opean sovereign. The finals form the
name of a great statesman.

1. Striking. 2. A vowel repeated. 3. A body of soldiers. 4. A lofty
building. 5. A musical drama. 6. Scarce. 7. A pastoral poem. 8. The
surname of a celebrated Italian poet.

DYCLE

ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN AUGUST NUMBER.

DOUBLE ACROSTIC.--Primrose, 1. PeaR. 2. RomeO. 3. IsthmuS. 4. MacE.

NUMERICAL ENIGMA.--All owing: allowing.

PICTORIAL TRANSPOSITION PUZZLES.--1. Ten mugs; nutmegs. 3. Ten tea-pots;
potentates.

DIAMOND PUZZLE.--1. M. 2. JAy. 3. MaCaw. 4. YAk. 5. W.

SQUARE-WORD.--1. Crane. 2. Raven. 3. Avert. 4. Nerve. 5. Enter.

SHAKSPEAREAN REBUS.--"Hamlet," Act III., Scene i.

"Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought."

GEOGRAPHICAL DOUBLE ACROSTIC.--1. ChilI. 2. HellesponT. 3. IndiA. 4.
NepauL. 5. AlleghanY.

METAGRAM.--Dip, fip, lip, hip, rip, nip, pip, sip, tip.

VERY EASY HIDDEN FURNITURE.--1. Table. 2. Sofa. 3. Chair. 4. Stool. 5.
What-not. 6. Crib. 7. Cot 8. Hat-rack 9. Desk.

DOUBLE CROSS-WORD ENIGMA.--Holmes, Lowell.

TRANSPOSITIONS.--1. Warned, warden, wander. 2. Red nag, gander, ranged,
garden, danger. 3. No elms, Lemnos, lemons, melons, solemn. 4. Red opal,
pale rod, real pod, leopard.

PROVERB REBUS.--"One swallow does not make a summer."

CHARADE.--Pondicherry; pond, I, cherry.

HOUR-GLASS PUZZLE.--Centrals, Arrow, 1. CHAnt 2. ORe. 3. R. 4. COg. 5.
BoWer.

CONTRACTIONS.--1. Brown, brow. 2. Plane, plan. 3. Lathe, lath. 4. Heath,
heat. 5. Hazel, haze. 6. Plume, plum. 7. Crown, crow. 8. Lunge, lung. 9.
Forty, fort.

WORD-SYNCOPATIONS.--1. Leveret; ever, let. 2. Slashing; ash, sling. 3.
Slashings; lash, sings. 4. Carpenter; pea, carter. 5. Carpets; pet,
cars.

ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN THE JULY NUMBER were received, before July 18,
from Bessie Hard, C.C. Bourne; Mamie H.S., and Louise G.H.; Cari Hinkle,
O.C. Turner, "Prebo," "La Gazza Ladra," "Cosy Club," Bertha E.
Keferstein, Nellie M. Slade, "Duchess May" R.H.R.; Alice MacNary and
Elliot MacNary; "Kelloke and Cary and Rose," Fred W.M., E. Farnham Todd,
"Winnie," "Stock-Broker and Doctor," "Dottie and Daisie;" May and
Charlie Pray; Laurie T. Sanders, May Chester, "Hyacinth," H.P.B.;
Frances and Margaret Bagley; W.H. McGee, Charlie Kellogg, Nellie
Kellogg, T.W.H., A.G.D., Nessie E. Stevens, "Romeo and Juliet" Bella W.
Brown, May Duffan, "St. Nicholas Club," H.