We expect to publish a number of articles on different branches of
natural history during the year, and though they may not be precisely
stories, they will be equally as entertaining.
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I am thirteen years old, and have two little nephews, one ten days
old, and the other two years. I have been spending the summer in
the southern part of Michigan, and had a splendid time. We got up a
fairy play to play warm moonlight nights. I was Thumbergia, Queen
of the Elves, and we called ourselves moonlight fairies. It was
great fun. I used to sit up in a tree, and read Jimmy Brown's
stories. I wish he would write some more. I think he is splendid,
and wish I knew him. I am very fond of little boys from four to
five years old. I had four little four-year-olds this summer who
liked to race so much that every morning I would have them stand in
a line, and when I would count three they would all start, and run
as fast as their little legs would carry them. One of them would
talk all the time, and another was very slow, but all were very
cunning. They are the only pets I have.