Editor's Comments

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Editor's Comments The deadline has passed for the submission of manuscripts for the special issue of Studies in American Fiction on Mark Twain. The editorial boards are now engaged in reading through scores of manuscripts, and we will feature the best of these articles in the Autumn 1985 issue. We have been most impressed by the extent and quality of current Twain scholarship, and we are grateful to everyone who submitted an essay for consideration . We have been asked to make a number of announcements about other journals in the field that will be of interest to our readers. Legacy, a biannual journal of nineteenthcentury American women writers, is currently soliciting manuscripts. Essays in biography, bibliography, literary and intellectual history, as well as critical interpretation are all welcome and should conform to The Chicago Manual of Style. Contributions should be sent to Legacy, Department of English, Bartlett Hall, University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, Mass. 01003. The Southern Quarterly is seeking articles for a special issue on Stark Young and his place in American literary history. Please direct manuscripts to Robert Peterson, Department of English, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tenn. 37132. James B. Carothers and John T. Matthews are soliciting contributions to the Faulkner Journal, the first issue of which will appear in September of 1985. Essays should conform to the second edition of the MLA Handbook and follow the procedures for anonymous submissions. All contributions should be addressed to the managing editor, Charles M. Oliver, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio 45810. The Kansas Quarterly has announced a special issue on William Inge. Contributions should be sent by September 1, 1985, to Robert Kent Donovan, Department of History, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506. We are honored to add to our Advisory Editorial board Per Seyersted (University of Oslo) and Sergio Perosa (University of Venice), both of whom will be well known to our readers for their work on American literature. We are grateful to them for their willingness to assist us in bringing a truly international perspective to our editorial judgment, and we look forward to working with them in the years ahead. I would also like to welcome to our office our new graduate assistant, Catherine Adamowicz, who brings a cheerful energy to all tasks. She has been devoting much of her time to advertising but assists with virtually every aspect of the production of the journal. We are thankful for her dedicated help. J.N. ...