s
for "A SHIPFUL OF CHILDREN" should be given to booksellers as early as
possible.

OUR LITTLE FOLKS' OWN PUZZLES.

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PICTORIAL NATURAL HISTORY PUZZLE.

My 2, 3, 4, 7, 6 = pungent.
My 1, 9, 16 = to taste.
My 12, 11, 14, 10 = mists.
My 8, 5, 15 = an Egyptian notable.
My 6, 7, 13, 17 = food.

My whole is a bird.

GEOGRAPHICAL ACROSTIC.

The initials form the name of an island at the entrance of the Baltic
Sea.

1. A lake in Switzerland.
2. A river in Spain.
3. A river in Italy.
4. The capital of a country in Europe.
5. Some mountains in Europe.
6. A river in Africa.
7. A river in Turkey.

M. A. WARD.
(Aged 10-1/2.)
54, _Southfield Square, Bradford, Yorks._

MISSING LETTER PUZZLE.

The following is a verse from one of Tom Hood's poems:--

'x w x s x n x h x p x i x e x f x u x m x r x i x e,
n x v x n x n x c x l x a x d x o x l,
n x f x u x a x d x w x n x y x a x p x b x y x
C x m x b x u x d x n x o x t x f x c x o x l:
x h x r x w x r x s x m x t x a x r x n x n x s x m x t x a x l x a
x t,
x i x e x r x u x l x t x i x a x o x l.

WINIFRED H. SHACKLOCK.
(Aged 11-3/4.)
_Meadow House, Mansfield,
Nottingham._

SQUARE WORDS.

A MARK.

2. An eatable.

3. Related.

4. A fissure.

1. A vehicle.

2. A tree.

3. Part of the verb _to ride_.

4. A river in England.

1. A partner.

2. A salt.

3. A melody.

4. A large bird.

BERTRAM G. THEOBALD.
(Aged 12-3/4.)
2, _Ashley Road,
Hornsey Rise, London, N._

BURIED NAMES OF RIVERS.

The building is erected near the town hall.
2. The king told us we served him well.
3. If they find us, we must run away.
4. Mary and Emma are going for a walk.
5. Feel how hot I am, Stella.

C. LILIAN DICKINS.
(Aged 11-1/2.)
1, _Priory Gardens,
Folkestone._

RIDDLE-ME-REE.

My first is in table, but not in chair.
My second is in orange, but not in pear.
My third is in come, but not in go.
My fourth is in fast, but not in slow.
My fifth is in tin, but not in lead.
My sixth is in cover, but not in bed.
My whole is a vegetable much liked by some,
And now my riddle-me-ree is done.

PERCY ELLISON.
(Aged 12.)
17, _Esplanade, Waterloo,
near Liverpool._

BURIED PROVERB.

A word of the proverb is contained in each line.

1. There were a great many people at the ball.
2.