ia Austin. It was very nice.

COSETTE M. M.

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I have a pet dog named Topsy that will sit up, shake hands, kiss,
and jump through my arms. My little sister Genie has a cat that
tries to imitate my dog. I have the promise of a pair of pigeons,
and I have a lot of little chickens.

I am trying to make a scrap-book, and I am starting a collection
of stamps. If Paul S., of Bridgeport, Connecticut, will send me a
French postage stamp from one of his father's letters, I will send
him a Japanese one in return.

WILLIE D. VATER,
Care of S. Vater, Office of the _Daily Journal_,
Lafayette, Indiana.

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SHERBURNE FOUR CORNERS, NEW YORK.

I have just been reading YOUNG PEOPLE, and the last piece I read
was "Easy Botany." I liked it very much. I think YOUNG PEOPLE is
the best paper I ever saw.

I tried Nellie H.'s recipe for candy, and it was very nice. I
would like to know if she pulls it. I did mine, and I burned my
fingers.

I tumbled out of a cherry-tree the other day, and almost broke my
back.

We had an old dog named Watch, that we liked so much, and two
weeks ago he died.

I wish Puss Hunter would let me know if she ever tried my recipe
for bread.

FANNIE A. H.

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I am ten years old. I have a collection of about five hundred
postage stamps, and would like to exchange with any readers of
YOUNG PEOPLE.

J. E. A.,
700 Court Street, Reading, Pennsylvania.

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I am making a collection of stones, one from every State. I try to
get them about the size of a hen's egg. If any other correspondent
is making such a collection, I will be very glad to exchange a
stone from Michigan for one from any other State.

JESSIE I. BEAL,
Agricultural College, Lansing, Michigan.

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I would like to exchange pressed flowers for birds' eggs with any
of the correspondents of Our Post-office Box.

BELLE ROSS,
Knoxville, Tennessee.

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I would like to exchange postmarks of the United States or of
foreign countries with any readers of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE.

FRED L. B.,
337 Belleville Avenue, Newark, New Je