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  • Report of the Editor
  • Nelson H. Minnich, Editor

Volume 99 of the journal consisted of 836 pages of articles, essays, book reviews, and brief notices, as well as the quarterly sections Notes and Comments, Periodical Literature, and Other Books Received, with an additional twenty-four pages of preliminary material and an eighteen-page index, for a total of 878 pages. Subsidies from authors and contributions from others made directly to the journal allowed for the addition of pages above those budgeted. Paul F. Grendler of Chapel Hill, North Carolina (emeritus of the University of Toronto), generously made such a contribution last year.

Of the fifteen articles published, three treated medieval topics, three early modern, two late modern European, four American, one Latin American, one Canadian, and one African. Their authors came mostly from American institutions, but Canadian, Israeli, Nigerian, and Spanish universities were also represented. The essays consisted of one autobiography in the series Journeys in Church History; one Forum Essay in which five scholars from the United States, Belgium, and Italy critiqued one book; and a Review Essay dealing with five books.

There were 195 book reviews and three brief notices. The book reviews can be subdivided into the following categories: general and miscellaneous (13), ancient (15), medieval (60), early modern (45), late modern (28), American (20), Latin American (8), Asian (4), Canadian (1), and African (1). Their authors came mostly from institutions in the United States (117 or 60%), but those in other countries were also represented: in England (27 or 14%); Scotland (9); Canada (7); Italy (5); Austria (4); Germany and Mexico (3); two each for Denmark, France, Republic of Ireland, and Switzerland; and one each for Australia, Belgium, China, Finland, Israel, Malta, The Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Spain, and Taiwan. Of the brief notices, two were from authors at institutions in the United States, one from the United Kingdom. Please see Table 1.

Msgr. Robert Trisco reports that the journal could have published many more book reviews if all those who accepted to review books had submitted their reviews punctually. At the end of 2013, 265 reviewers were delinquent, and two died before their reviews could be submitted. It is the journal’s practice to send tardy reviewers three reminders before abandoning the effort and listing the title in the section Other Books Received. Authors who have been disappointed not to find reviews of their books within the journal’s pages may inquire of Msgr. Trisco at trisco@cua.edu whether a review copy was received in the editorial office and sent out for review.

The editors received thirty-seven new submissions of articles in 2013. They came primarily from the United States, but also from Belgium, Canada, Chile, [End Page 400] England, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, South Korea, and Spain. Table 2 shows the current disposition of these submissions. During the year 2013, fourteen articles earlier accepted were published.


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Table 1.

Book Reviews and Brief Notices Published in 2013

At the end of August 2012, Nelson H. Minnich returned from his year’s sabbatical leave and resumed the editorship. He was deeply grateful to Msgr. Trisco for having so ably guided the journal as acting editor during his absence. Ms. Katya Mouris continued as the devoted assistant to Msgr. Trisco, who resumed his primary role as the skillful book editor, while continuing to compile the sections Periodical Literature and Other Books Received. During her absence over the summer to work on the German language in Munich, Mr. Paul Wesley Bush ably substituted for her. Ms. Elizabeth Foxwell has continued as the dedicated staff editor. Dr. Jennifer Paxton, a medievalist who teaches at The Catholic University of America and is associate director of its Honors Program, has kindly joined the editorial staff as associate editor. To round out the board of advisory editors with an expert in the ancient Church, Dr. Robin Darling Young of the same university has graciously agreed to provide her expert advice.

One of the issues on which the editors have spent a good amount of time is the revision of the journal’s format. A new cover design using...

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