m your minute observation of our social system,
that the form of our elliptical government is gradually undergoing a
change, and that a revolutionary parabolic tendency is observable in the
action of individual particles?

4. Is it not possible that the differences in the policy of the various
nations of Europe; the difficulties which beset the carrying out of
international law; the jealousies, quarrels, and rivalries of States
might disappear, if the same form of government (_i.e._, elliptical)
were adopted in each?

If you will kindly favour Her Majesty's Ministers with your opinion on
these questions, they will owe you a debt of gratitude, which they, as
representatives of the nation, will do their utmost to repay.

With every good wish for your further success in the regions of
polemical science,

I beg to remain,
My dear Lady Professor,
Your faithful servant,
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[Editorial Note.]--The next letter is not of quite the same pleasing
nature as the foregoing, and shows that it is impossible to please
everyone, even if that happy consummation were desirable. This letter
was evidently called forth by some remarks which the learned Lady
Professor had made in her third lecture with reference to eccentricity
in dress. Our readers will recollect that the professor pointed out that
an extravagant 'bloomer' costume--half male, half female--was no more a
sign of genius than aesthetic dresses, always betokened the artist.[5]
This latter statement evidently gave great offence to the members of a
society which called itself the 'Aesthetic and Dress Improvement
Association,' and the following letter is the result of one of their
solemn conclaves:

Oscar Villa, South Kensington,
June, 18--.

The Secretary of the Aesthetic and Dress Improvement Association presents
his compliments to the Lady Professor of Girtham College, and begs to
contradict emphatically her statements with regard to a subject upon
which she is evidently in entire and lamentable ignorance, and to
protest against her aspersions upon the artistic studies of this and
kindred societies. He begs to state that true aesthetes are