Many thanks to the writer of the following:-

New York, March 15th, 1842.

Dear Mr. Merry—The following lines are from one who has been both instructed and amused by your writings, and although a very youthful subscriber, she begs you will accept them as a small offering from the heart of

Margaret.

The name of Merry long will be

Remembered well, and loved by me.

Not all the works of ancient lore

Transmit to youth so sweet a store

Of learning true, in nature’s dress,

The garb so simple, yet the best;