Sleuthing C.S. Lewis:
More Light in the Shadowlands

(Mercer University Press, 2001)

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These are corrections to errors in the text as printed, by page:

xv --People are at times unsympathetic should be
People who are at times unsympathetic

xvi --David Nelson should be
Dale Nelson

6 --and half million should be
and a half million

16, footnote 9 --the C. S. Lewis Hoax should be capitalized and italicized

19 --stories was available should be
stories were available

21, footnote 17 --typescript of the Dark Tower typescript for comment should be
typescript of the Dark Tower for comment

27 --The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes should be italicized.

28 --University of Florida decided should be
University of Florida, decided

29, footnote 29 --Honorary Degree Ceremony ceremony should be
Honorary Degree Ceremony

34 --blank space should be eliminated under the words must have been dinning with sound (40.)

45 --"I am glad you liked the photos. Personally, I always fight rather shy of this kind of book if I find it is not illustrated." Should be inset like the previous paragraph.

49 --Far be it from me paragraph should not begin with a quotation mark. The next two paragraphs should be inset like the Far be it from me paragraph.

60. --First paragraph should be inset.

64 --heartsick, because, this woman old enough to be Jack's mother, was exploiting him should be
heartsick because this woman, old enough to be Jack's mother, was exploiting him

66 --The name Galahad in lines 1 and 5 should be
Lancelot.

66 -- for Lewis's reputation; I published should be
for Lewis's reputation, I published

77 --T. S. Eliot, that there should be
T. S. Eliot that there

77, footnote 4 --copyrighted In the United States should be
copyrighted in the United States

79, footnote 7 --16 April 1998). should be
16 April 1998.)

81, footnote14 Severe Mercy. There couldn't should be
Severe Mercy. 'There couldn't

89 --C. S. Lewises".28 should be
C. S. Lewises".28)

93 --the Bulletin of the New York C. S. Lewis Society should be italicized

94 -- footnote 43 should be
To compare the fine original with Hooper's clumsy revision, see pp. 16-17 of The Lewis Legacy 72, Spring 1997.

96, in lines 1-3 , the statements should be
Among other things, the posthumous version inexplicably changes "ravaging, savaging, creating" to "making, remaking, exalting." It changes "wove" to "strove."

96, in line 11 --Fear No More should be italicised

101 --before his death and it is hard should be
before his death, and it is hard

107 --There is a handwritten manuscript of this story in the Bodleian, either Lewis wrote the story or else both the story and the manuscript are forged should be
Because there is a handwritten manuscript of this story in the Bodleian, either Lewis wrote the story or else both the story and the manuscript are forged.

107, footnote 5 --Anthropologist on Mars). should be
Anthropologist on Mars.)

115 --whom these obsessed people are should be
who these obsessed people are. (This last-minute error inserted by someone who doesn't know grammar is especially mortifying and frustrating to me.)

116 -- under siege (putting Hooper under seige should be
under siege (putting Hooper under siege

123 --Pro-poses a Toast should be
Proposes a Toast

133, footnote 22 at bottom of page should be marked 22

155 --C. S. Lewis and the Riddle of Joy should be
G. K. Chesterton and C. S. Lewis: The Riddle of Joy.

160, footnote 46 --unpublished letter dated 13 December 1993 should be
unpublished letter to Kathryn Lindskoog dated 13 December 1993

168 -- tht they really want should be
that they really want

174 --one more letter from Lewis before he died, dated 30 September should be
one more letter from Lewis before he died, dated 30 August

176 There should be a paragraph break before the sentence that begins "Like variations in the accounts"

179 --As well as the extent of Hooper's friendship with Lewis, which has always been unclear. should be
And the extent of Hooper's friendship with Lewis has always been unclear.

190 --'Is mind was always set on " 'igher things should be
Is mind was always set on 'igher things

226 --Prince Edward Isle should be
Prince Edward Island

233 --surplus from Oxbridge '98 has the apostrophe turned backward

245 --contemp-orary and Moth-er's Day should be
contemporary and Mother's Day

249 --with a goal of $650,000 should have been followed by the following paragraph.
In 2000 the Kilns Study Centre was rescheduled to open in 2001, and in a sense that happened. Mattson announced two six-day Lewis summer sessions at the Kilns featuring James Como, a member of the Board of Directors of the C.S. Lewis Foundation, along with sightseeing trips. Each session (July 29-August 4, and August 5-11) would be limited to eight participants (two to a bedroom) at the cost of $295 for registration, $1000 for tuition, and $1,400 for room and board. (The tub had been replaced by a shower, and two more toilets were squeezed in.)

252 took the book personally, and was extremely upset should be
took the book personally and was extremely upset

252, footnote 1 --ear of Lewis's readers. " should be
ear of Lewis's readers."

262, footnote 19 -- computing) her book Analyzing should be
computing) in her book Analyzing

280 --In the autumn 1993 should be
In the autumn of 1993

284 --Although Stoen grew up in a well-to-do Christian home, graduated from evangelical Wheaton College, earned a law degree at Stanford, and was a conservative Republican who attended Berkeley Presbyterian Church. In 1967 he became enamored of the Black Panthers. These two sentences should be the following one:
Although Stoen grew up in a well-to-do Christian home, graduated from evangelical Wheaton College, earned a law degree at Stanford, and was a conservative Republican who attended Berkeley Presbyterian Church, in 1967 he became enamored of the Black Panthers.

285 The sentence in footnote 58 should appear in the paragraph where the footnote number appears instead. That paragraph should say:
By 1970 Stoen was Jim Jones's best friend (Jones was literally an atheistic criminal psychopath, drug abuser and sex pervert), and Stoen became assistant leader of the cult. In 1973 he began engineering the group's secret exodus to Jonestown, Guyana. According to published evidence and his own videotaped account, in 1978 Stoen deserted Jones, besieged him, and intentionally precipitated the massacre of over 900 people. Information about Timothy Stoen appears in Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People by Tim Reiterman (Dutton, 1982); Our Father Who Art in Hell: The Life and Death of Jim Jones by James Reston, Jr. (Times Books, 1981); and The Strongest Poison by Mark Lane (Hawthorn, 1980). The latter features a 54-page chapter titled "Timothy Stoen."

285 --his powerful weapon; a videotape should be
his powerful weapon: a videotape

288 --we, the undersigned should be
We, the undersigned

291 --In 2001 David Gresham should be
In 2001 David Graham

295 --the Willson-imagined piety should be
the Wilson-imagined piety

301 --on a Fulbrigt should be
on a Fulbright

323 --for over fifty years; a brand new friend should be
for over fifty years, a brand new friend

336 --whatever he created as part of our heritage should be flush with the rest of the paragraph

342 --and almost course should be
and almost coarse

343-- round on a chai... should be
round on a chain...

350 Tarleton State College should be
Tarleton State University

350 Arthur C. Clarke, Commander should be
Arthur C. Clarke, Sir, Commander

350 David G. Clark entry after the Arthur C. Clarke entry should be deleted because it already appeared before the Arthur C. Clarke entry

399 --Hooper meets Lewis June 7 lives at Exeter College should be
Hooper meets Lewis June 7, lives at Exeter College

402 --companions of warren Lewis should be
companions of Warren Lewis

403 --Hooper donates Dark Tower manuscript to the Bodleian should begin at the left margin

404 --Collected Poems of C. S. Lewis should be
Collected Poems of C. S. Lewis published

405 --Revelation that Lewis's should be closer to left margin

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