There are several reasons why _Harper's Young People_ is not as large as
the journals which you call "trash" papers. In the first place,
_Harper's Young People_ is very carefully printed on extra fine paper,
which make the type and illustrations look so clear and beautiful. And
then a very large price is paid to the artists who draw the pictures, to
the engravers who reproduce them on wood, and to the authors who
contribute the reading matter which you find so interesting. The picture
of "The Tournament," for instance, on the first page of the preceding
number, cost over one hundred and fifty dollars for drawing and
engraving. Some of the pictures will cost even more than that. If _Young
People_ was a larger weekly paper, and just as good in every respect as
it is now, the price would necessarily be larger; and then some of our
young readers might be deprived of the pleasure of having it.
_Harper's Young People_ comes out every Tuesday; and if you read all the
stories, poems, etc., and make out the puzzles and enigmas, you will
find that it will take all the time you ought to spare from study, play,
and other callings. We mean to make _Young People_ the very best weekly
for children in the world, so that they will always be glad to see it,
as they would welcome a visit from a pleasant companion.
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The following letters have been received in reply to the question, in
the first number of _Young People_, as to the originator of cheap
postage.