s another Italian poet.
8. My eighth is another French poet.
9. My whole is a celebrated British poet.

TERESINA VITTADINI.
(Aged 14.)

_Collegio Dame Inglesi,
Lodi, Italy._

MENTAL HISTORICAL SCENE.

Outside the walls of an ancient town a furious battle is being fought
between two great states. Early in the day one of the generals, a
brave and just man, is pierced in the breast with a javelin. He is
carried to a little hill, where his first question is whether his
shield is safe; and when he sees it he allows his wound to be
examined. The weapon remains in the wound, and the weeping attendants
fear to draw it out; but he, only waiting to hear that the victory is
won, with a steady hand draws out the javelin, and expires in a
minute.

ALGERNON S. BEAN.
(Aged 12.)

_The Firs,
West Mersea._

[Illustration: FOUR PICTORIAL PROVERBS. What are they?]

MISSING VOWEL PUZZLE.

From the following all the vowels have been omitted, and the
remaining consonants joined together. When put in their proper places
they will form a verse by Tennyson.

B r k b r k b r k
n t h y c l d g r y s t n s s,
n d w l d t h t m y t n g c l d t t r
T h t h g h t s t h t r s n m.

S. R. SPOOR.
(Aged 11)

_Heatherview, Aldershot._

DOUBLE GEOGRAPHICAL ACROSTIC.

My initials form a country in Europe, and my finals one of its lakes.

1. A river in Russia. 2. A town in Spain. 3. A gulf of
Asia. 4. A town in England. 5. A town in Australia.

FLORENCE E. ATKINSON.
(Aged 14.)

_153, Carlton Road, Kilburn, N.W._

NUMERICAL ENIGMA.

My whole consists of fifty-one letters, and is a very well-known
quotation from "Marmion."

1. My 11, 34, 4, 30 = character of Shakespeare.
2. My 5, 36, 6, 29, 27 = means of conveyance.
3. My 45, 36, 6, 29, 9 = draw off water.
4. My 14, 26, 34, 35 = to cry.
5. My 38, 25, 8, 36, 37, 47, 32, 12, 36 = reputation.
6. My 16, 30, 15, 33 = to make beer.
7. My 10, 1, 21, 13 = to incite.
8. My 17, 3, 21, 7 = an interrogative pronoun.
9. My 19, 49, 28, 48 = a married woman.
10. My 45, 30, 44, 22, 18 = a herd of cattle.
11. My 2, 21, 27, 45, 20, 36 = to rove.
12. My 41, 21, 50, 46 = to rescue.
13. My 31, 39, 42, 24 = to seethe in water.
14. My 41, 11, 42, 31, 35 = to repose.
15. My 40, 43 = a pronoun.

ALICE C. WILSON.
(Aged 14-3/4)

_Heatherbank, Weybridge,_

PRIZE PUZZLE COMPETITION.

WINTER COMPETIT