The Post-office Box is very interesting to us little folks, and I
have long wanted to contribute to it, but my papa tells me to write
only when I have something of interest to say, so I have waited
until now. Among our many Christmas gifts this year was HARPER'S
YOUNG PEOPLE, which has given us a great deal of pleasure; indeed,
we are so anxious we read it together. "We" means my sister Fanny
and myself. My little brother, three years old, saw a circus
procession last spring, and was delighted with it. When he came
home he said he saw "great big pigs with logs tied on in front, and
strings fastened on behind" (meaning the elephants), and "great big
horses with lumps on their backs" (meaning the camels).