An Anxious One would do well to try the Dental Hospital and have advice about her teeth.
Maude C.—Felt hats, if good enough, can be re-dyed and blocked without much expense. The 4th Feb., 1869, was a Thursday.
Nesta.—The 15th March, 1871, was a Wednesday; and the 28th February, 1874, was a Saturday.
Audrey Gallop.—The German Auf Wiedersehn means the same as the French au revoir. We have no similar idiom in English, the meaning being, “a wish for our next meeting.”
A June Rose.—Most young girls if short-sighted prefer eyeglasses to spectacles, but it is quite a matter of individual preference.
Busy Bee must go through the usual course of submitting her story to the various publishers. There is no royal road to literary success.
Makie.—We could not give space for such a quantity of statistics. Buy a “Whitaker’s Almanack.” The story you mention about the Queen has been recently contradicted, we believe.
Emmeline Kennedy.—1. The distance from Rydal to Ambleside is given differently in guides and gazetteers—viz., as two miles, a mile and a quarter, and a mile and a half. You say it is a “short mile,” but you will allow it is not a matter of very vital importance. A quarter of a mile from the shores of any lake may be very truly described as being on or near the banks of that lake. You will understand that we are not called upon to visit each locality and test the correctness of gazetteers and guides, so we are quite willing to believe your statement correct. 2. The poet Wordsworth had, as you say, an only daughter, Dora; married to Mr. Quillinan. She died in 1847, leaving no family. Mr. Quillinan had, however, two daughters by his first wife, who was a daughter of Sir Egerton Bridges. This poor lady was burnt to death. Mr. Quillinan himself died suddenly in 1857.
Cecil.—The lines you quote are from a short poem by Lord Byron.
Constant Reader.—Colour-blindness is, unfortunately, very common, and more especially among men. It is rare among women. Red and green are the colours which, through some defect in the eyes, are the more generally confounded. Sailors and soldiers have to be carefully examined to ascertain their ability to distinguish signals, and engine-drivers likewise.