French Studies, Number 77, Bulletin dated Winter 2000, is now available. THE SIEGE ENGINE AS METAPHOR IN FOUR OLD FRENCH CHRONICLES CATHERINE HANLEY, pp. 2-5. http://www3.oup.co.uk/frestu/hdb/Number_77/Bulletin/770002.sgm.abs.html THE BISHOP'S SECRET: JEAN-PIERRE CAMUS'S UNACKNOWLEDGED SOURCE MARILYN COX, pp. 5-7. http://www3.oup.co.uk/frestu/hdb/Number_77/Bulletin/770005.sgm.abs.html THE RE-WORKING OF LA NOUVELLE HELOISE IN GENLIS'S MADEMOISELLE DE CLERMONT JUDITH STILL, pp. 7-11. http://www3.oup.co.uk/frestu/hdb/Number_77/Bulletin/770007.sgm.abs.html `MELUSINE OU MANTO': NERVAL'S ANNOTATION RUTH THOMAS, pp. 11-12. http://www3.oup.co.uk/frestu/hdb/Number_77/Bulletin/770011.sgm.abs.html LE PARADOXE INTEGRISTE: DONATIENNE DE RENE BAZIN (1903) MARTINE GANTREL, pp. 12-14. http://www3.oup.co.uk/frestu/hdb/Number_77/Bulletin/770012.sgm.abs.html BURIED IN THE SAND: GIDE AND ALI JONATHAN PATRICK, pp. 14-16. http://www3.oup.co.uk/frestu/hdb/Number_77/Bulletin/770014.sgm.abs.html AURORE BOREALE: CONSISTENCY AND FOURIERISM IN AUTOMATIC WRITING JAN GAERTNER, pp. 16-18. http://www3.oup.co.uk/frestu/hdb/Number_77/Bulletin/770016.sgm.abs.html A FOOTNOTE TO BECKETT'S COMPANY CHARLES CHADWICK, p. 18. http://www3.oup.co.uk/frestu/hdb/Number_77/Bulletin/770018.sgm.abs.html QUERIES, REQUESTS, INFORMATION pp. 18-19. NEWS FROM SOCIETIES pp. 20-22. CONFERENCE REPORTS pp. 22-23. EDITORIAL NOTE p. 23. SFS NEWS p. 24.