ANONYMOUS WRITING.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 90, 12 October 1895, Page 2

ANONYMOUS WRITING.

TO THE EDITOE OF THE STAB. Sib,— l quite agree with " Fishmonger's" remarks respecting anonymous let-it-rs, en sei forth in his letter which you pu'ul:> -:u (1 this evening, but should recom* Mien.: iiiui to be more careful in bis quotatic ■» , For instance, in quoting from my loiter published on Monday last the words " anonymous letters cannot be of the slightest," he should have added the words " use in effecting that object." I am very pleased to Bee that " Fishmonger " is such a thorough Freetrader. With reference to " A Colonist's letter, also published in this evening's Stab, I have little to say, except that I am quite prepared to justify the remarks which I made in my letter of Monday last with reference to his observations (which I quoted) on writers who sign their names, although I suppose I must be grateful for his assurance that I was not referred to. I am quite at a loss to understand what 11 A Colonist " can mean by saying I as- j serted that the Waverly Novels were not part of Sir Walter Scott's literary career. He must have read my letter very carelessly, or be incapable of understanding plain English language. The clear and unmistakable meaning of what I said was that Sir Walter Scott did not commence his literary career (as fl A Colonist " seemed to suppose) as an anonymous writer. The fact is that Sir Walter, having gained a high reputation as an author, in commencing his prose writings with the Waverley Novel 3 he thought the safest way of preserving that reputation was to commence them anonymously. I am, etc., Saml. Goodbehebe. Feilding, October 9, 1895. _ TAXATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAB. Sib,— While others are exposing the impolitic course of the present Government, who, to raise revenue to carry out their extravagant schemes and blundering and plundering fads, are imposing heavy duties on necessaries, allow me to draw the attention to Hansard of this session, No. 22, p. 68, where the Hon. Minister for Lands is reported thus: — " That any increase of taxation that might be necessary for carrying on the | Government of the colony would necessarily have to be got from the land." The above is worthy of note by every settler in the colony. I am, etc., George Wilks. Feilding, October Bth, 1895.