cxi! (_Venas Kalibano_).

Kalibano.-- Malsana roso
De Sikorakso sxlime balaita
Per korva plumo, sur vin nun sxprucigu!
Sud-okcidenta vento vin aknigu!

Prospero.--Pro tio, certe, vi, hodiaux nokte,
Suferos strecxojn, flankpikajxon sentos--
Elspiron haltiganta vizitisto!--
Ecx erinacoj sur vi ekzercigxos;
Mieltavole estos vi pincxita:
Pli pika cxiu pincxo ol abelo!

Kalibano.--Mi nun bezonas la tagmangxon mian:
Al mi l'insulon rajte apartenas;
Gxin mi heredis de patrino mia,
Gxis de mi vi forsxtelis la posedon.
Unue vi karesis min, ecx ofte
Vi akvon berogustan al mi donis,
La grandan kaj malgrandan lumojn montris
Brulantajn tage, nokte; al mi diris
Iliajn nomojn. Mi vin amis, tiam,
Kaj montris al vi la insulajn ecojn,
La fresxajn fontojn, fruktodonan landon,
Malbeno! salajn lokojn kaj herbejojn....

(_Dauxrigota_).

CORRESPONDENCE NOTES.

The Editor desires to thank numerous correspondents for their most
valuable and interesting views on the Accent Question.

It will be recollected that April 10th is the last day for receiving
votes on the matter, and it is hoped that all friends wishing to do
away with the accents will kindly send their postcards before that
date. As was anticipated, up to the present more replies have come to
hand against the proposal than for it. It will naturally be supposed
that those readers not sending any reply are in favour of the
continued use of the accents. In the May gazette the question will be
decided. It is somewhat early to prophesy, but unless a remarkable
change sets in, the future Esperantists will be as their
predecessors.

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Two correspondents have sent queries as to written Esperanto. This,
of course, is the same all the world over. Russians do not attempt to
use their own characters, neither do Chinese try to write picture
Esperanto. Were this otherwise, we should all, to a large extent, be
wasting our time over the study. Let our two friends take courage,
and at once enter into correspondence with Russian Samideanoj.

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Will some Esperantists in Accrington, Sheffield, and Ventnor kindly
assist blind students to master the language? Help in this direction
will be greatly appreciated.

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