d I like to read YOUNG
PEOPLE very much. My Sunday-school teacher made each boy in her
class a present of it. We are sorry that the story "Across the
Ocean" is ended. It was such an interesting story that we want
some more of it.

CHARLES V. F.

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HARMONY, NEW JERSEY.

I am a little girl nine years old. We moved here this spring from
La Fayette. My papa is a Methodist minister, so we have to move
once in a while. I have a brother and sister. We have a beautiful
Maltese cat, and twelve little chickens. We live three miles from
the Delaware River. My brother takes YOUNG PEOPLE, and we all like
it very much.

ANNIE JEAN H.

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PARKVILLE, LONG ISLAND.

I have a pet hen, but she does not lay any eggs. She is a very
cross hen, and she nips my fingers when I feed her. I had a little
goat, but it died. My papa is going to buy me another. We have a
little dog-cart, and a doll's house, and we play croquet, and
swing in a swing made of chains.

CHARLIE S. R.

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XENIA, OHIO.

I had YOUNG PEOPLE for a Christmas present, and I like it ever so
much. It comes every Wednesday, and I am almost always the first
boy at the book-store to get it. I liked the story of Frank Austin
very much. He was a very brave boy.

The only pet I have is my little sister, and I pity the fellow who
has not so nice a pet. She is the best one in the world. One day
at the dinner table, while she was eating a piece of pie, she
found a plum seed in it. All of a sudden she exclaimed, "I found a
pie seed!" and she rushed out and planted it, thinking it would
grow to be a tree with pies on it.

ROSCOE E. E.

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NORTH NEWFIELD, MAINE.

My little cousin sends me YOUNG PEOPLE. I had a dear little kitty,
but it died. Its name was Rose. Do you think it is a pretty name?
I am seven years old.

TEENIE J. B.

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PRINCETON, ARKANSAS.

Brother Ben and I take YOUNG PEOPLE, and we enjoy it very much. It
is a splendid paper for little folks, and I find that older people
like to read it too. I am eleven years old, and I study music,
drawing, and other things. Ben is thirteen, and