I’m not sure that it’s fully decorous to publish notes from StAR subscribers that praise the quality of the journal, nor am I sure that it’s decorous to publish notes that praise my own work as series editor of the Ignatius Critical Editions. This being so I am rather bashful as I post Harry Colin’s recent e-mail to the Ink Desk. I have his permission to do so, and I have the excuse that both StAR and the ICEs warrant praise! I hope, therefore, that I will be forgiven the sheer chutzpah of the post:

Hello Joseph!

I’m somewhat reluctant to even send this note, since I’m sure the last thing you need is yet another email, but I did want to express my congratulations on the recent StAR – the Faith and Fiction – issue!  While each issue of the magazine brings joy to my journey back from the mailbox, I thought this one was particularly exceptional.

Secondly, my further congrats on the next batch of Ignatius Critical Editions that I see are due for release here soon; I’m particularly eager to see Loss and Gain and Dracula. The first is hard to find in any edition and the latter has been so distorted by Hollywood variations that there is great need to restore it to its roots! (Regis Martin certainly whet my appetite for this with his StAR article)

God bless you and your family,

Harry Colin
W PA Chesterton Group member

p.s. I agree with you on the pizza! An industry that needs to restore the fundamentals of Distributism!