t years old. Papa and mamma teach me at
home. I thought you might like to hear from a little boy in
Louisiana, who likes HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE very much. I read it
aloud to little Brother Josie, and then papa mails it to Brother
Willie, who is at school in Vidalia, twenty-five miles away. You
would be pleased to hear how sweetly Josie, who is four years old,
can repeat many of the little poems in YOUNG PEOPLE. Dew-berries
are ripe now, and I wish I could send you a large bouquet of our
flowers. I live on a large cotton plantation. Our front gate is
only a few yards from the bank of the Mississippi River, so we
have a fine view of the steamboats as they pass. We have a real
pretty yard to play in, and a nice swing. Our pets are three
beautiful cats--Dick, Spot, and Wesley. I love Dick dearly, for he
is just my age, and we grew up together. I am eight years old.
Mamma calls me her little flower boy, but my "sure-enough" name is

DAVID AUSTIN C.

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NORTH GRANVILLE, NEW YORK.

We are not sisters, but we are together almost as much as if we
were. We each have a pet. One is a little English pug named
Pickles, and the other a cunning little Maltese and white kitten,
and we call her Pinafore. It is very pretty in this little village
where we live in the summer. There is a very fine military school
here, and when it is warm enough for the cadets to drill on the
parade-ground, it makes it very pleasant.

MAMIE B. AND GUSSIE P.

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MONTICELLO, WISCONSIN.

I have read all the letters from boys and girls in YOUNG PEOPLE,
and I would like to tell them about my pets. I have two pet cats.
One is a Maltese, and I call her Nellie; the other is an old gray
cat named Puss. She has five little kittens, and they are so
cunning. I have a pet hen named Hannah. She had two little chicks,
but they died. Uncle George lives with us, and he has a hound
named Fanny. She is a brown beauty, and a great pet. I have two
little sisters. Maud has golden curls, and Ethel has little brown
curls. They are the dearest little pets I have.

G. NATHAN E.

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BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Papa read me about Joseph E. G.'s goat Minnie, and I think mine is
just as cunning.