[Next Project] The Sword of Damocles by Anna Katherine Green

[Cecil New]

For my next project, I’d like to work on the 3rd Detective Gryce book by author Anna Katherine Green. 

• Link to SE page: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/anna-katharine-green/the-sword-of-damocles 

• Link to page scan: https://archive.org/details/swordofdamocless00greeiala/page/12/mode/2up 

• Link to PG source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33301 

• Possible artwork:

• This one has a nice cover: https://archive.org/details/swordofdamocless00gree_0/mode/2up 

• Another cover: https://archive.org/details/swordofdamocles02thar 

My github repo: https://github.com/mandolyte/anna-katherine-green_the-sword-of-damocles (exists)

With a quick scan I did not notice any illustrations, but I do see some play-like text, for example: https://archive.org/details/swordofdamocless00greeiala/page/356/mode/2up?q=banter 

[Alex Cabal]

OK, sure. Emma will manage with Robin reviewing.

On 4/15/26 9:26 PM, Cecil New wrote:
> For my next project, I’d like to work on the 3rd Detective Gryce book by
> author Anna Katherine Green.
>

> *

>
> Link to SE page: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/anna-katharine-

> green/the-sword-of-damocles <https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/anna-
> katharine-green/the-sword-of-damocles>
>
> *

>
> Link to page scan: https://archive.org/details/

> swordofdamocless00greeiala/page/12/mode/2up <https://archive.org/
> details/swordofdamocless00greeiala/page/12/mode/2up>
>
> *
>
> Link to PG source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33301 <https://
> www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33301>
>
> *
>
> Possible artwork:
>
> *

>
> This one has a nice cover: https://archive.org/details/

> swordofdamocless00gree_0/mode/2up <https://archive.org/details/
> swordofdamocless00gree_0/mode/2up>
>
> *
>
> Another cover: https://archive.org/details/swordofdamocles02thar
> <https://archive.org/details/swordofdamocles02thar>
>
> *
> *
>
> My github repo: https://github.com/mandolyte/anna-katherine-green_the-
> sword-of-damocles <https://github.com/mandolyte/anna-katherine-
> green_the-sword-of-damocles>(exists)
>
> *
> *

>
> With a quick scan I did not notice any illustrations, but I do see some
> play-like text, for example: https://archive.org/details/

> swordofdamocless00greeiala/page/356/mode/2up?q=banter <https://
> archive.org/details/swordofdamocless00greeiala/page/356/mode/2up?q=banter>
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[Emma Sweeney]

Unfortunately, those covers are not in the “fine art oil painting” style.

You can use drama formatting for that section.

Emma

[Cecil New]

I would have thought the one cover was "fine art oil painting" style. But I'm hardly art savvy. For my own benefit, what disqualifies it?

Thanks as always!

[Emma Sweeney]

The fine cross-hatching lines are typical of engraving/etching. 

Emma

[Cecil New]

Before I work on splitting the source, I want to be sure I am using the appropriate structure. Here are some data points based on the scan:

• Book 1: 137 pages, 13 chapters

• Book 2: 113 pages, 9 chapters

• Book 3: 89 pages, 7 chapters

• Book 4: 146 pages, 11 chapters

• Book 5: 65 pages, 6 chapters

There are 46 chapters in total with an average of less than 12 pages per chapter.

The short chapters remind me of a previous work I produced here, where the chapters were contained within the "parts".

But more likely, I should the pattern found here, where each book and each chapter are in separate files:
https://github.com/standardebooks/henry-james_the-ambassadors/tree/master/src/epub/text 

(Also, just a simplification of the example at SEMoS 7.1.5.1)

Which structure pattern should I follow? Is there any other info I can provide that would help determine the answer?

Thanks!

[David]

Emma may well have other/better suggestions, but ## 1 and 8 in the Mr Gryce series use this same pattern. I would think they make useful exemplars.

FWIW!

[Emma Sweeney]

Each book and each chapter should be in separate files. Unlike Dark Princess, this work doesn't renumber chapters for each book.

Emma

[Cecil New]

@David... why didn't I think of that! Altho it's been several months, I've actually read all four of the available books.

[Cecil New]

Finally done traveling... and I have another couple questions about the structure.

First, this sentence here is located on the "title page" in the scan. PG has moved it to follow the dedication. Should I also relocate it after the dedication? Should it be a part of the dedication file?

Second, there is a block quote that precedes the book proper (scroll down to after the ToC). It is quoted from the historian Charles Rollin (from his "Ancient History"). Should I treat this as a preface? Something else?

[Emma Sweeney]

1. This is an epigraph (SEMoS 7.4). Place it before the dedication, like in the page scans.

2. You can treat this as a preface.

Emma

[Cecil New]

Chapter six has an epigraph blockquote that contains a couple of lines quoted from the Tempest (here)

Here is my markup... Do I need to do anything more complicated for this?

<section id="chapter-6" epub:type="chapter">
<header>
<hgroup>
<h3 epub:type="ordinal z3998:roman">VI</h3>
<p epub:type="title">A Hand Clasp</p>
</hgroup>
<blockquote epub:type="epigraph">
<p>
<span>“<i>Fer.</i>—Here’s my hand.</span>
<br/>
<span><i>Mir.</i>—And mine with my heart in it.”</span>
</p>
<cite>
<i epub:type="se:name.publication.play">Tempest</i>
</cite>
</blockquote>
</header>

[Emma Sweeney]

You need to use drama formatting for the dialog. See SEMoS 7.6.5. Also, you should expand the abbreviated personas to be "Ferdinand" and "Miranda".

Emma

[Cecil New]

Chapter 20 has this epigraph:

<p>“O eloquent, just and mightie death! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised: thou hast drawn together all the farre stretched greatnesses; all the pride, crueltie and ambition of man and covered it all over with these two narrow words, <i>Hic jacet</i>.”</p>

I found "hic jacet" in the MW dictionary, therefore, it should not have italics or a lang tag. However, I wondered whether some sort of emphasis should be retained given the context. Thoughts?

[Cecil New]

(another epigraph question)

I noticed that in two epigraph examples:

1. https://standardebooks.org/manual/1.8.7/single-page#8.5.2.1

2. https://standardebooks.org/manual/1.8.7/single-page#8.2.13.1 

One has a period at the end of the citation, after the author's name, and the other does not. 

While they are quite different examples, I don't what the rule might be for when the period should be there and when not.

Thanks.

[Cecil New]

In this snippet from Hamlet: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33301/pg33301-images.html#XXXV

They are using "i8" to indent the first line. Just eyeballing it, it appears this is an attempt to center it. This is the second occurrence I have seen this.

How should I handle this?

[Emma Sweeney]

1. You can remove the italics and add quotes around Hic jacet.

2. Remove the period.

3. Use a class for verse indents (SEMoS 7.5.4).

Emma

[Cecil New]

Chapter 45, unlike all others, has a title with quotes here. 

As far as I can tell, it isn't the title of the poem by Wordsworth that immediately follows.

Ditto for the scan: 

Retain them? or discard them? If discarded, that will not be an editorial change, correct?

[Emma Sweeney]

Keep the quotes.

Emma

[Alex Cabal]

We almost never make major changes like discarding things we don't
understand. Instead you should try to think about what exactly you're
looking at, and how to represent it semantically.

On 5/2/26 12:12 PM, Cecil New wrote:
> Chapter 45, unlike all others, has a title with quotes here <https://
> www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33301/pg33301-
> images.html#XLV:~:text=and%20unswerving%20faith.-,XLV,-.>.

>
> As far as I can tell, it isn't the title of the poem by Wordsworth that
> immediately follows.

> Ditto for the scan <https://archive.org/details/
> swordofdamocless00greeiala/page/520/mode/2up>:

>
> Retain them? or discard them? If discarded, that will not be an
> editorial change, correct?
> On Friday, May 1, 2026 at 3:53:02 PM UTC-4 Emma Sweeney wrote:
>
> 1. You can remove the italics and add quotes around Hic jacet.
>
> 2. Remove the period.
>

> 3. Use a class for verse indents (SEMoS 7.5.4 <https://
> standardebooks.org/manual/1.8.7/single-page#7.5.4>).

>
>
> Emma
> On Friday, May 1, 2026 at 3:43:05 PM UTC-4 ceci...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> In this snippet from Hamlet: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/

> epub/33301/pg33301-images.html#XXXV <https://www.gutenberg.org/
> cache/epub/33301/pg33301-images.html#XXXV>

>
> They are using "i8" to indent the first line. Just eyeballing
> it, it appears this is an attempt to center it. This is the
> second occurrence I have seen this.
>
> How should I handle this?
>
> On Friday, May 1, 2026 at 2:44:24 PM UTC-4 Cecil New wrote:
>
> (another epigraph question)
> I noticed that in two epigraph examples:
> 1. https://standardebooks.org/manual/1.8.7/single-

> page#8.5.2.1 <https://standardebooks.org/manual/1.8.7/
> single-page#8.5.2.1>
> 2. https://standardebooks.org/manual/1.8.7/single-
> page#8.2.13.1 <https://standardebooks.org/manual/1.8.7/
> single-page#8.2.13.1>

>
> One has a period at the end of the citation, after the
> author's name, and the other does not.
>
> While they are quite different examples, I don't what the
> rule might be for when the period should be there and when not.
>
> Thanks.
>
> On Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 3:34:12 PM UTC-4 Cecil New wrote:
>
> Chapter 20 has this epigraph:
>
> <p>“O eloquent, just and mightie death! whom none could
> advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared, thou
> hast done; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou
> only hast cast out of the world and despised: thou hast
> drawn together all the farre stretched greatnesses; all
> the pride, crueltie and ambition of man and covered it
> all over with these two narrow words, <i>Hic jacet</i>.”</p>
>
> I found "hic jacet" in the MW dictionary, therefore, it
> should not have italics or a lang tag. However, I
> wondered whether some sort of emphasis should be
> retained given the context. Thoughts?
>
> On Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 2:44:48 PM UTC-5 Emma
> Sweeney wrote:
>
> You need to use drama formatting for the dialog. See

> SEMoS 7.6.5 <https://standardebooks.org/
> manual/1.8.7/7-high-level-structural-
> patterns#7.6.5>. Also, you should expand the

> abbreviated personas to be "Ferdinand" and "Miranda".
>
> Emma
> On Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 10:30:52 AM UTC-4
> ceci...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Chapter six has an epigraph blockquote that
> contains a couple of lines quoted from the

> Tempest (here <https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/
> epub/33301/pg33301-
> images.html#VI:~:text=heart%20in%20it.
> %E2%80%9D%E2%80%94-,Tempest.,-Once%20arrived%20at>)

>
> Here is my markup... Do I need to do anything
> more complicated for this?
> <section id="chapter-6" epub:type="chapter">
> <header>
> <hgroup>
> <h3 epub:type="ordinal z3998:roman">VI</h3>
> <p epub:type="title">A Hand Clasp</p>
> </hgroup>
> <blockquote epub:type="epigraph">
> <p>
> <span>“<i>Fer.</i>—Here’s my hand.</span>
> <br/>
> <span><i>Mir.</i>—And mine with my heart in
> it.”</span>
> </p>
> <cite>

> <i epub:type="se:name.publication.play <http://

> name.publication.play>">Tempest</i>
> </cite>
> </blockquote>
> </header>
>
> On Monday, April 27, 2026 at 1:09:02 PM UTC-4
> Emma Sweeney wrote:
>

> 1. This is an epigraph (SEMoS 7.4 <https://
> standardebooks.org/manual/1.8.7/single-
> page#7.4>). Place it before the dedication,

> like in the page scans.
>
> 2. You can treat this as a preface.
>
>
> Emma
> On Monday, April 27, 2026 at 10:44:43 AM
> UTC-4 ceci...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Finally done traveling... and I have
> another couple questions about the
> structure.
>

> First, this sentence here <https://
> www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33301/
> pg33301-
> images.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWhen%20all%20else%20fails%20love%20saves%E2%80%9D> is located on the "title page" in the scan. PG has moved it to follow the dedication. Should I also relocate it after the dedication? Should it be a part of the dedication file?

>
> Second, there is a block quote that
> precedes the book proper (scroll down to
> after the ToC). It is quoted from the
> historian Charles Rollin (from his
> "Ancient History"). Should I treat this
> as a preface? Something else?
>
> On Thursday, April 23, 2026 at
> 7:59:37 AM UTC-4 Cecil New wrote:
>
> @David... why didn't I think of
> that! Altho it's been several
> months, I've actually read all four
> of the available books.
>
> On Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at
> 6:33:46 PM UTC-4 Emma Sweeney wrote:
>
> Each book and each chapter
> should be in separate files.

> Unlike /Dark Princess/, this

> work doesn't renumber chapters
> for each book.
>
> Emma
> On Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at
> 5:31:18 PM UTC-4 David wrote:
>
> Emma may well have other/
> better suggestions, but ## 1
> and 8 in the Mr Gryce series

> <https://standardebooks.org/
> collections/mr-gryce> use

> this same pattern. I would
> think they make useful
> exemplars.
>
> FWIW!
>
>
> On Wednesday, 22 April 2026
> at 22:20:40 UTC+1 Cecil wrote:
>
> Before I work on
> splitting the source, I
> want to be sure I am
> using the appropriate
> structure. Here are some
> data points based on the
> scan:
>

> *
>
> /Book 1: 137 pages,
> 13 chapters/
>
> *
>
> /Book 2: 113 pages,
> 9 chapters/
>
> *
>
> /Book 3: 89 pages, 7
> chapters/
>
> *
>
> /Book 4: 146 pages,
> 11 chapters/
>
> *
>
> /Book 5: 65 pages, 6
> chapters/
>
> /
> /
>
> /There are 46 chapters

> in total with an average
> of less than 12 pages

> per chapter./

>
>
> The short chapters
> remind me of a previous
> work I produced here

> <https://github.com/
> standardebooks/w-e-b-du-
> bois_dark-princess/tree/
> master/src/epub/text>,

> where the chapters were
> contained within the
> "parts".
>
> But more likely, I
> should the pattern found
> here, where each book
> and each chapter are in
> separate files:
> https://github.com/
> standardebooks/henry-
> james_the-ambassadors/
> tree/master/src/epub/

> text <https://
> github.com/
> standardebooks/henry-
> james_the-ambassadors/
> tree/master/src/epub/text>

> (Also, just a
> simplification of the
> example at SEMoS 7.1.5.1

> <https://
> standardebooks.org/
> manual/1.8.7/7-high-
> level-structural-
> patterns#7.1.5.1>)

>
> Which structure pattern
> should I follow? Is
> there any other info I
> can provide that would
> help determine the answer?
>
> Thanks!
>

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[Paul Andinach]

A search of the Gutenberg text indicates that the chapter title is
quoting something one of the characters said near the end of chapter
XXVI, if that helps.

-- Paul

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[Cecil New]

That's great. I'll add that to my list of things to try/search when I run across something like that again. Thanks.

Cecil

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[Cecil New]

According to my research, the two excerpts are from a play that was invented for the book and does not really "exist". The first snippet, here, does not have the persona -- however, it is "Nita." Should I supply the persona as an editorial change or just leave it empty <td/>?

[Cecil New]

Another quick question... there is an Em dash prior to the dialog of each actor because of how the drama was formatted. Should it be removed and, if so, will it be an editorial change?

[Alex Cabal]

You can leave the td empty because the dialogue is introduced in the
previous paragraph, so having a speaker there is redundant

On 5/6/26 3:12 PM, Cecil New wrote:
> According to my research, the two excerpts are from a play that was
> invented for the book and does not really "exist". The first snippet,

> here <https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33301/pg33301-
> images.html#XVI:~:text=He%20is%20certainly%20a%20most%20notable%20gallant.>, does not have the persona -- however, it is "Nita." Should I supply the persona as an editorial change or just leave it empty <td/>?

>
> On Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 10:22:50 PM UTC-4 Cecil New wrote:
>
> That's great. I'll add that to my list of things to try/search when
> I run across something like that again. Thanks.
> Cecil
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, May 2, 2026 at 7:53 PM Paul Andinach <pedanth...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> A search of the Gutenberg text indicates that the chapter title is
> quoting something one of the characters said near the end of chapter
> XXVI, if that helps.
>
> -- Paul
>
> On Sun, 3 May 2026 at 01:12, Cecil New <ceci...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Chapter 45, unlike all others, has a title with quotes here.
> >
> > As far as I can tell, it isn't the title of the poem by
> Wordsworth that immediately follows.
> > Ditto for the scan:
> >
> > Retain them? or discard them? If discarded, that will not be
> an editorial change, correct?
> > On Friday, May 1, 2026 at 3:53:02 PM UTC-4 Emma Sweeney wrote:
> >>
> >> 1. You can remove the italics and add quotes around Hic jacet.
> >>
> >> 2. Remove the period.
> >>
> >> 3. Use a class for verse indents (SEMoS 7.5.4).
> >>
> >>
> >> Emma
> >> On Friday, May 1, 2026 at 3:43:05 PM UTC-4 ceci...@gmail.com
> wrote:
> >>>

> >>> In this snippet from Hamlet: https://www.gutenberg.org/
> cache/epub/33301/pg33301-images.html#XXXV <https://

> www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33301/pg33301-images.html#XXXV>

> >>>
> >>> They are using "i8" to indent the first line. Just
> eyeballing it, it appears this is an attempt to center it. This
> is the second occurrence I have seen this.
> >>>
> >>> How should I handle this?
> >>>
> >>> On Friday, May 1, 2026 at 2:44:24 PM UTC-4 Cecil New wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> (another epigraph question)
> >>>> I noticed that in two epigraph examples:

> >>>> 1. https://standardebooks.org/manual/1.8.7/single-
> page#8.5.2.1 <https://standardebooks.org/manual/1.8.7/single-
> page#8.5.2.1>
> >>>> 2. https://standardebooks.org/manual/1.8.7/single-
> page#8.2.13.1 <https://standardebooks.org/manual/1.8.7/single-
> page#8.2.13.1>
> >>>>

> >>>>>>> <i epub:type="se:name.publication.play <http://

> ambassadors/tree/master/src/epub/text <https://github.com/
> standardebooks/henry-james_the-ambassadors/tree/master/src/epub/
> text>

> >>>>>>>>>>>> (Also, just a simplification of the example at
> SEMoS 7.1.5.1)
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Which structure pattern should I follow? Is there
> any other info I can provide that would help determine the answer?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks!
> >
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[Alex Cabal]

Yes, not editorial, just follow our play formatting standards

On 5/6/26 3:35 PM, Cecil New wrote:
> Another quick question... there is an Em dash prior to the dialog of
> each actor because of how the drama was formatted. Should it be removed
> and, if so, will it be an editorial change?
>
> On Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 4:12:48 PM UTC-4 Cecil New wrote:
>
> According to my research, the two excerpts are from a play that was
> invented for the book and does not really "exist". The first

> snippet, here <https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33301/pg33301-
> images.html#XVI:~:text=He%20is%20certainly%20a%20most%20notable%20gallant.>, does not have the persona -- however, it is "Nita." Should I supply the persona as an editorial change or just leave it empty <td/>?

> >>> In this snippet from Hamlet: https://www.gutenberg.org/
> cache/epub/33301/pg33301-images.html#XXXV <https://
> www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33301/pg33301-images.html#XXXV>
> >>>

> >>> They are using "i8" to indent the first line. Just
> eyeballing it, it appears this is an attempt to center it.
> This is the second occurrence I have seen this.
> >>>
> >>> How should I handle this?
> >>>
> >>> On Friday, May 1, 2026 at 2:44:24 PM UTC-4 Cecil New wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> (another epigraph question)
> >>>> I noticed that in two epigraph examples:

> >>>> 1. https://standardebooks.org/manual/1.8.7/single-
> page#8.5.2.1 <https://standardebooks.org/manual/1.8.7/
> single-page#8.5.2.1>
> >>>> 2. https://standardebooks.org/manual/1.8.7/single-
> page#8.2.13.1 <https://standardebooks.org/manual/1.8.7/
> single-page#8.2.13.1>
> >>>>

> >>>>>>> <i epub:type="se:name.publication.play <http://

> james_the-ambassadors/tree/master/src/epub/text <https://
> github.com/standardebooks/henry-james_the-ambassadors/tree/
> master/src/epub/text>

> >>>>>>>>>>>> (Also, just a simplification of the example at
> SEMoS 7.1.5.1)
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Which structure pattern should I follow? Is
> there any other info I can provide that would help determine
> the answer?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks!
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[Cecil New]

Link

Lint points out that there is a missing close right curly quote at the end of the paragraph. The transcription replicates the problem in the scan. 

But when I add the missing quote (with preceding hairline space), lint expands the single error into two errors. The first is the same as before (missing close quote) and a new second error that I have "Repeated punctuation". 

Here is what I have beginning with word "Instead":
```

<p>“Instead of that, he gave me a queer inexplicable smile, and merely said, ‘I want to see the greenbacks, my lad. No color so good as green, not even the black upon white of ‘I promise to pay.’ ’</p>

```

What should I do? Perhaps use <q>???

[Emma Sweeney]

You should use double quotes inside single quotes.

<p>“Instead of that, he gave me a queer inexplicable smile, and merely said, ‘I want to see the greenbacks, my lad. No color so good as green, not even the black upon white of “I promise to pay.” ’</p>

Emma

[Cecil New]

I have a linter error that I do not understand...

Here is link to transcription: link

Here is the linter error:

Here is the current markup, including a line before and after:

```

<p>“Yes,” she answered.</p>
<p>He drew a deep breath and his brow lost its deepest shadow. “You do not despise me then,” he exclaimed “My sin has not utterly blotted me out of your regard?”</p>
<p>The glance with which she replied seemed to fill the whole room with its radiance. “I am only beginning to realize 

```

Link to GitHub line:
https://github.com/mandolyte/anna-katherine-green_the-sword-of-damocles/blob/step-7/src/epub/text/chapter-43.xhtml#L43 

Thanks in advance!

[Alex Cabal]

Period missing after "exclaimed"

On 5/7/26 9:51 PM, Cecil New wrote:
> I have a linter error that I do not understand...

> Here is link to transcription: link <https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/
> epub/33301/pg33301-
> images.html#XXXIX:~:text=He%20drew%20a%20deep%20breath%20and%20his%20brow%20lost%20its%20deepest%20shadow.>

>
> Here is the linter error:

> Screenshot 2026-05-07 10.46.50 PM.png
>
> Here is the current markup, including a line before and after:
> ```
> <p>“Yes,” she answered.</p>
> <p>He drew a deep breath and his brow lost its deepest shadow. “You do
> not despise me then,” he exclaimed “My sin has not utterly blotted me
> out of your regard?”</p>
> <p>The glance with which she replied seemed to fill the whole room with
> its radiance. “I am only beginning to realize
> ```
>
> Link to GitHub line:
> https://github.com/mandolyte/anna-katherine-green_the-sword-of-damocles/
> blob/step-7/src/epub/text/chapter-43.xhtml#L43
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> On Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 7:12:36 PM UTC-4 Emma Sweeney wrote:
>
> You should use double quotes inside single quotes.
>
> <p>“Instead of that, he gave me a queer inexplicable smile, and
> merely said, ‘I want to see the greenbacks, my lad. No color so good
> as green, not even the black upon white of “I promise to pay.” ’</p>
>
>
> Emma
> On Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 5:06:16 PM UTC-4 ceci...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Screenshot from 2026-05-07 16-56-17.png

> Link <https://archive.org/details/swordofdamocless00greeiala/
> page/446/mode/2up?q=greenbacks>

> epub/33301/pg33301- <https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/
> epub/33301/pg33301->

> www.gutenberg.org/ <https://www.gutenberg.org/>
> > cache/epub/33301/pg33301-images.html#XXXV <https://
> > www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33301/pg33301-
> images.html#XXXV <http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33301/

> name.publication.play> <http://

> tree/ <http://github.com/standardebooks/henry-james_the-

> ambassadors/tree/>
> > master/src/epub/text>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> (Also, just a simplification of the example at
> > SEMoS 7.1.5.1)
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Which structure pattern should I follow? Is
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[Cecil New]

Well spotted! Thanks!

[Cecil New]

Proofreading now. Only the usual errors remain for unfilled variables, plus some unused CSS (I'll get to those later). I'll also begin looking for a cover once I have a feel for the book.

Thanks for all the help to this point!

[Cecil New]

Completed proof-reading and reviewing my notes. I have some cases that I would have thought `se modernize-spelling` would have changed, but didn't. So I wanted to ask about them:

- chapter 3: matinée (MW is ok with it: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/matin%C3%A9e)

- numerous instances of "down town" (instead of "downtown")

- chapter 16: "none the less" (instead of "nonetheless")

- Chapter 12: Æolian (instead of Aeolian [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aeolian])

I have some other things I need to look up in SEMoS, then I'll start looking for a cover page...

[Emma Sweeney]

1. matinée: leave it as-is.

2. down town: can you provide examples?

3. none the less: you can modernize.

4. Æolian: expand the ligatures.

Emma

[Cecil New]

About ten of them... Examples:

• https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33301/pg33301-images.html#VI:~:text=a%20straight%20course-,down%20town,-.%20I%20had%20just
• https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33301/pg33301-images.html#VI:~:text=inadvertence%20he%20went-,down%20town,-without%20locking%20the
• https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33301/pg33301-images.html#VI:~:text=all%20of%20places-,down%20town,-and%20some%20of
• https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33301/pg33301-images.html#VI:~:text=came%20in%20from-,down%20town,-and%20saw%20her
• https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33301/pg33301-images.html#VI:~:text=saunter%20through%20the-,down%20town,-streets%20after%20the
• https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33301/pg33301-images.html#VI:~:text=for%20a%20ride-,down%20town,-%3F%20I%20will%20show
• https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33301/pg33301-images.html#VI:~:text=wide%2Dawake%20fellow-,down%20town,-%2C%20who%20amongst%20our
• https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33301/pg33301-images.html#VI:~:text=going%20at%20once-,down%20town.,-He%20was%20always
• https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33301/pg33301-images.html#VI:~:text=on%20his%20way-,down%20town,-and%20ere%20long
• https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33301/pg33301-images.html#VI:~:text=into%20a%20restaurant-,down%20town,-%2C%20began%20a%20long

[Emma Sweeney]

All of these can be modernized to downtown.

Emma

[Cecil New]

Looking for possible covers. The story mostly takes place in NYC, probably late 1870s or early 1880s. A bank located on Madison Avenue is a prominent location in the book.

Here is what I have so far. I think I prefer the first two.

This one is in London, but a crop of the right side would look like any city in the late 1800s.

https://standardebooks.org/artworks/frederic-m-bell-smith/st-mary-le-strand

This one captures a NYC scene at night:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py25d95f88f-2a93-480e-abbb-d21ff0c09f74

This is Madison Square, but is a print, so I don’t think it counts.

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq448120c01-1ac4-4c38-b9ce-61cdd339fc76 

This one is bright and cheerful with a park in the foreground and office buildings in the background. One important scene takes place in a park where two of the characters are riding their horses.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10868 

Do any of these seem best? I can make a mock up of course if you'd like to see how they would look after cropping.

[Emma Sweeney]

The first two artworks could work. Can you send cover mock-ups?

Emma

[Cecil New]

Here you go...

[Emma Sweeney]

I like the first cover better, but the image is too low-res. I ran the image through an upscaler. Try using this image for the cover.

Emma

[Cecil New]

Here is version with upscaled image. Just a screenshot this time.

[Emma Sweeney]

Much better! I've updated the art DB.

Emma

[Cecil New]

This is ready for review. I can only think of a few things to comment on...

First, I left commented out lines in local.css for now. This is the first time I've done drama markup and before I removed unused selectors, I want be sure they are really unneeded via the review.

Second, my epigraph has a period at the end because `se lint` wanted it. But per https://groups.google.com/g/standardebooks/c/tsQcKBGvK6c/m/iyPjkL1QBAAJ, this will change once the next version of the toolset is released. 

Third, from the last few exchanges above, I used a higher res image, which ended up making a cover page that was over 1.5M. I reduced with `$ convert cover.jpg -define jpeg:extent=1500kb output.jpg`. But it still looks good to me. So I think it will be OK.

Thanks!

[Emma Sweeney]

Before the review, please rerun `se typogrify` and `se semanticate` and commit the changes.

Emma

[David]

I'm just the peanut gallery, but if you run your `cover.jpg` through compressjpeg.com it will reduce it from 1.3Mb to 505Kb with no discernible difference. Given SEMoS 10.3.3.2, it's the rare cover I use that doesn't get this treatment.

HTH! FWIW...  David / Fife, UK

On Saturday, 16 May 2026 at 19:44:21 UTC+1 Cecil wrote:

This is ready for review. I can only think of a few things to comment on...

. . .

[Robin Whittleton]

I’m travelling most of today but I’ll try to pick this up tonight or tomorrow.

-Robin

On 17 May 2026, at 00:44, Emma Sweeney <sween...@gmail.com> wrote:

Before the review, please rerun `se typogrify` and `se semanticate` and commit the changes.

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[Cecil New]

Thanks for tip about rerunning some of the tools. I didn't expect there would still be changes they would make. They did result in more lint/clean activity which I also had to address.

But seems to be cleaned up now.

[Robin Whittleton]

Filed a set of issues at https://github.com/mandolyte/anna-katherine-green_the-sword-of-damocles/issues/1. Nothing particularly major I don’t think, but just ask if you have any questions.

The only other thing I’d mention is that I’d suggest not starting commits that aren’t editorial commits with an open square bracket: it makes it harder to eyeball down the list looking for [Editorial]. Not worth changing here, but something to bear in mind for future work.

-Robin

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