nding,
With my love so near to me.
For my _prime_ was true, the _fine_ was strong,
And our _all_ will ne'er severed be.

_Cambridge, Mass._ Dil I. Gence.

No. 8. HALF SQUARE.

1. Representations (_Obs._) 2. Charcoal. 3. Long measures of one hundred
feet. 4. Excrescences growing on a horse's leg. 5. To swell. 6. A bird
of ill-omen (_Obs._) 7. A throng (_Obs._) 8. Measures of capacity for
liquids (_Roman Antiq._) 9. A title for a person in authority in the
East. 10. A Latin preposition. 11. A letter.

_Jersey City, N.J._ Itami.

No. 9. TRIPLE-LETTER ENIGMA.

In "promise wise;"
In "different size;"
In "endless ties."

A country, governed by an _all_,
Is nicely situated,
For it has some advantages
Which can't be overrated.

DOUBLE-LETTER ENIGMA.

In "knowing looks;"
In "reading books;"
In "solemn rooks;"
In "quiet nooks;"
In "line and hooks."

My _all_, you'll find, is quite a good book,
By a Scottish author. Now, then, look.

_Rochester, N.Y._ Oregon.

No. 10. INVERTED PYRAMID.

_Across_: 1. Restorations of lost parts of the body (_Surg. Sup._)
2. The quality of being warlike. 3. A fishing boat, built sharp at both
ends (_Obs._) 4. Diseases of timber. 5. The kidneys. 6. Gods (_Latin_).
7. A letter.

_Down_: 1. A letter. 2. An abbreviation. 3. To strike with a sharp blow.
4. Angers (_Poet._) 5. The aromatic principle of flowers. 6. Peeped
(_Obs._) 7. Small carts used in mines (_Supp._) 8. Italian singer
(1824 ----). 9. Blows the nose (_Low_). 10. Suppers. 11. An affix
signifying one who. 12. A prefix. 13. A letter.

_Brooklyn, N.Y._ Gemini.

No. 11. TRANSPOSITION.

Little Dick
Was very sick
From eating _primal_ hard;
He went above,
Where all is love.
And now _last_ his reward.

_Rochester, N.Y._ R.O. Chester.

No. 12. C.C. HEXAGON.

_Across_: 1. An abbreviation. 2. A dish of stewed meat. 3. A small
rodent mammal. 4. A kind of cold cream. 5. Polishes. 6. A softening
of statement (_Rhet._) 7. Nitrate of potassa. 8. A French article.
9. A letter.

_Down_: 1. Probable. 2. A scale of anything. 3. A fagot of brushwood.
4. Shining. 5. Water passages (_Prov. Eng._) 6. Durations. 7. One who
defrauds. 8. Boundaries. 9. Movements.

_Logan, Pa._ H.C. W.

-> Answers will appear in our next issue; solvers in six weeks.

SOLVERS.

Puzzles in "PUZZLEDOM" No. DLX were correctly solved by Goldey and P