In the November number Mr. Mathews, of Rochester, after an exposition of the structure and uses of Esperanto, and a comparison with volapuk, argues that for a large number of pupils in our schools the study of Latin, French, and German has little practical value.
"The Esperantist, Vol. 1, No. 14"
H. Bolingbroke Mudie
To some one overhearing them they might have been deemed as of unsound mind, though they were only talking in love's volapuk.
"A Man and a Woman"
Stanley Waterloo
I had a story of Alexander Dumas' about his Musketeers that he wanted translated from French into American, which is the language we speak below, in preference to German, French, volapuk, or English.
"The Enchanted Typewriter"
John Kendrick Bangs