Notes edit
Strand miscellany: selected highlights and comments edit
A Comment on Language edit
As a popular magazine for the English middle-class of the 1890s, the attitudes and (occasionally) language in Strand Magazine articles can sometimes jar the modern reader. I have followed the Wikisource approach of not 'updating'/bowdlerising the content - this does mean I have let certain language pass by that I would never normally use myself.
"The Home for Lost Dogs" in The Strand Magazine, 1 (6) edit
An early article on Battersea Dogs Home (with cats rather dismissively mentioned at the end). It was interesting to have a whole section of the article devoted to how the unwanted/ill dogs are killed and disposed of - something you definitely wouldn't get in a modern magazine article!
Indices edit
There doesn't seem to be any clear consensus on the proper way to format indices (or TOCs, which are similar).
- For Volume 1 I used the various 'TOC row' templates. Here's how the index starts:
| PAGE | ||
ACTORS’ DRESSING ROOMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
178 | |
| (Illustrations by W. H. J. Boot, R.B.A.) | ||
ANECDOTES OF THE WAR PATH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
576 | |
| (Written and Illustrated by Irving Montagu.) | ||
{{TOC begin}}
{{TOC row r| 3| {{x-smaller|PAGE}}}}
{{TOC row 2dot-1| ACTORS’ DRESSING ROOMS| 178}}
{{TOC row l| 3| {{gap|3em}}(''Illustrations'' by {{sc|[[Author:William Henry James Boot|W. H. J. Boot]]}}, R.B.A.)}}
{{TOC row 2dot-1| ANECDOTES OF THE WAR PATH| 576}}
{{TOC row l| 3| {{gap|3em}}(''Written'' and ''Illustrated'' by {{sc|[[Author:Irving Montagu|Irving Montagu]]}}.)}}
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- For Volume 2 I used the Wikitext table syntax together with the ts/table style helper template. Here's an excerpt from that index:
| PAGE. | |
|---|---|
| ALBANI, MADAME. (See "Illustrated Interviews.") | |
| ANECDOTES OF THE WAR-PATH. II. | 15 |
| (Written and Illustrated by Irving Montagu.) |
{| {{ts|ma}}
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! {{ts|xs|ar}} | PAGE.
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| ALBANI, MADAME. (See "{{sc|Illustrated Interviews.}}")
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| ANECDOTES OF THE WAR-PATH. II.
| {{ts|ar}} | 15
|-
| {{ts|pl4|sm|}} | (''Written'' and ''Illustrated'' by {{sc|[[Author:Irving Montagu|Irving Montagu]]}}.)
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|}
I'm unclear at the moment whether one is supposed to be preferred to the other. At the moment I'm leaning toward the lower-level syntax, which loses the dotted lines, but gave more control of the look of the 'sublists'.
It would be interesting to hear thoughts on whether there are any advantages to the different approaches - I may post this on the Scriptorum and see if there are any thoughts there.
Sheet Music - Lilypond! edit
Page:The Strand Magazine (Volume 2).djvu/634 Well, I didn't think I'd have to learn Lilypond in order to proofread The Strand Magazine... it's not perfect but it sounds plausible as a piece of music when you listen to the MIDI version!