I have taken Harper's Young People from the first number. My mamma reads me all the stories and letters, and I enjoy them very much. I have several pets: a white rabbit, which is very pretty, a large-yellow-striped cat named Tiger, but called Tige for short, and two canaries. I have also quite a case of butterflies, which I caught last summer. Some of them I took when caterpillars, and fed them until they spun their cocoons, and then watched them as they came out. I am learning to read, write, and draw, but can not write well enough yet, so mamma is writing this for me. I will not be seven years old until next spring.
James A. N.
Stockton, California.
I think Young People is a very nice paper. I am nearly eleven years old. I have a sister nine years old. A friend of mamma's told me this story one day: A father was telling his little daughter that the earth turned around once every twenty-four hours. The little girl sat quietly on his knee for a few minutes, and then said, 'Papa, I do think I feel a little dizzy.' She lisped a little bit. I got a great many nice things Christmas. Papa gave me a gold pen. We have a pet canary-bird.
Louie E. P.
Did you write your letter with your new pen? We think so, it was so beautifully written.
Wentworth, New Hampshire.
My brother Harry has taken Young People a year, and we like it very much. I read about the little girls' dolls in their letters, and want to tell them about mine. I have eight. Papa says he don't know about supporting so many children for me. I had a large wax doll at Christmas last year; her name is Jennie, a small one this year, named Florence, and one named Mamie, and others named Budge, Todie, and George. I have a very large cat named Nicodemus. There are no children but my brother Harry and myself. He is thirteen, and I am seven. Harry takes Harper's Young People and Wide Awake magazine, and I Our Little Ones and the Pansy. I go to school when we have one, and can read all our papers; but can only write in printing, so I asked mamma to write this for me. Please give my love to all the little girls.