ul readers, who print
their communications with a pencil:

PEARL CREEK, NEW YORK.

I thought I would write to you. My brother has a snapping-turtle,
and a white rabbit with brownish spots on it, and my brother and I
have three kittens. I like YOUNG PEOPLE very much, and I like the
story of "The Moral Pirates."

EDITH M. P.

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ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

I am five years old. I can not read yet, but I get my sister to
read the stories in YOUNG PEOPLE. I like them better than any I
ever heard. My letter is getting 'most too long.

ELLEN H.

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JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY.

A short time ago, fresh from the country, I was walking along
Cortlandt Street, New York city, when I dimly heard the familiar
"Bob White" whistled. "Papa, there's a quail," I exclaimed.
"Nonsense," replied papa, laughing; "your imagination is lively."
"But," I answered, "I really heard one." "They don't have quails
in the city," said papa; "perhaps some boy or man is imitating the
bird." I said no more until right at our elbow the shrill notes
"Bob White" startled us both. Papa stopped, exclaiming, "That is a
quail, surely." We looked about us, but could see no cage. "That
is strange," said papa. Then we looked closer, and saw in a wire
inclosure, extended from a cellar window to the sidewalk, an
unused basin of an old fountain, filled with plants, while half
concealed beneath the foliage were two plump birds, one of which
extended his little head and saluted us with familiar notes again.
A little crowd soon gathered, and listened with pleasure to the
sweet notes of these feathered beauties, which here in the very
centre of the business activities and bustle of the metropolis
recalled recollections of woods and rural delights.

EDDIE A. L.

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HARPERSFIELD, OHIO.

I am a lame boy. I have hip-disease. One limb is shorter than the
other, and I use crutches or a cane. I mean to be a doctor, and
make hip-disease a specialty. Grandpa has promised me a nice
carriage and harness, and my uncle says he will give me a nice
horse when I grow up and get to be a doctor. I am eleven years old
now. I must tell you how much I like YOUNG PEOPLE, especially the
beautifu