The Review of Reviews. 



ESPERANTO, 



Junr 1, 1906. 



Mr. Booth, tlie President of the Melbourne Espe- 

 ranto Club, lias kindly supplied the two following 

 specimens to me for the" benelit of Esperanto students. 

 I shall be glad if every student will send me tranela- 

 lions. They will be submitted to Mr. Booth, and I 

 shall publish the best. It will be necessary to allow 

 a month to elapse before publifihiug the translations, 

 as such great distances have to be traversed in Aus- 

 tralasia. This will, however, give everybody an op- 

 portunity to reply. The translations will, therefore, 

 appear in the August issue. Send replies to W. H. 

 Judkins, Editor "Review of Reviews," Equitable 

 Building, Melbourne. I shall be glad to get any in- 

 formation about Esperanto Societies : — 



(1) EN VAGONARO. 



(Vera rakonto.) 



Eltirata el gazeto franca, iomete reskribita. 



N.B. — Pro la mauko de sursignaj tipoj estas al ni 

 neeble nunc presi multon Esperante tute lau la origin- 

 ala verkado. 



En vagonaro sin trovis en .sauia fako kyar pro- 



fesoroj, du el la lernejo de V . kaj du el 



la lernejo de G , kiuj konis unu la alian uur ler- 



neje. Baldau okazis interparolado inter la profes- 



oroj de V ; " Vi scias eble, diris unu el ili al 



sia kunuio, ke dum la lasta libeitempo S-ro S-; , 



profesoro.) en la lernejo de G faris la iilinon 



de la direkt-oro de la dirita lernejo sia ed- 

 zino." " Oni diras " li dauris " ke la nova edzino 

 estas tiel malbela kiel servi kvazau kuracilo por la 

 ama malsano." Kaj la du profesoroj ekridegis pro 

 tia rakonteto. Sed baldau unu el la profesoroj de 



G , homo humora, sin levis kaj diris " Estimataj 



sinjoroj, rai havas la houoron prezenti al vi S-ron 

 S^ , kiu sidas antau vi.". . . . ! ! 



La vagonaro eniris la stacidomon : la du profesoroj 

 de V eliris, kaj, — eniris alian fakon. 



(2) INTERNACIA LINGVO. 



Sendube la tuta niondo sentas la bezonon de in 

 internacia lingvo. Sed horaoj ne konsentas kiania- 

 niere tia lingvo devas esti starigota. Unuj opinias 

 ke unu el la lingvoj mortaj devas esti uzadi : alioj 

 ke unu el la vivantaj. Se tamen oni uzadas lingvon 

 mortan, — Chu tiu lingvo restas kiel parolita en 

 Homo au en Ateno, au chu oni devas peni ghin plibo- 

 nigi? 



Se oni provus uzi la lingvon antikvaforme ni 

 timas ke hodiauaj honioj trovus ke ghi tute ne taugas 

 hodiauajn bezonojn. Sed se oni ghin plibonigi volus. 

 tio estus efike elpensi novan lingvon ; kaj tia ja estas 

 la Esperanto. 



Se oni proponas lingvon vivan. — Kiu lingvo tiu 

 estus? Tio pendas je la nacieco de la proponanto, 

 kaj mondano proponus sole lingvon mondan, t. e. Es- 

 peranto. 



Ensendita de J. Booth, M.C.E., 



Prez. Esp. Klub., Melb. 



ESPERANTA KLUBO, MELBOUR.NA. 



The ordinary meeting of the Melbourne Esperanto 

 Club was held as usual at the hoiise of the President, 

 Mr. John Booth, M.C.E., Carlton, on Friday, May 

 4th. There was a fair attendancie of members present. 

 After the re.ading of the minutes, the election and 

 nomination of new members, and other routine busi- 

 ness, it was announced that arrangements had been 

 made for the delivery of an address under the aus- 



pices of the Trades Hall Council, at their rooms, on 

 the subject of an International language iu general, 

 and Esperanto in particular; also that a similar ad- 

 dress would be given before the Young Men's Guild 

 iu connection with the Presbyterian Church, Coburg. 

 and also that a series of lessons had been commenced 

 at the ■• Ideal " tea-rooms in the city. 



A number of interesting exhibits of correspondence, 

 and other matters connected with the international 

 language, were shown. Amongst these may be men- 

 tioned a small publication just received dealing with 

 an adaptation of shorthand to Esperanto, a letter 

 from a Bulgarian, remarkable for its quaint but ex- 

 cellent caligraphy, and one from a Frenchman, not- 

 able for its length and obviously fluent, if somewhat 

 illegible, writing. 



The latter part of the meeting was taken up with 

 Esperanto reading and conversation. 



ESPERANTO. 



The iirst step towards official recognition in England 

 has been taken through the action of the London 

 Chamljer of Commerce, and it was announced that ex- 

 aminations in Esperanto on the same basis as other 

 Mofiern Languages would be held on the 30th of May. 



Amongst the interesting works lately published is 

 ■ La inteiTompita Kauto " an Esperanto transla- 

 tion by Kabe of '"The Interrupted Song of Eliza 

 Orzeszko. Not only is the story in itself beautiful, 

 but the translation is simple, flowing, exquisite. The 

 young heroine of the story is the elder sister of the 

 home, in a measure replacing the mother whom they 

 ha\e lost. The simple household is well described, 

 and so is the romantic episode of the young girl's 

 life as foreshadowed by the title. The price is 8Jd., 

 post free. 



Esperanto is making rapid progress in America. At 

 Harvard, Professor Ostwald, the CJerman who "ex- 

 changed " with an American professor (who is now in 

 Berlin) according to the plan of the Tsar, has caused 

 more talk about Esperanto than about German ap- 

 parently. He heard of tlie former on his journey to 

 the States, and quickly became a fervent advocate : 

 small wonder when every week brings letters couched 

 in this .strain : " I learnt Esperanto last night, and 

 hope my letter is understandable; please send me lists 

 of books and other information." Not that Esperanto 

 can be spoken so quickly. Speaking and writing in 

 good style take time and study. 



We have long thought that it would have afforded 

 great help to students if an Esperanto version of 

 some English book were prepared, so that students 

 could practice composition with a ready-made key ; 

 therefore a translation of one of the Books for the 

 Bairns — " The Golden Fleece " — has been mad© by 

 Mr. O'Connor and Mr. Hayes. This little book, "La 

 Sercado por la ora Saflano," is published at 6d. net, 

 and, as all know, the accompanying Bairns' book can 

 be had for a penny. The translation is as nearly a.s 

 possible literal, and the little book in its grey cover, 

 and with the Lefanu illustrations, will, w© hope, find 

 a place on every Esperantist's bookshelf. 



An advertisement will be found on page 2 of this 

 issue, telling what publicjitions we have at this office, 

 and after three months (time enough for an order to 

 London to reach us) we shall have " The Golden Fleece " 

 mentioned above. Please order early. 



Send to Editor "Review of Bieviews." Equitable 

 Building, Melbourne. 



