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Notes on Contributors
Stephen M. Parrish,Associate Professor of English at Cornell University, is General Editor of the Cornell Concordances. The first concordance in this series, for Matthew Arnold, appeared in 1959; the second, for Yeats, is expected in 1962.
Ephim G. Fogel, Associate Professor of English at Cornell University, is chiefly concerned with the literature of the English Renaissance, with especial reference to Sidney and Shakespeare.
Robert K. Turner, Jr., received his doctorate from the University of Virginia and is now Assistant Professor of English at the Virginia Military Institute. He has made a specialty of determining Elizabethan printing practices by means of typographical analysis.
John Russell Brown is Lecturer in English at the University of Birmingham. His edition of The White Devil in the Revels Plays (1960) is soon to be followed by his Duchess of Malfi. He has also edited The Merchant of Venice in the Arden Shakespeare (1955).
Cyrus Hoy received his doctorate from the University of Virginia and is now Associate Professor of English at Vanderbilt University. He is currently preparing the critical and commentary volume for the Cambridge University Press edition of The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker.
Marion Linton is an Assistant Keeper in the Department of Printed Books in the National Library of Scotland.
Robert Hay Carnie, Lecturer and Head of the English Department of Queen?s College, Dundee, in the University of St. Andrews, has published a variety of articles on the history of the Scottish book trade.
William B. Todd, whose researches in eighteenth-century bibliography have constantly broken new ground, is Professor of English at the University of Texas.
T. C. Duncan Eaves, Professor of English at the University of Arkansas, is editor of The Letters of William Gilmore Simms. He is currently preparing an edition of Richardson's correspondence and (with Ben D. Kimpel) a biography of Richardson and a critical edition of Pamela.
Ben D. Kimpel, Associate Professor of English at the University of Arkansas, is collaborating with T. C. Duncan Eaves on a biography of Richardson and a critical edition of Pamela.
R. S. Woof, after Oxford, received his doctorate from the University of Toronto. He is to be the first holder of the Lord Adams of Ennerdale Research Fellowship (1961-63) at King's College, The University of Durham, where he will continue his work on the literary relations of Wordsworth and Coleridge and their circle.
Robert E. Scholes, Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia, is particularly interested in the text of Joyce. The Cornell University Press has recently published his The Cornell Joyce Collection: A Catalogue.
James B. Meriwether, Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Carolina, is the author of The Literary Career of William Faulkner: A Bibliographical Study and is now engaged on full-scale bibliographies of Faulkner and of Cozzens.
Curt F. Bühler, a most active scholar in analyzing incunabula, is Keeper of the Printed Books in the Pierpont Morgan Library.
Edward M. Wilson received his doctorate from Cambridge University after graduate study in Madrid, Princeton, and Cambridge. He has been Cervantes Professor of Spanish in King's College London, and since 1953 Professor of Spanish and Professorial Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
I. B. Cauthen, Jr., received his doctorate from the University of Virginia, where he is currently Associate Dean of the College and Associate Professor of English.
Edwin Haviland Miller is Associate Professor of English at New York University. His edition in two volumes of The Correspondence of Walt Whitman has just been published as the initial volumes in The Collected Works.
W. Craig Ferguson has studied at the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford upon Avon and has recently received his doctorate from the University of Birmingham. He is a teacher of English in the Queen Elizabeth Collegiate School in Kingston, Ontario.
A. H. Scouten is Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania and is a co-author of The London Stage, a history of the London theatres, 1660-1800.
Donald D. Eddy, who received his doctorate from the University of Chicago, is Instructor in English at Cornell University.
Gwin J. Kolb, Professor of English at the University of Chicago, is the author of various studies in Johnson and is preparing an edition of Rasselas.
Jack Stillinger, Associate Professor of English at the University of Illinois, is currently engaged in editing the Hollander-Illinois draft of Mill's Autobiography.
George Monteiro is a teaching Associate in English at Brown University. He has published articles on Emily Dickinson and William Faulkner.
Stanton B. Garner is studying for his doctorate in American Literature at Brown University.
Matthew J. Bruccoli, who received his doctorate from the University of Virginia, is Assistant Professor of English at Ohio State University where he is Bibliographer for the Centenary Edition of Hawthorne.
Oliver L. Steele is Instructor in English in the Engineering School of the University of Virginia.
Rudolf Hirsch is the expert on incunabula for the University of Pennsylvania Library.
Howell J. Heaney is Bibliographer in the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
OFFICERS
President, Linton R. Massey, “Kinloch,” Keswick, Virginia
Vice President, Irby B. Cauthen, Jr., 530 Cabell Hall, University of Virginia
Editor, Fredson Bowers, 530 Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Secretary-Treasurer, John Cook Wyllie, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Virginia
Hon. Secretary-Treasurer for the British Isles, Mrs. Douglas Wyllie, Lylestone House, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Hon. Secretary-Treasurer for Chile, Dr. Ricardo Donoso, President, Sociedad de Bibliófilos Chilenos, Archivo Nacional, Santiago, Chile
Hon. Secretary-Treasurer for Finland, Dr. Jorma Vallinkoski, University Library, Helsinki, Finland
Hon. Secretary-Treasurer for France, Mr. Henri A. Talon, Faculté des Lettres, 36 rue Chabot-Charny, Dijon (Côte d'Or), France
Hon. Secretary-Treasurer for Germany, Dr. Richard Mummendey, Meckenheimer Allee 117, Bonn, Germany
Hon. Secretary-Treasurer for the Netherlands, Dr. Johan Gerritsen, Troelstralaan 97, Groningen, Netherlands
Hon. Secretary-Treasurer for Venezuela, Dr. Pedro Grases, Biblioteca Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela
COUNCIL
William B. O'Neal 1961-1965
Eleanor Shea 1959-1963
Joseph M. Carrière 1960-1964
Arthur F. Stocker 1960-1962
PAST PRESIDENTS
Chalmers L. Gemmill
Atcheson L. Hench
The Papers, under the title of Studies in Bibliography, are issued annually by the Society, in addition to various bibliographical pamphlets and monographs, and a news sheet. Members may purchase extra copies of the current volume or copies of any of the back volumes at $7 a copy. The non-member price for volumes is $10.00 a copy.
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CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS FOR 1961
G. M. Alexander, Lynchburg, Virginia
Gabriel C. Austin, New York City
William P. Barlow, Jr., Piedmont, California
Ingle Barr, Pacific Palisades, California
C. Waller Barrett, New York City
Robert Beare, New York City
Curt F. Bühler, New York City
William H. Bulkeley, Hartford, Connecticut
Herbert Cahoon, New York City
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Mrs. Louis Henry Cohn, New York City
Ralph L. Courtney, Arlington, Virginia
Jack Dalton, New York City
Colgate W. Darden, Norfolk, Virginia
Emory University,Emory University, Georgia
Charles E. Feinberg, Detroit, Michigan
Pierce W. Gaines, Fairfield, Connecticut
Robert Horace Garbee, Lynchburg, Virginia
Kenneth S. Giniger, New York City
Adrian Homer Goldstone, Mill Valley, California
John D. Gordan, New York City
George L. Harding, Palo Alto, California
Richard B. Harwell, Chicago, Illinois
Emmet Field Horine,Brooks, Kentucky
Edward G. Howard, Baltimore, Maryland
Hunter Hughes, Washington, D.C.
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Herman W. Liebert, New Haven, Connecticut
Robert A. Lux, Charlottesville, Virginia
John E. Manahan, Scottsville, Virginia
Linton R. Massey, Keswick, Virginia
Melvin M. McCosh, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nicholas Meyer, East Williston, New York
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Howard S. Mott, Sheffield, Massachusetts
Kenneth Nebenzahl, Chicago, Illinois
William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, Virginia
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
The Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, New York City
Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City
Rice University, Houston, Texas
Roland Rohlmeier, Villa Park, Illinois
Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri
Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania
Miss Louise Savage, Charlottesville, Virginia
Gabriel A. Semo, New York City
Seven Gables Bookshop, New York City
S. R. Shapiro, New York City
Eleanor Shea, Charlottesville, Virginia
Rollo G. Silver, Boston, Massachusetts
Arthur B. Spingarn, New York City
James F. Spoerri,Chicago, Illinois
Thomas W. Streeter, Morristown, New Jersey
Robert A. Tibbetts, West Lafayette, Indiana
Thomas F. Torrey,Madison Heights, Virginia
University Library, Cambridge, England
Willis Van Devanter, Washington, D.C.
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri
Miss Julia Wightman,New York City
Richard S. Wormser,Bethel, Connecticut
William Paul Wreden,Atherton, California
John Cook Wyllie,Charlottesville, Virginia
WINNERS OF THE 1961 AWARDS
Matthew J. Bruccoli, in the field of book collecting
Oliver L. Steele, in the field of bibliography
HONORABLE MENTION
Ronald Rago, in the field of book collecting
RECENT MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY
Mr. L. W. Hanson, Keeper of Printed Books of the Bodleian Library, Oxford University, made a few informal remarks to the Society on Saturday, October 1, 1960.
Mr. Boyd Alexander, Editor of the William Beckford Papers since 1948, spoke to the Society on Thursday, November 3, 1960, on "William Beckford—Eccentric Genius, Collector and Man of Taste."
Mr. Fredson Bowers, Professor of English at the University of Virginia, addressed the Society on Monday, March 20, 1961, on "Popular Bibliography and Learned Editors."
Mr. W. Craig Ferguson, Instructor of English in the Queen Elizabeth Collegiate School, Kingston, Ontario, spoke to the Society on Thursday, April 6, 1961, on "Valentine Simmes, Stationer."
Mr. E. R. S. Fifoot, Librarian of Edinburgh University Library, made a few informal remarks to the Society on Friday, September 22, 1961.
Mr. John Crow, Lecturer at King's College, University of London, addressed the Society on Wednesday, September 27, 1961, on "English Proverbs and English Literature."
PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY DURING THE YEAR
Studies in Bibliography, Volume 14, edited by Fredson Bowers. Sent to Contributing, Subscribing, and Student members. Additional copies available to members at $7.00. Available to non-members at $10.00.
Secretary's News Sheet, No. 47. Sent to all members.
Bibliography of the Chilean Novel, by Homero Castillo. Sent to Contributing members on request free of charge. Available to members for $3.00. Available to non-members for $6.00.
Stationers' Company Apprentices, 1605-1640, by D. F. McKenzie. Sent to Contributing members on request free of charge. Available to members for $4.50. Available to non-members for $8.00.
Index of Printers, Publishers and Booksellers in A. W. Pollard and G. R. Redgrave A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad, 1475-1640, by Paul G. Morrison. A second impression offset from the Secretary's copy, with a few corrections written in by hand. Available to members at $5.00. Available to non-members for $6.00.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS
(Former publications of the Society not listed here are out of print. Those wishing a complete list of them should see the annual lists in successive volumes of Studies.)
The Muses Mourn, a Checklist of Verse Occasioned by the Death of Charles II, by John Alden. $4.00 ($2.25 to members).
A Bibliographical Examination of the Earliest Editions of the Letters of Junius, by T. H. Bowyer. $6.00 ($3.60 to members).
Maryland Imprints, 1801-1810, by Roger P. Bristol. $7.50 ($4.00 to members).
Maxwell Anderson Bibliography, by Martha Cox. $4.00 ($2.25 to members).
Shakespearean Prompt-Books of the Seventeenth Century, edited by G. Blakemore Evans. Vol. 1: Parts i and ii (Macbeth). $20.00 ($13.00 to members).
Heads Across the Sea: An Album of Eighteenth Century English Literary Portraits in America, by Frances Sharf Fink, $10.00 ($6.00 to members).
Romance Languages and Literatures as Presented in German Doctoral Dissertations, 1885-1950, a Bibliography, by Hans Flasche. $7.50 ($5.00 to members).
A Centennial Check-List of the Editions of Henry David Thoreau's Walden, by Walter Harding. $3.00 ($2.00 to members).
Thoreau's Library, by Walter Harding. $5.00 ($3.50 to members).
Selective Checklists of Bibliographical Scholarship, 1949-1955, by Howell Heaney and Rudolf Hirsch. $10.00 ($6.00 to members).
A Bibliography of the Works of Fiske Kimball, by Mary Kane. $3.50 ($2.50 to members).
Borrowings from the Bristol Library, 1773-1841: A Unique Record of Reading Vogues, by Paul Kaufman. $5.00 ($4.00 to members).
A Checklist of Verse by David Garrick, by Mary E. Knapp. $5.00 ($3.00 to members).
The North European Nations as Presented in German University Publications, 1885-1957, by Fritz Meyen. $7.50 ($5.00 to members).
A Preliminary Check List of Tennessee Imprints, 1861-1866, by Eleanor Drake Mitchell. $2.00 ($1.00 to members).
Index of Printers, Publishers and Booksellers in Donald Wing's Short-Title Catalogue, 1641-1700, by Paul G. Morrison. $20.00 ($10.00 to members).
A Preliminary Check List of Lexington, Kentucky, Imprints, 1821-1850, by Roscoe Pierson. $2.00 ($1.00 to members).
Bibliography of South Carolina, 1563-1950, by Robert J. Turnbull, 6 volumes. $100.00 ($75.00 to members).
A Carto-Bibliographical Study of The English Pilot the Fourth Book With Special Reference to the Charts of Virginia, by Collie Verner. $5.00 ($4.00 to members).
FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS
Bookbinding in Colonial Virginia, by C. Clement Samford and John M. Hemphill, II.
Index to American Printers Before 1800 as Listed in Evans, by Roger Bristol.
A Bibliography of American Belles-Lettres in German Translation, by Richard Mummendey.
COLOPHON
Volume fifteen of the Society's Papers, Studies in Bibliography, was produced atthe University of Virginia Press. Linotype Baskerville 11, 10, 9, and 8 point, leaded, was employed. Headings were set in 18 point Baskerville No. 2. The volume was bound by Charles H. Bohn of New York City. Fourteen hundred copies were manufactured on 80 pound Standard Permalife Text.
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