“Then,” said the Jabberwock, “why did you ask for it?” “For a joke,” said Robbie. “Well, here now,” said the Man in the Moon, “eat your cheese.” “Why, how nice!” said Alice, as she took a large bite out of the cheese. “I think it would be nice to live up in the moon altogether, though I am afraid Mamma would not let us.” “Well, I suppose she wouldn’t,” said the Jabberwock. After they had had some cheese they went down again. “Oh, thank you,” said Rosy, as they got down to the earth. “Jabberwock, I think you are the loveliest creature in the world—except Mamma!” “Oh,” said Alice, “I wish you would stay with us a few days—I suppose you will if we ask you to.” “Yes,” said Jabberwock, “I would love to. Should you like to see my baby? It is a sweet little thing.” She led them to a hole in a tree, where they saw the tiniest little baby Jabberwock you ever saw. “What a cunning little thing!” said Rosy; “but has it not got any fur on?” “No,” said Jabberwock; “but still it is pretty, is it not?” “Of course it is,” said Rosy. “But come,” said Alice, “this is the time Mamma wanted us to be home.” “Is it?” said the Jabberwock. “Well, I will come.” So away they went. Written by MARY CONSTANCE DU BOIS (at the age of 5 years and 10 months). * * * * * We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of pleasant letters from the following young friends: Frank Taylor, Harry Armstrong, Katie P. Peabody, Alice Conway, Robert A. Provan, Fay Taylor, Pussy and Leuce, Josie Irwin, Agnes F. Conwell, W. H., Allmond McKay Griggs, Hugh P. Yiemann, Katie, Dorothea Nimzer, Anna Wetmore, Edith M., H. L. M., “Venus,” Celia Loeb, Francis E. L., Florence E. Gaffield, Marion S. Dumont, Lee A. Miller, M. C. H., Evelyn Knight, Pansy, Luckett & Miriam I., F. W. Horninghouse, Hattie Frost, Emily E. Warner, “Alice, Annie, Gracie, Florence, Jessie, Marion,” “Three Rebels,” K., H. S. M., Bessie Maud Bowsher, Jerry Richter, Walter S. H., Nettie Rychen, Allan C. Rowe, May Singleton, Philip A. M., William B. Judson, Minnie W., C. E. Lankford, Ida E., Annie B. Sargent, Nellie P. Clark, Alex. D., Helen W., J. Henry Warren, F. W. Lodge, Grace Coburn, Harriet F. Lightfoot, Edith S. Clark, Fred B. W., Sadie Furman, Ellen S. Congdon, Gertrude, Emily Belton, Grace Vandever, Helen Crane, Alex. Evans, Kate Morris, Belle B. Anderson, Mabel B., M. B. P., Mabel Carrington, Cora L. Witherspoon, Gertrude M., Eugene Kell, C. G. Elmore, Willie Pettigrew, Willie J. Spear, Jeannette G., Jessamine C., Albert L. Scoullar, Albertie Russell, George Emerson, Helen A. Polsley, Ed. H. B., Elizabeth Butler and Elizabeth Wright, P. N. S., Ethel Grey, Rebecca K. Allison, Burton P. Thoms, Amy H., Florence Rawson Greer, Stella A. Goodell, S. W. Bridgham, Jenny Wren, Anna L. L., R. E. B., Maude F. Helen, W. M., Mary Weller, Buddie Holt, Daisey Higham, Sadie, Lyra and Silvia, M. G. Waring, E. H.