PEEP AT OUR NEIGHBORS. 9

to do with the bright, and green, and
joyous days of my childhood. But
when I sent the budget out, to be open-
ed and read, I own I was in doubt
whether my friends would be pleased
with the budget or not. But they were
pleased with it. They liked it. I sus-
pect that the very neat and tasteful dress
in which the book appeared, had some-
thing to do with their liking it. It was
beautifully printed, and the pictures in
it were very fine. So that it is due to
Uncle Frank’s publisher, Mr. Scribner,
as much, perhaps, as to Uncle Frank
himself, that the budget was so well
thought of.