1.   This volume will not include the slate crags, and by now a comprehensive new guide to these popular diversions should be available.

2.   Besides cakes, the small volume includes other desserts such as pies, bread pudding, and cookies and brownies.

3.   Forthcoming volumes include the distinguished British military historian John Keegan writing on Winston Churchill and veteran civil-rights journalist Marshall Frady on Martin Luther King Jr.

4.   The second volume includes four novels, some essays and a brief selection of letters.

5.   The volume includes a CD of all the mid-level works, performed by Oppens.

6.   The volume includes a brief forward by Governor Bush and the text of a Bush speech praising compassionate conservatism in action.

7.   The volume includes a CD of all the works, performed by the pianist Ursula Oppens, a champion of contemporary music.

8.   The volume also includes dozens of reproductions of historic photos, paintings and maps.

9.   The volumes include several stories that were written in Irish, as well as some stories that have never been published until now.

10.   This volume includes a comprehensive series of checklists of items to store in preparation for the turn of the century.