The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 981, October 15, 1898 — John Shaqi
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 981, October 15, 1898Various
General
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 981, October 15, 1898
Various
Children's literature -- Periodicals
BROWN EYES.--You should have written direct to the Comtesse Blanche de
Forestier, whose address we gave. She informs us that she has already
found a correspondent. You ask us to tell you of any faults we find
in your interesting letter. Your writing is rather large and untidy,
and inclined to sprawl down-hill, and the expression "a lot" is too
colloquial. Also the sentence beginning, "Deeply interested" needs "I
am" to make it grammatically correct. It is rather thankless work thus
to pull your letter to pieces, as we have read it with much pleasure,
and are glad your grandfather has lately given you a beautiful bicycle.
_O si sic omnes!_
VIOLET RENE GORDON.--We have always understood that the authoress in
question was unmarried, but as we do not know her personally we cannot
vouch for the fact. If anyone who does know her intimately tells you
so, you may of course believe it; but information that has filtered
through various channels is apt to be inaccurate.
ERIN and A LADY READER kindly send the words of "Pestal" by W. H.
Bellamy; and "Erin" informs "Pansy" that it is published as a solo by
Hutchings and Romer, arranged by C. E. Horn. "Erin" does not know if it
is to be had as a duet.
I. M. H.--Many years ago, Lytton Bulwer (afterwards Sir Bulwer Lytton)
wrote contemptuously of Tennyson, calling him "Miss Alfred." Tennyson
retorted by a most stinging satire on Bulwer, which, we believe, is to
be found in some early volume of _Punch_, but is not republished in
Tennyson's works. The extract you quote, containing the line:--
"And half the little soul is dirt"
comes from this satire. As it is suppressed, you may have difficulty in
finding it.
FIDELIA.--The verse you quote is from a poem of Christina Rossetti's
entitled "He and She." As the whole poem is very short we transcribe it
for you:--
"Should one of us remember,
And one of us forget,
I wish I knew what each will do--
But who can tell as yet?"
"Should one of us remember,
And one of us forget,
I promise you what I will do--
And I'm content to wait for you,
And not be sure as yet."
You will find it on page 328 of Messrs. Macmillan's 1892 edition of
"Poems: Christina G. Rossetti."
THE LILAC SUNBONNET.--You should try to obtain a situation "au pair"
in a Continental School, where you could teach English in return for
learning French. No premium or certificate is required. The only way
we know of obtaining such a position is to advertise in the provincial
journal of any town where you would like to go. See our former answers
to similar queries, when we have mentioned such papers as the _Gazette
de Lausanne_, _Journal de Génève_, _Feuille d'avis de Vevey_, etc.
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