My second is in lace, but not in cuff;
My third is in earth, but not in ground;
My fourth is in puppy, but not in hound;
My fifth is in high, but not in low;
My sixth is in reap, but not in sow;
My seventh is in nibble, but not in devour;
My eighth is in time, but not in hour;
My ninth is in arrow, but not in bow;
My whole is a cave we some of us know.

W. B. BELL.
(Aged 12-1/2.)

_St. Georges Mount,
New Brighton, Cheshire._

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QUOTATION DROP-WORD PUZZLE.

Give the following quotation in full, with its author.

The * * * * sigh,
* * * merry * * *
And * * * * * not why,
* glad * * had * *--A * * * n.

FLORENCE M. MOFFATT.
_7, Union Place, Aberdeen._ (Aged 12-1/4.)

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MISSING-LETTER PUZZLE.

When the missing letters have been supplied, the whole will form the
first verse of one of Macaulay's poems.

AxtxnxaxlxexhxlxsxtxhxaxoxrxoxlxExgxaxdxpxaxsx,
Ixexlxfxhxtxrxcxfxmxuxdxexsxhxwxoxgxtxnxnxixnxdxyx,
Wxextxaxgxextxlxexixvxnxixlxaxaxnxtxexbxrxixvxix
TxexixhxsxsxoxlxoxMxxxcxtxextxuxextxexrxsxfxpxix.

S. K. HORNE.
_Vernon House, Lordship Lane, Dulwich._ (Aged 13.)

PRIZE PUZZLE COMPETITION.

The following are the arrangements which the Editor of LITTLE FOLKS has
made in regard to Prize Puzzle Competitions for the six months ending
December, 1884:--

I. THE SUMMER COMPETITION, consisting of Puzzles appearing in the 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 Numbers.

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 Prizewinners in
_each_ Division.

II. In the HOME AND FOREIGN COMPETITION S