki or Drab Kujen(at)aol.com wrote: <<During World War II being in mufti meant a soldier dressed in civilian clothes.>> I have always had the impression this particular definition was used much earlier as well, and indicated a soldier dressed in civilian clothes, not Arab clothing, just regular everyday civilian clothes. Patricia
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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 13:17:01 -0500 From: "Richard L. King" <rking(at)INDIAN.VINU.EDU> Subject: Re: Futrelle's 666th Are we reading "666" this week? I did so last night (found it in my Greene anthology--love that set of books) and found it very very very weird. The ending is very very very odd. This is a very very very dark story. Fascinating author, too, and to learn that he *probably* died with the Titanic---brrr. Richard King rking(at)indian.vinu.edu sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA wrote: > Sam K remembers our hunt for the original publication of "666", which we > finally > traced to _Story teller_. Unfortunately we could never get a copy of the > original, so it was never released on Gaslight. The story is available in > one > of the Hugh Greene anthologies. > Stephen D. > > Incidentally, the numbering of the Gaslight posts was a feature of the old > Mailserv software. I miss it now that we are using Majordomo, but all in > all it > has been a step forward to migrate to this software. > > "S.T. Karnick" <skarnick(at)INDY.NET> on 02/13/99 08:09:47 PM > > Please respond to gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA > > To: gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA > > cc: (bcc: Stephen Davies/Academic/MRC) > > Subject: Futrelle's 666th > > Robert G. wrote, in part: > > >By the way, Al, this book also mentions the elusive tale "The Mystery of > >Room 666" classifying it as a non-Thinking Machine tale yet, at the same > >time, as "an intriguing page-turner with a startling conclusion" and > >then adds that, according to Hugh Greene, it was "discovered by Jack > >Kelson of Tunbridge Wells, England in the Story-Teller, a now defunct > >British magazine." Hmm... Going now to check my Greene anthologies to > >see if Mr. Greene included this tale in one of his Rivals of Sherlock > >Holmes series. > > I vaguely remember discussing this story around the time Gaslight reached > message #666. (The messages used to be numbered, which may no longer be the > case.) I had recently read the story in some anthology or other -- think I > may still have a copy somewhere -- and found it quite enjoyable. Very good > locked room impossible crime, as I recall, with an interestingly sinister > atmosphere. I don't recall whether the story was ever released to the > Gaslight list, but it may well have. Perhaps Bob or Deborah or another, > well, _vintage_ member of the group recalls better than I. > > Best w's, > > S.T. Karnick ------------------------------ End of Gaslight Digest V1 #43 *****************************