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will think I did right in bringing
it here. Fanny seemed so thankful
when I offered to do so. _ I believe
Carrie mentioned in her last how
delighted the children were with
the books you sent. Alice reads,
& re reads hers, & as to Fanny,
she makes all of us read hers
to her on an average three times
a week, & we have to begin at
the first page & go straight through
before we stop, if she can possibly
persuade us to do so. She catches
any ryhme very easily & she
knows quite a nmber of the
little pieces. She wants me to
tell you that she loves dolls very
much, & that one of her newest
& prettiest is a boy doll named
after you. _ She is constantly changing
the names of her dolls, so I suppose
it will soon be something else.

The last time we heard from Alex,
Aunt Mary was better, but as that