essay entitled "Blakesmoor in H---- shire.")

EASY NUMERICAL ENIGMA.--Lowell. L, lo, low, owe, we, well, ell.

A PLEA FOR SANTA CLAUS.--Merry Christmas. Take the third letter from the
beginning of each line, and read downward.

MAGIC DOMINO SQUARE.--The diagram shows one method of arranging the
dominoes. But the puzzle can be solved by two or three other
arrangements.

+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| O O | O O | O O | O |
| O | O | | |
| O O | O O | O O | O |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| O | O | O O | O O |
| O | O | | O O |
| O | O | O O | O O |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| O O | O O O | O | O |
| | | O | O |
| O O | O O O | O | O |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| O O | O | O O | O O |
| | | O | O |
| O O | O | O O | O O |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+

BROKEN WORDS.--1. Inquires--in quires. 2. Western--we stern. 3.
Ashantee--a shanty.

PICTORIAL QUADRUPLE ACROSTIC.--Stalagmites, Stalactites, Natural Cave,
Underground, 1. SNUfferS. 2. TANgenT. 3. ATDA. 3. LaUrEL. 4. AuRoRA. 5.
GGAC. 6. MeaL RaT. 7. IOdide CuprI. 8. TrUAnT. 9 ENVelopE. 10. SpaDES.
CHRISTMAS ENIGMA.--"He has more business than an English oven at
Christmas."

AUTHORS' NAMES.--1. Mulock (mew, loch). 2. Edgeworth (edge worth). 3.
Thackeray (T hack ray). 4. Carlyle (Carl isle). 5. Charles Reade
(Charles read). 6. Ruskin (rusk inn). 7. Gaskell (gas K ell). 8. Hale.
9. Macaulay (Mac awl ay). 10. Victor Hugo (victor hug O). 11. Prescott
(press cot). 12. Whitney (whit neigh). 13. Braddon (brad don). 14.
Alcott (Al cot). 15. Disraeli (D Israel I). 16. Rossetti (Rose Ettie).

A RIMLESS WHEEL..-1. Parapet. 2. Manakin. 3. Fanatic. 4. Rubadub. 1_a_,
par; 1_b_, pet; 2_a_, man; 2_b_, kin; 3_a_, fan; 3_b_, tic; 4_a_, rub;
4_b_, dub.

DIAGONAL PUZZLE.--Santa Claus. St. Nicholas, pAtronizes, coNfidence,
conTribute, compArable, reconCiles, immacuLate, legitimAte, miraculoUs,
schoolboyS.

PROVERB PUZZLE.--"Christmas comes but once a year." Car, sabots,
chimney, mouse, trace.

SEXTUPLE ACROSTIC.--Mopes, Abaft, Larva, Enter.

EASY DIAMOND PUZZLE.--R, Dog, Robin, Gig, N.

NUMERICAL ENIGMAS.--1. Winsome--win some. 2. Sailor--sail or. 3.
Wind-flowers--wind flowers. 4. Whip-poor-will--whip poor Will. 5.