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pecial 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 August 8th (August 12th for Competitors residing abroad), addressed as under:-- _The Editor of "Little Folks;"_ _La Belle Sauvage Yard,_ _Answers to Puzzles._ _Ludgate Hill,_ _Junior [or Senior] Division._ _London, E.C._ 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 competitor. No assistance must be given by any other person. Competitors can be credited only under their own name. The decision of the Editor of LITTLE FOLKS on all matters must be considered final. The names and addresses of Prize and Medal winners will be duly published in LITTLE FOLKS. * * * * * GAME PUZZLE FOR AUGUST. (Being the second and concluding Puzzle of the "Summer Competition.") ALPHABETICAL HISTORICAL PUZZLE. SENIOR DIVISION. (The first letters of each light are in consecutive order from A to L. Thus light one commences with A, light twelve with L.) 1. An English Queen you here will find, The last of Stuart line. 2. His fierce attack of Russian steppes Commences his decline. 3. Death standeth by--he saves himself By his _teeth_, I pray you note. 4. Of the Great Seal and its keepers This famed antiquary wrote. 5. In preparing the first Greek Testament Much learning he displayed. 6. A Bishop this, of Winchester, Who Richmond's cause did aid. 7. A Tzar of Moscow, born, I think, In 1552. 8. Minister of Charles I.; Historian also. 9. A great Athenian orator, His writings tell his fame. 10. A letter-writer much renowned; But who can tell his name? 11. Mathematician and philosopher, In Sweden of great note. 12. For this great English singer Purcell many a bass song wrote. JUNIOR DIVISION. The first letters of each light are in consecutive order from M to Y, omitting X. Thus light one commences with M, light eleven with W, and light twelve with Y. 1. Blenheim's splendid mansion To thi
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