To the Editor of the "Norra-Caixa Dati Net Sin,—December 9, 1908, will complete the tercentenary of the birth of Milan, We should like to know whether the Shanghai public would hold a festival in honour of that event. Although the great dey is drawing near, yet we seo no sign or evidence of any preparations for the celebration of hin tercentenary; from which we infer that the public have not thought of the matter. We, therefore, propose a commemoration of his sublime gonias, proposition which will, we think, meet ith the approval of all men of literary tastes, who, we feel sure, will welcome this opportunity to show their veneration for the memory of Milton, whose name, stands second only to Shakespeare's the hierarchy of English literature. We are etc., Two Avwinges or Mintox, Shanghai, August 24.
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