This issue launches a women's forum. It contains several critical articles covering women in the history of Scottish literature. Contents include Aileen M. Riddell's study of 19th-century novelists, Margaret Elphinstone's in-depth look at the first novels of Naomi Mitchison, Willa Muir, Nan Shepherd and Catherine Carswell, individual articles on Violet Jacob, Nan Shepherd and Catherine Carswell, Margery Palmer McCulloch on women's love poetry, Elizabeth Burns on Pomegranate and Alison Smith looking at four contemporary success stories.