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CHRISTABEL G. MARSHALL.
(Aged 12-1/4).

_10, Worcester Terrace, Clifton._

SQUARE WORD.

1. A girl's name.

2. An open space.

3. The back part.

4. Spun wool.

LILY WALPOLE.
(Aged 13-1/2.)

_James Road, Stornoway, N.B._

PRIZE PUZZLE COMPETITION.

During the next six months we propose to make a variation in our Prize
Competitions which will, we think, prove an additional attraction to our
readers both at home and abroad. In the place of Two Quarterly
Competitions there will be Three Competitions, each extending over two
months, as below:--

I. THE SUMMER COMPETITION, consisting of Puzzles appearing in the
present (July) and the August Numbers.

II. THE HOME AND FOREIGN COMPETITION, specially introduced for the
purpose of giving readers residing abroad an opportunity of
competing on favourable terms. Particulars of this will appear in
the September Number.

III. THE WINTER COMPETITION, consisting of Puzzles appearing in the
November and December Parts.

PRIZES.

I. In the SUMMER COMPETITION there will be a First Prize of a
Guinea Volume; a Second Prize of a Half-Guinea Volume; a Third
Prize of a Five-Shilling Volume, awarded in EACH DIVISION, viz.,
the SENIOR DIVISION for girls and boys between the ages of 14 and
16 (_inclusive_), and the JUNIOR DIVISION for those _under_ 14
years of age. There will also be awards of Bronze Medals, of the
LITTLE FOLKS Legion of Honour to the three next highest of the
Competitors following the Prize-winners in _each_ Division.

II. In the HOME AND FOREIGN COMPETITION Special and Additional
Prizes will be offered, of which full particulars will be given in
the September Number.

III. A List of Prizes in the WINTER COMPETITION will appear in the
November and December Numbers.

REGULATIONS.

Solutions of the Puzzles published in this number must reach the Editor
not later than July 8th (July 12th for Competitors residing abroad),
addressed as under:--

_The Editor of "Little Folks,"
La Belle Sauvage Yard,
Ludgate Hill,
London, E. C._

_Answers to Puzzles.
Junior [or Senior] Division._

Solutions to Puzzles must be accompanied by certificates from a Parent,
Teacher, or other responsible person, stating that they _are the sole
and unaided work_ of the comp