mber his telling me that he would have liked to be able to give six months to study before he ventured on this particular piece of Greek。 I said that with all his great learning this was surely unnecessary。
“My dear boy；” he answered； “I have been soaking myself in the classics for over forty years； and I am just beginning to learn how little I know about them！”
In the same way the black…letter； mediaeval Latin inscription and the old English translation thereof； etc。； were the work of my late friend； Dr。 Raven； who was a very great authority on monkish Latin and mediaeval English。
Twenty years later； the time that I had always meant to elapse； I wrote a sequel under the title of “Ayesha； or The Return of She。” Of course； although successful in a way； it was more or less pooh…poohed and neglected on the principle that sequels must always be of no worth。
Of the scores of letters which I received about “She” from correspondents personally unknown to me； the following is perhaps one of the most curious。 It is written from the Electric…Technical Factory of Messrs。 Ganz and Co。； Budapest。
Dear Sir； — In explanation of the following lines please to learn that during the course of the last few weeks； we； whose signatures you will find adjoined； have had the pleasure of reading your celebrated novel； “She。”
Despite our various tastes； characters and nationalities we have； one and all； taken a most lively interest in your story。
It appears that each of us found in it a something which appealed to his sympathies； to one the ethnographical and topographical descriptions may have given satisfaction； to another the frequently occurring remembrances of athletic sports； in a third； perhaps； sweet memories of bygone classical studies hav