dge, and then you have a grand view of all
the falls at once. We drove out to Lundy's Lane, and a man came out
and invited us to go up Scott's Tower and see the battle-field. Papa
and mamma had been up some years ago, so said they did not care to
go again, as the stairs were hard to climb.

I said I would go, so the man took me up and showed me the
battle-field and the lakes through an opera-glass. When I got into
the carriage I thanked him for his kindness, and you may imagine my
surprise when he asked me for fifty cents: of course I had to give
it to him, but it was all I had. Papa and mamma laughed at me all
the way home, but papa gave me the half dollar back afterward. We
spent a week at St. Catherine's Wells, visited Toronto, Belleville,
Napanee and Kingston, and went over on a lake steamer to spend the
Fourth of July at Oswego, such a pretty town in New York on Lake
Ontario. Cobourg is a pretty little town, too, right on the lake,
and the Arlington Hotel, where we are staying, is very nice, with
nice shade-trees and lawns. Do you know, dear St. Nicholas, I always
thought of you as an old gray-bearded man, like the pictures of
Santa Claus; but now that I know you and have talked to you, I shall
enjoy St. Nicholas more than ever.--Your friend and constant reader,

CALVERT WILSON.

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New York.

DEAR ST. NICHOLAS: I thought I would tell you about some people I
heard of who like to talk to each other, and everything they say
begins with the same letter. How queer it must sound. I send you a
sentence: Sarah said she saw Susy sewing small shoes swiftly. I wish
some of your scholars would try it, and see who could send you a
sentence with the words beginning with Z.--I remain, your loving

MAUD.

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Albany, N.Y.

DEAR ST. NICHOLAS: Perhaps some of your other boys, who, like
myself, wish to grow big and strong, would like to hear about the
largest human being ever known,--Goliath of Gath,--a person almost
large enough to need introduction by installments, but he is so well
known that the ceremony is needless.

As nearly as I can make out, he was between ten and eleven feet
high. When he went to battle he wore a coat-of-mail weighing one
hundred and fifty-six pounds,--as heavy as a good-si