No. 8, December 16, 1986
CONTENTS
| Editorial | Joan Austen-Leigh | Page 2 |
| From the Editor Elect | Juliet McMaster | Page 3 |
| President's Letter | Lorraine Hanaway | Pages 4-5 |
| News from Steventon | Joyce Bown | Page 5 |
| Social Impressions: Vancouver Conference | Patricia Latkin | Pages 6-11 |
| Ask Lady C. | Page 11 | |
| Muted Merriment: Christmas Celebrations in JA | Hugh McKellar | Pages 12-16 |
| An Old Daytime Serial Writer Looks at P & P | William Morwood | Pages 17-19 |
| "Every Body Does Not Hunt" | Patricia Jo Kulisheck | Pages 20-24 |
| "Truth Universally Acknowledged" | Kenneth Moler | Page 25 |
| Lady Catherine's Grammar | Juliet McMaster | Pages 26-27 |
| A "Trivial" Jane Austen Game | Mary Hardenbrook | Page 27 |
| A Letter | Muriel Manuel | Page 28 |
| Stargazing at Mansfield Park | Alma C. Zook | Page 29-33 |
| New Light on JA's Refusal of Harris Bigg-Wither | Joan Austen-Leigh | Pages 34-36 |
| A Portrait of Mrs. Bingley | Lance Bertelson | Pages 37-38 |
| Jane Austen and Lord Byron: Connections | Elizabeth Barry | Pages 39-41 |
| Competition Winners | Pages 42-44 | |
| Absent Fathers: An Examinations of Father-Daughter Relationships in JA's Novels | Christine Gibbs | Pages 45-50 |
| 1807 and All That | Mary Millard | Pages 50-51 |
| The Eccentric Edifice | D. Dean Cantrell | Pages 52-55 |
| The Curtain Lifts | Donald Greene | Pages 55-57 |
| Jane Austen and the Athenaeum | David Groves | Pages 58-59 |
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PAPERS FROM THE VANCOUVER CONFERENCE |
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| "God Gave Us Our Relations": The Watson Family | Juliet McMaster | Pages 60-72 |
| "Knit Your Own Stuff" | Judith Terry | Pages 73-83 |
| Contributors | Page 83 | |
| Where is Jane Asuten in The Watsons? | James Heldman | Pages 84-91 |
| "Sam is only a Surgeon, you know." | John Norris | Pages 92-95 |
| "Excellently Qualified to Shine at a Round Game" | Mary M. Brown | Pages 96-100 |
| The Watsons as Pretext | Joseph Weisenfarth | Pages 101-111 |
| Quiz: The Watsons | Page 112 |
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