The Editor's Fence

126 THE EDITOR'S FENCE 1. The Memorial Volume; More than half of the essays for the memorial volume for Hal are now in hand. The deadline for those invited to contribute was extended to 1 August. After the fall term is under way the volume will be assembled and I will try to arrange publication. If the right financial package can be put together, I would like to publish the volume as a special issue of ELT. The appropriateness of such a publication is obvious, but a more mundane consideration is that all of the profits from the sale will come to ELT. With these profits and the money in the memorial fund, I hope to establish a H. E. Gerber Memorial Scholarship. If I have to find another publisher, I will, but the scholarship will suffer. Wish me luck. 2. ELT Index II (I973-I982) compiled by Robert Langenfeld is completed and is now available. The price is low ($7.00 domestic; $8.00 foreign) and I hope that you and your library will purchase this valuable research tool. John Ellis has contributed fourteen portraits of authors in our period. 3- An Appréciation; As many of you know, Hal's work would not have continued in such good form without the highly competent assistance of Bob Langenfeld. All of us are in his debt. He has devoted virtually his entire year to ELT, Index II, and the ASB George Moore. Bob tells me that the latter work is now complete through I98I except for the odd item The manuscript should be ready for the printer in the fall. In the midst of this activity Bob plans to complete his dissertation on comedie techniques in George Moore by the end of the fall term so that he can plunge into the job market. ¿I·. Costs and Printing; ELT continues solvent with approximately 800 subscribers and no increase in subscription rates is anticipated in the near future. Michael Case, our excellent Subscription Manager, has been learning the word processor and we will use it for Volume 26. It will make ELT more attractive and give us greater editorial flexibility without increasing the cost of producing the journal. 5. Looking Ahead; Although the journal may look a bit different, we hope that the contents will continue to reflect Hal's basic editorial policy. In future issues, for example, we plan to publish annotated bibliographies of Symonds, Jerome, "Vernon Lee," and others (see number 6 in the Announcements for derails). Hal was primarily interested d" fiction but we hope to strike a balance and do more with poetry and drama. VJe are also increasing the number of pages devoted to reviews. Authoritative reviews of all the major books in our field should appear in ELT. If you wish to review a book, please let us know. We would also appreciate suggestions for books you think ought to be reviewed. Do not forget to have your publisher send us a copy of your book! Beginning with this issue a section, "BRIEFER MENTION," will appear at the conclusion of the signed book reviews. These anonymous reviews of books not thought important enough, for one reason or another, to receive full treatment are written by the editorial staff. 6. An Apology; With shame must it be written, we have blundered. Our apologies to Professor KathrynC. Rentz and to our readers. Two pages of 127 Professor Rentz' arti.cle ("The Question of James's Influence on Ford's The Good Soldier," 25¡2 [1982], 104-14) were inadvertently omitted in the publication of Number 2. Those two pages appear in this issue following the Editor's Fence. 7. A Reminder; All editorial correspondence should continue to be sent to the Department of English, Arizona State University. 8. A Note on MLA, by David Eakin; Bob Langenfeld and I had the pleasure of attending the MLA convention in ever-bustling New York City last December . Once we were settled, we tried to locate as many members of the ELT Board as possible. Though not an easy task, we did meet a number of people whose association with ELT goes back many years. Among those attending were...