Announcements

7^ THE EDITOR'S FENCE 1. Rate Increase for 1979: Government reports on the declining rate of increasing inflation (what wonderful "newsspeak") notwithstanding , the economic life of a non-profit journal is still not an 'appy one. ELT has for twenty years held its own remarkably well, despite (or because?) of its being independent and self-supporting. Our loyal subscribers have continued to insist that we not reduce the amount of content and that we not retreat to a less expensive means of printing. So be it. BUT--. The price of quality and quantity is high. We must therefor raise our subscription rates for 1979· U.S. subscriptions will be $5.00 per year, $2.00 for single copies (current and back numbers); foreign subscriptions, including Canada, wil] be $6.00 per year, $2.50 for single copies (current and back numbers). With sincere regrets. - The Editor. 2. Future MLA Special Sessions: At the Chicago MLA meeting and in the Editor's Fence of the preceding number of ELT, I announced that I would no longer initiate or be responsible for ELT Special Sessions on a regular annual basis. Nor will I use precious space in the fourth number of each volume to pre-print Special Session papers. I will be happy to make announcements concerning such relevant Special Sessions as any individual may wish to propose to MLA at such time that MLA approval has been secured. The deadline for such announcements will be August 1 at the latest. These announcements will be included in the third or fourth number, which are mailed about October 15. 3· Forthcoming in ELT: We have scheduled for publication in two fall numbers articles on Galsworthy, Dowson, and Conrad; letters from Moore to Elgar; an annotated secondary bibliography on R. B. Cunninghame Graham; and diverse other goodies. Awaiting time and space are annotated secondary bibliographies on Pinero and Henry Arthur Jones; articles on Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, and E. M. Forster; and assorted propaganda on behalf of publishers who serve our profession well. ANNOUNCEMENTS 1. MLA Division News for 1978: With Marjorie Perloff as Chair and H. E. Gerber as Secretary, the MLA Division on Late 19thand Early 20th-century British Literature is planning a program for the 1978 MLA meeting (New York) on the topic Writers as Letter Writers. Panelists and their particular subjects will be announced later. The possibility of an ancillary meeting sponsored by the Division is also under consideration. The current members of the Division Executive Committee are Marjorie Perloff, Chair; H. E. Gerber, Secretary; Marvin Magalaner, former Chair; Albert Guerard; and Stanley Weintraub. 75 Candidates for election of one person to replace Marvin Magalaner in 1979 will be announced in the Division Newsletter and ballots circulated to the Division membership by MLA. 2. MLA Division Program for 1979: Since I will be chairing the Division program at the San Francisco meeting in 1979. I will welcome suggestions for topics and panelists as well as comments on the format of our Division programs. The Executive Committee will consider suggestions and devise the 1979 program at its session early during the MLA meetings of 1978. 3· Proposed Special Session on Gissing: Jacob Korg (University of Washington, Seattle) is proposing a Special Session on Gissing for the 1978 MLA meeting in New York. All interested persons should write to Professor Korg. This Publication ' is Available in MICRCXORM FOR INFORMATION WRITE: Dept. FA. UniversityMicrofilmsInternational 300NorthZeebRoad 18BedfordRow Ann Arbor, Mich. 48106 London. WC1R 4EJ USA. England ...