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Focuses on the inaugural meeting of the North American Victorian Studies Association held in October 2003 at the Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Information on the papers presented at the meeting; Web site that provides information on the events during the gathering; Collections of papers from the conference.

Provides news briefs concerning Victorian literature, as of September 1977. Information on a program for college teachers to be held by the National Endowment for the Humanities; Details on the prizes to be awarded by the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians for the best book and best articles in history written by a woman; Papers to be featured at a session on Victorian autobiography at the 1977 MLA convention.

Discusses the role of the Universal Postal Union in the development of literacy. Background of the organization; Details on the publication of official literacy statistics and the construction of national education systems; Information on European project in literacy.