Jo of the  Chalet School

HB/PB comparisons   Publishing history

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First hardback dustwrapper by Nina K Brisley. There were also four black and white plates which may be viewed here.	First paperback edition - first style. Front and rear covers.
Second hardback dustwrapper by unknown artist. This was published by Dymocks in Australia. The spine was plain blue.	Second paperback edition - second style. Front and rear covers.
Third hardback dustwrapper by D Brook.	Third paperback edition - third style.
Illustration from third hardback by D Brook.   'She's only fainted - and she's a bit stunned too.'	Fourth paperback edition - fourth style.
Portuguese edition.	Fifth paperback edition - fifth style (double title).
Book on tape, published 1994.	Sixth paperback edition - sixth style.
Book on tape, published 1998.

The first edition and early reprints contained 4 black and white illustrations by Nina K. Brisley which are reproduced below. Click on an image to see it full size.
 

The girls pressed forward eagerly.

In her arms was a soft little roly-poly ball.

'Oh!' gasped Joey. 'How beautiful!'

In a flash she realised what had happened.

Jo of the Chalet School - hardback / paperback comparison

A shorter version of this comparison first appeared in the FOCS magazine no 51 in May 2001.

I've compared the 1939 hb with the 1998 pb. Page numbers are for the pb, because people who own a pb can then see where the cuts appear more easily than if I just mentioned hb pages.

There are the same number of chapters although, Chapter 10, 'It was all my own fault' is renamed 'An honour for the Chalet School' in the pb! As this does not fit in anywhere with the story I can only think that they muddled up one of the chapter headings from Princess with Jo of. In the 1983 pb, 2nd style, the chapter is correctly titled. The hb has 336 pages, but the writing is larger and there are less words to a page than the 203 page pb. The only other major differences are that Tiernsee is Tiern See in the hb, the divisions of the school have capitals in the pb (Juniors, Middles and Seniors) and the Chalet of Chalet School has a 'hat' on the 'a'.

Chapter 1 - The Three

Page 5, line 10: Grizel goes on to say: '"and don't start "The Tottenham Toad" or "Go and Tell Aunt Nancy" instead, 'cos I'm tired to death of them all!"'
Same page, line14: part of Grizel's speech has again been cut: '"I do think some of them might be up by now!"'
Page 6, line 2: after 'Grizel…had no resources of her own' it goes on to mention the reading of the other two, and the fact that Juliet likes needlework and is working on some embroidery which is to be Madge's Christmas present. The start of the next paragraph begins: 'Grizel was not over fond of reading, and she hated the very sight of the needle. She was an active tomboyish person…' This is cut in the pb to 'Grizel was an active tomboyish person', though why I cannot see.
Same page, line 23: between 'the next hamlet' and 'demanded briskly' the hb reads: 'if you can call it a hamlet when there is only a hotel and three small wooden huts, more like sheds than anything else'.
Page 7, line 13: after '"going, not coming"' Joey adds in the hb: '"Herr Braun told me he was going to shut up the Kron Prinz Karl next week, and go to his chalet"' - again with a 'hat' over the 'a' - '"over at Buchau for the winter. The Furstenhaus and the Stephanie have been closed for days now, and soon there'll only be the Post and the Adalbert open - they stay open all year round"'.
Page 7, line 17: Joey no longer slips an arm through Grizel's in the pb.
Page 7, line 20: after Joey mentions Vanna's name she goes on to mention another and Grizel cries: '"oh, do stop…We've been over the list about a hundred and fifty times, I should think, and I'm bored with it!"' Joey says '"All right," …amiably' then goes on with '"still it's gorgeous to think…"'
Same page, line 28: 'retorted Jo' is 'retorted Jo triumphantly' in the hb.
Same page, line 35: 'there were ten visitors' is 'there were ten visitors, as the girls quickly saw' in the hb.
Page 8, line 4: after 'as they passed' it goes on with: 'walking with the long, purposeful stride of the mountaineer. They made no attempt to join the steamer. The peasant of the Tiern See is generally poor, and all are good walkers' in the hb.
Same page, line 21: after 'lying in the path' it says 'and went backwards over'.
Same page: for some reason the phrase 'she spoke her native language only' in the hb is changed to 'she spoke only Italian' in the pb.
Page 9, line 9: after Grizel describes Bianca and Luigia's father as '"a bossy old thing"' a whole chunk has been cut between that and '"Here's Grete…"' Joey says that Madge would be cross about Grizel's description of Bianca's father, to which Grizel responds that Madame wouldn't mind her (Grizel) speaking slang to Jo. Joey says that Madge believes that every time they speak slang they make it harder to remember not to and that the slang rule is necessary - the usual reason is given - and that 'you know how angry she was with Simone for teaching French slang to Margia and Amy!' There follows a discussion of how Evadne will manage with the rule (not very well, as we know) and that she'll find it harder because she's American and they speak more slang. Grizel says that she'll adjust, just as she herself did after being at the High; Joey adds that she never used as much anyway because Madge and Dick didn't like it.
Page 10, line 11: the phrase 'Joey … held out the big paper poke with an indistinct, "Have one"' in the hb is changed to 'Joey…held out the big paper bag and said, "Have one"' in the pb.
Same page, line 33: we are no longer told that Joey 'threw the core of her apple into the lake, and, since her handkerchief was missing at the moment, wiped her fingers on her stockings'.
Same page, line 35: Before 'they all went in to find Marie Pfeifen …' the hb says 'the others approved of this suggestion' - again, why this was cut is beyond me.
Page 11, line 1: Joey's speech and other info is cut: in the hb it is '"Coo! I'm glad of a hot dinner!" said Joey as she slid into her seat and cuddled her bowl with chilly fingers. "It's cold to-day!"' Why was the meal changed?
Same page, line 3: Juliet adds: '"you'll spill that in a minute if you play with it like that!"'
Same page, line 4: before Joey speaks, it says in the hb: 'Thus adjured, Joey set it back on to the table, and fell to the task of emptying it'
Page 12, line 9: a chunk is cut in which the girls, waiting for the train, try to 'make friends with a cat which walked out of the Gasthaus at Seespitz'. It doesn't work and Joey is scratched when she tries to pick the cat up. Grizel notices that the train is coming in, offers Joey some first aid advice and then dashes off for the train.

Chapter 2 - The Robin Arrives

Page 13, line 5: after 'come home' the hb adds: 'as it was too cold to stand about'.
Same page, line 18: after 'much warmer in the valley than it is up here' is '"aren't you cold in those blazers? You should have put on your coats".' Followed by Joey saying '"Oh no! I'm quite warm enough…there's a gorgeous fire in the big stove, and Marie is sure to have coffee ready when we get back"' before '"won't you really…"'
Page 14, line 5: after 'queried Juliet' is ' coming to the rescue as Grizel crimsoned and was silenced' in the hb.
Page 15, line 6: 'Joey shook her black head till she looked like a golliwog' in the hb becomes 'Joey shook her head' in the pb.
Same page, line 8: a bit is missing in the pb between '"…years and years ago"' and '"he was a great friend of father's"': '"I don't suppose you were more than four." "Well, I should think I wouldn't remember then," returned Joey. "Who is he?"'
Page 16, line 13: a typically EBD phrase (or so it would appear) is cut: '"the doctor, a clever one, I imagine"'.
Page 17, line 9: a phrase has been cut, probably for historical reasons: 'Leningrad - Petrograd, you know, children, don't be so silly!' becomes simply 'Petrograd' in the pb. This is probably because Lenin wouldn't mean much to anyone who hadn't studied 20th Century Russian history - Leningrad would certainly be a mystery.
Page 18, line 2: after Grizel says '"oh, so do I"' the hb continues with a conversation on how much Grizel wishes the slang rule could be revoked.
Same page, line 36: instead of 'they hurried back to the chalet' the hb reads: 'they made all the haste they could, and presently were back at the chalet'.
Page 19, line 1: after 'the Robin had been wrapped' the hb continues with: 'to protect her from the cold and the icy mountain air which was sweeping down the valley'.
Same page: slight changes in the passage about the Robin. In the hb she is 'very fast asleep'. Between 'night light' and 'and they crept out of the room' is 'for it was growing dark by this time'.

Chapter 3 - The Chalet School Grows

Page 20, line 4: after '"Zhoey"' the hb adds '"it is a droll name!"'
Same page, line 5: there is another bit missing from the pb here. Before Grizel arrives, Juliet tells Joey to put her dressing gown and slippers on. Joey grumbles that it is a warm morning, but Juliet argues that the rule is '"that you don't paddle about in 'jamas and bare feet"' and it should be kept. Joey returns to the Robin 'in a yellow dressing gown and black moccasins. Her hair was all in confusion, which gave her a surprised air, and she was quite unlike anyone the Robin had ever seen before'.
Same page, line 23: after '"or you will be late as usual"' Joey replies: '"You're generally so punctual yourself, aren't you?"'
Same page, line 26: another bit is missing here, in which Joey yells '"bags me first bath!"' and dashes from the room, slamming the door behind her.
Page 21, line 19: before 'she led her away' Madge says '"of course! Come along now, dear. The others will come presently"'.
Page 22, line 18: Joey adds '"like - like anything"' after '"they were staring at the Chalet"'.
Same page, line 20: after 'implored Grizel' the hb goes on with 'nearly overturning her coffee in her eagerness'. Further reference to this is cut, both Madge warning Grizel about it and Grizel moving her cup out of harm's reach. Also, Madge's statement of '"my dear girl, how should I know?"' in the hb becomes '"my dear girl, I have no idea"' in the pb - another change that seems to be pointless.
Page 23, line 32: after '"and yours to put in order"' the hb adds '"there's heaps to do, goodness knows!"'
Same page, line 34: a little bit missing about how they ran upstairs before hanging up the curtains.
Page 24, line 23: after '"may come, or they may not"' Madge in the hb adds '"I do wish people would make up their minds, and not dither like this!"'
Same page, line 25: in the pb Madge no longer stops short, 'an expression of horror on her face'.
Pp 24-25: Miss Maynard's speech is slightly altered in the pb: she no longer says '"you struck a lucky pitch, you see"' and she no longer looks at Madge with a smile.
Page 25, line 10: after the bell rings, Madge's speech of '"good gracious! I meant to get through heaps this morning, and this room is all we've done. How awful!"' is cut from the pb.
Page 26, line 17: after Herr Marani gives his permisson, he adds '"I make no doubt Fraulein Bettany will be pleased to have you go; so go, my child"'.
Page 27, line 7: in the pb we no longer learn that Herr Marani made his departure 'making for a little chalet at the upper end of the Briseau valley, where some old friends of his lived, and where he intended staying for the few days he would be here'.
Same page, line 18: before '"very well Marie"' Madge says in the hb '"and perhaps it isn't!"'.

Chapter 4 - Term begins

Page 28, line 2: 'thus Joey, outside the Chalet School, at the full pitch of her lungs' in the hb is changed to 'shouted Joey, outside the Chalet School' in the pb.
Same page, line 7: more info on Grizel's blazer 'which seemed to have completely disappeared. She found it at last under one of the beds'. Also cut from this paragraph is the fact that Joey was 'dancing with impatience over her delay'.
Same page, line 21: a sentence is cut from the pb 'most folk would have refused to believe that there were only eight girls to make it' (the noise).
Pp 29-30: there's a whole chunk missing here. After Grizel says that Miss Durrant played for her county, Joey 'who had not been present when this piece of information had been given' tries to walk backwards on the lake path exclaiming '"No! Has she really? I say! How topp - er - splendid!"' Grizel and Mademoiselle then both warn her about walking backwards beside a lake ('"you'll go backwards over into the lake"') and Joey turns round the right way. Bernhilda then asks '"where is Juliet?"'
Page 30, line 19: Jo's reply is no longer described as 'somewhat unusual' in the pb.
Same page, line 30: the pb contains neither Grizel's comments about how Jo gives all the facts at once, nor Grizel's suggestion that the others might be overwhelmed by all this knowledge.
Page 31, line 18: after '"there's still heaps to be done"' the hb adds '"before the next batch of you arrives"'.
Same page, line 26: '"what kind of holidays did you have? I had a gorgeous time!"' is cut from the pb.
Page 32, line 10: after 'chattering' the hb adds 'as fast as their tongues could wag, in German'.
Same page, line 18: missing from the pb is '"just now, for I have so much to do; I really don't know if I'm standing on my head or my heels"'.
Page 33, line 6: Miss Maynard's speech of '"it's their father's fault, of course. He only decided to let them come as boarders last night, and didn't let you know till nearly twenty-two, and there's been no time since then to arrange anything! What shall we do?"' is cut between '"how awful!"' and '"let me have the list"' - it had a paragraph of its own and Madge's speech was butted together.
Same page, line 26: a cut from the pb of 'luckily, there was too much going on for them to fret for any length of time, and when they all assembled…'.
Page 34, line 31: 'twenty-one o'clock' in the hb becomes 'nine o'clock' in the pb.

Chapter 5 - New Interests

Pp 35-36: after Joey asks the name of the girl from Gisela's book, Gisela says '"which girl? Do you mean the head girl? I think her name was-"' whereat Joey interrupts her and says she wanted the name of the girl in the fourth (the book is Denise of the Fourth by Muriel Bernadine Browne).
Page 37, line 20: missing from the pb is 'for already a low moaning in the valleys heralded the coming of the storm, and the wind-tossed lake would make the path unpleasant to walk along before very long'.
Page 39, line 12: cut from the pb is a typical Chalet expression, after Joey says '"well, I'll try"' she goes on to add '"saints couldn't do more"' in the hb.
Same page, line 35: 'there was a scurry' comes before 'in ten minutes' in the hb.
Page 41, line 6: a chunk is cut in which Joey says sotto voce to her neighbour '"what price the plate?.. There wouldn't be very much left of it when I'd finished"'. Concerning Miss Durrant's remark that '"you ought to be able to turn single in - in a soup-plate."'
At the very end of this chapter a whole chunk is missing after 'they all trooped off…' in which Joey gets Madge and says that she's had an idea: '"let's give a folk-dance entertainment next summer to the visitors!"'. Madge says that summer is a long way off and they aren't even in winter yet. Joey insists that it would be nice and Madge replies '"well, we'll see. Run along and make yourself respectable, you golliwog!"'. Joey runs off deciding to put it into the Chaletian.

Chapter 6 - The Chaletian

Page 43, line 35: after 'not a single hand was raised' the hb adds that Grizel protested, '"we all want it, Gisela! Do buck up and come to the point"'. Also missing from the pb, after 'said Gisela', is 'paying no attention to Grizel's remark'.
Page 45, line 27: after 'having one page to look after' a chunk is missing from the pb in which Grizel complains that '"school mags aren't run that way"'. Juliet says that she knows this, but as the school isn't an ordinary one they can't '"run things like a high school - not yet, anyway"'.
Page 46, line 23: 'The Robin, who was nearest, scrambled down from her chair and ran to open it' in the hb becomes merely 'the Robin ran to open it' in the pb.
Same page, line 36: before '"I don't quite understand"' the hb reads 'Miss Bettany sat down on the nearest chair'.
Page 48, line 12: a paragraph is cut between 'it wasn't a walk' and '"ow! Here's another one"': 'A grave-faced peasant, who happened to be coming back to Geisalm, looked at them in amazement as they fled, laughing and calling, along the path'.
Same page, line31: 'last term' in the hb becomes 'the previous term' in the pb.
Page 49, line 12: another paragraph is cut: 'they were standing in the Speisesaal at the time and she glanced out of the window as she spoke, to the grey, tumbling waves which were so unlike the blue, smiling waters of the Tiern See in summer'.

Chapter 7 - Rufus is Adopted

Page 50, line 31: '"it really is extraordinary where Joey can be"' in the hb becomes '"it really is extraordinary. Where can Joey be?"' in the pb.
Page 55, line 7: after 'but nobody felt very much like laughing just then' the hb adds 'Miss Bettany looked at the baby with serious eyes, and the Robin gazed back just as seriously'.
Page 56, line 34: before 'an hour later' the hb reads 'they all flew round'.
Page 58, line 4: after '"the nicest birthday present I ever had!"' there is another bit in the hb in which Madge tells Joey that she should settle down now and stop '"giving us any more frights by going off without telling anyone where you are going!"' Little chance of that for, even though she left a note, Joey goes tearing off after Elisaveta in Princess. Also cut is Joey saying that Rufus will go everywhere with her and that St Bernard's are faithful dogs, '"look at the one in "Excelsior"!"'

Chapter 8 - The New Singing Master

Page 58, line 19: before Margia says '"guess what"' the hb has a chunk that is missing in the pb. Joey demands '"well, what is it?.. Buck up and tell us before you explode!"' to which Margia responds '"don't be so horrid mean, Joey Bettany!"'
Same page, line 23: a bit of Margia's speech is missing. Between '"oh, school, of course"' and '"go on!"' she says '"fearfully thrilling"'.
Page 59, line 17: there is a description of how Miss Maynard and Mademoiselle found the middles stupid in the hb which is missing from the pb. Jo answered a question in French Literature with '"the new man"' and was condemned to copying out pages from Duruy's Petite Histoire de France.
Same page, line 20: after 'thronged round Margia demanding to know all the details of the new singing-master' the hb continues with 'Margia was only too pleased to gratify them'.
Same page, line 27: after Simone suggests that Mr Denny is ill, the hb adds 'But Margia didn't know, and was unable to satisfy her curiosity'.
Same page, line 30: cut from the pb is a description of how there was a pillow fight that morning, caused by Joey repeatedly singing "Some Like Coffee. Some Like Tea". The others had thrown their pillows at her and the fight had followed. They had been caught by Miss Maynard and Madge had later pointed out that, as Juliet wasn't there because she had early practice, they had been on their honour to behave.
Page 60, line 5: a bit is cut between 'improving in that direction' and 'luckily for everyone': 'as a rule, Joey was not so bad as Grizel and Evadne and one or two others, her wide reading of the classics had helped her there. However, occasionally she fell as she had done today'.
Same page, line 17: another paragraph is missing from the pb: 'she fixed the middles with a stern eye as she spoke, and several people wriggled uncomfortably. Then grace was said, and they were dismissed to amuse themselves until a quarter to two.'
Same page, line 26: 'his open shirt-throat' in the hb becomes 'his throat' in the pb.
Page 61, line 3: after Mr Denny tells them to read Republic there is a bit missing from the pb about how Plato is a mere name to most of them and they do not intend to take Mr Denny's advice and read the book. Mr Denny smiles at them, not realising this.

Chapter 9 - Shakespeariana

Page 65, line 27: a bit is missing from the pb after '"we all will"' in which Frieda says that she will find it difficult because '"your English is so hard always!"'. Joey assures her it will be easy and she will practise in her dormy.
Page 68, line 32: 'she had perforce to wait' in the hb becomes 'she had to wait' in the pb.
Page 70: a lot is cut concerning Joey's visit to Madge: Jo no longer soaks a towel for her sister and puts it on her forehead; Madge no longer says '"don't look so worried, Baby"'; and we no longer learn that Jo 'lifted two chairs and set the towel rail on top of them. Over that she hung her sister's flannel dressing gown, effectually darkening the room. Madge smiled her thanks. The creamy casement curtains at the window didn't do much to keep out the light, and the darkness was a relief'. Any reference to this act is cut from the pb and, after these cuts have been made, two paragraphs are again butted together.
Page 71, line 13: after 'the others might not bother her with questions' the hb adds 'which, by the way, was remarkably forgiving of them'.
Page 72, line 17: after 'through prep. without any trouble was a mystery' the hb reads 'for they were all wildly excited, giggling and whispering as much as they dared'.
Page 73, line 14: the pb is missing '"you are an impertinent monkey to have twisted my words round like that"'.
Same page, line 20: again, part of Madge's speech is cut: '"you are a bad, incorrigible child!"'
Same page, line 23: we are no longer told in the pb that Joey rubbed 'her head against her sister's arm like an ingratiating pussycat'.

Chapter 10 - "It Was All My Own Fault!"

Page 74: a description of the sky is cut after 'veiling of thin ice': 'overhead was a leaden sky, giving promise of yet more snow, and the whole world seemed to be wrapped in a mantle of stillness'.
Page 75: cut is Paula wanting to go into Joey's cubicle to see the snow and Juliet saying that she can't because it is against the rules. Juliet adds that if they want to see it, they can get up and get dressed as there are only five minutes before the bell.
Same page: also cut is the fact that 'Sunday dressing was always a longer affair than weekday, for there were white petticoats to get into, and deep-brown velvet frocks with muslin collars and cuffs to adjust, and the people with long hair were allowed to have it hanging loose'. There is also a bit about Jo being quickest because of her bobbed hair and Juliet using a clasp instead of putting her hair in a plait.
Same page: cut between 'Simone' and 'was waiting' is 'another of the fortunate possessors of bobbed hair'.
Same page: cut is Joey saying '"come on, Simone; I'm going to shut the door"'.
Same page: cut is a description of Madge 'looking very fresh and dainty in her navy-blue serge frock with its touches of black braid'.
Page 76, line 19: after 'there was an icy wind getting up' the hb continues 'the three middles, who had already transgressed this rule glanced at each other a little consciously. No one noticed them'. Because of this 'everyone was too much overjoyed … to think of anything else' becomes 'everyone was overjoyed'.
Page 77, line 25: '"Mademoiselle is hunting up the thermogene, and we'll soon have you all right"' is merely '"Mademoiselle is hunting up some medicine"' in the pb. Again, this change means other cuts must be made, so that, in the pb, Mademoiselle miraculously appears as if from nowhere whilst in the hb we learn that 'Mademoiselle appeared at this moment with the thermogene soaked in turpentine, and a jar of goose grease with which she greased Jo's chest and shoulders before she turcked the hateful-smelling cotton wool pad into her pyjamas'. Mademoiselle then asks if they should ring up Dr Erckhardt.
Same page, line 30: a chunk is cut here in which Mademoiselle leaves to phone the doctor and Madge goes to Joey who 'was groaning under the sting of the turpentine' and tells her that she'll have to put up with it, to which Joey replies that it is rotten.
Page 78, line 2: after 'the hot water bottles were all they ought to be' the hb reads 'she said nothing about the cause of all this, but her kind plain face showed her thought, and Jo wriggled uncomfortably. She was rather glad when Madge came back to take over, and Mademoiselle went off in charge of the Senior walk'.
Same page, line 3: 'Miss Bettany had brought with her' in the hb becomes 'Miss Bettany had brought back with her' in the pb.
Same page, line 21: cut is Madge's reaction to Joey's comment about pain: she puts iodine on the place where the pain occurs and also goes white.
Same page, line 29: 'camp-bedstead' in the hb is 'camp-bed' in the pb. The hb continues with 'long curls floating loose over the pillow'.
Page 80, line 17: cut from the pb is Madge saying '"let me go now, baby"'.
Same page, line 20: Madge mutters '"Joey Baba"' in the hb.
Same page, line 25: cut is a paragraph 'she left the room with a smile, and Joey proceeded to reduce the food on the tray to mere nothingness, which spoke well for the rapidity of her recovery'.
Same page, line 26: 'carrying carefully' in the hb becomes 'carefully carrying' in the pb.

Chapter 11 - The First Issue of 'The Chaletian'

Page 82: a massive chunk is cut here. Joey asks Madge if she has to call her 'Madame' all hols and Madge assures her that she won't. Madge then goes on to say that she doesn't want the Robin learning any of Jo's slang (after Joey says it'll be weird hearing Madge called 'ma tante' by Robin) and adds that she heard Renee Lecoutier describing Miss Durrant to Inga Eriksen as '"a regular peacherino"'.
Same page, line 28: cut from the pb is 'Juliet said very little, but that night she crept into Jo's cubicle when she came up to bed, to make sure that that restless young lady was well covered up'.
Page 84, line 2: cut is a bit about how Joey, as sister to the Head, had to obey.
Same page, line 9: cut is some of Madge's speech: '"I shan't promise you anything, Joey. Now run along"'.
Same page, line 17: 'Marie caught up her thick woollen skirt, and threw it over her shoulders and dashed out into the snow' in the hb is 'Marie dashed out into the snow' in the pb.
Same page, line 32: cut from the pb is '"O-o-oh!" sighed the editor ecstatically. "How splendacious"'.
Page 85, line 20: after 'excited girls' the hb continues 'who welcomed her vociferously'.
Same page, line 22: pb readers no longer learn that Amy ran 'all her words into each other!'. Also cut is Simone's speech of '"oh, please, will you that we may see it soon?"'.
Page 86, line 6: cut from the pb is the fact that Joey was in the study 'dancing up and down with impatience'.
Same page, line 10: missing from the pb is Madge saying '"Jo, will you please cease those antics and go and sit down!"' before she says '"come in"'.

Chapter 12 - The Hobbies Club

Page 92, line 14: cut is a description of the party Simone's paper dolls were having that afternoon. It is hosted by General Pershing and attended by Queen Alexandra, Emperor Frank Jozef (of Austria), Charlie Chaplin, Madam Sarah Bernhardt, Moliere and Charles Dickens! Also cut is Joey presenting Simone with another doll (Richard II).
Page 93, line 3: cut from the pb is: '"Mine!" said Grizel at the same moment, swelling with pride' in connection with the idea of the Hobbies Club.
Same page, line 24: cut is Joey saying '"It's a top - splendid idea!"'
Page 94, line 18: cut is Wanda saying that '"A friend of mamma's has painted a most beautiful dinner-service…I should like to do a similar one. I know it would not be so beautiful, bit I think I could make one look very pretty"'. Also cut is a bit about Wanda being both modest and very artistic.
Same page, line 22: another paragraph is missing in which Margia says that she couldn't write a song that would be worth anything like "Summer Is Icumen In" and "Flora Brought Me Fairest Flowers", and she doesn't want to waste her time on rubbish. Because of this, Jo's speech has also been cut, so she no longer defends herself in the pb. Also Margia saying that Jo's other idea had better be better or she (Jo) will have to put her mine to other things, like Maths.
Page 95: cut is a discussion of some of the songs they have learnt with Plato.

Chapter 13 - The Nativity Play

Page 97, line 10 (first line of the chapter): cut is 'as Miss Maynard said, Monday no sooner came than it was Friday; and the weekend went faster even than that'.
Page 98, line 13: 'the girls were attired in white frocks and black hair-ribbons' in the hb is 'the girls were attired in white frocks' in the pb.
Same page, line 35: cut is Herr Anserl calling Plato 'a brother' and 'luckily, the room was too crowded for Herr Anserl to move, and Mr Denny was at the other side of the room, so the threatened embrace could not take place yet'.
Page 104, line 7: 'with that Grizel was fain to be satisfied' in the hb is 'with that Grizel had to be satisfied' in the pb.

Chapter 14 - The Christmas Holidays Begin

Page 104, line 23: cut from the pb is 'the only thing they had to fear was the fall of snow; and Marie, the weather-wise, had assured them that there would be none before nightfall, at any rate. Miss Bettany, surveying the sparkling white clad landscape from the window with thoughtful dark eyes, decided that Marie was right'. Also cut is Joey saying impatiently '"don't you hear me?"' before '"don't you think..?"'.
PP 104-5: cut is Madge telling the girls what to do with the food and the girls obeying her.
Page 105: cut is Joey complaining that she feels like an Eskimo (spelt Esqimau) because Madge has wrapped her up so well.
Page 107, line 8: 'the Robin, in spite of all her wrappings, was a light weight' in the hb is 'the Robin was a light weight' in the pb.
Same page, line 34: 'girdle' in the hb is 'belt' in the pb.
Page 108, line 14: '"Jo, give Marie the little parcel I gave you, and then take the other baskets"' in the hb becomes '"Jo, take the other baskets"' in the pb. Any reference to the parcel is then cut.
Same page, line 19: Joey's speech of '"it's lighter here…I don't think the snow will fall for ages yet"' is cut from the pb.
Page 109, line 18: a small paragraph is cut from the pb: '"So shall I also," piped up the Robin, somewhat drowsily, it must be confessed, for the long walk and the hot drink were doing their work, and she was already half asleep'.
Same page, line 21: after Madge settles the Robin in her arms, the pb is missing Madge's speech to Joey of '"don't you go off…it's only an hour to the Robin's bedtime, but it's more than three to yours"'.
Same page, line 22: 'Joey laughed and turned her attention…' in the hb is 'Joey turned her attention' in the pb.
Same page, line 37: after 'Joey wondered what Dick would have said if she ever looked at him like that' the hb continues 'and smothered a giggle at the thought of his horror'. Also cut is 'mercifully, no one heard her, or she might have found some difficulty in explaining her laughter'.
Page 110, line 6: after '"so Frau Marani refused permission"' Bernhilda continues in the hb with '"it is different here from the Tiern See, you see. This is the town"'. Also cut is Joey saying that it was only half past five, so why couldn't they come on their own? Bernhilda replies that it is not the custom, so it wouldn't be allowed. In the pb, Joey merely sits silently throughout the journey. In the hb we learn that this is because she was deep in thought, presumably over Bernhilda's speech.
Same page, line 26: after 'kind face above her' the hb continues with Frau Mensch saying '"come, we will mount the stairs and see what a fine supper awaits us"'.
Same page, line 28: cut is 'after climbing till Joey felt ready to sit down and cry for tiredness' before 'Frau Mensch stopped…'.
Same page, line 37: cut is Frau Mensch telling her guests that '"I have put in Frieda's old cot for das Liebchen; and you and the little sister, will you sleep well in the big bed, do you think, mein Fraulein?"'.
Page 111, line 34: cut from the pb is the fact that Joey changed 'boots and home-knitted woollen stockings for slippers and silk stockings'. Also cut after 'leaving Jo to see to the Robin' is 'they all felt fresher, but Miss Bettany mentally resolved to see that her juniors went straight to bed after supper, for the Robin was sleepy, and Joey's eyes looked like saucers of ink in her little pale face'.
Page 112, line 27: cut is Frau Mensch's speech: '"No, my child, you are too weary yourself, and I have indulged these bad children," she smiled at her girls, "and they did not get up early this morning, as I am sure you did. - Take das Liebling, Bernhilda."'

Chapter 15 - A Jolly Day

The opening sentence is altered very slightly in the pb: 'Joey was the first to wake up next morning' in the hb is 'Joey was the first to wake up the next morning' in the pb. Can't see much point to it, but there it is.
Page 115m line 5: 'then she looked down at her sister, who lay, looking absurdly childish, with all her pretty hair loose about her, her delicate face flushed with sleep' in the hb is merely 'then she looked down at her sister, who lay flushed with sleep' in the pb. Also cut is '"what a kid she looks!" was Joey's mental comment. "Imagine that a Head! It seems simply idiotic!"'
Same page, line 7: cut is 'though she (Joey) nearly giggled outright as she thought of what Grizel would have said if she been requested to put on a pinafore'.
Page 117, line 19: cut is 'Joey bethought herself that is her sister had awakened then she would be wondering where she - Joey - was. She explained this to Frieda, and left that young person to go back and help Bernhilda, while she herself returned to the bedroom'. It is 'Joey returned to the bedroom' in the pb.
Same page, line 22: after 'brown curls all on end' is 'and an impatient look in her big brown eyes'. Also cut is that the Robin 'informed her, waving a small hand in Miss Bettany's direction' and that Joey 'nearly shouted at hearing Madge called "Tante Marguerite" but she bit it back in time'.
Same page, line 28: cut is 'she was tired of bed and wanted to be with the others. The school baby found her own company somewhat dull after being with eight girls most of the time'. In the hb 'with precaution and consideration for her sister's slumbers' is merely 'quietly' in the pb. Another cuts comes after 'brushed the short curls': 'with any amount of goodwill and no little force'. The 'prettily embroidered Holland pinafore' is 'prettily embroidered pinafore' in the pb.
Page 118, line 30: pb owners no longer learn that Joey explained everything 'as she "screwged" up the plumeau to make room for herself'.
Page 119, line 23: a bit is cut then butted together here. 'The shop windows were brave with scarlet paper and tinsel chains, and it was a difficult matter to get Joey along. She would insist on stopping every now and then to feast her eyes on the beauty round her. In the shops there was a general atmosphere of goodwill and merriment' becomes 'the shop windows were brightly decorated and there was a general atmosphere of goodwill and merriment'. Also cut from the beginning of the next paragraph is: 'a murmured explanation to good Frau Mensch…' and 'Madge and Joey were left to their own devices and spent a pleasantly exciting time' is 'Madge and Joey spent a pleasantly exciting time'.
Page 120, line 35: after 'much to Madge's relief' the hb continues with 'she knew her small sister well enough to be aware that violent exertion on an empty stomach would mean that Jo would be too dead-tired to anything on the morrow. Also, she felt distressed at the rudeness to their hosts, unintentional although she knew it to be'.
Page 121, line 18: after 'Bernhilda fled to her rescue' the hb adds 'giggling wildly at the startled face Jo raised to her'.

Chapter 16 - Christmas in Innsbruck

Page 123: the lamp-lit streets are no longer described as 'gay' and Joey no longer calls the river 'dead'. Also, 'gay laughter' becomes 'cheerful laughter' and 'gay noise' is 'happy noise' - some of these changes have not been made in the 1983 pb or the 1990 one. It is a sign of re-editing for the 6th style (and possibly 5th style, which I don't have for School/Jo of) paperbacks.
Page 125, line 2: cut is Joey saying that she wouldn't answer to "Josephine" and Madge replying that she'd have to. Joey says that mercifully it can't happen and the hb then goes on with '"I hate it when you call me Josephine"'. Why this is cut I cannot see.
Same page, line 19: after '"it's beautiful"' the hb reads 'Joey took it up with almost reverent fingers, looking admiringly at the exquisite embroideries in darker shades of green, gold and dull pinks'. Cut a little further on is Joey adjusting the dress with 'quick, delicate fingers that had the Latin gift of making a garment sit right' and that the dull pinks help bring out the colour in Joey's cheeks.
Same page, line 33: after 'asked Joey' the hb continues 'when she had exhausted all her adjectives on the Robin'. Further on, pb owners lose the info after 'laughed Madge' of 'as she twisted up her pretty curly hair at express speed'.
Page 126, line 7: cut is Joey pestering Madge a bit more about what Dick's presents are.
Page 127: cut is the fact that Joey used her prettiest curtsey when she curtsied to die Grossmutter.
Page 128: cut are some of die Grossmutter's stories.
Page 130, line 15: a paragraph is cut her: 'there was a rush and a scramble to get into woollies and furs, and old Frau Mensch was to be heard reminding her son that he must take many rugs and hot bricks, and be sure that all were warm'.
Page 131: cut is a description of how good a servant Gertlieb is and that Frau Mensch gives her more freedom than most, and Gertlieb is grateful and works harder for a little holiday. Frau Mensch intends to give Gertlieb a 'whole half-day' off as well as a gift of money. Madge thinks of the maid they had in England, who demanded Christmas, Boxing Day, Sunday and a weekly half-day off. Madge does not anything, though, for she knows Gertlieb considers herself fortunate and that Frau Mensch is a kind mistress who did not overdrive her servants.
Same page: the word 'gay' is again changes to something else, 'jolly' in this case when referring to the 'jingle of the sleigh-bells'.
Page 132, line 28: Robin's doll is described as 'smiling at her new mamma' whilst in the pb it is merely 'smiling'.

Chapter 17 - The New Term

Page 134, line 11: after 'persisted the French child' the hb adds 'after the ceremony was over, and undemonstrative Jo was furtively rubbing her face'.
Page 135: cut is Joey telling Juliet that she's '"pounds heavier"' than she was last term and that she's getting to be a '"real porker"'. Juliet says that '"Madame would have a fit if she could hear you"' to which Joey retorts '"if"' before saying '"I say, Simone"'.
Page 136, line 8: cut is Margia suggesting that Jo should get her hair cut like a boy's. Jo replies that she '"tried that on last year. I went to a new hairdresser's in Exeter when we were staying there and told him I had been sent for an Eton crop. He believed me - silly flop - and did it! If you'd seen Madge's face when I got back to our hotel, you'd have died"'. Margia then suggests that Joey ought to get one of those '"round comb things"' and Joey agrees that that might be a good idea.
Page 137: the description of the Ice Carnival is cut, so pb readers lose such details as people going to Mass at the Chapel before returning home.
Same page, line 22: cut is 'Joey closed the door quietly, setting the books down on a conveniently near chair and went and stood beside her sister'. Missing in pb from the end of Madge's is: '"if it were only our own lakeside people, I shouldn't hesitate at all. As it is, I'm doubtful that I shall be able to let you go, even to look on"'.
Page 138, line 12: the end of Madge's speech is cut again: '"the juniors will be in bed, so it will simply be a case of sitting over there till Mademoiselle returns. Now, trot!"' The paragraph after this is also cut at the end: 'roasting chestnuts - brought by Paula - and talking nineteen to the dozen'.
Same page: Joey's speech before she bites her chestnut is cut: '"I think it's mean! I want awfully to see the carnival!"'
Page 139: cut at the end of the paragraph is Margia asking Paula if Joey can have more chestnuts, and Paula shyly replying that she can.

Chapter 18 - The Ice Carnival

Again, the first sentence is altered. 'The fiat had gone forward' becomes 'the decision was made' in the pb.
Page 142, line 29: cut is Luigia and Vanna being encouraged to speak Italian with the others and Miss Denny coming to the school every other day to take Italian lesosns, as well as the fact that she had spent four years in Italy. Also cut further down is Plato wanting to start a madrigal society and that he kept worrying Madge about it. He continued to quote Plato 'in season and out' and also offered to teach the girls eurythmics, which no one wanted, as they had enough to do anyway.
Page 144, line 8: the hb reads 'when it was over and they were going to the splasheries to wash their hands before going upstairs to change from their tunics' whilst the pb reads 'and before going upstairs to change from their tunics'. Also cut is a description of Simone: 'she was, emphatically, not of the stuff that makes heroines, and this particular idea required a certain amount of courage to carry it out, It is not, for instance, an easy matter to face your headmistress with the information that you have deliberately disobeyed her' before 'however, once Simone…'.
Page 145, line 21: cut is Madge leaving 'the big girls to amuse themselves - and, incidentally, Rufus and his mamma - as they liked'.
Same page, line 36: pb readers no longer learn that Madge 'laid her cool finger's on Joey's wrist, but her little sister twisted away'.
Page 149, line 8: cut is Madge thinking that she has spoilt Joey and will punish her severely.

Chapter 19 - Joey Writes an "Elsie" Book

Page 151, line 11: cut is a paragraph detailing the arrangements made to house Joey during her recovery: she is put in the Blue dormy and Marie and Wanda have to move, to the Yellow and Green dormies respectively. The view in the Blue dormy is the Briseau valley. Joey prefers the lake, but she didn't dare complain.
Same page: cut is Juliet telling Simone off for crying.
Page 152, line 12: pb readers miss out on the fact that Madge was knitting a new jumper for Joey.
Page 153, line 14: the hb contains a description of Joey as she sits up against her pillows: 'her hair looking rather more like a bird's nest than usual'.
Same page, line 26: cut is Joey sitting up obediently whilst Madge brushes her 'wild elf-locks'. This means that after Joey tells Madge Elsie's boys' names, she no longer adds, in the pb: '"I say, I wish you wouldn't brush so hard!"' Any reference to this is cut from the pb.
Page 154, line 4: Joey also says that she is sick of '"the mountains. I like the lake heaps better"'. Also cut is Madge staying with Joey till 'it was quite dark and stars glimmered in the blue velvet skies and lit up the snow-crystals'.
Same page, line 32: Madge knows that Joey is not usually shy about her work, so she is surprised about her not wanting to show her "Elsie" book. Madge remembers 'fragments of a rigmarole entitled "Pierre, the Smuggler: a Romance of Napoleon" and sundry fairy-tales and beginnings of school-storied, which had been pressed on her at various stages'.
Same page, line 34: Joey no longer tells Madge '"of course it is, silly!"'. In the pb, Madge goes off with the book without reminding Jo that this is no way to talk to a mistress.
Cut from the pb is the chapter of the book which Madge reads to Jem. It's too long to include, but if this is what they're like they must be very funny.

Chapter 20 - Joey and Rufus to the Rescue

Page 159, line 3: cut is Juliet saying '"get the room ready you people. Who ought to be practising?"' and Margia's reply that she is supposed to be practising.
Page 159, line 28: Miss Maynard's speech is shortened in the pb. Further down the page the description of what the day is like is altered.
Page 160: cut is Grizel wanting to race with Joey, and Joey saying that she can't because of her ankle.
Page 161, line 11: cut is Rufus being 'wild with the spring scents in his nose'.
Same page: the paragraph in the pb ending 'Simone's hobby the previous term' is shortened. The extra lines in the hb tell us that Simone is now collecting postcards, so she has handed her dolls onto the babies. Robin loves her and keeps them with her at all times, even putting them on a chair by her bed at night. Cut from the beginning of the next paragraph is the fact that the doll is Napoleon, and that Robin loved him because Joey did.
Page 163, line 19: cut is Joey being put to bed with 'thermogene dipped in turpentine on her chest and back'.
Same page, line 34: Dr Jem's speech is cut, so that in the pb he no longer asks if Madame and Mademoiselle are going to be returning via the saw mills or praises Miss Durrant's actions in caring for the Robin.
Page 164: cut is a paragraph telling how Miss Durrant had a bad cold and blamed herself for the accident, even though it was no one's fault.
Also, Napoleon is longer 'drowned' in the pb.

Chapter 21 - An Unpleasant Problem

Page 166, line 17: missing from the pb are several details, such as Frieda (!) slapping Simone because she (Simone) tripped over her and Mademoiselle giving the pair medicine.
Same page, line 37: part of Jo's speech is cut in which she tells Simone that she is a '"perfect Niagara"'.
Page 167: two paragraphs containing details of Madge's "Spring Medicine", such as Joey describing it as '"filthy muck"' and being awarded a repetition of the whole of Lycidas as punishment.
Page 169, line 18: cut is a description of what the girls were wearing: 'brown caps and coats, and strong boots'. In the next sentence, 'queer' is repleaced by 'strange'.
Page 170, line 8: cut from the beginning of the paragraph is 'they hurried in and put on their outdoor clothes. Then, waving a gay farewell to Mademoiselle, they set off across the enclosure…'. In the pb the paragraph begins with 'they set off across the enclosure…'.
Same page, line 15: cut is Miss Maynard's speech of '"Oh, what a magnificent sight!"' as she sees the stream.
Page 172, line 5: the end of Miss Maynard's speech is cut again: '"one doesn't want to be fussy; and yet if anything like a flood did take place - well, one would always wish one had been - 'fussy', I mean"'.
Page 173, line 2: cut is the beginning of Madge's speech when she replies to Miss Durrant: '"I forgot. Of course, you took the walk, and there's been no chance to tell you"'.
Same page, line 16: cut is the fact that the juniors 'refused to take any real interest in the charming setting of "Where Go The Boats?" which he had procured for them'.

Chapter 22 - The Flood

Page 174, line 10: cut is Madge being in the study 'lifting books from the low shelves that ran round the room and putting them into a cupboard, where she hoped they should be safe from the water should it come'.
Page 175, line 14: the beginning of another paragraph is cut from the pb: 'he made another flourishing bow, and then dashed out of the house, scarcely waiting to fling his coat over his shoulders'.
Page 176, line 15: Miss Denny's speech is cut: '"Tristan will tell you that never once yet have I ventured on the lake, though we have been here six months. I simply dare not. Even crossing by the Dover-Calais was agony to me! I can't tell you the relief it is to be here!"'
Same page, line 17: after 'her brother' the hb adds 'how the middles would have gloated if they had known his Christian name'.
Same page, line 20: cut is Madge 'privately wondering what parents could be liked who had named one child "Sarah" and another "Tristan". Any reference to Plato's Christian name is cut from this part of the pb.
Page 176, line 21: the first sentence of the paragraph is missing from the pb 'however, there was little time for thinking'.
Page 177, line 10: cut is Zita wishing that 'human beings could understand whines and mournful looks'.
Same page, line 29: cut is Madge 'standing in a short princess petticoat' as she leans out of the window.
Page 179, line 9: cut is Evadne saying, as the girls go upstairs: '"Say! Reckon this is just like home - like when the Mississippi busts his banks! We ought to climb on to the roof, I reckon"' and Miss Maynard replying '"no, thank you!…Things are quite exciting enough as it is! You'll stay down here, Evadne, if you please"'.
Page 181, line 7: a big chunk is missing from the pb after Plato suggests they should sing. 'Some imp of perversity sent the words of the old Sankey and Moody hymn "Shall We Gather At The River?" running through Madge's mind, and she nearly exploded his face. She managed to suppress it and agreed that his idea was a good one. She called the girls on to the stairs, leaving the hysterical ones alone and then left them with the singing-master, who might have been taking an ordinary class, so serene was he'. Also cut are the songs they sang: "Summer Is Icumen", "Jerusalem", "Die Zwei Grenadier", "Monsier de Cramoisie", "Whip Jamboree" and Plato singing a solo of "The Shepherd's Cradle Song".
The last paragraph of the chapter is missing: 'as for Madge, she literally bolted into bed and lay awake for ages, thinking and day-dreaming before she, too, dropped off, to dream no more'.

Chapter 23 - Joey's Bath

Page 183, line 25: missing from the pb is Joey 'sitting on the floor, pulling on her stockings'.
Page 184, line 1: cut is Joey finding a hole in her stocking and Madge telling her to change her stockings, 'turning round with a very flushed face'. The hb then continues with '"do talk quietly"'.
Same page, line 17: cut between 'Miss Bettany' and 'collected all this information' is 'wearing her thickest boots and a very short skirt'. Also cut is the rest of the staff 'standing beside her, similarly attired'.
Same page, line 27: cut from Miss Maynard's speech is '"small children are a nuisance at times like this if they're allowed to run loose; and they'll be better for regular work' before 'the seniors might help'.
Page 185, line 13: cut are the comments of those left put of the cleaning. Joey wants to scrub floors and Grizel clean the windows. Margia 'who always carried on a minor feud with Grizel' says that the windows wouldn't be very nice when she, Grizel, had finished with them. Grizel replies that Margia would do a worse job and Joey tells them that they are like the cats of Kilkenny (Irish cats who '"fought till there wasn't anything of them left"') and has to explain the story to Frieda.
Same page, line 22: cut is Wald Villa (the Pfiefen's home) being 'at the other side of the valley, well up the mountain side, and the waters had never reached them'. Also cut is Herr Pfeifen exclaiming 'in horror at the sight of the Chalet' before he offers to lend a hand.

Chapter 24 - Joey's Future Career is Settled

Page 190, line 23: 'liberty bodice and knickers' in the hb becomes just 'knickers' in the pb.
Page 191, line 8: cut is the fact that the roll Marie gave Joey was 'left over from the night before'.
Page 194, line 13: '"kiddy"' in the hb is '"kid"' in the pb.
Page 195, line 23: cut is Grizel asking Jo if she's thinking about her '"old Napoleon"' and Jo replying that it's '"nothing you'd understand"' before '"all right, Frieda"'.
Page 196, line 21: the last sentence of the paragraph is cut again: 'her regulation bob at the door was a violent jerk, and the bang with which she shut the door nearly resulted in her being brought back to close it properly'.
The very last word of the chapter is changed from 'authoress' in the hb to 'author' in the pb.

Chapter 25 - The End Of Term

No changes made to this chapter.

Conclusion

Jo of has never been one of my favourite Chalets. Still, I definitely prefer the hb to the pb, because, as so many people have said after an hb/pb comparison, the atmosphere of the book is different. None of the cuts seriously affect the story, but they do affect the 'feel' of the book.

Jo Hill (aged 17)

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