To a Friend, on being Married.

NEW YORK, Oct. 10th, 18-.

MY DEAR FRANK,-I believe there are certain stereotyped phrases in which it is customary to congratulate newly married folks; but utterly discarding all rules and regulations in such cases made and provided, I wish you joy in the familiar words which our friendship warrants and my feelings suggest. If your married life is half as happy as I desire it to be, you will have good cause to be satisfied with your lot. Present my kind regards and compliments to your bride. Wishing you many happy returns

of the anniversary of the wedding-day, I remain, Your attached friend,

FREDERICK FIELDING.

TO FRANCIS MOORE, ESQ., Cincinnati, Ohio.

Reply to the Foregoing.

BROADWAY, CINCINNATI, Oct. 15th, 18—. DEAR FRED,-Lest you should think my happiness— which I can assure you is complete-has made me forgetful of a valued friend, I take the earliest possible opportunity of thanking you for the good wishes you tender to myself and my dear Lucy. I think they will be realized as far as mutual affection can realize them. To say the truth, I am so delighted with my condition as a Benedict that I feel inclined to say to every bachelor and widower, “Go and do likewise.' Yours truly,

TO FREDERICK FIELDING, ESQ..

FRANK MOORE.

No.

Wall St., New York.

On the Birth of an Heir.

WALL ST., NEW YORK, July 20th, 18-.

DEAR FRANK, —I learn with much pleasure that your wish has been fulfilled in the birth of a boy.

Present my

compliments to the little stranger, who I hope will one day be made aware that his father's old friend was among the first to bid him welcome on his arrival in this world of trouble, which I hope, however, will prove a pleasant world to (him. Give my kind regards to Mrs. Moore, who I am glad to hear is doing well. With best wishes for the health of both your treasures, I remain,

Cordially yours,

TO MR. FRANCIS MOORE, Cincinnati, Ohio.

FREDERICK FIELDING.

The Friend's Reply.

BROADWAY, CINCINNATI, July, 25th, 18-. DEAR FRED,—Thank you for your congratulations on the birth of our boy: In matters of this kind, hopeful husbands are often doomed to disappointment. I have noticed frequently that anxiety for a son generally results in a daughter. We are lucky. Need I say that the boy is a fine boy? Did you ever know a baby of either sex that was not "fine?" Mother and child-heaven bless them both!are doing well, and the father is delighted to be able to make such a good report of them. The latter, proud of his new acquisition, remains now, as ever,

Yours truly,

FRANK MOORE.

TO FREDERICK FIELDING, ESQ.,

No. Wall St., New York.

Inquiry concerning the Health of a Friend.

STUYVESANT PLACE, NEW YORK, Oct. 9th, 18-.

DEAR CLARA,-I cannot tell you how sad I felt when I was informed ofyour illness; but now rejoice to learn your complaint is not dangerous, and that there is every prospect of your early convalescence.

I would have called upon you, but I have been confined to the house with a sprained ankle ever since I first heard you were sick. I am anxious to know how you progress, and will therefore inquire about you daily. Trusting I shall soon have the pleasure of seeing you out again, I remain, Dear Clara,

Reply to the Foregoing.

WAVERLEY PLACE, NEW YORK, Oct. 15th, 18—.

DEAR DORA,-I cannot express how grateful I feel for your kind inquiries relative to my health; and am happy to announce to you that I am entirely convalescent, and shall soon do myself the pleasure of calling upon you. Hoping you have recovered from the consequences of your sprain, I remain

Your affectionate friend,

CLARA CLAYTON.

TO MISS DORA DESMOND,

No.

Stuyvesant Place, New York.

A Young Lady, inquiring the Cause of her Friend's Silence.

FOURTH ST., CINCINNATI, April 19th, 18—. DEAR BELLE,-I am quite at a loss to conjecture the cause of your silence, as I am unwilling to believe you have entirely forgotten me, or that there is any decline in your affection or regard. It is now more than a month since I received a letter from you, and in the meanwhile I have formed many theories in order to account for your long epistolary silence. Have you been sick, or what has been the matter? Do let me hear from you as soon as you can.

Don't wait to write a long letter, but drop me a few lines, and inform me of your health and present condition, and tell me anything that you think will interest me. Do not fail to comply with this request, and make happy the heart of

Your sincere friend,

TO MISS BELLE MARTIN, New Orleans, La..

ALICE AUSTIN.

From a Lady and her Husband, about to visit a Friend in the

Country.

STATE ST., BOSTON, Wednesday, June 15th, 18—.

MY DEAR FRIEND,-We shall be with you on Friday next, unless something unexpected should happen in the meanwhile; but do not let the girls trouble themselves about meeting us; we shall find our way very well indeed. I need not thank you for kindly offering us house-room for a week; it is, indeed, very thoughtful of you under the circumstances, and all I can do for Mrs. Richardson and your girls, I shall only be too happy to do while I stay. As I shall see you soon, I will say farewell! Emma and Henry unite with me in kind love, and believe me,

Ever your faithful friend,

MARY JANE UNDERHILL.

TO MR. JOHN RICHARDSON. Amenia, N. Y.

Request for a Bridesmaid.

NINTH ST., PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 12th, 18-.

DEAR BERTHA,-I write to ask you whether you and your sister can get ready by the 15th of next month, as you have kindly promised to act as my bridesmaids on the important occasion. Harry is so impatient that I cannot

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resist him any longer. I shall call and see you tomorrow;

till then,

Believe me, your sister elect,

TO MISS BENNETT, Walnut St., Philadelphia,

AMY ALSTON.

Answer to the Above.

WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 12th, 18—

DEAR AMY,-We are both delighted to hear that the happy day is fixed, and shall set to work directly to make ourselves as fine as possible, in our quiet humble way, Plain white, and a few artificial flowers, (which we shall coax father to bring from the store,) will be all that we shall require, and you would look pretty in anything. So no more at present from,

Your affectionate sisters,

TO MISS AMY ALSTON, Ninth St., Philadelphia.

BERTHA AND JULIA.

Letter from an Absent Wife to her Husband.

LAKE GEORGE, Sept. 13th, 18—.

MY DEAR HUSBAND,-You will be glad to learn that I am enjoying myself here; that is to say, I am taking as much comfort as I can under the circumstances, away from you. But of course there are always plaguy ifs intruding their unpleasant shadows between us and perfect happiness; but if you were here, dearest, I was going to say, I should have nothing else to wish. Query! you will say. 'Might I not then be wishing that I had something to wish for? "Women," so you men insist, "are so capricious." Some poet (Pope is it not?) says man never is, but always to be blest." I think it isn't so with woman-certainly not with affectionate wives-indubitably not so with me.

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