This whole story can be reconstructed from the introductions to the volumes inthis edition; cumulatively they will form a history of Lawrence's writingcareer.Threats of libel suits produced other changes. Sometimes a publisher made more changes than he admitted to Lawrence. On a number of occasions in dealing with American and British publishers Lawrence produced texts for both which were not identical.

General editors' preface

Acknowledgements

Chronology

Cue-titles

Map of Eastwood (c. 1910)

Introduction

1912-16‘Eisa Culverwell' and ‘The Insurrection of Miss Houghton’

1919-20 The Lost Girl

Publication and text

Reception

Publishing history

THE LOST GIRL

Appendix:‘ Eisa Culverwell'

Explanatory notes

Textual apparatus