A LOVER OF THE "G.O.P."--Irregular action of the heart may be due to weakness, anæmia, indigestion, or true heart disease. Of course by irregular action of the heart you mean perceptible, irregular thumpings of the heart--what we usually call palpitation, in fact. You yourself cannot tell whether your heart is beating regularly or not, unless you are a physician. By far the commonest cause of palpitation is indigestion, and infinitely the rarest cause is heart disease. STUDY AND STUDIO. M. C. F. (Bristol).--Many thanks for your card. We have already corrected the error of our correspondent, A. S. C. D., about B. M. CRIMSON RAMBLER.--We should advise you to read Mrs. Watson's articles on "What are the County Councils doing for girls?" in THE GIRL'S OWN PAPER for March, July, August, and September, 1887. There is a domestic economy school at Northampton where girls can obtain board, lodging, and thorough practical instruction in cookery. This would perhaps be the nearest to you. Fifteen free studentships are offered for competition, but if you did not gain one, the sum you mention would probably be more than enough. Write for full details to Byron R. Simpson, Esq., County Hall, Northampton. Opportunities simply abound in all directions for the training you require, and space would fail us to enumerate them all, but we may just add that the cost of training at the London National Training School of Cookery, Buckingham Palace Road, S.W., is thirteen guineas for the full course of twenty-four weeks. The papers we mention will supply every detail. DOROTHY.--We should advise you also to consult Mrs. Watson's articles. The Clerk, Technical Instruction Committee, West Riding Offices, Wakefield, may help you if you write to him. You might also write to the Secretary of Girton College, Miss Kensington, 83, Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, London, requesting information. FOSBURY.--The character of Tom Thurnall appears in _Two Years Ago_, by Charles Kingsley. The book is a charming and beautiful one, and will never be "old-fashioned" in the depreciatory sense. BETSY TROTWOOD.--1. In the bars of organ music you enclose, the bass notes are played on the pedals. 2. A turn placed over a chord means that the top note of the chord is played as a turn. BONGIE'S FRIEND.--1. We should advise you to write to the poetess you name through the publishing office of the paper. 2. Your English writing is very good. "Comply" is a better word than "agree" with my desire, and Mr. is always written in the abbreviated form, but you express yourself excellently. INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE. MISS M. H. COUPLAND, 12, Crescent Parade, Ripon--a teacher, fond of literature and music--would like a German correspondent, each writing in the language of the other. GERTRUDE PADFIELD, Birtsmorton Court, near Tewkesbury, Worcestershire, wishes to correspond with a French girl, who is requested to send her name and address.