, of York, writes:--"I want to head my notepaper with a notice
that I am willing to receive correspondence in Esperanto. What is
the best phrase to use?"

We think that "Mi korespondados Esperante" is best, being to the
point and short.

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Several correspondents have enquired whether it is easy to teach
one's self Esperanto. This depends on the learner. But I will give
two communications received to-day (September 4). Many similar
letters of appreciation arrive every week.

(1). "Kara Sinjoro, Mi komencis lerni Esperanton la lastan Sabaton
el (je?) la libreto _Esperanto_, kaj mi acxetis mardon la
'Complete Text-Book' de Sinjoro O'Connor. Mi jam estas konvinkita ke
la nova lingvo internacia estas perfekte praktika, kaj ke gxi
farigxos grandan gajnon por la mondo se gxi ricevos la atento kiun
gxi meritas. Kun saluto."

A.G.E., London, N.

This is, word for word, the Esperanto letter of a five-days' student.
It would be interesting to see a similar production after an equally
short period of self-tuition in any natural language. "Atento"
instead of "atenton" seems to be the only slip!

(2). "Dear Sir,--I received the books safely yesterday morning....
I think Esperanto a most wonderful language. I shall soon translate
the letters (for enrolment in the Adresaro) and send them in. I have
never been so surprised as when I glanced through the text-book. I
thought it would take at least 30 or 40 hours to master the grammar,
but I find I can do it in 2! You will probably be rather surprised
when you hear that I am only 14 years old. Yours truly, W.G.R.,
Montmorency, France."

We wish him every success, and hope soon to receive an Esperanto note
also.

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G.M.H., London, N.W., writes in Esperanto asking for "rules for the
order of the words in Esperanto."

For an affirmative sentence the English order is generally the best.
For questions, however, the order is not inverted. Cxu mi havas
libron? not Havas mi libron?

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A most enthusiastic Sussex Samideanino writes: "I may never be able
to do much--my age (71) precludes the possibility; but what I can do
will give me the greatest possible pleasure."

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M.A., of Weymouth, says: "I am in a slight difficulty.... What is the
pronunciation of the plural termination _OJ_?" Unfortunately this
point was not sufficiently clear in the first edition of the
Text-Book. The sound is monosyllabic as in TOY. The tonic accent
therefor