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117 lÕ This loss of identity is reenforced by Luxulyan·s identification with the martyr, Catherine de Medici. The use of the figure of the saint, although long thought to be part of the "medieval" fascination of the late nineteenth century, may well be another of those self-conscious icons of the period. The use in the art of Burne-Jones and Moreau as well as in the numerous "Sebastians" in the short stories of the nineties would seem to suggest a thematic use of martyrdom. l°For a discussion of Symons· mental illness and its recapitulation of many of the symptoms that had appeared earlier in his art, see Lhombreaud, pp. 25¿ff. Also the reader may wish to look at The British Journal of Medical Psychology [Cambridge UP] Vol. XII, Part Iv [1932J, 346^62. !^Arthur Symons, "Fact in Nature" in Studies in Prose and Verse, p. 47. ^Arthur Symons, "The World as Ballet" In Studies in Seven Arts [NY: E. P. Dutton, 1907], p. 389. FORTHCOMING In ELT, XII: 4 (1969), the issue which serves the ELT Seminar on Conrad at the MLA meetings in December, will contain George H. Thomson's "Conrad's Later Fiction" Jerome Zuckerman's "Toward a Reappraisal of The Rover." and other Conrad-related articles and notes. ELT, XIII: 1 (1970) is tentatively scheduled to contain James M. Ware's "Algernon's Appetite: Oscar Wilde's Hero as Restoration Dandy," Joseph J. Egan's "Grave Sites and Moral Death: A reexamination of Stevenson's 'The Body-Snatcher,'" Robert E. Lougy's "William Morris· News from Nowhere: The Novel as Psychology of Art," and several other pieces. Under consideration for future publication In ELT are secondary annotated bibliographies on M. R. James, Sheila Kaye-Smith, Ernest Dowson, Israel Zangwlll, and others. 118 A NEW PERIODICAL REFRINT SERIES The Irish University Press (Dublin, London, and White Plains, N. Y.) will publish a new series of reprints that are of special Interest to ELT readers. The series Is tentatively titled Transitional British Literary Periodicals and will Initially Include such titles, all originally published In London, as The Bookman, The Saturday Review, Fun, Literature, Longman's Magazine, Macmlllan's Magazine, The New Review, The Nineteenth Century, and Universal Review. During the first phase of this venture the emphasis will be on literary periodicals, 1. e. those of major Importance because of reviews, criticism, original fiction and poetry, and so on. We are particularly pleased to hear of this project not only because It will make many more periodicals available to researchers who do not have ready access to major research libraries, but also because the General Editor of the series Is W. Eugene Davis (Purdue University), our own Associate Editor and longstanding friend. Knowing Gene Davis, we feel certain that scholars working In the ELT period will benefit much from this project. A HARDY YEARBOOK J. Stevens Cox, whose Toucan Press (Mount Durand, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, C. I. Via Britain) has been producing the Hardy Monographs that have now reached No. 55. announces that this series will conclude with No. 70 at the end of I969 or early In 1970. Beginning Christmas 1970, Mr. Cox's Toucan Press will Issue an annual to be titled The Thomas Hardy Year Book at about 10 shillings (a discount Is allowed subscribers to the Hardy Monograph Series). The Thomas Hardy Year Book "will be devoted to material, including illustrations, In some way connected with Hardy and William Barnes." Subscriptions to the new annual can now be reserved by writing to Mr. J. Stevens Cox. 163 times. These repetitions annoy and distract. Also, Kr. Newell, unconsciously I am sure, tends to insult the reader's intelligence by the overuse of italics ("It appears in the sixth chapter of the book and then reappears In the sixth chapter from the end." P. 37) and by his puzzling decision in Chapter I to Indicate any reference to "illusion" by a different word by an asterisk. In spite of these reservations, my original judgment stands, Mr. Newell, within the limitations he has set for himself, and in short compass (120 pages) has added a significant, original statement to Wells criticism. University of...