ohmeyer; C. Speiden and M.F. Speiden; Angeline O., May Filton,
"Winnie," Maggie J. Gemmill, Jennie McClure, "X.Y.Z.," Neils E.
Hansen, Clara B. Dunster, Bessie L. Barnes, Willie B. McLean, Bessie
T., Lauretta V. Whyte, Hattie M. Heath; Charles W. Hutchins and Abbie
F. Hutchins; Belle Murray, Harry A. Garfield; Helen and Frank Diller;
Gertrude A. Pocock, Helena W. Chamberlain, "Al Kihall," Wm. F. Tort,
"Lizzie and Anna," Kittie Tuers, Taylor Goshorn, Emma Lathers,
"Marshall," Arthur W. James, Otto A. Dreier, "O.K.," Ada B. Raymond,
"Seymour-Ct.," "Three Cousins," "Hallie," Alice Lanigan, Alfred
Whitman, "Golden Eagle;" E.K.S. and M.G.V.; H.B. Ayers, Fred
Chittenden; William McKinley Cobb and Howell Cobb, Jr.; Katie Hackett
and Helen Titus; "35 E. 38th St.," W.D. Utley, Mary Lewis Darlington,
Louisa L. Richards, James Barton Longacre, Nellie Emerson, Chas.
B. Ebert, Jennie A. Carr, W.H. Wetmore, Mattie Olmsted; Arthur W.
Hodgman, E.H. Hoeber, A.H. Peirce; Kittie Brewster and Genevieve
Allis; Fannie B. Bates, Louise Egleston, Florence Stryker, Hattie
H. Doyle, Mattie Doyle, Mabel Chester, Alice N. Dunn. A.R., Mary F.
Johnson, M. Alice Chase, Alice Anderson, Bessie T. Hosmer, "Heath Hill
Club," Anna E, Mathewson, I. Sturges, Addie B. Tiemann, Harriet A.
Clark, Clarence H. Young, B.P. Emery, Victor C. Sanborn, "Persephone,"
Eddie Vultee; "M.," Staten Island; Fred M. Pease, Cyrus C. Clarke,
Geo. J. Fiske; and George H. Nisbett, of London, England.

Correct solutions of all the puzzles were received from Arnold Guyot
Cameron, "Bessie and her Cousin," Louise G. Hinsdale, Lucy C. Johnson;
and L.M. and Eddie Waldo.

THE RIDDLE-BOX.

=EASY BEHEADINGS.=

The whole, most animals possess; behead it, and transpose, and there
will appear an emblem of grief; behead again, and see what all men
have; behead and curtail, and find an article. J.F.S.

=ACCIDENTAL HIDINGS.=

Find concealed in the following quotations three names for

METRICAL COMPOSITIONS.

"As hope and fear alternate chase
Our course through life's uncertain race."--_Scott_.

"Trained to the chase, his eagle eye
The ptarmigan in snow could spy."--_Scott_.

"Well-dressed, well-bred,
Well-equipaged, is ticket good enough."--_Cowper_.

Find concealed in the following quotations three names for

PORTIONS OF TIME.

"From better habitations spurned,
Reluctant dost thou rove."--_Goldsmith_.

"As ever ye heard the green