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On the Cover is a photograph of the Niobe Room at the Uffizi, Florence, from John L. Stoddard’s Lectures, Vol. 8 (Chicago: Norwood, 1898). On the back cover is a detail from “The Eastern Telegraph Co.’s System and its General Connections,” a map displaying the interconnectivity of the Atlantic cable routes in 1901, from A. B. C. Universal Commercial Electric Telegraphic Code by W. Clausen-Thue (London: Fisher, 1901).

The Victorian Bibliography: A Message from the Editors

Beginning with the number for May, 1933, Modern Philology will publish annually a review of recent publications relating to English literature during the Victorian period. The scope of this review will be wider than that of any existing bibliography which touches on the literature of this period. It will attempt to list studies of the literature, and, in addition, to note material dealing with Victorian politics, economics, philosophy, religion, law, art and society—in so far as this material has a recognizable bearing on the literature.

Modern Philogy 30.2 (1932)

It is with sadness that we announce that Victorian Studies will no longer publish the Victorian Bibliography. Begun eighty years ago—in another journal and century—the Bibliography now has outstripped our ability to maintain it successfully online. For those interested in its history, which also serves as a history of our shared field, we recommend the essay “‘Victorian Bibliography’: Seventy Years After” by Edward H. Cohen, published a decade ago at the end of his tenure as editor. (See Victorian Studies 44.4: 625–35.) We are confident that scholars will find other means by which to pursue and organize their research into the field we share.

Changes at VS: This winter we have had the privilege of working with three excellent undergraduate interns.

Caitlin Crouch is a senior English major and History minor. Quite the “Victorian groupie,” as Molly aptly deemed her, she returns to VS for a second semester of working on the journal and gathering intel on everything and anything Victorian. She would like to thank the staff again for welcoming her into the office and answering her many questions about grad school and academic writing.

Ava Dickerson is a sophomore majoring in English, French, and Archival Studies. Her literary interests include gender during the Victorian and early twentieth-century American eras. She plans to work as a museum archivist and hopes to spend the rest of her days in a basement, sorting through old documents. Through her semester at VS, she has discovered the perfection of wombats, as well as a plethora of new vocabulary words to impress future professors.

Caitlin Prim is a student at Indiana University majoring in English and History. She has recently completed her honors thesis, which focuses on voice theory, personal agency, and societal conceptions of able-bodiedness.

As always, Victorian Studies thanks the Indiana University Honors College, without whose generous support our internship program would not be possible.