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On the Cover are two details from a cartoon by John Leech, "The Police Wear Beards and Moustaches. Panic Amongst the Street Boys," from Punch: Almanack for 1854, n. pag.

Changes at VS: With this issue, VS bids farewell to Patrick Brantlinger, who had generously served as coeditor with Ivan Kreilkamp last year while Andrew H. Miller was on leave. With Ivan on leave this year, enjoying a fellowship at the University of Texas, VS is particularly happy to welcome Andrew's return as editor.

We also say goodbye to Jennifer Salrin and Kyle Schlabach, who have moved on from the VS office to devote their attention to writing dissertations. We in the office will miss their fine editorial precision and occasional bursts of song. Following their departure, former Editorial Assistant Julie Wise has taken over as Managing Editor, a task she fulfills in addition to working on a dissertation about Victorian poetry and liberalism. Editorial Assistant, and Victorian Bibliography aficionado, Jason Lindquist ably joins her in their editorial labors, when he is not working on a dissertation about travel narratives and aesthetic epistemology.

VS is very pleased indeed to have not one but two book review editors on the job this year. After an edifying apprenticeship with Kyle this summer, Ann-Marie Dunbar has assumed the position of Book Review Editor. Outside of the VS office, Ann-Marie is writing a dissertation about confession and narrative in Victorian fiction and poetry. Joining her on the book-review side of the office is trusty Assistant Book Review Editor Nicole Mares. Hailing from the IU history department, Nicole is writing a dissertation about Britains, Boers, and concepts of civilization in the nineteenth century.

Editorial Intern Katie Butler is a senior majoring in English with minors in history, sociology, and studio art. With her dislike of early-morning hours, Katie hopes to find a job that allows her to sleep late and work from home. Although the likelihood of this is small, she remains optimistic. Katie is grateful for the many things she learned at VS, from cross-reading to what kind of coffee Nicole likes. She would like to thank Julie, Jason, Nicole, and Ann-Marie for sharing their knowledge, but most of all, for their tolerance of her knuckle-cracking habit.

Cecelia Wolford is a junior majoring in English and with a minor in French. She has enjoyed every minute at VS this semester, although her hatred of long European computer paper, the foul smell of labels fresh off the printer, and the red quota bar in Webmail threatened her sanity. While her editing skills have undoubtedly improved, her eternal fear of reading a "stop" out loud in French class will haunt her forever. She will certainly miss half-hour long discussions of the capitalization of "western," as well as Nicole, Ann-Marie, Jason, Julie, and her fellow intern Katie.

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