[Ill.u.s.tration: A BABE IN THE WOODS--"I 'ANT TO DO HOME!"]

[Ill.u.s.tration: OUR POST-OFFICE BOX.]

SYRACUSE, NEBRASKA.

We have taken YOUNG PEOPLE ever since it was published, and we like it very much. I think "The History of Photogen and Nycteris"

was the best story of all, but sister Addie likes "Across the Ocean" best, because it teaches her geography.

I have no brother, but three sisters. Addie is thirteen, Mabel is nine, and Sadie is five. I was eleven yesterday.

I live on a farm in Eastern Nebraska, and I take care of the little chickens and turkeys for mamma. I like to do it, for they are so cunning.

I think that the Tree Alb.u.m would be nice, and I am going to make one. There are a great many trees here. And we have many birds and pretty birds' eggs. I would like to preserve some eggs, only I don't know how. I would be glad if some correspondent would tell me the best way.

I have no pets but cats and kittens, and there are so many of those that mamma votes them a nuisance.

GEORGINE D.

POULTNEY, VERMONT.

I am ten years old, and my uncle Charlie takes YOUNG PEOPLE for my sister Daisy and me.

I have a pretty kitty named Dusty, Carlo, a big dog, and Pet.i.te, a canary.

We are going to camp out at the Lake in July. Last summer we had a tent, but we are going to have a cottage this year.

H. M. C.

ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

I am seven years old. I am living with my grandma in the country.

I have thirteen children. They all eat at one table. Minnie, Flora, Daisy, Tally, Mamie, Allie, Lulu, Jennie, Lillie, Annie, Pinkey-Ketto, Harry, and Johnny. My papa likes Daisy best, but I like Minnie.

I have a pet cat named Chubby, a chicken named Drabee, and a hen named Coachee. Uncle has a horse named Dolly, that eats sugar out of my hand, and always when she goes by the window she looks up for a lump of sugar.

I made a little pie a few days ago, which was said to be very good.

My papa reads me the stories and letters in YOUNG PEOPLE, and I thought I ought to write a letter too.

GRACIE.

STANBRIDGE, CANADA.

I am seven years old, and I have a sister twelve years old.

HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE was a Christmas present from our grandpa. I read all the letters in the Post-office Box every week, and I like them the best.

I have a pet dog I call Nestor. He is a spaniel. And I have a bantam hen which has five little chickens. I have also two dear little kittens that I found in the wood-shed.

I am going to school this summer, and I like my studies very much.

On my way from school to-day I stopped and picked some strawberries. They are just getting ripe.

JANET M. G.

TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

I am a little girl six years old, and I am going to write and spell this letter all myself. I have three brothers, but no sister. The youngest is a baby one year old. We have a puppy named Nip, and he is full of fun. The other day Lewis was pulling me in our express wagon, and Nip ran after us as if the cart was a carriage and he a grown-up dog.

We are going to the sea-sh.o.r.e this summer, where we expect to have a nice time playing in the sand.

f.a.n.n.y S. S.

CANTON, ILLINOIS.

I tried Bessie L. S.'s recipe for doll's cup-cake, and I thought it was very nice. I have a little brother and a little sister younger than myself. I am eleven. I am always glad when papa brings me home my YOUNG PEOPLE. I think it is a very nice paper.

MAGGIE M.

FRANKLIN, OHIO.

My papa made me a Christmas present of YOUNG PEOPLE, and I like it so much.

I have three pets. One is a little black dog named Aristotle. We call him Tot for short. I have a little kitty named Malty, and an old cat named Tabby. They play very pretty together. I have two nice dolls. One is very handsome. My papa brought her from Paris, and I called her Rosa Bell. The other one's name is Stella.

I live on a hill, and we have beautiful views of the sunset.

ETTA D.

CAMBRIDGE, Ma.s.sACHUSETTS.

I am making a collection of birds' eggs. My brother sent some eggs to Alice Paine. I hope she will receive them safely.