The Spring 2001 issue of Kosmas: Czechoslovak and Central European Journal is now in preparation and will be the second to emerge from its new editorial home at Texas A&M University. Among the articles offering important new historical scholarship on the history of Czech and Slovak politics, culture and journalism will be David Z. Chroust, "Bohemian Voice: The First Journal about the Czechs in English," T. Mills Kelly, "An Unlikely Partnership: The Search for Peace and Understanding in East Central Europe, 1910-1914," James Krapfl, "The Sacred and the Velvet Revolution," and Catriona Menzies, "A Fish Out of Water? Democracy and the HZDS (Movement for a Democratic Slovakia.)."

In addition, Lida Dutkova-Cope and C. S. Smith will each offer papers based on recent linguistic studies of the Czech language as it is still spoken in the state of Texas, Petr Simunek will be "Looking to the Future–Czech Republic as EU Member," and H. Gordon Skilling will offer part two of his report on "Memories of the Masaryks in Moravia. Special features will also include a speech by Vaclav Klaus on "The Problems of a Newly Born Democracy and Market Economy Ten Years after the Collapse of Communism" and a new short story by Josef Skvorecky, as well as book reviews by Ivo K. Feierabend, Mila Saskova-Pierce, Miloslav Rechcigl, and Lyn Coffin.

SVU-sponsored Kosmas is the only academic, English-language journal that offers this kind of quality and variety in Czech, Slovak, and Central European studies. Subscription orders and inquiries and address changes should be sent to David Z. Chroust, Managing Editor, Kosmas, 5000 TAMU, Sterling Evans Library, Texas A&M University. E-mail address: . In the US and Canada, an individual one-year subscription to Kosmas is $27.00 ($22.00 for current members of the SVU, $30.00 for libraries and other institutions). In Europe, the rates are $30.00 ($25.00 for SVU members, $33.00 for institutions). For other international subscribers, the rates are $32.00, $27.00, and $35.00, respectively.

Manuscript submissions, books for review, and correspondence concerning editorial matters should be sent to Clinton Machann, Editor, Kosmas, Department of English, 4227 TAMU, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4227, USA. E-mail address: . Fax: 979-845-4898.

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