modern painter's name,
Emblazoned high on the roll of fame.

NORTH STAR.

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No. 2.

WORD SQUARE.

First, an adverb of time. Second, to possess. Third, without end.
Fourth, a Roman Emperor.

EDWIN.

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No. 3.

NUMERICAL CHARADE.

I am composed of 18 letters.
My 10, 2, 18, 17 is indisputable.
My 4, 3, 14, 8, 15 is a color.
My 1, 8, 7 is a boy's name.
My 13, 5, 9, 8 is a flower.
My 16, 12, 6 is arid.
My 6, 5, 11 is a pronoun.
My whole is a noted event of the Revolutionary war.

W. R. S.

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No. 4.

ENIGMA.

My first is in joy, but not in sorrow.
My second is in lend, but not in borrow.
My third is in fast, but not in slow.
My fourth is in whiff, but not in blow.
My fifth is in whole, but not in half.
My sixth is in heifer, but not in calf.
My seventh is in song, but not in hymn.
My eighth is in hoop, but not in rim.
My ninth is in fancy, but not in whim.
My hidden whole, when it is found,
Is the name of a statesman much renowned.

ARTHUR.

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No. 5.

DIAMOND PUZZLE.

In merit. A song. A boy's name. A part of the body. In merit.

M. E. N.

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No. 6.

DOUBLE ACROSTIC.

A promenade. A Swiss canton. A feast. Fidelity. To enlighten. To
compute. Answer--Primals form the first name and finals the second name
of a celebrated man of the sixteenth century.

W. F. B.

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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN NO. 24.

No. 1.

Shakespeare.

No. 2.

Birds of a feather flock together.

No. 3.

Banana.

No. 4.

G arli C
E nigm A
O pa L
M imi C
E m U
T oi L
R oulea U
Y e S

Geometry, Calculus.

No. 5.

R U L E R
U N I T E
L I T H E
E T H E L
R E E L S

No. 6.

Montcalm.

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Decapitated Charade, on page 328--Prelate.

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A Personation, on page 328--Queen Charlotte Sophia, wife of George the
Third of England.

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Favors are acknowledged from Gracie Allen, John W. Gebhart, Grace
Whitney, Walter Vassar, Erne Werner, Edna Hamilton, Charles H. O., E. D.
Jennings, Adella B., S. A. S., Maud M., James A. S., J. M. Wolfe, Maggie
Taylo