Robie I. G. has a kitty which climbs up on the balusters every morning and tries to open his chamber door; Carlotta P. writes that her kitties Betsy and Busti play with balls, and run up the curtains as if they were climbing trees; Charlie M. S., Annie C. and Maggie W., Mattie V. S., and Ida R. L., also write of pet cats and dogs and birds. * * * * * MAYNARD A. M.--Your story and poems are very pretty, and show much fancy and imagination for a boy of your age, but we have not room to print them. We return them to Detroit, Michigan, the only address you give. * * * * * "MYSTIC."--Your drawing is very well done, but we can not use it. * * * * * MISS A. T.--There is no commentary on Pope's translation of Homer, but many interesting papers have been published on the subject. * * * * * EDWARD M. VAN C.--Your letter was a long time reaching its destination, as it first took a trip to the Dead-letter Office at Washington, and was forwarded to us from there. Like the little girl mentioned in the paper on the Dead-letter Office in _Young People_, No. 11, you posted it _without a stamp_. * * * * * E. L. M.--You write a very pretty letter considering that you are "only a little girl nine years old," and you need not feel nervous in future. * * * * * MISS E. W.--Many thanks for the charming letter and poem you so kindly forward from the bright little nine-year-old girl, Jennie Lancaster, of Marshall, Texas. * * * * * ADDIE W. P.--The quotation you wish is probably this: "Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it." It occurs in Shakspeare's play of _Macbeth_, act first, scene fourth. * * * * * GEORGE O. D.--We are very sorry you are so unfortunate, and trust the weekly visit of _Young People_ will continue to brighten the monotony of your illness. * * * * * W. T. DOTY.--The incident you mention must be taken as an exception to a general rule, as the personal observation of many students of natural history establishes the statement to which you demur. * * * * * ETHEL S. M.--Either spelling of the word is correct. The form you object to is more often used by American writers than the one you found in your English history. * * * * * Favors are acknowledged from Esther B., Minnesota; Osborn D., Arkansas; Bert C. S., Iowa; Tillie F. W., Maryland; Ethel P., Washington, D. C.; Willie Baldwin, Massachusetts; Louis C. V., New Jersey. From Connecticut--Archie H. L., "Daisy." From New York--M. Cohn, Addie and A. Goodnow. From Missouri--Charlie B., Theodore W. B. From Illinois--S. M. H., Marion Potter. From California--Mary M. Carr, Arthur White. * * * * *