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<DIV>1. I bought the Haule and Smith concordances to the 9 novels of VW on
microfiche as they appeared from 1981 onwards. They were rather
expensive.* I never managed to get the last 2: “Jacob’s Room” (1988) and
“The Voyage Out” (1988). On purpose, they didn’t use the first US and UK
editions of the novels – which seems a pity now. I didn’t buy the 1991 3
vol. printed composite edn, although I have referred to it on at least one
occasion. Stephen Barkway gave me a microfilm reader, which I never
covered with a dust sheet. This was a mistake as it is now thick with
dust. I have never used it. I have never looked at any of the
microfiches for any purpose, except curiosity, in all the years I’ve had
them.</DIV>
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<DIV>2. When I was considering buying the CD-ROM for £1000, I wanted to know how
many of the MSS that had also been issued on microfilm were also on the CD-ROM,
for I was expecting to use it primarily to look at the MSS. Anyway, I
bought it. I use the CD-ROM almost every day, but only look at the MSS
infrequently. Of course, they are digitised and not as clear as the
microfilms, but I still find it quite easy to read VW’s mature hand, even
digitised. The CD-ROM has been invaluable as a tool for my role as Editor
of the “Virginia Woolf Bulletin”.</DIV>
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<DIV>3. Not long before Julia Briggs died, I borrowed 9 of the 27 microfilms
from her, to help me with the editing of Vols 5 & 6 of “The Essays”.
After she died, I told her sister that I would give them back to her in due
course. “No, you keep them.” “No, I can’t.” I don’t know often
the we went back and forth, but I *have* kept them. Now I find them useful
in editing “Jacob’s Room” for CUP. Of course, I have to go to a library to
read them. The microfilms still seem to be available:</DIV>
<DIV><A
title=http://www.cengage.com/search/showresults.do?N=197&Ntk=APG&Ntt=woolf&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nr=197
href="http://www.cengage.com/search/showresults.do?N=197&Ntk=APG&Ntt=woolf&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nr=197">http://www.cengage.com/search/showresults.do?N=197&Ntk=APG&Ntt=woolf&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nr=197</A></DIV>
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<DIV>4. Of course, many of VW’s works are now available online, such as
here:</DIV>
<DIV><A title=http://gutenberg.net.au/pages/woolf.html
href="http://gutenberg.net.au/pages/woolf.html">http://gutenberg.net.au/pages/woolf.html</A></DIV>
<DIV>See also:</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://victorian.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/concordance/woolf">http://victorian.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/concordance/woolf</A></DIV>
<DIV>But I should hate to be without the CD-ROM.</DIV>
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<DIV>*I’ve just found how much I paid for some of them (inc. postage):</DIV>
<DIV>W - £18?</DIV>
<DIV>Y - £30</DIV>
<DIV>MD - £27</DIV>
<DIV>O - £27</DIV>
<DIV>ND - £42.05</DIV>
<DIV>Those of us who subscribed to all were to get the last one free. I’m
sure I did so; I wonder what went wrong.</DIV>
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<DIV>Stuart</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>