NOLENS VOLENS.--Many people do not begin "My dear So-and-So," nor end
with "Yours sincerely," etc., on a postcard, but merely write their
address in full at the top, and the message signed beneath it, with
initials only. But you can do as you like in the matter; there is no
rule. We wonder that, having such suspicions of our honesty, you
continued to read our paper.
ROUSSEAU and FLOSSY.--We know of no cure for mere nervousness, unless,
as sometimes happens, it passes into a disease, when a doctor should be
consulted. Try to forget yourself in the pleasure of adding to the
enjoyment of others.
HOPE ATHELING.--_A.E.I._ means "for ever." "I don't think" is a common
colloquialism used by everyone, and is not more incorrect than such
expressions generally are.
J. S. F.--
"Not even the tenderest heart, and next our own,
Knows half the reasons why we smile and sigh,"
is from Keble's "Christian Year," 24th Sunday after Trinity, verse 1.
MARIE.--The quotation--
"A primrose by a river's brim
A yellow primrose was to him,
And it was nothing more,"
is from Wordsworth's poem, "Peter Bell," part i.
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