COPPER BEECH.—1. You will find the recitation “King John and the Abbot of Canterbury” in “The Popular Elocutionist,” compiled by J. E. Carpenter, Warne & Co., Bedford Street, Strand. It comes from Percy’s _Reliques of English Poetry_.—2. The lines of the little girl are fairly good considering her age. M. H. T.—1. We have inserted your request in “Our Open Letter Box,” and also suggest that you should apply to some London firm where second-hand books can be procured, such as Messrs. Sotheran, Strand.—2. Your writing is good, although a little cramped, and your lines are uneven. With a trifle more care, you would write remarkably well. KING LEAR.—1.—There are many commentaries on Shakespeare’s plays—by Gervinus, Cowden Clarke, Dowden, Miss Rossi, and so on. The plays are also published separately, with notes, at a very low price: see for instance those in the Clarendon Press series; those edited by the Rev. John Hunter (Longmans & Co.), or Chambers’s School Edition of Shakespeare.—2. There is an excellent _Life of Shakespeare_ by Sidney Lee, just published by Smith and Elder. CORRIGENDA.—The sentiment of your poem, “The Power of Love in the Home,” is good, but the form is faulty. “Home” and “alone” do not rhyme, and we think you must have omitted a word in “O wond_e_rous this love can hold.” “As if” takes the subjunctive—“were” led. It is not quite true that in time of deep sorrow “Love will chase away all gloom,” though it undoubtedly can do much to relieve the sufferer. A CUMBERLAND LASSIE.—Many thanks for your letter with its pretty view of Derwentwater. We have just been staying at Keswick, and saw the two lakes become one in the flood of early November. We are glad you can appreciate the beauty of your home, and hope the loveliness of Nature will teach you many lessons. Your request is inserted below. OUR OPEN LETTER BOX. MISS MARTIN, The Hawthorns, Sandyway, Lichfield, Staffordshire, informs “Ninette,” Budapesth, that “Somebody’s Darling,” and Hood’s “Song of the Shirt,” are to be found in the “Royal Reader,” Part VI. If “Ninette” likes, Miss Martin will forward her a written copy of each poem on receipt of her address. WINTON asks where the following verse is to be found— “Come tell all that ye have said and done— Your victories, failures, hopes, and fears— I know how hardly souls are wooed and won, My choicest wreaths are always wet with tears.” M. H. T. inquires for a series of books, entitled respectively, _The Heir of Lugna-Quilla_, _Sister Ursula_, and _Dicky’s Secret_. _Sister Ursula_ appeared as a serial in _The Children’s Own Paper_ about ten years ago. HOPE wishes to know the publishers, or the author, of a piece for recitation entitled, “Trouble in Amen Corner.” GOWAN will be obliged if any reader can send a copy of the words of the recitation “The Women of Mumbles Head.” INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE.