“It is with a great deal of sincere pleasure I note in the---- Magazine (which publication is in our home) for a coming issue the beginning of one of Guy Thorne’s stories. The writer is a young man of twenty years and a Methodist, and presume I am taking up too much of a good man’s time. But I might say my idea in writing was to convey from a Canadian my thanks for the good which I have received, and many others in our city, from the reading of this one work. “Wishing you every success in your work, “Yours sincerely.” From Brixton:-- “DEAR SIR, “Among the shoals of letters which doubtless you now receive may I place this, so that I may thank you for the invaluable work which you are doing in writing your novels. “The article in to-day’s _Daily Mail_ shows me that you have grasped the ideal which I have tried to attain since my teens (three years). “I am one of the lonely digits in ‘diggins,’ who either fall or rise, according to the company they keep. I have thus found that religion is to man what the rudder is to the crew of a ship. “I have regularly attended church since my exile, and delight to hear the beautiful service of the English Church. Are they not precious words and inspiring. The service effectually clears me of that ugly black cloak of worldliness which clings to me during the working days. “This, I believe, is the lesson which you are engraving so well on the minds of all people. “I conclude with the wish that your pen will ever respond to the spirit which now animates you.” Again from a far country, this time near East Guzna, W. Tarsus, Cilicia:-- “MY DEAR SIR, “For weeks I have wanted to write and thank you for your book, _When it was Dark_, but I have been laid aside with fever. It stirs thousands of us, and you must feel thankful as you look round to see the success which is granted you in drawing people to ponder upon subjects of such weight. You will like to know that I have spread your book right and left in Cyprus, having obtained three copies, one of which I sent to a Judge. “Your account of the ride to Nablous is a vivid word picture, and you must, I think, be familiar with the East. “May I say that I find a dignity and vivacity in your book, dealing as you do with so solemn and glorious a subject as our Lord’s Resurrection, which I firmly hold, and have been accustomed to put in the forefront of my teaching as missionary both in Australia and Russia. “At present my work lies in Cyprus, where I find good opportunities of helping on friendliness with the Greek Church.