Rye Field, Jr. has talent; the incident is well sketched, but there are many infelicities of language in the narration.

Fire-Fly. We should need half the pages in the Magazine to record all those particulars you speak of.

Mary A. A. D. Thank you heartily for your pleasant letter. But the rebus is a little too intricate.

Billy Barlow. The question is not new. Eva C. S. K. Do you really think that Santa Claus is the children's "dearest friend"?

0.0. O, O! what a misquotation! The charades are good; we shall print one.

Kittie C. Too long.

Fidius Comes, commenting pleasantly on an extract from a letter which we printed recently, says:

"I sometimes wish I could have some life-work given me like hers seems to be, not that I wish to be an invalid, exactly. I have enough to teach me patience without that, but something by which could be of some use in the world. It does n't seem as if I did any one any good.

"I sometimes think if I could die, and be at rest forever from all these troubles and temptations and failures, that that would be all I would ask. But then comes the thought, Our Father knoweth of what things we have need, before we ask him, and I try to be patient and wait."

Ah, dear child, many older and stronger than you have felt the same doubt, and turned to the same true source for comfort. But remember also this, "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might," - and your life-work will take care of itself.

Sue & Bessie. Let us see how much better you can do. We do not expect perfection from our little contributors, nor should you. We only wonder that their mistakes are so few. Esq. In England.

Linnet. The enigma is nice, but we don't like to hold up such a tempting suggestion to our household of little folks. Suppose they should all act upon it?

H. They would guess the answer as soon as they read the question.

J. A. A. 1. Yes. 2. Yes. 3. We. H. D. 67 South 5th St., Williamsburg, L. I. H. D. H. We cannot tell. You know that we receive hundreds of such things, and therefore, after they have once been examined, it is impossible to keep account of them. The best of the "real good" ones are saved to be printed, and the others go into the waste basket.

O. Y. F. A pretty good beginning.

Minnie V. We do not remember about it. We cannot acknowledge every letter, because the important questions occupy all our space with their

answers.