DEAR ST NICHOLAS: We are three little girls just the same age, for we are triplets. We look and dress just alike, and our big old brother calls us the “three little maids from school.” We have a pony, a big dog, and a little cat, but we have no little boy to play with, and we wish that little Lord Fauntleroy was a really, truly boy and could come and play with us. We send our love to you, dear ST. NICHOLAS, and we hope that this, our very first letter, will be printed to surprise our dear Mamma and Papa, and to spite our big brother, who says nobody would print such a silly thing. Your loving little maids, ROSY F., DAISY F., PANSY F. Here it is in print, dear little maids,—with ST. NICHOLAS’S compliments to you and the big brother. * * * * * DETROIT, MICH. DEAR ST. NICHOLAS: I am nine years old; I have three sisters, two older and one younger than I. Susie, the eldest, is a great girl for reading; Helen, the next, is very fond of dolls,—she has six; but Edna, the younger, is a little rogue and likes to play ball with the boys best. We have taken you long before I can remember. I enjoy the story of “Little Lord Fauntleroy” very much. Is it a good long story? I hope it is. I went to see the game of base-ball on the 19th between the Chicagos and Detroits. I enjoy playing base-ball very much; although I am only nine years old, I think I can pitch a curve. I hope you will publish this. Your faithful reader, JAMES C. M. * * * * * A CORRECTION. COLORADO SPRINGS, COL. EDITOR OF ST. NICHOLAS: I should like to correct two errors that in some way have crept into my article on “Fishes and their Young,” in the June ST. NICHOLAS. The two fishes figured on page 601 are described under the cut as being from the Sea of Galilee, and the impression given that they belong to the genus _Ophiocephalus_. They really belong to the genus _Chromis_, and are found in Lake Tiberias. On page 602, the description of the sea-horse—“These have a perfect pouch, into which the infant fishes are taken as soon as hatched”—is wrong; it should read, The _eggs_ are taken into the pouch as soon as laid and kept until hatched. Very truly yours, C. F. HOLDER. * * * * * PT. CHAUTAUQUA, N. Y.