OUR LETTER BOX

Observer, Volume XIV, Issue 795, 24 March 1894, Page 18

OUR LETTER BOX

Stingaree, Busßell.— Very little sting in it. Vanity Faib — Dear sir, your ' satire ' has no moire point than an onion. A Loose Fish.— Good, but slightly ceru-lean-tinted. Declined on that account only.

Globe Tbottes — Your compliments, gentle sir, caused us to blush vividly. Thanks. Subscriber., Fjxion.— Letter 'full of sound and fury, signifying nothing/ Write again when you feel cooler. Libebty. — Laboured attempt at fine writing, falJ of platitudes, and doubtful grammar. Can you gue3a the fate of the Bcreed ?

Qcxll. —We have refused to take delivery of a number of letters, and packages lately. Deficient postage. Get you* letters &0., weighed in future before mailing. R.L., Napier.— Yarn to hand. Boiled down it eimply amounts to this, that you lost your steamer and used picturesque language in consequence. Basket. Macbeth, Wellington. — Tragedy in five acts ! Great Scott ! Do you take this paper for a theatre ? What could we do with your tragedy ? Eead it ? Heaven forbid ! We've no time. A Constant Subscriber. — « Your own opinion is that your story posseses little merit?' Well, that is our opinion, too. And we don't want storieß pousessing little merit for this paper. M.S. returned if stamps are forwarded. Old Hamii/tonian. - You complain of snobbery in Hamilton, but refrain from entering into any particulars. We cannot ' expose ' that whioh we know nothing about. As for snobs, they are everywhere. Like the poor, they are always with us.

Aratapu.— Yes, the Observer Art Union is an annual affair. Last Christmas the prizes were far more numeronß and valuable than in the preceding Art Union. Next Christmas we hope to go 'one better ' still. The new prize list will shortly appear. Meantime, our advice to you, and to all our numerous subscribers, is— take care of your coupons 1