Paul Cumbletpon wrote: >Jane, you lamented the lack of a Fritillaria monograph but the good news is >that one is on the way. Dr. Martyn Rix had been working on one for many >years but with still a long way to go. ... the >book is almost finished and planned to be published this coming autumn, all >being well. I knew about this eagerly anticipated work in progress but did not know that it had a tentative publication date. The operative word there is "tentative," of course, and having worked for many years in the publishing field I am pretty cynical about such things. When people ask me, "What exactly does a book editor do?" one of my stock answers is, "Convince the author that the book is finished." Jane McGary Portland, Oregon, USA