Editor's Letter

EDITOR'S LETTER I am happy to report that we now have a fully constituted Editorial Board. The members who have agreed to serve, along with their areas of coverage, are: O.M. Brack, Jr., Arizona State University (Pre-Modern British Literature); Lois Marchino, University of Texas at El Paso (Modern British Literature): Hamlin Hall, University of New Mexico (American Literature); Ronald W. Tobin, University of California at Santa Barbara (French Literature); Ester Zago, University of Colorado (Italian Literature); Ralph Nicolai, University Literature); and Raymund Paredes, University of California at Los Angeles (Ethnic and Minority Literatures). The participation in the editorial development of the Review of such distinguished scholars can only serve to enhance the quality of the journal. Apologies are in order for not having met our mailing deadline for the last issue of the Review: our typesetters experienced an equipment breakdown, and then the printer had difficulties obtaining the paper our contract calls for. We do not intend to make a regular practice of appearing late. Because of the enormous increase in publication costs, the Review is now obliged to charge contributors for reprints. We will supply contributors with fifty reprints for $15.00; book review contributors will receive five free tear sheets of their reviews. As of this, the first issue of volume 35, the seasonal identification of the various numbers has been abandoned. We have also stopped running feet on the pages and modified the running heads: the latter is a more interesting trope than the former. . . The Review continues to have a deficient backlog of articles, and the planning of future numbers would improve if we had a larger pool of essays to draw from. I have asked the Editorial Board to encourage scholars to submit to the Review, and the membership at large can contribute to improving the quality of the journal by encouraging colleagues to submit their work for consideration. The journal, of course, remains committed to publishing only research of the highest quality, and I have begun to submit manuscripts to scholars around the country for evaluation. ...