success in their studies, and pleasant hours with teachers and
school-mates. We hope our friendly intercourse will continue, with
increasing interest to them and to us. At the beginning of a new year it
is well to remember that the surest way to gain happiness for ourselves
is by trying to make others happy.
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SHAWANGUNK, NEW YORK.
I thought I would write and tell you that I love _Harper's Young People_
very much. I am eight years old. I have a little brother who is 'most
two years old, and I have a cat four years old. I have an aquarium with
six fish in it, and a turtle. The turtle's name is Snap.
FLORENCE E. B.
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SCHUYLERSVILLE, NEW YORK.
I want to write a note to tell you how I came to take _Young People_.
One evening papa brought me the first two numbers, and I enjoyed the
"Swiss Boy" and the other stories so much that I thought I would like to
take it. So my papa, my mamma, my two brothers, and I myself gave
something toward it, and I shall expect it with pleasure every week.
KEBLE D.
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GALENA, ILLINOIS.
I like _Harper's Young People_ very much. The illustrations are
beautiful, and the Post-office Box and all the other reading very
interesting. I read all the letters in the Post-office, and contribute
this, my first newspaper correspondence, to that department. The picture
"The Day Before Thanksgiving," on the first page of No. 4, is very
comical, and reminds me of things I have seen myself. I am twelve years
old.
MORNA P.
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SOUTH EVANSTON, ILLINOIS.
I am so glad you have published this little paper. I think it is the
best thing I have ever seen. Papa reads it too, and thinks it is real
nice for little folks. I like the story of the "Brave Swiss Boy" very
much.
EFFIE T.
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WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.
DEAR "YOUNG PEOPLE,"--I like you very much, especially the story of the
"Brave Swiss Boy." The way I came to take you was this: father saw an
advertisement in a paper, so he let me go up to a newsroom and get you.
ROBIE D. C.
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HENRY F. B.--Electric ornaments are not easily obtained in this country,
as but very few have been imported for sale.
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MONTAGUE L.--It would occupy too much space to describe the game you
require.
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A. H. A.--There is no such class of people as you refer to. Exceptional
cases may exist.
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KATE S. (nine years).--Your puzzles are very neat for such a little girl
to compose.
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MARTHA W. D.--Your puzzle is good, but we are afraid our young readers
would never make it out, as it requires an extraordinary amount of
geographical knowledge.
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"ENQUIRER," MADISON.--A phonograph must be obtained of Thomas A. Edison,
Menlo Park, New Jersey, from whom you can also obtain a price-list. You
will find interesting information in a book entitled _The Telephone, the
Microphone, and the Phonograph_, by Count Du Moncel, recently published
by Messrs. Harper and Brothers.
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Pleasant and welcome letters are acknowledged from Abraham L. M., Alie
M. B., and Julien S. U.
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F. B. H.--Thanks for your pretty operation in figures.
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The following explanation of the name irreverently applied to the Bank
of England is from Harry H. Bell, Louisville, Kentucky:
The Bank of England was founded in 1694. There is no bank equal to
it in the management of national finances. It is located in
Threadneedle Street. Cobbett called it "The Old Lady in
Threadneedle Street," because, said he, the governors of the bank
were, like old Mrs. Partington, an invented character of Sydney
Smith's, trying with their broom to keep back the Atlantic waves of
progress in national affairs.
[Illustration: NEW-YEAR'S CALLS.]
"Ladies, allow me to introduce my friend Bowyer Bender, Esq. You see he
is in _full_ dress"