THE WOOD.--DRAWN BY F. S. CHURCH.]

[Illustration: OUR POST-OFFICE BOX.]

WAKEFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

An article in your paper of April 27, 1880, entitled "A Cheap
Canoe," has given a decided stimulus to the boys of this town in
the matter of canoe building. There are now six on our lake, built
almost entirely by the boys who own them, on the model there
given.

I send you a short article from our local paper, written by my
son, a lad of fifteen, giving his experience on his first canoe
trip down Ipswich River. He proposes a much longer one next summer
vacation.

Many thanks are due to you for giving the boys something useful to
do, which teaches them how to do their own work.

S. W. A.

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ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN.

Undertaking myself the education of my young son, I am deeply
indebted to you for much useful information. I find YOUNG PEOPLE a
_multum in parvo_, serving as an entertaining reader, besides
giving manly hints in all branches of knowledge--geography,
natural history, science, drawing, and music. Even the puzzles
draw out the youthful mind, which learns from them unconsciously
the analysis and definition of words. It is like the medicine
which "children cry for."

Especially let me thank you for your historical sketches, and also
for the healthy moral tone pervading every part of the paper,
teaching the children to be gentle and kind, as well as manly and
brave.

For myself, I am only less interested than the little ones for
whose especial benefit it is intended. As a "little mother," my
sympathies are all with your success.

E. S. C.

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FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN, GERMANY.

Perhaps you would like to hear from one of your little American
friends over the sea.

We live in Frankfort-on-the-Main. It is a beautiful city, full of
public monuments and handsome buildings.

Last month when I was in Freiburg, in Baden, I had the pleasure of
seeing the Grand Duke and Duchess of Baden. They were spending a
few days in Freiburg to visit their son, the Heir Prince, who
lives there. During their stay the feast of _Frohnleichnamstag_,
or Corpus Christi Day, took place, and a large procession was to
pass through the streets and before thei