Context: Bowers confronted a similar problem in his edition of Maggie. Crane originally printed the novel privately in 1893. To secure commercial publication in 1896, Crane agreed to remove profanity, but he also made stylistic revisions. Bowers's approach was to preserve the stylistic and literary changes of 1896, but to revert to the 1893 readings where he believed that Crane was fulfilling the publisher's intention rather than his own. There were, however, intermediate cases that could reasonably have been attributed to either intention, and some of Bowers's choices came under fire – both as to his judgment, and as to the wisdom of conflating readings from the two different versions of Maggie.

Question: What alterations did Crane make to secure commercial publication?
Answer: remove profanity, but he also made stylistic revisions

Question: What was Bower's first step in editing multiple works into a single product?
Answer: to preserve the stylistic and literary changes of 1896

Question: What was Bower's second step in editing multiple works into a single product?
Answer: to revert to the 1893 readings where he believed that Crane was fulfilling the publisher's intention rather than his own

Question: What was one of the criticisms Bowers faced after editing Maggie?
Answer: his judgment

Question: I what year was Maggie printed for commercial use?
Answer: 1896

Question: What was the first step Bowers took in editing a single work with two versions?
Answer: to preserve the stylistic and literary changes of 1896,

Question: What was the second step Bowers took in editing a single work with two versions?
Answer: to revert to the 1893 readings where he believed that Crane was fulfilling the publisher's intention

Question: What changes were made for the commercial publication of Maggie?
Answer: to remove profanity, but he also made stylistic revisions

Question: When was Maggie first published?
Answer: 1893

Question:  What changes did Maggie make to secure commercial publication?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: When did Maggie publish her edition of Bowers?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What was Bower's final step in editing a single work into multiple versions?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: When was the third version of Maggie published?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: When was the fifth and final version of Maggie published?
Answer: Unanswerable