First Prize (£2 2s.).
Margaret Kelly, Douglas, Isle of Man.
Second Prize (£1 1s.).
Florence Roche, Torquay.
Third Prize (10s. 6d.).
Eva M. Moore, Wigton, Cumberland.
Honourable Mention.
Mary Adèle Venn, West Kensington Park.
“Saguin,” Stoke Newington.
Florence Townsend, Deaf and Dumb Institution, Edgbaston.
Ada A. Gaze, Norwich.
Mary de Lacy White, Dumfriesshire, N.B.
“Excelsior,” Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
“Una,” Wickham Market, Suffolk.
Jessie A. Byford, Deaf Institute, Derby.
Lucy Bourne, Winchester.
Margaret W. Rudd, Anerley.
Mabel Gibson, Wandsworth Common, S.W.
Barbara Macadam, Stoke Newington.
Martha Harman, Bromley, Kent.
Emma Barrie, Plymouth.
Ethel M. W. Cleveland, Bedford.
Margaret Moscrop, Saltburn-by-the-Sea.
L. M. Barber, Brixton.
Florence Hutchinson, Wellingborough.
My Dear Girls,—I have read with much pleasure the large number of essays sent in by readers of “The Deaf Girl” because almost all of them show such a thorough appreciation of, and sympathy with, the purpose of the story. I am sorry to disqualify seventeen, from disregard of the rule that they must confine themselves to one page of foolscap only. A great many pass over the more important incidents of the story and give undue prominence to details. Others again dilate too much on the first part of the book, and have to crowd the latter. But I heartily thank all who express sympathy with my object and a desire to aid the afflicted class of whom I write. If I could induce one or two of you even to become workers (so much needed) in this service, I should indeed rejoice, and feel that my little story has accomplished its end.