"New Bedford."--We were obliged to paste your name on the back of letter; could not make it out. It is not pleasant, we know; but every lady should write her name plain, and put before it Miss or Mrs., as the case may be. "Mrs. C. B."--Sent patterns by Adams's Express on 8th. "Mrs. T. S. S."--Sent patterns by mail on 11th. "Mrs. J. C. C."--Sent patterns by mail on 11th. "Mrs. S. W. B."--Sent patterns by mail on 12th. "Mrs. D. E. H."--Sent blonde by mail on 12th. "Mrs. M. T."--Sent patterns and cotton by mail on 13th. "A. M. M."--Sent patterns by mail on 13th. "Mrs. M. L. C."--Sent patterns by Adams & Co. on 13th. "Mrs. J. B. H.," California.--Sent jewelry and patterns by mail on 15th. "An Old Subscriber," Detroit.--Can you inform us in or about what number the crochet alphabet was published? Perhaps we can supply you the numbers. Many thanks for your good wishes. "Ella H."--We will publish it in our July number. "A. H. O."--Gold spectacles sent by mail 17th. "Miss C. L. B."--To engrave and publish the diagram you request will cost us $50, and we can send you a pattern that will only cost you $1.25. "Mrs. General P."--Sent patterns by mail on 17th. No orders attended to unless the cash accompanies them. All persons requiring answers by mail must send a post-office stamp. The Borrower's Department. "_The wicked borroweth and payeth not again._" THE "Southern Sentinel" says: "We do not see how the ladies can do without this admirable work." They don't; those who are not subscribers borrow. It is a fair calculation to suppose that there are at least five persons who read each number of the "Lady's Book." Now, as we have only 80,000 subscribers, this would make 400,000 readers, 320,000 of whom borrow the "Book." * * * * * "GODEY AGAIN.--'Have you received the Lady's Book for April?' says a lady friend to us. 'Really,' she continued. 'I _do_ think that GODEY is the most enterprising and shrewd publisher in the Union. He is always "ahead of time," and I can hardly wait even then! Will you _lend it to me as soon as it comes_?' Of course, we wanted to accommodate a friend--and especially awkward was it to say _no_ to a lady; but we told her that we wanted to keep them neat and clean for binding, and gently hinted that for $3 she could get it without being dependent upon the printer! After second thought, however, we have concluded to lend _this_ incomparable number, making the borrower promise to immediately subscribe."--_Palmyra Sentinel._ * * * * * THE "Lawrence Journal" says:-- "We want to raise a club of about one hundred in Newcastle; so please hand in your names, with the cash, and hereafter don't ask us, or our better half, to lend it when you can get it for two dollars per annum." * * * * *