BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

I have tried Nellie H.'s recipe for sugar candy, and I found it very nice indeed. I intend to try Puss Hunter's recipe for cake, and I will let her know my success.

CHRISTABEL V.

ELMIRA, NEW YORK.

Here is a recipe for chocolate caramels for the cooking club: One cup and a half of sugar; one cup of grated chocolate; one cup of milk; one cup of mola.s.ses; a piece of b.u.t.ter the size of an egg; one tea-spoonful of vanilla. Let the mixture boil twenty minutes, and then pour it in b.u.t.tered tins to cool.

f.a.n.n.y S.

FORT UNION, NEW MEXICO.

I am nine years old. I do not go to school, but I study at home, and I can write pretty well. I tried the recipe that Nellie H.

sent, and it was very nice. I tried it several times. I had a canary once, but it died, and papa buried it under a tree.

MARGARET R. MACN.

Fannie A. Hartwell and Bertha C. M. send recipes for doll's cup-cake for Puss Hunter's cooking club, but as they are almost the same as the one from Bessie L. S., printed in Post-office Box No. 28, we do not repeat them. The domestic inclinations of these little housekeepers of the future are very pleasing, and we hope other little girls will send recipes for the cooking club, which should certainly be encouraged.

GENEVA LAKE, WISCONSIN.

I will be ten years old in July. I take YOUNG PEOPLE, and I think there never was such a nice little paper. We have live cherry-trees, and they are all in bloom (May 7). We live near the lake, and my little brother and I play on the sh.o.r.e almost every day. They are launching two large steamers to-day. Papa, mamma, and I went out fishing not long ago; we did not catch even one fish, but we enjoyed the sail very much. I am going to the woods to-morrow, and will send "Wee Tot" some wild flowers. I have a pet kitty and a little Skye terrier, and every one likes to see them play together.

FRANKIE P.

I am eleven years old. I take HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, and I like the Post-office Box best of all. I have two pet pigeons. They are very tame, and fly to me when I go out; I never feed them except out of my hands. I would like to exchange pressed flowers with any little girl.

f.a.n.n.y LAWRENCE, Dedham, Ma.s.sachusetts.

I have about five hundred specimens and curiosities of different kinds which I would like to exchange with any correspondents of YOUNG PEOPLE. I myself have a cabinet of about one thousand specimens. Letters or packages may be addressed to

FRANKLIN J. KAUFMAN, 40 b.u.t.ternut Street, Syracuse, New York.

BUCHANAN, CALIFORNIA.

I am ten years old. My father takes YOUNG PEOPLE for me, and I enjoy it very much. I save all my money to buy Du Chaillu's books.

I have three now, and mean to get them all. Will you please tell me if Du Chaillu is alive yet? I hope he is, and is making some more books for us boys. I have a pet horned owl. He snaps his bill and hisses at me.

EUGENE S.

Mr. Du Chaillu is alive, and in excellent health. You will be pleased to know, also, that he is hard at work on new books, which promise to be of even greater interest than those already published.

A. H. ELLARD.--See answer to B., Post-office Box No. 23.

S. A. S.--Rabbits eat cabbage, clover, cracker and milk, and almost all kinds of vegetables, herbage, or grain. Do not give them parsley, as it is said to be poisonous to them.

PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.

No. 1.

ENIGMA.

My first is in bloom, but not in fade.

My second is in shadow, but not in shade.

My third is in gloomy, but not in grave.

My fourth is in valiant, but not in brave.

My fifth is in anvil, but not in forge.

My sixth is in chasm, but not in gorge.

My seventh is in tares, but not in weeds.

My whole was a man of n.o.ble deeds.

LOTTIE.

No. 2.

GEOGRAPHICAL HOUR-GLa.s.s PUZZLE.

A city in Spain. A city in France. A sea of the Eastern Continent traversed by many ships. In Russia. A famous mountain of Asia Minor. A city in Belgium. A city in Spain. Centrals read downward spell the name of a city in Germany.

C. P. T.

No. 3.

DIAMOND PUZZLE.