Announcements

Ill Colemans had Just traced Stefan Nestorowlcz's 1909 Journey to thlrty-slx Polish communities In Texas. The energetic Edmund BoJarskl appears to have been the prime mover In arranging for the Coleman's reception. k. N. I. U. Press's Secondary Bibliography Series: The Press will have a booth at the MLA meeting, attended by Rlcharár Congdon, Director , and Betty J. Drenkhahn, SBnlor Manuscript Editor. Information on the series will be available there. At present the Maugham bibliography, edited by Charles Sanders, Is completed and being used to work out the details of design for the series. The Conrad bibliography is very nearly completed, though Its complexity and size still leave us with some last-minute problems to solve. Both volumes are expected to be In print during 1970. The Hardy bibliography , planned for publication In 1971. Is expected to be ready for final editing and Indexing by the end of Summer, 1970. Some additional contributors to the Conrad and Hardy bibliographies are still needed. ANNOUNCEMENTS 1. Professor W. Eugene Davis (Purdue University) Is now happily ensconced at the University of Freiburg for a Fulbrlght year. 2. We are pleased to have as Visiting Professor at N. I. U. this year Donald Bond (Chicago), who Is teaching a course In bibliography during the Fall Term and will teach a seminar In the 18th-century novel during the Spring Term. 3. Our Associate Editor, Professor Arra Garab, has Just published his Beyond Byzantium; The Last Phase of Yeats's Career, handsomely produced by the N. I. U. Press. 4. Professor Ivo Vldan, who visited at the University of Massachusetts this summer, has returned to his teaching duties at the University of Zagreb. 5. Mr. Robert L. Calder Is working on a thesis at University of Leeds, under the direction of J. R. B. Horden, The tentative title of his project Is "The Themes of Freedom and Fashion In the Writings of William Somerset Maugham." He extends his discussion beyond Of Human Bondage to such other works as The Hero. Mrs. Craddock. The Moon and Sixpence. The Painted Veil. Cakes and Ale. The Narrow Corner. Theatre, and The Razor's Edge. INFORMATION WANTED George Knox and Harry Lawton (University of California, Riverside) are currently engaged In writing a biography of Sadaklchl Hartmann and editing his unpublished work In cooperation with Hartmann's heirs. ...