ricevi
specimenojn de la proponita anonco.

Ree dankante cxiujn kunverkantojn, ni petegas pri originale verkitajn
artikolojn por la Gazeto. En cxiuj landoj estas la sama afero. Oni
trovas grandan nombron da skeptikuloj, kiuj diradas: "Ho! Mi vidas ke
via lingvo estas bona nur por tradukajxoj. Kiam vi havos vian propran
verkaron, mi eklernos Esperanton. Sed, en la nuna tempo, mi pliamas
mian patrujan lingvon."

Mi skribis tiun cxi peton al nia bona amiko, Sinjoro Ben Elmy, kaj,
kiel rezulto, niaj legantoj nun havos la grandan plezuron legi
_Esperantan_ poemeton, kun Angla _traduko_. Aliaj amikoj jam
respondis al tiu cxi peto kaj sendis la interesajn rakontetojn kiuj
estas tie cxi presitaj kaj korege cxiuj devas danki ilin por la
granda helpo kiun ili donis al Esperanto, tielfarinte. Kvankam
tradukoj estas tre akcepteblaj, originalaj verkoj sendube estas indaj
je antauxeco.

La Redaktoro.

FOOTNOTE:

[1] Lit.: "Potatoless."

CONCERNING THE FUTURE.

_"We are none of us infallible, even the youngest."_

The Editor of The Esperantist desires to send as early as
possible his most hearty expression of thanks to his readers for the
kind letters which he daily receives. In the first article of the
first Esperantist a request was put forward that one should
send proposals for the improvement of the youngest of Esperanto
journals. In consequence of this, many friends have written their
opinions on the subject.

To begin at the beginning, some friends-in-Esperanto criticised the
_somewhat greenness_ of the cover. But we have also received many
letters, especially from our lady readers, fully approving of it. We
therefore think it would be regrettable to change it without
unanimous consent; thus the second number has a similar green
exterior.

But the most serious criticisms were concerning the interior. Some
readers found that an undivided page was somewhat difficult to read.
Especially in the interesting original work, "The Italian Summer,"
did they experience this. Although undivided pages have a more
pleasant appearance, we will not continue them any more, and thank
the friends who pointed out the defect.

An adept Esperantist thought the standard was too high; that the
second Gazette could not be as interesting as the first, and so on.
This truly would be a most serious matter, and British Esperantists
must take care that the prophecy be not verified. We are
quite certain that if one will only send