[Next project] The Ladies Lindores, by Margaret Oliphant

[David]

I'm returning to Margaret Oliphant for my first project of 2026. _The Ladies Lindores_ is one of her more important novels. It appeared in three volumes, and that's the way PG transcribed it:

PG:
v1 - https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/47591
v2 - https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/47592
v3 - https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/47593

IA:
v1 - https://archive.org/details/ladieslindores01olip
v2 - https://archive.org/details/ladieslindores02olip
v3 - https://archive.org/details/ladieslindores03olip

Other than clocking in at ~218K words, there's not too much special to note about this. (There is the shortest of "full-page" epigraphs.)

GH repo (soon to be populated) = https://github.com/dajare/margaret-oliphant_the-ladies-lindores

David / Fife, UK

[Alex Cabal]

OK! Emma will manage with Robin reviewing.

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[David]

I'm getting through my proof-read, and starting to think about covers for this.

The "Ladies Lindores" of the title refer to two sisters and their mother; the sisters take the central role(s). One marries and is widowed - I'm thinking this John Singer Sargent works very well for the two of them:

BUT, that depends on finding PD proof. I *might* have it, but don't know whether either of these pass muster:

- from 1886 (assuming title page date is date of publication, which I believe it is), and the image?:
https://archive.org/details/gri_33125015833938/page/n302/mode/1up?q=%22misses+vickers%22

- from 1885, although the scan is very dark:
https://archive.org/details/sim_magazine-of-art-1878_1885_8/page/517/mode/1up?q=%22misses+vickers%22

If either of those "proofs" is acceptable, I would go with this one. Here's hoping!

[Emma Sweeney]

Looks good! I've add it to the art DB.

I did find a much larger image of the painting that you may want to use instead.

Emma

[David]

That's super! Thanks, Emma - I did look for higher resolution image, but failed to find what you found. :)

On Saturday, 17 January 2026 at 05:39:35 UTC Emma Sweeney wrote:

Looks good! I've add it to the art DB.

I did find a much larger image of the painting that you may want to use instead.

. . .

[David]

This is now ready for your review, Robin. Some notes:

- `semanticate` will change `ith` in c23 to `<span epub:type="z3998:roman">i</span>`. ("ith" imitates a lisp for "is".)
- `diacritics` gives  `scène (1) scene (41)` = language correct

- the 1883 printing seems a bit careless, and some things remain in transcription (and even a modern 2016 edition) that are a bit dubious. A couple I've fixed anyway; I've left `paardonable` in c2, just in case it's "dialect", but it could be another candidate for [Editorial].

I think that's it. Hope it's in reasonable shape.

[Robin Whittleton]

Thanks, will start.

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[Robin Whittleton]

Just a few small updates needed, listed at https://github.com/dajare/margaret-oliphant_the-ladies-lindores/issues/1

-Robin

On 21 Jan 2026, at 12:07, David <djre...@gmail.com> wrote:

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