Dear Supporters, Greetings!
It may be that a few words about The Esperantist will be interesting to you. It is the end of its first year.
When I undertook the work there were apparently but two or three English Esperantists who would write articles for the Gazette. The haunts of the Subscribers were, to me, quite unknown. I believed that the undertaking would be a financial loss, for the language had only been introduced into England a few months before. Nevertheless, the existence of a Gazette would help the Cause; thus The Esperantist sprang into being.
Happily I soon discovered that, from all parts of Esperantoland, well-informed, interesting articles came to hand. Month by month subscribers became more numerous.
To all helpers I desire to send most hearty thanks. Thanks to you, people in every land have gained new thoughts, new knowledge. Thanks to you, The Esperantist can continue its existence.
Quite an amateur, I have tried as far as possible to please my readers.
Too often professional Publishers merely consider the cost of production, and disregard the wishes of their readers. But, over The Esperantist, I have never been sparing. Certainly all are satisfied as to the good quality of its paper, type and general contents.
Concerning its literary style I of course cannot criticise, being myself, more or less, a beginner. But Dr. Zamenhof has just written: "Your Gazette greatly pleases me; and I am convinced that it also pleases all Esperantists."
In this connection one must not forget that it would have been quite impossible for an individual to issue even a small gazette in any national language after only a few months of spare-time study. This is alone possible with our easy Esperanto.
It is a difficult business, this editing of an Esperanto gazette!