Cape and Sword

In the case of numerous abbreviations, especially of long words other than characters' names in the captions, would the use of italics be more costly in printing than the use of brackets? c. Emendations in text. The meter should not be tampered with, even in case of obvious error. 2. Variants b. Stage directions. Variants in stage directions should be notecl. However, it was pointed out that certain texts, say 18th century MS copies, are perhaps not important enough to call for noting variants in stage directions. IV. REFERENCE MATERIAL 1 . Notes a. Footnotes should be numbered consecutively . Add: In referring to the lines of the text, use the abbreviations v. and vv. in place of 1. and 11. Omit stock notes such as quien for que, etc. Aside from the above comments made in connection with the excellent principles set down by Dr. Stafford, some concern was voiced about one very serious problem: With the present costs of printing, what compromises must be made with respect to the material to be included in a critica] edition? Obviously, there could be no perfect answer to this question. Resolutions were passed that, on behalf of the Comediantes, a letter of condolence be sent to Mrs. H. C. Heaton and a letter of appreciation to Dr. Stafford for her valuable contribution to the program. The presence at the meeting of another distinguished guest was made known to the younger members when Mabel Harlan introduced Emeritus Professor Caroline B. Bourland , one of the pioneers in comedia editing . The meeting was adjourned after Mr. Hesse appointed Messrs. Anibal, Oppenhaimer > and Parker to the program committee for the next meeting in Detroit. Cape and Sword Conducted by The Editor Doctoral dissertations: Sidney F. Wexler of the University of Massachusetts is preparing an edition of Calderón's La devoción de L· cru% (N. Y. U.). Joseph Silverman of the University of Southern California is studying the gracioso in the theater of Ruiz de Alarcón. Henry Y. Wilson of the University of Miami (FIa.) is editing Tirso's Palabras y flumas under the direction of Mrs. Dorothy Hoffman of Florida State University . Necrology: Harry Clifton Heaton of New York University, December 28, 1950. Excerfts from a letter received by Prof. Alice H. Bushee: "I should like to call your attention to some additional material on the footnote to lines 1617-1624 of your splendid edition of Tirso's La frudencta en la mujer. Menéndez Pidal, in the second volume of his Cantar de Mio Cid (pp. 497-98, footnote 2), refers to similar situations and cites evidence offered by Clemencin and D. Hinard. There is a striking similarity between the passage in Tirso and the material of the tradición La bofetada fóstuma by Ricardo de Palma who, in the time of the viceroy Blasco Núñez de Vela, pawned his beard to a merchant in order to pay his soldiers. (See Flor de Tradiciones, R. Palm.:, Ed. Umphrey, García Prada. Editorial Cultura , México, 1943, pp. 31-34.)."—Joseph Silverman, U.S.C. Victor R. B. Oelschlà'ger, formerly of the Sophie Newcomb College of Tulane University , is now at the University of Southern California. Max Oppenheimer, Jr., currently on leave from Washington University, has been re- called to military service. His place on the program committee of the 1951 convention will be filled by Bruce W. Wardropper of the Johns Hopkins University. the Golden Age. Perhaps three or four Comediantes could work on Lope, several on Calderón, etc. Who will volunteer? Suggestions on how to finance the Bulletin : (1) give subscriptions as gifts (2) induce your colleagues and college libraries to subscribe (3) leave a subsidy to the Bulletin in your will and (4) make outright gifts to the Bulletin. Three farces, Lope de Rueda's Las aceitunas , Cervantes' La cueva de Salamanca and Los habladores attributed to Cervantes, were presented at the University of Wisconsin on March 26 under the able direction of Roberto G. Sánchez. The Seventeenth Century Newsletter isSturgis E. Leavitt of the University of now edited by J. Max Patrick, University North Carolina has generously offered his of Florida, Gainesville. One dollar a...