A Quarterin the Maker's hand.

Dear member — the Quarter resumes, after a long winter at the press, with the seventh issue of an experiment we did not, when we began, expect to outlive a single year.

We have, in this number, kept to the principle that has held us since the first: nothing here is shown first. Each object that appears in these pages was made for a member, dispatched to a member, and then — with permission — photographed for the rest. The Quarter is the slowest of catalogues. It is also, we suspect, the most accurate.

The seven houses each contributed a spread. The Foundry, in its customary economy, gave us a single image and four lines of text; Wickhaven sent six paragraphs and a recipe for a tallow that we were asked, gently, not to print in full. Tidemark, the youngest of the houses and the one most exposed to weather, sent the sea.

We have added, this season, a section on Acquisitions — a small, edited list of objects available to members at the customary terms. Membership remains by invitation; inquiries may be left at the back of the issue, where they will be received in good faith and answered, sometimes, in time.

We hope the issue finds you well, and finds you slowly.

— The Editor