Rose and the Ring. I'm going to "dance and sing, and do all
sorts of t'ing," and write you a real big letter.

"BABY HELEN."

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NEW YORK CITY.

I have taken YOUNG PEOPLE from the first number, and I like it
very much. I like the story "For Mamma's Sake" best of all. I have
no brothers or sisters, but I have a pet canary I call Beauty.
Another little girl wrote that she had one by that name. Mine is
very tame. I have only lived in the city about eight months. I
always lived in the country, in Connecticut. I like it better than
the city. I am eleven years old.

MYRTLE E. S.

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SALEM, OHIO.

I have tried Puss Hunter's recipe for cake, and it was very nice.
I am going to try R. C. W.'s recipe for candy, in YOUNG PEOPLE No.
28. I hope it will be a success.

I expect to have a young turtle given to me soon, and I should
like to tame it, if I can. Is there any reader of YOUNG PEOPLE who
can tell me how to tame a turtle?

I have a great many dolls, and I think a good deal of them all. I
have a wax doll named Maud, and a china doll named Nellie, and
another named Linnie. I like Nellie better than all the rest.

JESSIE B.

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YOUNG PEOPLE is a very welcome visitor at our house. I like
especially the pieces entitled "Easy Botany." I would like very
much to exchange roots and seeds of wild flowers with any
correspondents of our Post-office Box.

FRANCES M. HEATON,
Flushing, Long Island.

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FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS.

My father has taken HARPER'S WEEKLY twenty-three years, and has it
all bound. Now I take YOUNG PEOPLE, and at the end of the year I am
going to have my paper bound too. I have a little baby brother,
three months old, and I think he is cunning. I also have a new
cart, made in Leominster. I go to school, and every Friday night I
go to grandma's, and stay over Saturday.

CHARLES H. P.

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SAUGUS, MASSACHUSETTS.

I am seven years old. I live on the bank of a river and at the
foot of a hill. Some of the rocks that surround us are full of red
jasper, and parties come from the cities near by to gather
specimens. I go to the sea-shore eve