Out-of-doors the air is full Of voices small; List to what they're talking of, So busy all: "Did little Katy do to-day As she was bid?" Something hastens to reply, "Katy did!" Katy didn't! Katy did; She did! she did! she did! Who this morn played in the hay? Katy did! Who pulled pussy's tail to-day? Katy did! Did she eat all Grandma's cakes? Katy didn't! Yes, she did! Did she sometimes make mistakes? Katy did, she did! Did she sup on milk and bread? Katy did; Did she run away to bed? Katy did; Said her prayers at Mamma's knee! Katy did! Katy did! And fell asleep! ah, dreary me! Katy did, she did! Katy didn't! Katy did! She did! she did! she did! FULTON, ILLINOIS. DEAR ST. NICHOLAS: We have been taking you ever since you first started, and I can never tell you how we all love and admire every feature you possess. I have two brothers and two sisters. My youngest brother is only seven, so you see we will have to take you several years yet. Papa and Mamma read you almost as much as they read their grown-up magazines. I live on a farm in the western part of Whiteside County, Illinois, about four miles from the Mississippi. We think it is a beautiful country here with the bluffs, trees, and farming lands on the bottoms. Our picture gallery is all outdoors. From your faithful reader, D. E. H. WOODMONT, CONN. DEAR ST. NICHOLAS: My Uncle gave you to me for my birthday present, and I like your pages very much; and I have two other friends that like you very much. I like the story named "Oh, Dear!" very much, and my sister liked the story "Davy and the Goblin." We have a very cunning cat, and we call it Blaine. I hope my letter will be printed, as it is the first one I ever wrote, and I am anxious to see it in the magazine. Your little reader, AVIS N. HINGHAM, MASS. DEAR ST. NICHOLAS: I have written several letters before, but none of them have been printed; but I hope that this one will be. I have a very nice time here in summer. My home is within forty feet of the water. I have a boat, and can row, swim, dive or fish. I am just learning to ride on horseback. In the winter I live in Boston, and I have a governess to teach me algebra, English history, physiology, and the common branches, and I study French and Latin at Mrs. Newhall's. I have taken you for five years. ELAINA T. HARTFORD, CONN. DEAR ST. NICHOLAS: In one of your nice magazines last summer, you gave an account of how to make a string house. I thought it would be very nice to make one; so my sister and I tried it. We made it exactly according to the directions; it took us three whole days. We enjoyed reading and playing in it very much. We made a kind of porch in front, so as not to make it look so much like a tent.