Announcements

IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS 1. The Convention in Philadelphia: The Party is The Conference on English Fiction in Transition. The Platform is "Theories of Fiction (1380-1920)." The Chairman is Professor Richard Stang (Carleton College). Papers on which the discussions at our convention will be based will be published and circulated prior to the meeting. Vte hope those having minority reports to offer will make themselves heard. 2. JE.M. Forster in MFS: A checklist of criticism of E.M. Forster is planned for pub 1 i cat i on in MODERN FICTION STUDIES in the Spring of 1961. This special issue will also devote all its remaining pages to articles on Forster. 3. Late Victorians and Edwardians: Columbia University has published EDWARDIANS AND LATE VICTORIANS "(English Institute Essays, 1959). The volume is made up of papers read before the English lnstutite in September 1958 and 1959. The first program, it may be recalled, included aseries of papers on the Eighteen-Nineties and the second a series of papers on the Edward i ans. For my comments on some of the papers to be included see EFT, I, 2 (1958), p. 1; 1,3 (1958), p. 2; III, 1 (I960), pp. iv-v, 15-16. k. The H.G. Wells Society: has been founded, with headquarters at 39, Rugby Road West Bridgford Nottingham, England J.R. Hammond, currently Acting Secretary, announces that the Society plans to publish a quarterly news bulletin, THE WELLSIAN, beginning October, I960, with other numbers planned for January, April, and July (1961). Membership subscription is ten shillings or five shillings "to those still receiving full-time education." The Society intends to "promote and encourage active interest in, and appreciation of, the life and work of H.G. ltells," to secure the re-publication of some of Wells' lesser known works, to "compile a complete collection of all Wells' published works, to act as a centre for the collection of other Wellsiana, and to provide a free information service on matters concerning ltells' life and work." If interest warrants, the Society also hopes "to provide a books supply service" and "a secondhand books service" to members. A general organizational meeting, for the election of officers, is planned for January, 1961, in London. We can wish the newly formed H.G. ltells Society nothing better than a large, active membership, and we hope an American branch will not be long in establishing itself. ...