I thought I would write to YOUNG PEOPLE, as I have never before
written to a paper. Our school began the first Monday in September.
I enjoyed our vacation very much indeed. My sister Lillie and I
went from here to Woodbury, and from Woodbury to Atlantic City,
alone on the cars, and after that we went to three other places, so
we had a nice long visit. I have no particular pet, but we have a
horse named Nellie, and we have two cats, one of whom we call
Blackie, because he is black, and the other, "Lillie's cat,"
because he belongs to Lillie. We once had a cat named Malty, and we
then had two kittens. Malty used to catch mice and rats and give
them to the kittens. We thought her very nice. My father used to be
a sea-captain. I have been as far South as St. Augustine, Florida.
I have been to New York two or three times, but I never noticed the
place where YOUNG PEOPLE is printed. I like the story of "Tim and
Tip," and I think the stories of "Penelope," "Phil's Fairies," and
"Toby Tyler" are splendid.