Papa gave YOUNG PEOPLE to me as a birthday present, and I am so
glad when he brings it home every week. I read all the stories, and
I love to read the letters from all the little girls and boys. You
will see I am a little Southern girl, and in the winter here the
orange-trees are all in bloom, and the gardens are filled with
flowers, as we do not often have the snow and ice that some of your
readers do. There are only two of us. My sister Isa is ten, and has
dark eyes and brown curls. I have light eyes and curls, and am
eight years old, so you see that we don't look alike. I have been
at a kindergarten for two years, and now I am in school with the
larger girls. I am very fond of dolls, and have a great many of
them. My sister is godmother to all of them, and makes all their
clothes, which is a great help to me. We have a very boisterous
puppy, and his name is Leo. He chewed up my prettiest wax doll. It
was great fun for him, but not for me. Papa gave me another in her
place, and she is very pretty. I take great care of her, so that
Leo shall not get hold of her. We found a little stray kitten a few
days ago in the street. We brought it home, and fed it, and as it
is a tortoise-shell, and very pretty, we have named it Mrs.
Langtry. What I like best of everything in HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE is
the poetry. Such pretty pieces you publish! I studied, and recited
at school on Friday "Only One," by George Cooper. So do find some
more for me. This is a long letter from a little girl you don't
know, and as my hand is tired, I will say good-by.