The "Epistle" is the Publication Forum of Professors of Reading Teacher Educators, which is a special-interest group of the International Reading Association. The topic considered in this issue is doctoral dissertations. Four professors, Billy Guice, Helen Robinson, Edwin Smith, and J. Jaap Tuinman, share their views on directing students through the dissertation stage of doctoral work. Robert Palmatier and Ellen Austin review and analyze the reading studies reported in "Dissertation Abstracts" during 1973. Regular features are Movers, which endeavors to record the job choices of new graduates and the relocation of others; Exchange, which offers a communication link between individuals who wish temporary locations; and Job Report, which lists positions available to doctoral-degree holders. (MKM)