In Does May Day actually commemorate the birth of the Illuminati? Cecil mentions in passing Nesta Webster’s italics. Those italics appear to have been stolen by the fiendish international conspiracy of web transcriptors.
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I actually wondered the same, exact, thing when I read it. However, before I wondered, that, I wondered about the italic usage here:
The italics are supposed to stop at the end of the first book, not include the “and” between the books, and then start again after the “and.” Unfortunately, the whole sentence is italicized, so I was unable to determine which book has which name. Is it:
Book 1: World Revolution: The Plot Against Civilization and Secret Societies
Book 2: Subversive Movements
or is it:
Book 1: World Revolution: The Plot Against Civilization
Book 2: Secret Societies and Subversive Movements
Proper italic usage can be important sometimes 
The italics are there. I have no idea what you are talking about. 
I suppose Cecil flogged Ed for that one. After thirty-some years, I think Ed has grown to like his floggings. “Cecil NOTICED me!” and all.
Something I loved about Illuminatus! was that most, if not all, of the references existed, even if they and Kerry Thornley had to make them up, and some of them appear to have been put back into print because of its popularity. Of those that weren’t available for 35 cents on the remaindered table at K-Mart, Robison’s Proofs of a Conspiracy was on microfiche (hey, it was 1978) at the local community college.