Thistle.—Your lines are unequal, and the form is incorrect. Compare these two extracts—
“The fourth of the sisters there
Her own mind knows not yet,”
and
“Outside that little summer-house
On the lawn so smooth and green.”
Both occupy the same place in the verse, and should therefore correspond in metre. It is no easy task to write verse that will find acceptance.
“Bill.”—1. Some friend of yours with a knowledge of musical composition might set “Marie” to music for you. The lines are very irregular, and would need special treatment.—2. Your writing is vigorous and distinctive, but you are inclined to write untidily, omitting fragments of words and scrawling now and again. If you never allowed yourself to scribble, and were very careful, you would write well by-and-by.
Sesame.—We advise you to write to the Secretary of Girton College, Miss Shore Nightingale, 11, Queensborough Terrace, Bayswater, London; and to the Secretary of Newnham, Miss M. G. Kennedy, Shenstone, Cambridge. From these ladies you will obtain full particulars. With regard to scholarships, we refer you to Mrs. Watson’s articles on “What are the County Councils doing for Girls?” in The Girl’s Own Paper for March, July, August, and September, 1897.