CH and GH, although their
sounds are quite different from the Italian usage.

As a few students continue writing about these accents, I send this
letter to you to-day. And, as you are true Esperantists, you will
carefully consider the subject, and will be so kind as to send me, by
postcard, your opinions before April 10, 1904.

The majority of us in England (perhaps in the whole world) have ever
cried out against the accents. "Away with them" is the cry of many a
fervent helper. To settle this question, you, dear Esperantists, can
choose between these two proposals:--

(1). _Shall_ The Esperantist _be printed without accented
letters, but by CH, GH, HH, JH, SH_?

(2). _Shall it be printed with accents CX, GX, HX, JX, SX as
heretofore?_

I beg all readers who prefer the first of these proposals to write me
a postcard containing the words "_I believe the use of accents
hinders the universal adoption of Esperanto as an international
language._"

Then, if I receive a sufficient number of these postcards, your wish
shall be carried out, and you will no longer see accents in The
Esperantist.

Probably the majority of readers have already learned that our most
fervent supporter, Mr. W. T. Stead, has been taken ill, and has gone
to South Africa. Naturally all Esperantists unanimously send him most
hearty good wishes for a very speedy recovery, and hope that ere long
he will be able to renew his ceaseless labour for the betterment of
mankind. At present he has paid the penalty of too much enthusiasm,
for he has tried to do more than is possible.

The Esperanto Library has become further enlarged by the addition of
the three following books:--

(1). _Vojagxo interne de mia cxambro_ (fifty-eight pages) is a
capital translation from the French of Xavier de Maistre. The
translator, M. S. Meyer, has succeeded in his purpose, and has given
us a most able and correct translation of that interesting work.

(2). _Advokato Patelin_ (forty-two pages) is a three-act prose comedy
by Brueys and Palaprat. Esperanto version by M. J. Evrot. Its
contents are very interesting and humorous, and all Esperantists will
enjoy a good laugh when reading it. Let us congratulate M. Evrot on
the good theme he has selected, and let us hope that before long the
comedy will appear in an _Esperanto theatre_, in accordance with Dr.
Zamenhof's wish. The reading of plays is a great help to the
conversational use of the language.

(3). _Thirty-six