Yes. And we should add that Maria Malikova has an excellent article in PRO ET CONTRA I, pp. 741-782 ("'Pervoe stikhotvorenie' V. Nabokova: perevod i kommentarii") discussing in detail how both the jewels-pavilion-stained-glass index circle and chapter 11 of Speak, Memory are absent in Conclusive Evidence and Drugie berega. Priscilla On Oct 1, 2006, at 1:17 PM, D. Barton Johnson wrote: ArialAnent the exchange re the role of VN's indexes, I immpdestly call attention to my discussion of the topic in both SM & PF in my 1985 Worlds in Regression Nabokov study.    D. Barton Johnson 0000,0000,EEEESearch the Nabokv-L archive at UCSB 0000,0000,EEEEContact the Editors All private editorial communications, without exception, are read by both co-editors. 0000,0000,EEEEVisit Zembla 0000,0000,EEEEView Nabokv-L Policies 0303,0303,0202...mais pourquoi tous vos livres me donnent-ils cette impression 'fâcheuse' d'être une mauvaise traduction du flamand? --letter of Jean Paulhan to Jacques Sternberg Helvetica HelveticaPriscilla Meyer Russian Department 212 Fisk Hall Wesleyan University Middletown CT 06459 (860) 685-3127 (work) (860) 347-0059 (home) http://pmeyer.web.wesleyan.edu