Rick,
The books would serve a dual purpose. They could be convenient for readers
already acquainted with Pound and the commentaries you mention, readers who
would have no need for a bare-bones appendix but who might want a more
portable book. The books could also be used by readers who might find the
heft of the complete Cantos too formidable. The appendix would be designed
to provide these tyros with minimal assistance, sparing them from having to
juggle more than one book. The rudimentary appendix would give only enough
information for readers to be able to make literal sense of a foreign
phrase or to find on their own more information about a subject. E.g.
"Sordello. 13th c. Italian poet." Of course, in the intro to the Appendix
one would warn the unwary reader not to assume the subject was of little
importance to Pound merely because the appendix entry for it happens to be
brief.
Tim

At 10:30 AM 2/28/03, Richard Seddon wrote:
>Tim
>
>Does this mean you would "limit" the appendix to a reproduction of Terrell's
>"Companion"; all 791 pages of it :>).   Or perhaps you would limit it to
>Cookson shorter version.
>
>Rick Seddon
>McIntosh, NM
>
>Tim said in part
>
>
> > For traction on the slope one could limit the appendix to translation of
> > phrases and identification of persons and places