"...It is our hope that 'Manuscripts' will contribute to the Australian tradition of literature and art, and help in the tremendous task of building such an aesthetic background. it is a task that cannot be brought about in a night and a day. The present generation holds the future in its hands and must needs take heed of those words of ancient, yet most modern wisdom: 'Where there is no vision the people perish.'" H Tatlock Miller (from the Editorial)