re: The Golden Compass (sic) Not only did the American editors change the title, but the device in question – the alethiometer, which is not a compass – is mad

re: The Golden Compass (sic) Not only did the American editors change the title, but the device in question – the alethiometer, which is not a compass – is made of brass not gold in the original text. The US editors basically changed it to gold to fit their created title.