Punishment and Reformation: A Study of the Penitentiary System - Couverture rigide

Wines, Frederick Howard

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 040409192X ISBN 13 : 9780404091927

Editeur : Ams Pr Inc, 1919

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

To revise another mans book is like taking his place before a half-finished portrait at the easel, or wresting the conductors wand from his hand while the orchestra is still playing the andante. In each instance, the interloper is likely to be the only person who gets any enjoyment from the change. A book that deals chiefly with facts and deductions from facts, however, like the present one, lends itself more readily to posthumous mutilation of this kind than does, say, a volume of poems or the diary of a mans life. One hardly cares to have another person voice his joy at the stars or the sunrise, or dress up an account of his life to suit himself. Facts, however, are impersonal and may be rearranged and added to with impunity. There are two ways of revising a book. One is to begin at the first page and go through to the last, meticulously scanning each sentence, toning down a generalization here, enlarging one there, and adding footnotes wherever the spirit moves and new information warrants. This may be called the mosaic, or crazy-quilt method. The other is to omit from the original in chunks whatever is unessential or out of date, and then at the end to pile theO ssa of new material upon the Pelion of old. This may be called the Procrustean
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Présentation de l'éditeur

Originally published in 1919. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ams Pr Inc
• Date d'édition: 1919
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 040409192X
• ISBN 13: 9780404091927
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible