Claremont, Minnesota.
I love to read Harper's Young People, it is so interesting. I am nine years old, and have been at school nine terms. I like to go to school. We have a dog by the name of Watch, I have some doves, and we have a cat. We have a great many flowers here. We have some up at school. I like to pick flowers. Do any of the little girls ever pick lady-slippers? They have a very pretty flower. I have a swing; it goes up pretty high. I like to swing. My brother put the swing up. My sister is my teacher this summer.
Gertrude L. G.
Take care not to swing too high, nor too long at a time. Lady-slippers are pretty, and are prettily named, too.
C. Y. P. R. U.
WHAT TO READ.
Dear Postmistress,—What books would you read if you were fourteen years old, had never been away from home, and were very fond of exciting novels?
John C.