Reply-To: bryant@lanczos.ma.umist.ac.uk


Dear Colleague,
IN MEMORY OF BRIAN HARTLEY
The London Mathematical Society has resolved to publish in the
Journal a group of papers dedicated to the memory of the late
Brian Hartley of the University of Manchester.  The papers will
be refereed in the usual way and must meet the Journal's normal
criteria on standards, presentation, etc.
The Editors will make available about 90 or 100 pages of one issue
of the Journal.  Since space will be very restricted, shorter papers
will be particularly welcome.  Clearly it will be most appropriate
to have papers written by Brian's collaborators, research students
and close colleagues.  If it turns out to be necessary the Editors
may have to be selective in determining which papers should appear
in the special part-issue, but it may be that further dedicated
papers can be published in other issues of the Journal, Proceedings
or Bulletin.  The precise date of publication of the special
part-issue of the Journal cannot be determined at this stage, but it
is likely to be some time in late 1997 or early 1998.
If you (or other colleagues) wish to submit a paper for possible
inclusion in the special part-issue you should submit your paper to
the LMS in the usual way (see the inside back cover of a recent issue
of the Journal, Proceedings or Bulletin) by 31st March 1996. Please
also make it clear that you wish your paper to appear in the special
part-issue of the Journal dedicated to Brian Hartley and send an
additional copy of your paper to me so that I can help the Editors
co-ordinate the progress of the papers.
Please pass this information on, particularly to people who had
close links with Brian.

Yours sincerely,
Roger Bryant.
Prof. R. M. Bryant
Department of Mathematics
UMIST
P O Box 88
Manchester M60 1QD
United Kingdom

September 1995