A. N. D.—1. The lines (which you misquote) are as follows—
“Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel’s as others see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us
And foolish notion.”
They are by Robert Burns, and you will find them in any edition of his poems.—2. Write to the office of The Boy’s Own Paper, in which magazine “The Bishop and the Caterpiller” first appeared.
INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Florence is very sorry, but circumstances have occurred which unfortunately prevent her from opening a correspondence with a little girl reader of the “G. O. P.” as she wished. Among the many readers of our paper, perhaps someone else will kindly volunteer.
“Madge,” who lives in the country, and works with her hands, would very much like to correspond with “Nellie,” so would Robina J. Gibson, Ferneycleuch, Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire (a farmer’s daughter), and B. E. M., The Rectory, Barnow, Co. Wexford.
M. D. Lewis, Sabia, near Smyrna, Asia Minor, would be very glad to write to any of our readers who would like to hear a little about the remote and uncivilised region where she lives, and the curious superstitions and customs that prevail. She adds, “If any of your readers wish to correspond with me in Greek, I shall be very much pleased.”