The Santayana Edition
On September 1, 1985 the National Endowment for the Humanities
awarded a $100,000 grant in outright funds and a $10,000 grant in
matching funds to continue work on the Santayana Edition during
1985-87. We have received funding from NEH since 1977, but this year
was particularly difficult and many continuing projects did not receive
support. Hence, everyone associated with the edition should be
particularly pleased with NEH's assistance and, when possible, express
their thanks to NEH personnel. In addition, we must now match the
$10,000 grant and any contribution towards that goal will be most
welcome.1
The Santayana Edition has changed its location. The General Editor
became the Head of the Department of Philosophy at Texas A&M
University (also on September 1, 1985), and any correspondence should
be sent to the following address:
Herman J. Saatkamp, Jr.
General Editor
Santayana Edition
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-1588
Telephone (409) 845-2003, 845-5660.
The publication dates for Volume I (Persons and Places), Volume II
(The Sense of Beauty), and Volume III (Interpretations of Poetry and Religion)
have been moved to 1986, 1987, and 1988 respectively. The General
Editor received the page proofs for the text of Volume I in late August,
1985, and he and the Textual Editor, William G. Holzberger, are
preparing the apparatus that will be published with the text. The process
of preparing the text on computers for MIT's Penta System is working
extremely well, and the editors of MIT Press are to be congratulated for
their considerable and consistent support.
1 Please contact Herman Saatkamp if you wish to provide support for these matching
funds. Any checks should be made payable to the Texas A&M Development Foundation and
should indicate that the funds are for use on the Santayana Project under the direction of
Herman Saatkamp.