Cole's notes

[Don Perkins]

Cole's, Cliff's, Barron's, etc. do pop up in the oddest places--Goodwill,
Salvation Army Thrift stores, Value Village, garage sales, rummage sales,
etc.  A small personal or departmental collection of them is useful, since
the contents have changed over the years for some titles, and tracking
down oddly recurrent phrases or plot summary errors sometimes means
looking at different imprints.  I once had a student come to see me about
a low mark on an essay, hauling along her Cole's Notes on Antony and
Cleopatra to support her claim--hadn't actually read the play yet, so was
surprised to find the event didn't actually happen that way.  We can warn
and warn, but hope springs eternal, or old habbits die hard.

Don Perkins