{"id":37930,"date":"2012-08-31T09:59:49","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T13:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=37930"},"modified":"2012-08-31T10:41:43","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T14:41:43","slug":"signatures-notes-and-lists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/31\/signatures-notes-and-lists\/","title":{"rendered":"Signatures, Notes, and Lists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Fitzgerald-Signature.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Fitzgerald-Signature.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Fitzgerald-Signature\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-37969\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tiger-milk.tumblr.com\/post\/29152511628\/f-scott-fitzgeralds-signature-throughout-the\" target=\"_blank\">The evolution of F. Scott Fitzgerald\u2019s autograph<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>We have long been intrigued by the Strand\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/strandbooks.tumblr.com\/post\/29899751778\/what-are-the-jean-files-i-can-see-that-they-are-post\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Jean Files,\u201d<\/a> a series of notes, found in books, to a woman named Jean. 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