on of _The Adventures of Count Ferdinand
Fathom_. And, when you recollect that this clever writer only
heard Esperanto's name six weeks ago, you will see here yet
another good testimony as to the astonishing simplicity of the
language.

Among the many new adherents we gain daily is one who intends
visiting the St. Louis Exhibition. He will probably see the Esperanto
Section there, founded by the French Society, and superintended by
Mr. J. Constant, 4755, Maffitt Avenue, St. Louis.

Large Esperanto posters have been printed for this Exhibition, and M.
Bourlet has kindly sent a number of them printed in English. I will
gladly send a free specimen to everyone who will promise to exhibit
it in a suitable place.

It is to be hoped that such an Exhibition in the United States will
arouse much interest. Esperanto already begins to make progress
there, and a devoted helper, _Mr. J. Fogg Twombly, 34, Green Street,
Brookline, Mass._, has undertaken the provisional secretaryship. Will
all American friends write to, and work with, him?

Mr. Twombly has commenced his propaganda on a new plan. We always
find that Americans send new ideas to Europe; is it not so? He sent
subscriptions for The Esperantist for all American Universities,
and some colleges. So, among the readers of these lines are to be
found our future comrades, the Youth of America.

_Ever forwards!_ let your motto be. Do not allow Europe to conquer
alone in this noble cause!

His plan reminds me that some of you have asked for this Gazette to
be sent regularly to sundry town libraries. The suggestion is a very
valuable one, but, at the beginning of such an enterprise, it is
impossible to adopt it. I, therefore, hope that, after you have
gained the approval of the librarian, you will kindly consent to send
a subscription for the library. For this purpose half will be
accepted, that is, an annual subscription of 1/6. A little later it
will be possible to give less sparingly.

I have also received some requests to enlarge or more frequently
issue the Gazette. But this is also impracticable at present. Really,
if one recollects that twenty months ago Esperanto was practically a
name unknown in England, and that now for eight months England has
its own Gazette, one must not complain that it contains but sixteen
pages! The very existence of such a paper, principally supported by
British Contributors and Subscribers, is an incontrovertible proof of
the simplicity an