rwarded to us from there. Like the little girl mentioned in the paper
on the Dead-letter Office in _Young People_, No. 11, you posted it
_without a stamp_.

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E. L. M.--You write a very pretty letter considering that you are "only
a little girl nine years old," and you need not feel nervous in future.

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MISS E. W.--Many thanks for the charming letter and poem you so kindly
forward from the bright little nine-year-old girl, Jennie Lancaster, of
Marshall, Texas.

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ADDIE W. P.--The quotation you wish is probably this: "Nothing in his
life became him like the leaving it." It occurs in Shakspeare's play of
_Macbeth_, act first, scene fourth.

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GEORGE O. D.--We are very sorry you are so unfortunate, and trust the
weekly visit of _Young People_ will continue to brighten the monotony of
your illness.

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W. T. DOTY.--The incident you mention must be taken as an exception to a
general rule, as the personal observation of many students of natural
history establishes the statement to which you demur.

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ETHEL S. M.--Either spelling of the word is correct. The form you object
to is more often used by American writers than the one you found in your
English history.

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Favors are acknowledged from Esther B., Minnesota; Osborn D., Arkansas;
Bert C. S., Iowa; Tillie F. W., Maryland; Ethel P., Washington, D. C.;
Willie Baldwin, Massachusetts; Louis C. V., New Jersey. From
Connecticut--Archie H. L., "Daisy." From New York--M. Cohn, Addie
and A. Goodnow. From Missouri--Charlie B., Theodore W. B. From
Illinois--S. M. H., Marion Potter. From California--Mary M. Carr, Arthur
White.

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Correct answers to puzzles are received from Charlie A. T., Illinois;
H. W. Singer, Ohio; Florence and Pauline W., California; J. T. Newcombe,
Michigan; Ida U. B., Minnesota; John R. Glen, Georgia; S. Addison W.,
Maryland; C. S. C., Connecticut; J. H. Hassett, New Hampshire. From
Massachusetts--A. A. Gilmore, Stanley King, C. H. A., A. F. C. From New
York--Thomas H. Van T., F. W. P., Mabel L., William MacG., Walter L.,
H. and B., Rufus W. T., E. S., F. Bisbee. Oscar F., New Jersey.

Many of these answers are given in very n