I am the little girl whose letter was printed in YOUNG PEOPLE No. 45, that was going to the mines. I am there now. I will try to tell you all about my trip. We came two hundred and ten miles across the Desert in the stage. We were over eight days on the road. We camped out two nights, and made our beds on the ground. I gathered many beautiful stones in the Desert. I saw a rattlesnake. I have been down in the mine eight hundred feet, and I am going down a shaft which is nine hundred feet below the level. I have three pet cats here, and I have thirty hens, which I feed twice every day. I have no brothers or sisters, but I amuse myself by reading YOUNG PEOPLE, and by running over the rocks and prospecting. FLORENCE R. * * * * * PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND. We have taken YOUNG PEOPLE ever since the first number, and we all like it. I have two brothers and two sisters. Christmas my brother had the book called _Old Times in the Colonies_ for a present. There are the same stories in it that were in YOUNG PEOPLE, and a great many more. One is about King Philip and the wars with the settlers in Rhode Island. I have read many of the other stories, and they are very interesting. I am twelve years old. LOUISE S. * * * * * TRENTON, NEW YORK. I am a little girl six years old. I have a papa and mamma, but no little brother or sister. I have a doggie named Dick, and a kitty named Flossy, and eleven dollies with a black nurse. I take HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, and can hardly wait for it to come. I wish every little girl could have it. I am learning to read and write. ABBIE MAUD B. * * * * * BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. I go to school and Sunday-school, and have my music lessons to practice, but I always find time to read my YOUNG PEOPLE. I went to the country this summer, and had a splendid time. I went boat-riding on the Shenandoah River. I am eleven years old. ELEANOR E. A. * * * * * DETROIT, MICHIGAN. I have a little dog. His name is Prince. He sleeps with me. He weighs four and one-half pounds. I have been in bed a week with scarlet fever, and I enjoy YOUNG PEOPLE so much! I have a nice stamp-book, but not many stamps yet. I will have some to exchange soon. I am eight years old. JOHNNIE E. * * * * * FARMINGTON, NEW YORK. I am a boy ten years old. I go to school, and read in the Fourth Reader, and study arithmetic and geography. I take YOUNG PEOPLE, and hope I can have it always. I have a cat. His name is Dick. He will follow me over to grandpa's, and stay with me until I come home. This is the first letter I ever wrote. SIDNEY J. C.