Ministry of Shipping on the subject."--_Letter in "The Observer."_

We respect our contemporary's discretion, but we _should_ like to know
what was the "strong term".

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"The Literary Class has grown beyond all expectations, the numbers
attending the last few meetings averaging nearly 100. Papers have
been read and discussed on Dickens' Works, _Tess, Tale of Two
Cities_."

_The Highway_.

Flushed with success, the Literary Class is expected next to tackle
HARDY; _Jude the Obscure_ and _The Mystery of Edwin Drood_ being the
first objectives.

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_NOUVELLES DE PARIS._

_Paris, March 3rd, 1919._

DEAREST POPPY,--You know, don't you, that I write for the
Press? You _must_ write, _ma chère_, if you want to be _dans le
mouvement_ nowadays. It's getting to be almost as big a craze as
jazzing and is quite as exciting. It has its difficulties, of
course, but so has the jazz roll. And if you've got a title or
have been mixed up in a _cause célèbre_ you can write on anything