EMILY and AGNES COX, Buckland, Tasmania, Oceania, aged 18 and 16, wish to correspond with a French and also with a German girl with a view to improving their knowledge of the languages. They will write in English, French, or German. MARGARET SPEEDIE, Surrey Road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, would like to correspond with P. and H. Pierson (Dutch correspondents) and Adelina Grillo (Italian) if they have not found anyone else. Perhaps they will write to her once in any case. MARIA GRILLO, an Italian girl aged 22, would be glad to correspond with a German girl of about her own age, in order to improve her knowledge of German. She would be ready to give any help in her power towards the study of Italian. Address, Miss M. Grillo, Admiral Grillo, Via del Carmine 6, Spezia, Italy. EDITH COATES (who does not say whether we may give her address) wishes to correspond with a French and a German girl aged from 18 to 25. C. A. D. (formerly engaged in teaching) wishes for a French correspondent. A CARDIFF GIRL would like to correspond with a fairly educated American girl about 16 years of age. MARGARET E. BAKER, Villa Hoffnung, Godesberg, bei Bonn, Germany, would like to correspond with Miss Jeffrey, whose request appeared in September. Miss Baker is leading a life full of interest as a student in Germany, and hopes soon to go to France or French Switzerland. MISS E. C. HEPPER, Clareville, Headingley, Leeds, would be glad to correspond with a well-educated French lady not under 30 years of age. Each should write in the other’s language, and the letters would be corrected and returned. A RUSSIAN GIRL whose name and address we find some difficulty in deciphering from her pleasant letter, wishes to correspond with “Miss Inquisitive.” Here is our rendering of the address--Miss Ovana Thyne, Riga, VI., Weidendam Hause 1. MISCELLANEOUS. JOAN.--When friends or strangers say that it has given them pleasure to meet you, you must respond graciously, and say that you are likewise glad that you have had the opportunity of meeting, or of making their acquaintance, if a first introduction. Try to look pleasant when you say so. It is not a time for looking stiff and solemn. NIGHTINGALE.--If you have read all the books which we have recommended on the subject of nursing, we can help you no further in that line. But some useful manual might be obtained with reference to ambulance work, and “First Aid.” Apply to the St. John Ambulance Association, St. John’s Gate, Clerkenwell, E.C., inaugurated by the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. CLARICE.--If you hear “a ticking in the wall like that of a watch,” it may be occasioned by a particular kind of little beetle which is known to make just such a sound. If you have no ear for music, spare those within hearing the nuisance of listening to inharmonious sounds and incorrect time. Your hand is legible and of moderate size, and is not very much to be condemned. On the contrary. But people differ in taste.