In the notes below, the reference numbers denote page and line of this volume (the line count includes headings). No note is made for material found in standard desk-reference books. Biblical quotations are keyed to the King James Version. For references to other studies, and further biographical background than is contained in the Chronology, see Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations, edited by Joan Givner (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1987); Katherine Anne Porters Poetry, edited by Darlene Harbour Unrue (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1996); Letters of Katherine Anne Porter, edited by Isabel Bayley (New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990); Mae Franking’s “My Chinese Marriage,” by Katherine Anne Porter: An Annotated Edition, edited by Holly Franking (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1991); “This Strange, Old World” and Other Book Reviews by Katherine Anne Porter, edited by Darlene Harbour Unrue (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1991); Uncollected Early Prose of Katherine Anne Porter, edited by Ruth M. Alvarez and Thomas F. Walsh (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1993); Robert H. Brinkmeyer Jr., Katherine Anne Porters Artistic Development: Primitivism, Traditionalism, and Totalitarianism (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1993); Jane Krause DeMouy, Katherine Anne Porters Women: The Eye of Her Fiction (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1983); Joan Givner, Katherine Anne Porter: A Life, revised edition (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1991); George and Willene Hendrick, Katherine Anne Porter (Boston: G. K. Hall, 1988); Kathryn Hilt and Ruth M. Alvarez, Katherine Anne Porter: An Annotated Bibliography (New York: Garland, 1990); Enrique Hank Lopez, Conversations with Katherine Anne Porter, Refugee from Indian Creek (Boston: Little, Brown, 1981); Janis Stout, Katherine Anne Porter: A Sense of the Times (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1995); Mary Titus, The Ambivalent Art of Katherine Anne Porter (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2005); Darlene Harbour Unrue, Truth and Vision in Katherine Anne Porters Fiction (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1985), Understanding Katherine Anne Porter (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1988), and Katherine Anne Porter: The Life of an Artist (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2005); Thomas F. Walsh, Katherine Anne Porter and Mexico: The Illusion of Eden (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1992).
1 bois d’arc] Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera); also known as the bodock or hedge-apple tree.
2 from San Marcos to Austin] About 30 miles.
3 Little Tammany Association] The Tammany Society (1789–1961)—better known, after its headquarters on 14th Street, as Tammany Hall—was the political machine that controlled Democratic Party politics in New York City in 1850–1930. In its heyday, Tammany was led by Irish Catholic immigrants who did much to advance their people’s interests through political nominations, municipal contracts, influence, and intimidation. The “Boss” of the Tammany machine was a kingmaker and a popular symbol of political corruption. The Little Tammany Association was the machine’s organization in the Bronx.
4 G-men] “Government men”; agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
5 St. Veronica’s] Former Roman Catholic parish in the West Village, with a church on Christopher Street.
6 riding. . . on the Tiger’s back] Tammany Hall (see note 3) was nicknamed “The Tiger” and depicted as such in political cartoons of the day. To “ride on the Tiger’s back” was to benefit from Tammany’s political influence.
7 The Duchess. . . poems] The Duchess (1887) by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (1855–1897), Irish novelist who wrote under the name “The Duchess”; Ouida, pen name of English novelist Maria Louise Ramé (1839–1908); Mrs. E.D.E.N. (Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte) Southworth (1819–1899), American novelist whose stories were set in the South during Reconstruction; Poems of Passion (1883), collection by the American poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919).
8 songs of Heine’s] Heinrich Heine (1797–1856), German Romantic poet whose verses were set to music by Franz Schubert (1797–1828) and Robert Schumann (1810–1856).
9 Low German] Regional dialect of German spoken in the flat coastal and plains area of northern Germany; the dialect and those who speak it are also called Platt Deutsch.
10 Turnverein] German-style athletic club and community hall with auditorium, dance floor, restaurant, and perhaps a bowling alley.
11 Das Kapital] Three-volume critique of capitalism (1867–1894) by German philosopher and economist Karl Marx (1818–1883), edited and completed by his friend and fellow-Communist Friedrich Engels (1820–1895).
12 Mutterchen, Mutti, Mutti] Little Mother, Mommy, Mommy.
13 Heilige Nacht,”] The Austrian carol “Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht” (“Silent Night, Holy Night,” 1818) by Josef Mohr, words by Franz Xavier Gruber.
14 Martin Luther’s “Cradle Song,”] The melody of “Away in a Manger” is traditionally attributed to Luther.
15 Brother. . . dime?”] “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” (1931), popular song of the Great Depression by Jay Gorney, words by E. Y. “Yip” Harburg.
16 shot-silk] Chatoyant silk, woven with strands of two or more colors to produce an iridescent effect.
17 Tiergarten] Large park in the heart of Berlin, the east side of which faces the Brandenburg Gate.
18 Jawohl!”] “Yes indeed!”
21 Dance of Death] Der Totentanz (1538), series of 41 wood engravings by Hans Holbein the Younger.
22 boîte] Nightclub.
23 mensur] Duel fought between university students over a point of honor.
24 Ich armes. . . du verloren hast—”] German marching song: “What a poor devil am I, / I can’t march any longer, / I can’t march any longer./ / I’ve lost my piccolo / From out of my coat bag / From out of my coat bag. / / I’ve found, I’ve found the thing, / The thing that you lost, / The thing that you lost. . . .”
25 The Peanut Vendor”] “El Manisero,” Cuban rumba by Havana bandleader Don Azpiazu (1893–1943), popularized by the Hollywood musical The Cuban Love Song (1931).