DOROTHY DIMPLES.—We have answered this question before. We do not think that anæmia is on the increase. Anæmia of girls, that is, chlorosis or green sickness, is from the beginning a chronic disease. The question whether chlorosis is likely to lead to consumption is very important. It certainly is not _likely_ to do so, and our experience leads us to think that anæmic subjects are not appreciably more liable to phthisis than are healthy persons. Theoretically, we should have expected otherwise. Of course some form of anæmia is invariable in the later stages of consumption, as it is in every other wasting disease. ERDA.—Pneumonia is not an hereditary disease, and the children of a woman who has had pneumonia, are no more liable to get that disease than are ordinary persons. Pneumonia is an infectious disease, and is very liable to recur. STUDY AND STUDIO. VICTORIA.—The first number of the GIRL’S OWN PAPER was issued on January 3rd, 1880; of the _Boy’s Own Paper_ a year earlier. IN APRIL.—Without hearing your violin we cannot say whether its tone is good enough for you to play upon it at the examination. If it is “a very nice old” violin, we doubt your being able to procure a better one for £8, but your teacher must really be the judge. The quality of the violin, so long as you have a decent instrument, should not affect your chances of passing. Of more importance is your inability to play from memory. You should practise this art. Doubtless your teacher has a clear synopsis of what you will be expected to do at the examination. A. V. D. G.—1. Hand gymnastics would not improve your case. All you need is diligent practice, and again practice, guided by strict attention. Do not allow yourself to alight on wrong notes in the manner you describe; always practise slowly at first, increasing the pace until perfect. Do not attempt music that is too difficult for you. We suppose you are taking lessons, as you are only fifteen, and you should be guided by your teacher. 2. “Op.” is the abbreviation for “opus,” the Latin word for “work.” The works of musicians are numbered in a certain order, and the piece you mention must belong to Schumann’s 21st work. EGLAIA.—1. The sign - placed over a note means that the note is to be emphasised.—2. Your writing is disfigured by enormous loops and flourishes, which help to make it illegible. For instance, we fear we have not deciphered your pseudonym correctly. Without these excrescences, your writing would be good. Two answers are our limit: _vide_ rules.