In his April 20 column, Mr. Smarty Pants said Robert Louis Steven­son was a Benzedrine addict. In fact, the author died on Dec. 3, 1894, 34 years before Smith, Kline & French marketed that drug. However, Stevenson allegedly wrote Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde under the influence of cocaine. Mr. Smarty Pants regrets the error.

In the Old Settler’s Music Festival preview, “Silver Threads and Golden Needles,” April 20, an editing error misidentified Psychograss mandolin substitute Joe Walsh as the Eagles guitarist of the same name. Our mistake! Find a picture of Walsh and Sarah Jarosz in “Live Shots.”

This article appears in April 27 • 2012.

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