l,
But stoops to lend its presence to my shadowy, fearful whole. It lives
in ancient romance, it floats upon the air, And flower-deck'd May
without it would not be half so fair.

III.

My third holds humble office, a servant at your will, But an
instrument of torture if 'tis not used with skill. Beauty before her
mirror studies its use with care, And deigns, perchance, to choose it
an ornament to wear.

IV.

Consider, all ye people, what my strange whole may be; 'Tis gloomy,
dark and awful, and full of mystery. Ponder the tales of ages, of
human sin and woe, Turn to historic pages, if you its name would know.
E'en kings their heads have rested, a-weary of the crown, Upon its
curious couches, though not of silk or down. The stately seven-hilled
city may boast her ancient birth, But this was old and hoary ere she
had place on earth. Some tremble when they see it; some its secrets
would explore, And, peering through its shadows, they seek its mystic
lore.

A.M.W.

=NUMERICAL PUZZLE.=

A boy named 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 thought it singular he should become
such a monster as a 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 by dropping the first letter of
his surname.

C.D.

=FOUR-LETTER SQUARE-WORD.=

The base is a title. Fill the blanks in the following sentence
with words which can be arranged in order, as they come, to form a
word-square:

The (1)---- made an (2)---- of his minstrel, and yet he himself could
not tell one (3)---- from another, or distinguish a dirge from a
(4)----.

B.

=EASY CROSS-WORD ENIGMA.=

1. In road, but not in street;
2. In hunger, not in eat;
3. In inn, but not in tavern;
4. In grot, but not in cavern.

The whole is the name of one of the United States.

R.L. M'D.

=METAGRAM.=

Whole, (1) I am to beat; change my head, and I become, in succession,
(2) stouter, (3) final, (4) substance, (5) to sprinkle, (6) to rend,
and (7) a terrier of a much prized kind.

A.C. CRETT.

=EASY ACROSTIC.=

My first is in can, but not in may;
My second in opera, not in play;
My third is in shine, but not in bright;
My fourth is in string, but not in kite;
My fifth is in tea, but not in coffee;
My sixth in candy, also in taffy;
My seventh is in rain, but not in hail;
My eighth is in bucket, but not in pail;
My ninth is in ice, but not in snow;
My tenth is in run, but not in go;
My eleventh is in hop, but not in run;
My twelfth in powder, but not in gun;
My thir