The article I read that I felt included bibliographic coding was written by W.D.P Bliss of The New Age. This article entitled Mark Twain was a direct critique of how Bliss views Twain as a writer and as a person. He quotes Twain many times, mentioning that Twain was a gifted writer that made many laugh. He goes onto say how he finds it hard to believe that such a writer was born from a country that seems to be so very serious about everything. At first it was hard to tell if the author was for or against the writings of Twain. Bliss took a lot of what Twain wrote about and tried to put his own spin on it, essentially trying to convince his readers about the kind of writer Twain was, instead of presenting his opinion as being his and only his. Bliss also quotes Abraham Lincoln, saying that Lincoln once said "Well, he looks like a man", in reference to Walt Whitman, and goes onto say that Lincoln would have said the very same thing about Twain. I felt that Bliss was taking away the real meaning of what Lincoln meant by his comment of Whitman by trying to assume that Lincoln would have made the same comment for both men.
Although I too enjoy reading the works of Mark Twain, many readers may not have the same opinion that Bliss does, but the way in which he presents his arguement and opinion shows that he took the original content and tried to make something else come out of it. I think that this is a good example of bibliographic coding because it shows how a writer chose to let his perception of another writer shine through his article, allowing no room for dispute or any other conception of it to occur. I guess he tried to open the eyes of others who are not familiar with the works of Twain, by allowing them to judge Twain the same that he has.
page 180 of the July 18th, 1907 issue
