the
baby died. God has got the baby up in heaven, but the _tired part_ of
him is in the garden.

My father is 'most crazy to see me. He is, truly; and when I say
_truly_, I _can't_ lie. He _said_ he wanted to see me so he was 'most
crazy, and he's comin' to-night.

I s'pose he'll bring me something, for I've been good. When I act
cross, it's 'cause I don't feel well.

Aunt Madge says to me I've wrote enough, and I'm tired. She's wrote
the letter, but I made it up.

I wish you a Merry Christmas! She asked me if I forgot to wish it, but
I didn't.

Good by.

From

PRUDY PARLIN.

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SOPHIE MAY'S "LITTLE-FOLKS" BOOKS

DOTTY DIMPLE AT HER GRANDMOTHER'S

"Sophie May's excellent pen has perhaps never written
anything more pleasing to children, especially little girls,
than 'Dotty Dimple.' If the little reader follows Dotty
through these dozen chapters--from her visit to her
grandmother to the swing under the trees--he or she will
say: 'It has been a treat to read about Dotty Dimple, she's
so cunning.'"--_Herald of Gospel Liberty._

DOTTY DIMPLE OUT WEST

"Dotty's trip was jolly. In the cars, where she saw so many
people that she thought there'd be nobody left in any of the
houses, she offers to hold somebody's baby, and when it
begins to cry she stuffs pop-corn into its mouth, nearly
choking it to death. Afterwards, in pulling a man's hair,
she is horrified at seeing his wig come off, and gasps
out,'Oh, dear, dear, dear, I didn't know your hair was so
tender!' Altogether, she is the cunningest chick that ever
lived."--_Oxford Press._

DOTTY DIMPLE AT HOME

"This little book is as full of spice as any of its
predecessors, and well sustains the author's reputation as
the very cleverest of all writers of this species of
children's books. Were there any doubt on this point, the
matter might be easily tested by inquiry in half the
households in the city, where the book is being revelled
over."--_Boston Home Journal._

DOTTY DIMPLE AT SCHOOL

"Miss Dotty is a peremptory little body, with a great deal
of human nature in her, who wins our hearts by her comic
speeches and funny ways. She complains of being _bewitched_
by people, and the wind 'blows her out,' and she thinks if
her comrade dies in the snow-storm she wi