Corrections April 29

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An article last Sunday about Alan Z. Feuer, a New Yorker who reinvented himself and was often seen at society balls, included a quotation in which one of Mr. Feuer's society friends misattributed an aphorism. While Henry David Thoreau is often credited with variations of the aphorism "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and die with their song still inside them," that is not what he wrote in "Walden." He merely said, "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." (Or to quote another Thoreau aphorism: "You must work very long to write short sentences.")

Published: April 28, 2012

METROPOLITAN

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A brief article in some editions last Sunday about the selection of the Jack Finney novel "Time and Again" for the Big City Book Club, on nytimes.com , misstated the year to which the protagonist of the book is transported back in time. It is 1882, not 1892.

ARTS

An article last Sunday about the director Paul Thomas Anderson's forthcoming movie, which is scheduled to be released Oct. 12 and is expected to be called "The Master," misidentified the setting of his first feature film, "Hard Eight." The movie was set in Reno, Nev., not in Las Vegas.

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A theater entry in last Sunday's Week Ahead column described incorrectly the racial makeup of a new Broadway production of "A Streetcar Named Desire." The play features a multiracial cast that has an emphasis on black actors, but it is not an all-black production.

SOCIETY

Because of an editing error, a report last Sunday about the marriage of Whitney Frick and Andrew Bernstein misstated the surname of the bride's father, Ford C. Frick II, in a subsequent reference. He is Mr. Frick, of course, not Mr. Ford.

TRAVEL

The Frugal Traveler column last Sunday , about a $100 weekend in Melbourne, misstated the conversion from Australian dollars to United States dollars in the totals given for the writer's expenses for Saturday. The Saturday total, 58.35 Australian dollars, was about $60, not $56.02. The column also misstated the conversion for the amount remaining, to be spent Sunday. It was 47.65 Australian dollars, or about $49, not $43.98.

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The Practical Traveler column last Sunday , about ways to avoid waiting in airport lines, gave outdated information about a Transportation Security Administration official. Greg Soule, the agency's spokesman, is no longer with the T.S.A. He left the job on April 20, after the section had gone to press.

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The Q&A column last Sunday , in which Soraya Darabi, a founder of the Foodspotting Web site and app, names some of her favorite travel apps and Web sites, misstated part of her professional experience. She worked in the communications department at Condé Nast Digital on products like epicurious.com ; she was not helping to develop products like epicurious.com for the company. And she advises digital start-ups, which usually entails an equity stake; she is not a paid consultant.

MAGAZINE

An article on April 8 about the musician Jack White misidentified the location of a so-called one-note concert given by his former band, the White Stripes. The concert was held in Newfoundland, not New Brunswick.

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A report in the One-Page Magazine on April 15 about flight attendants' using soft voices on Virgin Atlantic flights misstated a measurement of sound. The attendants will be trained to speak in a volume of 20 to 30 decibels, not a pitch.

REGIONAL

An article on Friday about Carletta Sue Kay, the singing alter ego of Randy Walker, a veteran of the San Francisco music scene for the last several years, rendered the title of the singer's debut album incorrectly. It is "Incongruent," not "Incongruous." It also misspelled the given name of a musician in the group Magnetic Fields, with whom Mr. Walker worked on an album. He is Stephin Merritt, not Stephen.

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An article about Bay Area teams' tapping into the tech corridors of Silicon Valley to transform baseball contained several errors. It misspelled the name of a company that developed a dynamic pricing system for Giants tickets. It is Qcue, not cQue. It also misquoted Barry Kahn, chief executive of Qcue. He said, "We're seeing a 30 percent uptick on individual ticket revenues," not "We're seeing a 30 percent uptick on the Giants' individual ticket revenues." Finally, Qcue's use of algorithms on tickets was misstated. The company is not adding promotional codes to tickets that allow fans to upgrade their seats or receive discounts, although that may be possible in the future.

BOOK REVIEW

An entry on the hardcover advice best-seller list last Sunday for "All In" misstated the surname of one of the book's co-authors. He is Chester Elton, not Hilton.

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A review on April 15 about "The Great Animal Orchestra," by Bernie Krause, misstated the history of the author's stint with the folk music quartet the Weavers. While he took over the position in the group once held by Pete Seeger, he did not "replace" Seeger — Seeger was replaced by Erik Darling, who was himself succeeded by Frank Hamilton; Krause replaced Hamilton.

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