The Editor's Fence

1. THE EDITOR'S FENCE To Those Who Didn't: Those who receive the present issue of EFT but who did not receive the first number will, as soon as it is possible to reproduce more copies, have an opportunity of receiving the issue they lack, The Generosity of Those Who Did; The generosity of editors of other publications has been great. The editors of the following journals have already been good enough to give EFT generous space in their announcements section: MODERN FICTION STUDIES, CEA CRITIC, GRADUATE STUDENT OF ENGLISH, LITERATURE AND PSYCHOLOGY (the conference of which is now General Topics X, MLA, a welldeserved recognition), and PMLA. I understand that EFT will also be noticed in VICTORIAN STUDIES and BULLETIN OF BIBLIOGRAPHY. In addition, EFT is being abstracted in ABSTMCTS OF ENGLISH STUDIES, one of the most useful projects to appear in a long time. PMLA, in the recent bibliographical issue, also lists the more !important items that appeared in the first issue of EFT. Above all, many thanks are due to the readers of the first number of EFT who gave much encouragement by troubling to write. Comments have been very generous, and suggestions have been most helpful. Happy Birthday: THE GRADUATE SlTOENT OF ENGLISH now is completing its first year and looking forward to an even healthier second year. Articles with a fresh slant are in demand. It is also advisable to send in the subscription fee ($1.00) before August, when the charge will be increased. The English Institute: Meeting at Columbia University from September 2 to 5, 1958, the English Institute will have a series of papers on the 1890's. The four papers are distributed as follows: (l) Helmut E. Gerber, "The 1890's : Genesis or Exodus"; Ruth Z. Temple, "The Ivory Tower as Lighthouse"; Graham Hough, "George Moore and the 1890's"; and Allen R. Grossman, "The Early Yeats." George H. Ford (Rochester) will be the panel chairman. Perhaps I am justified in feeling that EFT is at least a part of some kind of renaissance of interest in the period from 1880 to 1920. MLA Conference; New York: With support from a large number of petitioners, I have again applied for MLA authorization of the Conference on English Fiction from 1880 to 1920. The Conference will concern itself with the status of scholarship on Samuel Butler, George Moore, Arnold Bennett, and H.G. Wells. "Status of scholarship" is broadly interpreted to mean what has been done, what is being done, and what may yet bo done to, on, and for these writers. Among the specialists who have agreed to assist in providing fuel for the discussion are the following: Lee Elbert Holt (American International College) on Butler, Graham Hough (Christ's College, Cambridge; Visiting Professor at Cornell, 195859 ) on George Moore, James Hepburn (Cornell University) on Bennett, and an as yet uncommitted scholar on Wells. Addenda: Mr. R. P„ Weeks (Michigan) has agreed to speak on Wells, ...