Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

The census claim is confirmed: the American Steele issue (dated 1891, issued 1892) is the true first and precedes all other editions. The first English edition is separately collected: London, Chatto & Windus, 1892, retitled 'In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians' (vi, 244 pp.), bound in blue cloth — the first edition to carry the 'In the Midst of Life' title, and the true UK first. Both editions are collected; name them separately. The G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1898 issue under the 'In the Midst of Life' title is a revised and enlarged edition (expanded to twenty-two tales, and to twenty-six by 1909), not a first of any kind.