Victoria.—1. Your writing has a small and cramped appearance, and you do not form your letters well. The tails of your g’s, y’s, &c., are too long. You write very clearly, and might easily improve with care.—2. We do not give the private address of the authoress in question, but letters sent to the office of The Girl’s Own Paper would be forwarded to her. Ethel Rimmer’s question has been already answered, though we thank you for your kindness.
Snowdrop.—1. Yes; we are afraid we must confirm the opinion of your relations, that your writing is very bad; but do not despair! Purchase some good copybooks and practise every day.—2. “The Anchor’s Weighed” is a very well known nautical song, and you could purchase it in a cheap form by inquiring at any music shop, so that it is hardly necessary for us to print all the words here.
Joyce.—The play to which you refer, “The Witches’ Curse,” is by Miss Alcott, the author of Little Women, and you can procure it separately; “The Witches’ Curse and Other Plays, by Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy.” Inquire at your bookseller’s. We have seen it prettily acted by children.
Hilda Quelch.—1. Write to the Registrar, University of London, Burlington Gardens, W., for a syllabus of the Matriculation exam.—2. Your writing does not strike us as “babyish,” but it is a little small and cramped. We do not admire the backward slope; but if you wish to retain that, you may still acquire greater freedom by practice and care. Two questions are our limit. We thank you for your kind little letter and assure you of our good wishes.
OUR OPEN LETTER BOX.
Stanmore’s query concerning some verses is answered by Dorothy A. Cross and “Nell.” The authoress is said by the former to be Miss M. E. Manners, though the lines are printed anonymously. Nell encloses a similar poem, which we print verbatim.
The Forget-Me-Not.
It’s said that ages, long ago, when God had formed the earth and heaven,
He called the flowers one by one, until to all sweet names He’d given:
To one, pure Lily, other Rose, another Violet, or Daisy fair,