The numbers are in for the French exam takers using the 2nd Norton Critical Edition of THE CONFIDENCE-MAN

Number of students registered for the 2018 “external” agrégation: 2,127
Number of students registered for the 2018 “internal” agrégation: 1,797 (many of whom also registered for the “external” aggregation, so the total number is nowhere near 4,000)
At the very least, as astonishing number of the brightest [mainly young] people in France, with the equivalent of a Master's Degree already, will be studying the 2nd Norton Critical Edition of THE CONFIDENCE-MAN. Among much else, they will get to read my "The Confidence Man's Masquerade," a piece I am particularly proud of. Dennis C. Marnon's "Old Major Melvill and 'this Worlds Goods'" is a small masterpiece. The section on the Unitarians breaks new ground. I'm happy.