As I have just been reading _Dr. Gilbert's Daughters_ myself, I can
imagine what a pleasant time you five T. J. G.'s have had over the
troubles of May and Fay. There is a great deal of poetry in fairy
stories, and I suppose that is why most people are so very fond of them.
I think your badge is very pretty and unique, and I wish other girls and
boys who belong to little clubs and circles would write and tell me
about them.
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C. Y. P. R. U. means Chautauqua Young People's Reading Union, and the
papers prepared for the select reading of its members, and published in
HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE from week to week, are recommended and approved by
the Rev. Dr. J. H. Vincent, president of the parent society which bears
the familiar and now celebrated name of Chautauqua. We state this for
the benefit of some of our new subscribers, who do not understand the
five mystic letters at the head of this column.
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We would call the special attention of the C. Y. P. R. U. to a most
interesting article on music, by Mrs. John Lillie, entitled "About
Crotchets and Quavers"; and to "Home Gymnastics for Stormy Days,"
wherein Sherwood Ryse explains to the boys and girls how they may keep
their muscles exercised and their cheeks rosy even though confined
in-doors by bad weather. They will also be interested in the account of
the sheep-dogs of the Scottish Highlands given under the title of "The
Shepherd's Friends"; and in Mr. J. M. Murphy's account of "A Deer Hunt
in the Rocky Mountains," the incidents of which were drawn from the
practical experience of this well-known hunter.
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Correct answers to puzzles have been received from "The Two Orphans,"
John Fred Hilton, C. A., Mabel B. Canon, Mary E. White, M. F. Tomes,
Willie Volckhausen, "Lodestar," Wilfred J. Vrooman, George A. Simpson,
Patchie Clark, Nellie J. Flagler, John Phelan, Frank Van Dorn, Ella
Banks, Louie Price, Helena Sanders, George Hicks, Jennie May Ridgway,
"Queen Bess," Richard W. Coutts.
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