Stanford repeats the 2002 experience it engendered with Great Expectations; since January 2004 it has been sending out, on demand, weekly serialized mailings of facsimiles of chapters of A Tale of Two Cities, simulating the way the Dickens novel was originally released. Apparently, Stanford’s special collection includes a set of these original editions. Stanford is still accepting requests for enrollment in this program, or you can download .pdfs of the releases each week. As an inveterate fan of reading aloud with my family, their invitation to “join the world of family reading circles” is very appealing. We will wait expectantly for each week’s installment…