The Editor's Fence

142 THE EDITOR'S FENCE 1. The Gilcher Moore Collection at A.S.U.ι The remarkable collection of George Moore's variant editions and related items assembled over some twenty-five to thirty years by Edwin Gilcher has been purchased by Arizona State University's Hayden Library with assistance from the A.S.U. Library Associates and Alumni Association. It is one of the two greatest collections of George Moore's works, the other being the Frank Fayant Collection at Cornell University. Most of the items in the collection are described in Mr; Gilcher's outstanding definitive A Bibliography of Ge orge Moore (DeKaIb« Northern Illinois UP, 1970). Among its more than 600 items, thecollection includes most variant editions of each Moore title, typescripts, proof copies, rare and scarce periodicals, and some letters. Representative of the rareties in Mr. Gilcher's collection are·. Flowers of Passion, Martin Luther, Pagan Poems, Les Cloches de Corneville, one of the fifteen copies of The Making of an Immortal on green paper, and many others. The collection also includes many foreign language translations, periodicals in which some of Moore's work first appeared, works by others with contributions by Moore, a complete run of Dana, many issues of The Bat, all the issues of Beltain, and so on. The Moore collection will vastly enrich A.S.U.'s fine holdings in the ELT period and lend significant support to graduate studies A.S.U. offers in the period. 2. ELT Seminar: H.G. Wells (MLA. San Francisco, Dec 1Q75): Thf subject of the nineteenth meeting of the ELT Seminar will be H.G. Wells. Professor William J. Scheick (University of Texas) will be Discussion Leader. We shall publish in ELT, XVIII:4 (1975) three papers designed to be the basis for discussion, their authors also serving as panelists: William J. Scheick, Richard Hauer Costa, and perhaps one other. The papers will not be read at the meeting but the issue of ELT in which they appear will be ready for mailing well in advance of the meeting. All persons wishing to attend the meeting must write in advance for admission to Professor Scheick. Attendance is limited by MLA policy. 3. G.B. Shaw: Annotated Secondary Bibliography Seminar (MLA, San Francisco, Dec 1975ΠThethird A.S.B. Seminar, with H.E. Gerber as Discussion Leader, will be concerned with the three-volume annotated secondary bibliography on Shaw that is now in progress for inclusion in the A.S.B. Series being published by Northern Illinois University Press. Brief progress reports will be presented by individual volume editors: John Pfeiffer (Central Michigan University), Elsie B. Adams (San Diego State College), and Donald C. Haberman (Arizona State University). Discussion will focus on such problems involving methodology, resources, and substantive matters that have arisen during the first stage of research. Editors of and contributors to published volumes in 143 the A.S.B. Series, Shavians, and representatives of N.I.U. Press will be present to make their expertise available. Persons interested in active participation should write to H.E. Gerber for admission to the Seminar. Attendance is limited by MLA policy. ANNOUNCEMENTS 1. Conference on Literature and Film: The Freedom to Create (The Artist's Right to Interpret Reality) (Florida State University , Tallahassee, 29-31 Jan 1976): The Comparative Literature Circle invites the submission of papers concerning all dimensions of the artist's struggle to express himself in the face of political, social, and aesthetic limitations. Papers are invited in all periods, styles, and genres of literature and film. Abstracts of about 300 words should be sent by October 1 to Professor Leon Golden, Department of Classics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306. Oral presentation is limited to twenty minutes and papers will be considered for publication in Soundings. Registration fee: $10.00. 2. Four Decades: This new quarterly will concentrate on poetry in English, and the relevant poets, of the period I890 to 193°. For further information write to Esther Fisher, 23I Lonsmount Drive, Toronto, Ontario M5P 2Y9, Canada; or The Editor, Four Decades, I60 Milton Street, Southport, Merseyside PR9 7AP, England. 3. People: Benjamin Franklin Fisher IV, bibliographer for the Housman Society, requests publications, notices...