CORRESPONDENCE.

C. O., Limerick has not sent his name and address.

Assistant.-We have not the list before us. Your handwriting is worth about 73 per cent.

Barry. The firm you inquire about are Messrs. Thom, Abbey Street, Dublin. All your other questions are answered in the Excise Guide, which can be had from any Bookseller.

Competitor, Queenstown.-Handwriting 62 per

cent.

Excise Division, Kendal.-Essay 60 per cent. Candidate, Falmouth.-Composition about 60. R. H. Nottingham.-50 per cent. C, O., Limerick.-About 57 per cent. Gladstone Place, Paisley.-Your handwriting looks very boyish; 40 per cent.

Isaac, Tamworth.-The crossed t's are preferable. Handwriting 77. Isaac is much longer than necessary, 65 per cent.

E. St. A., Cardiff-Thanks for your correction. See our present number. Handwriting 60.

C. G. G., Cheltenham.-Persevere; pay great attention to arithmetic; get the Civil Service Passport or the Civil Service Arithmetic. Your weak point in essay writing consists in lengthening the sentences too much by using the conjunction "and" too frequently. You must ever keep in mind that long sentences unless particularly well formed are much weaker than short

ones.

Oskaloosa, Plumstead.-Handwriting very good 78 per cent.

Try Again. We have no hesitation in recommend. ing you to go in for the Excise. You can improve the n's and m's at the end of a word by bringing up the last turn.

Harty.-You require a thorough course of instruction in writing. No examiner could pass it even for a

test.

A Pupil Teacher.-Your handwriting is good, but rather formal. You lift the pen too frequently, and seem to think hair strokes an important item in penmanship. We conclude you write very slowly; 70 per cent.

S. H., Plymouth forms his letters very irregularly the r's, v's, and w's are carelessly made; the pen is lifted off the paper too often and the handwriting looks unsteady and unfinished; 50 per cent. The second specimen has been written with much care and deserves 76.

Youngster, Littleborough.-Probably by the end of the present year we may publish fortnightly. The writing in the letter is much better than that in the sample which is stiff and formal. 55 per cent.

Solus, Newcastle West,-though sending three valuable exercises carefully copied, has, we regret to say, neglected to comply with our first fundamental rule viz., to give his name. Were we to mark

anonymous communications, every horse-clipper in the country and every dust-man in the town would send us his writing.

221, Park Lane, Leeds.-As yet your penman. ship is quite too boyish to be marked in our columns. Templepatrick.-All your solutions are correct, as you may perceive on referring to another column.

C. R., Commercial Road, E.-Many thanks for your communication. See Mr. Keefe's advertisement. Customs Paper.-We have to thank Mr. Keefe, the eminent Liverpool Coach, for correct answers to several of the Customs' Questions that appeared in our last.

Peter, Glasgow.-Your handwriting is fairly good, but needs improvement. Bring the h's as far above as the g's are brought down, 70 per cent. Your English Composition about 60 per cent.

Stella, Ennis.-Many thanks for your communication, the contents of which you will see attended to elsewhere. English Composition 70. The handwriting is careless, the present mark is only 53.

G. F. Johnson, Fulham.-Lean a little heavier on the pen, and write the whole word if possible without lifting it; 74 per cent.

Nil Desperandum,-Sends a very fairly answered geography paper, also specimens of handwriting, considerably improved since he last addressed us, and a fairly written essay on Friendship."

Tralee.-Will with care write a good hand shortly. The turns below are all too wide; his r's, t's, y's, and all his capital letters need great improvement. He must write with taste and care. His essay is intelligent, and we simply say persevere.

Pickwick.—Your handwriting is a shade too stiff and formal; about 56 per cent.

A. E. J., West Hartlepool.-You write a little on the side of the pen; 75 per cent.

Rags and Bones, Manchester.-You must learn book-keeping in order to succeed.

A. H. L., Newport.-Handwriting, 58 per cent. O'Connell, Cork.-Your answers seem to be quite correct, No. 27 excepted.

White, B, A.-Many thanks for your letter. It will have due attention before our next issue.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

We cannot take notice of anonymous communications. We shall be glad to receive copics of questions set at all current examinations, and will send a copy of THE COMPETITOR to parties favouring us with such copies. Irish correspondents, who have increased very much of late, may address H. Johnson, Merrion Road, Dublin. Communications should be sent before the 20th of each month.