Birdie.
Thank you, dear, for your description of the superb Victoria Regia.
Mount Vernon, Ohio.
I am a little girl nearly nine years old. I go to school every day. We have but one pet; it is a kitty, and its name is Amorita. I am working a motto. It is my first, and my friends think it very nicely done. Mount Vernon is the county-seat of Knox County, Ohio. I have two sisters, Anna and Ruth, and one brother, Budge. On rainy days we have very pleasant times playing with dolls and books and sleds. To-night we had a circus in the parlor. Budge and Ruth were the lions, and I was the keeper; but soon they became unmanageable, and were sent to bed. It is drawing near my bed-time, and I will ask you to please print this, for I enjoy reading the letters, and want to see my own name in the Post-office Box. Good night.
Cinda B.
Savana La Mar, Jamaica, West Indies.
This is my first letter. We live in Jamaica, West Indies, and I like to read the letters from other boys and girls.
I am twelve years old, and have five brothers and two sisters. One brother is in England at the Blue-Coat School; the others learn lessons here at home. We have black people to do our work.
Harry M.