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206 THE EDITOR'S FENCE 1« Reminder - $ - $ - $: Subscription rates have been increased for Volume 24 (1981) to meet increased postal and paper costs and to allow for a slight margin to meet additional increases of costs during the year. The single-copy rate for back orders and current single copies remains the same. Payment must be made in U. S. dollars by means of International Postal Money Order, checks drawn on a U. S. bank account, or through agents with U. S. accounts. 2. Forthcoming: In preparation for future issues are articles on Hardy, Schreiner, Butler, Moore, Buchan, Baring-Gould and Hardy, Gissing, and others. 3. Foreign Correspondents: The masthead of ELT beginning in 1981 will indicate one major innovation. A number of foreign correspondents have been asked to report occasionally on library resources, conferences, and research activities abroad. These reports will appear in ELT as space allows and as newsworthy material warrants. ANNOUNCEMENTS 1. Missouri Symposium II: "W. B. Yeats and the Yeats Circle" will be the topic of discussion at University of Missouri/Columbia, April 4-5, I98I. James Carens will speak on St. John Gogarty, Richard Ellmann on "Yeats and the Uses of Decadence," and a panel will consider "Editing the Irish." Further information is available from Professor Mary Lago, Department of English, Arts and Sciences Bldg., University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65201. 2. Midwest Victorian Studies Association: The theme of a conference at the Newberry Library, Chicago, May 1-2, I98I, will be "Law, Rule, and Resistance in Victorian England." Inquiries about papers and proposals for discussion topics should be sent, by Dec 1, I98O, to Frederick Kirchhoff, Department of English and Linguistics, Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN 46805. 3. Scotch-Irish Heritage Festival: Sponsored by the Joynes Center for Continuing Education and The South Carolina Committee for the Humanities, the Festival will be held at Winthrop College, Nov 20-22, I98O. The varied program of papers, discussion, and entertainment has been arranged by Professor Jack Wayne Weaver. For a program and information on registration, housing, and tours, write to Jack Wayne Weaver or The Scotch-Irish Heritage Festival, Joynes Center for Continuing Education, Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S. C. 29733. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE I. Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada: The Ninth Annual Conference was held at the University of Victoria, Oct 10II , I98O. Among papers of special interest to ELT readers were the following: Robert Langbaum's "Thomas Hardy as Late-Victorian Poet," F0 Β. Pinion's "Thomas Hardy's Indebtedness to George Eliot," and David Stafford's "William Le Queux and the Origins of the British Spy Novel." —Lloyd G. Siemens (University of Winnipeg), Correspondent . 207 2. Conrad in Italy 1982: An international conference of Conrad scholars is being planned for 1982 at Pisa University, specific dates to be announced later. Prospective participants areasked to suggest meeting dates, topics, ideas for tours, and so on. For a survey form and further information write to Mario Curreli, Via Nisi 2, Pisa 56100, Italy. —Mario Curreli (Pisa University), Correspondent. ERRATUM We regret an error in Benjamin Fisher's review of Robert Lee Wolff's book on Mary Elizabeth Bradden, ELT, 23:2 (1980). On p. 139. line 13, Huntington Library Bulletin should read Harvard Library Bulletin. ...

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