Jacksonville, Illinois.
The Editor said that we little girls must write about our dolls, so I thought I would. I have not seen any letters from this place. I must begin to write about my dolls. I have seven baby dolls—Lillie (a wax one), Daisy, Phœbe (she is wax too), Mattie, Ludie, Boneby, and last a little doll, not an inch long, called Neil. I had four birds, and they all died; three doves and five cats, and they all ran away or were killed. I now have a white and black cat. Mamma drives a spirited horse, and we all make a great pet of him.
Grace A. M.
Newark, New Jersey.
I am a little girl six years old. My brother takes Harper's Young People, but I love to read it, and I read it all myself. I like to read the letters best. I have been reading since I was four years old, and we have had Young People from the first, and on rainy days we get the numbers out and look them all over. We have two dogs named Beaut and Snooze. Snooze has a "bobtail." I have a black cat, with a few white spots, named Harry, and when I take him up he puts his two paws around my neck, as though he wanted to love me. He never scratches or acts ugly to me. I have three dolls, named Fannie, Bessie, and Nellie. I have a cousin Anna, just my size, and we play together often. I go to Sunday-school every Sunday, and learn the Golden Text; then I get a pink ticket for saying it, and when I have four pink tickets, I get a pretty floral card for them. I study at home with mamma. I can read, spell, and cipher, and now I am learning to write. I hope to see my letter in Young People. Mamma is writing this letter for me, but I told her what to write. Your friend,
Hattie C.
Weymouth, Massachusetts.
I have a hen-house of my own, and I am going to keep hens this winter. I have fifteen brown Leghorns and a rooster. I have made a silo, and filled it with sorrel for them to eat in the winter. If any of the boys who read Young People keep hens, I would like to hear from them. I have a cat that weighs thirteen pounds. I am eleven years old.