best means of obtaining it.
_La plej bonaj metodoj por ricevi gxin._

The Professor of the school.
_La Profesoro cxe la lernejo._

A great number of ideas.
_Granda nombro da ideoj._

The largest room of the house.
_La plej granda cxambro en la domo._

The largest of all the trees in the garden.
_La plej granda inter cxiuj la arboj en la gxardeno._

When in doubt as to which preposition should be used, try the
sentence with all the possible forms, and the correct, logical,
preposition will almost always be obvious.

Esperantisto, 8105.

* * *

Several friends have called attention to the apparent misprint in the
word _Trinki_, thinking it should be _Drinki_. There is, however, an
important difference between the two. _Trink'_ (as "made in Germany")
is used for the ordinary drinking of man and beast; but with shame we
admit that our own vocabulary provided Dr. Zamenhof with the _drink'_
which represents the excessive tipplings of men and beasts. Let us
beware of calling our friends "Drinkuloj" during the dog-days.
Trinkulo is the more usual and agreeable word.

* * *

Having had occasion to write to the Remington firm on a matter of
business, a reply was received in Esperanto, concluding with a
question of general interest regarding the sound of "Scii." This
word, represented phonetically, does present some difficulty.
S-ts-ee-ee is not easy to pronounce. In practice one should elide the
first "s" on to the vowel immediately preceding. Thus _mi scias_ is
pronounced _mis cias_.

* * *

The pronunciation of the vowels in Esperanto still seems to give some
difficulty, for a correspondent queries the sounds of vowels when
followed by "r."

Esperanto is a phonetic language. "One letter, one sound," is one of
its invariable rules. Therefore, no matter what the letters adjacent
to those vowels may be, their value is invariable. Take the word
"per" for example. This is sounded as the English "pay," followed by
"r," which is slightly trilled, and not silent, as it often is in
English. The writer was once talking in Esperanto with a French
expert, and at the termination of the conversation asked if there
were any noticeable differences between the English and French
methods of pronunciation. "None whatever" was the reply, except
perhaps in the value of the letter "r."

Beginners must therefore be careful to sound this letter; and, with
regard to the vowels, students cannot