The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 4, January 26, 2003, Article 3

ASYLUM WINTER 2003 ISSUE READY

  Tom Fort, editor of our print journal, writes: "The Winter 2003
  issue of The Asylum is now in the final proofing stage and it
  should be on its way to the printer during the week of
  January 26-February 1.  Readers will immediately see that the
  journal has a somewhat new look and I welcome comments
  either in The E-Sylum or sent to me directly  [etfort@aol.com]
  The Table of Contents is as follows:

  "A Dissertation on the Allegorical Beings Found on the
   Reverses of Medals,"  by Edward Gibbon [A rare essay by
   the famous historian regarding a numismatic book he read in
   1764. Unlike its only other publication, in 1815, our edition
   is fully annotated with modern references and illustrated with
   the coins Gibbon discusses.]

  "A Thirty-Year Retrospective of Krause and Mishler:
   Standard Catalog of World Coins," by William Malkmus

  "A Few Notes On Translations," by Robert F. Fritsch

  "Postcards  as Numismatic Literature," by Pete Smith

  "Changing Perspectives on American Numismatic Literature,"
      by David F. Fanning

  "David Block," by his friends and colleagues

  "News from the Net." [with remembrances of the John W.
    Adams sale]

  "President's Message," by Pete Smith

  "Letters to the Editor" (by Leonard Augsburger and Pete
   Smith concerning Augsberger's article in the last issue)

   "Editorial: De Historia et Numismatica," by E. Tomlinson
  Fort [in which the editor opens his big mouth]

  Also, we need material for the next issue. Those who would
  like to submit something should try to have it to me by April 1
  at the latest."

  [I feel compelled at this point to interject an invitation for
   those of you who aren't yet NBS members to consider
   joining.  The Asylum is sent only to paid-up members of
   NBS.  As this table of contents illustrates, there is a
   world of great information contained within its pages.
   -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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