All at once he heard a loud hissing, and he saw the large gander waddling up from the river; and beside him was the little girl with the large cap with the blue bow in it, and she held out her hand, saying—

"Good-bye, Felix. Come and see us again."

"That I will," replied Felix.

But he never did.

For from that day he never saw the gander again; nor could he ever find the way to the pine-forest, though he fancied he had remembered it quite well; nor did he ever see the game of brush-cricket played again.

Sometimes he even doubted whether he had been to Pineland, and had seen the wonderful game.

"But yet," said he, "if I had not seen it, how should I know anything about the forest and the Pine Queen? and how should I know how brush-cricket is played?"

And how should he?

JULIA GODDARD.



HARVEST DAYS.

Over the cornfield fell the sunlight, And turned all the stubble to gold, And 'neath the pale cloud-shades of evening Deep crimson and purple unrolled.

The gleaners were busily gleaning The yellow corn scattered around; The waggons, all heavily laden, Were tracing with furrows the ground.

The farmer stood lazily viewing The harvesting in of his wheat, His daughters were standing beside him, His faithful dog lay at his feet.

There came by a shy little gleaner, Flaxen-headed, with eyes bright and blue, And the farmer smiled down, "Little maiden, Come here—here's a gleaning for you."



He pulled from the waggon an armful Of corn; and the gleaner's eyes gleamed: She dimpled, she flushed, and she curtsied, Such a great golden treasure it seemed.

"Ay, sowing, and reaping, and harvest," The farmer soft spake as she passed, And he thought of earth's sowing and reaping, And the harvest that must come at last.



LITTLE MARGARET'S KITCHEN, AND WHAT SHE DID IN IT.—VIII.

By PHILLIS BROWNE, Author of "A Year's Cookery," "What Girls can Do," &c.

When Margaret and Mary entered the kitchen on the day on which the children were to learn how to bake meat, they found Mrs. Herbert already there. As usual, everything was laid ready for them. The meat was on a dish, the tins and various utensils were clean and bright, and there was a clear bright fire, while a general feeling of warmth and comfort pervaded everything, which was very agreeable, as it was a cold day.

"You have cleared out the flues properly and cleaned the oven for us, I hope, cook," said Mrs. Herbert.

"Oh yes, ma'am; it is all as it should be," replied cook, with a satisfied look as she watched Mrs. Herbert open the oven door, glance quickly in all the corners, put her hand inside for a moment to test the heat, then draw it out, and shut the oven door once more.

"That is well," said Mrs. Herbert. "Now remember, children, when you are going to bake meat, the first thing you have to look after is the condition of the oven. If the soot has not been swept away from the back and round about, your oven will not heat satisfactorily, no matter how much coal you pile on the fire; and if the shelves are dirty, that is, if a little syrup from the last pie which was baked in it, or splashes of fat from the last joint, are left to burn on the shelves, the meat will taste unpleasantly, and very likely be indigestible also."

"But we cannot prevent syrup boiling over," said Margaret.

"Perhaps not; but you can scrape off what was spilt before it has time to burn on the shelves, and you can clean out thoroughly, and wash the shelves with weak vinegar and water, to make them fresh and sweet. We very often hear people say they do not like baked meat, because it tastes of the oven."

"Yes, I have often heard them say so," said Margaret.

"Ah! This remark would not be made so frequently as it is if cooks were careful to keep the oven perfectly clean. Cleanliness is most important in all cookery, and never more so than with regard to an oven."

"What is that little iron slide which you pushed in when you opened the oven, mother?" said Margaret.

"It is a ventilator, and is intended to let fresh air into the oven, and to allow the smell of the roasting meat and the fumes which rise from it to escape. I shut it because we are just going to put in the meat, and I wish it to remain shut for about ten minutes, so as to make the oven very hot till the outside is cooked."

"I know what that is for," said Mary, hurriedly: "to harden the outside, and make a case to keep in the juice."

"Quite right, Mary," said Mrs. Herbert, smiling. "In ten minutes, however, we will push the slide out again, and that will admit the fresh air, slightly cool the oven, and allow the fumes to escape. Always recollect, however, that the oven must be hot. We need a good hot oven for roasting meat."

"Cook has put two dripping-tins here," said Margaret. "We do not want two tins."

"Yes, we do. To use two tins is another way of preventing the taste of the oven which is so objectionable. Usually I should use what is called a hot-water tin for baking meat. That is a tin made for the purpose, with a place inside for holding hot water. I shall not do so to-day, however, because I want to show you how to manage when there is no hot-water tin. See, I lay two or three thick sticks in the larger of the two tins, and put the smaller tin inside the other. Then I fill the bottom tin with hot water. I put this small stand in the uppermost tin, and place the meat on this, and then I put the whole affair into the oven."

"But what is the good of it all?" said Margaret.

"This is the good: when the meat has been a little while in the oven, the fat will melt, and will fall into the dripping-tin."

"I know that," said Margaret.

"Well, then, if we were to let the meat lie in the tin, don't you think it would get soaked in fat? Of course it would, and that wouldn't be agreeable."

"And the hot water: what is that for?"

"If we were to leave a tin containing melted dripping in a hot oven it would get brown, burnt, smoky, and disagreeable?"

"But what has the water to do with the fat burning?" persisted Margaret.

"I will try to explain, if you on your part will try to understand something which is difficult to understand. First of all, what is boiling water?"

"It is water which is so hot that it bubbles all over, and steam rises from it."

"Quite so. If we were using a thermometer, and were to put it into water which was bubbling all over, we should find that the silvery line, or mercury, in the thermometer rose until it came to 212 deg.. We might put a hotter fire under the water, but under ordinary circumstances we should never get the mercury higher than 212 deg.. Under extraordinary circumstances, I confess we could get it higher. For instance, if we were at the bottom of a mine, boiling-point would be two degrees higher, and if we were to put some salt in the water, boiling-point would be four degrees higher."

The little girls listened very attentively while Mrs. Herbert was speaking. When she paused, they looked very solemn, and said nothing.

"Fat, on the other hand, can be made very much hotter: more than three times as hot as boiling water. When heat is first applied to fat, it bubbles, but as it gets hotter it becomes still. As it gets hotter and hotter, it remains still, but it turns dark, and smokes, and smells burnt. This is what would happen to our fat in the tin if we were to let it come in contact with the heat of the oven shelf; but you can see that when water, which never rises beyond 212 deg., is under it, it cannot burn in this way."

"I see that perfectly," said Margaret, joyfully. "I like to be told difficult things when once I understand them. But, mother, will not the water boil away?"

"Yes; we must watch it, and as it does so, we must add fresh boiling water. It would never do to add cold water, because that would make the fat too cool, and would lessen the heat of the oven also."

"We should have to open the door, though, to see how the water was getting on," said Mary. "Would not that be a pity?"

"It would have to be done in any case to baste the meat," said Mrs. Herbert. "Remember, we can no more dispense with basting in baking meat than we can in roasting it before the fire. If we try to do so, our meat will be spoilt. We must baste every quarter of an hour, and to do this we must lift the meat right out of the oven, and shut the door as soon as possible. If we were to baste the meat while it was in the oven, the latter would become cool, and we wish to keep the heat up the whole time. We should be careful also to shut the oven door gently. If we slam it, we shall force some of the hot air out of it."

"I never saw anything like it," said Margaret. "In cookery there are so many little things to remember."

"That is the case with whatever we learn, my dear little girl, if we try to learn thoroughly. And there is still another point to remember: when we take the meat out of the oven to baste it, we must notice whether it is browner in one part than another, and if it is, we must turn the tin, so that the side which is less cooked may take its turn in going to the hottest part of the oven. You know that one part of the oven is always hotter than another. In the same way, you should turn the meat over once or twice, that it may be equally cooked."

"How long will it have to be in the oven, ma'am?" said Mary.

"If you use the ventilator as I have told you to do, you may follow the same rules in baking meat that would hold good for roasting it: that is, you may allow a quarter of an hour to the pound, and a quarter of an hour over for red meats, and twenty minutes to the pound for white meats. But if the ventilator is not used, the oven would get very hot, and ten minutes to the pound, with ten minutes over, would probably be sufficient, excepting in cases where the meat was very thick and solid."

"And do we make gravy for baked meat in the same way that we make it for roast meat, ma'am?" said Mary.

"Certainly," said Mrs. Herbert.

"Well, I must say," said Margaret, when in course of time the baked meat was dished and set on the table, "that I think baked meat tastes quite as well as roast meat, and it is much less troublesome to cook."

"I do not agree with you, Margaret," replied her mother. "I do not consider baked meat is equal to roast meat. Nevertheless, if it is carefully cooked, if the ventilator is left open, and if the meat is well basted, there is not much difference between the two, and certainly baking is a very convenient mode of dressing meat. Besides this, it is a way which nine people out of every ten must adopt; they have no choice in the matter. Therefore, I hope you will try to remember what I have told you about baking."

"Indeed we will," said both the children.

(To be continued.)



A Harvest Song.

Words by GEORGE DAVIES.

Music by J. M. BENTLEY, Mus. Doc.



1. With the set-ting of the sun All the work is near-ly done, And the last up-lift-ed sheaf Brings the toil-ers sweet re-lief.

2. Down the nar-row coun-try lane Trails the hea-vy-la-den wain; Men and wo-men, old and young, Singing loud their sim-ple song.

3. Now the barn the corn re-ceives—Piled up high the gold-en sheaves; While the jol-ly reap-ers sing Till the ve-ry raft-ers ring.

Repeat in CHORUS. Greet the reap-ers as they come With a wel-come har-vest-home!



WAITING FOR FATHER.



Father's boat comes sailing, Sailing from the west; On the shore stand watching Those who love him best.

Blooms the gorse so golden On the breezy down, Comes a sound of joy-bells From the busy town.

In the fisher's cottage Mother's work is done, Through the open window Streams the sinking sun.

Cheerily the kettle Sings upon the fire, Ticks the old clock loudly, Creep the shadows higher.

Just now, in the gloaming, When the boat is in, And the fish are counted With a merry din,

All those five together Up the cliff will come, Peacefully and gladly, To their cosy home.



STORIES TOLD IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.

By EDWIN HODDER ("OLD MERRY").

II.—THE CORONATIONS IN THE ABBEY.

Come with me now inside the Abbey. We take off our hats here with great reverence, for we are not only in the House of God, but in the midst of the memorials of some of the most gifted of our countrymen. It is Poet's Corner. But we will not linger here; I want you to come right away into the chapel of Edward the Confessor, and as we pass along picture to yourselves how the Abbey looked on Coronation days, when the light from the great stained glass windows fell upon crowds of brave men and fair women, all robed in costumes of state to see the crown of England placed upon a monarch's head. You must try and imagine the moment when, as the Coronation rubric has it, "the Dean of Westminster bringeth the crown, and the Archbishop taking it of him, putteth it reverently upon the Queen's head. At the sight whereof the people with loud and repeated shouts cry, 'God save the Queen!' and trumpets sound, and by a signal given the great guns at the Tower are shot off."

Well, now we are in the chapel of Edward the Confessor, and I see you all look at that chair standing by the screen. It is well worth looking at, for it is doubtful whether there is any curiosity in all England to compare with it in interest. It is King Edward's chair, upon which English monarchs have been crowned for many centuries, and while we stand near it, I shall tell you very briefly about the crowning of some of our kings and queens.

For more than 800 years the coronations of English monarchs have regularly taken place in Westminster Abbey. Duke William of Normandy claimed the throne as lawful successor of Edward the Confessor, and upon the Confessor's gravestone the burly Norman stood to receive the crown of England. There were two nations represented in the throng assembled here that day. Godfrey, Bishop of Coutances, made a speech in French, Alred, Archbishop of York, spoke in English, and then the crowd, some in French and some in English, hailed William the Conqueror as their king. While this was going on inside the Abbey the Norman cavalry were without sitting on their war-horses, ready to quell any disturbance should it arise. They had not long to wait. It seems that they were not aware that their leader was to go through the form of receiving by popular vote the crown which he had already won by his sword, and when they heard the excited shouting inside the building they thought something had gone wrong, and so they set fire to the gates of the Abbey. Then the crowd inside the building were sure there was something wrong without, and they rushed out, only to be trodden down by the Norman horse-hoofs. Only monks and prelates remained within, and the ceremony of coronation was hurried through, while William, for the first time in his life, it is said, trembled from head to foot; and so ended the first coronation in the Abbey of which we have any authentic information.

Nothing of importance marks the coronation of William Rufus. When he perished in the New Forest, within four days Henry I. was in the Abbey claiming the crown, and making all sorts of promises in order to get the thing done speedily. So he was crowned by the Bishop of London, being in too great a hurry to wait for the arrival of either of the archbishops, who were away from London.

In those days, when times were troublous, kings were not so anxious to have throngs of people in fine dresses, and specially composed music and all that sort of thing. They only wanted men with good swords, and as much speed in being crowned as possible, for "delays were dangerous." Stephen was almost as prompt as his predecessor; Henry ate his supper of lampreys on December the 1st, and Stephen was crowned on St. Stephen's Day, December 26th, 1135. At the next coronation, that of Henry II., Norman and Saxon rejoiced together at the prospect of an era of peace. Prince Henry, son of Henry II., was crowned during his father's lifetime, on June 14th, 1170. At the coronation banquet, when his father stood behind him, the Prince remarked, "The son of an earl may well wait on the son of a king." The event took place during the height of the quarrel between Henry II. and Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, whose right it was to put the crown on the royal head. Accordingly Becket excommunicated the Archbishop of York and the assistant bishops who had officiated on the occasion. This led to the murder of Becket, with disastrous consequences too numerous for me to allude to here.

At the coronation of Richard I. there was a grand array of nobles and prelates, who came with the king from his palace to the Abbey and witnessed the ceremony. Ill omens attended the occasion; a bat fluttered round and round the throne at mid-day, and at night (they say) there was a peal upon the bells, of which no one could give an explanation. But the day was also marked by real horrors. From superstitious fears the Jews had been forbidden to witness the ceremony. But at the banquet some of them were discovered amongst the bystanders. They were at once beaten almost to death. The mob began plundering the Jews' houses, and murdering the inmates, and at York and other cities similar scenes quickly followed.

At John's coronation the custom began of having the canopy over the king's head carried by the five Barons of the Cinque Ports. This was in return for their aid to John in his frequent voyages. When Henry III. succeeded, Westminster was in the hands of Prince Louis of France, "the Dauphin" of Shakespeare's play. The king was accordingly crowned at Winchester; but he had a second coronation in Westminster Abbey, on May 17, 1220, having on the previous day laid the foundation-stone of his Lady Chapel, which was to be the germ of an entirely new edifice. All previous coronations were said to be outdone by the feasting and joviality on this occasion.

There was high rejoicing when Edward I. came back from the Holy Land, two years after his accession, and was crowned in company with his beloved Eleanor, the first royal couple who were crowned in the Abbey together. Alexander III. of Scotland did homage on the following day, and in his honour 500 great horses were let loose in the crowd for any persons to catch and keep that could.

Edward I. brought from Scotland the noted stone upon which for centuries the Scottish monarchs had been installed, and had it placed in this oaken chair which still covers it. According to tradition, this stone was the one on which Jacob slept at Bethel, and which by a series of remarkable adventures had been transported successively to Egypt, Sicily, Spain, and Ireland. In Ireland they say it stood on the hill of Tara, and that upon it were enthroned the ancient Irish kings. Fergus, founder of the Scottish monarchy, took the stone to Dunstaffnage Castle, and Kenneth II. (here we get hold of historic fact) placed it at Scone in the ninth century. Wherever it may have wandered, it is unquestionably a piece of sandstone from the western coasts of Scotland, and is most probably (says Stanley) the stony pillow of St. Columba, on which his dying head was laid in the Abbey of Iona. On this stone the reign of every English monarch from Edward I. to Victoria has been inaugurated. Only once has it been taken out of the Abbey, and that was for Oliver Cromwell to be installed upon it as Lord Protector in Westminster Hall.

At the coronation of Edward II. the crown was carried by Piers Gaveston, the unworthy favourite whom it had been the dying wish of Edward I. to have excluded from the court. In 1327, Edward III. (by consent of his deposed father) was crowned whilst his mother Isabella, "the she-wolf of France" (as Gray calls her), pretended to weep all through the ceremony. Of the coronation of Richard II. full details are preserved in the "Liber Regalis," a book drawn up by Abbot Littlington, and ever since carefully preserved by the Abbots and Deans, as it sets forth the order which has been observed in all subsequent ceremonials. Proceedings commenced with a grand procession through the city from the Tower, a custom which was kept up till the time of Charles I. The young king rode bareheaded, and was escorted by a body of knights, created for the occasion, and who, from the bath they took in company before assuming their armour, were styled the Knights of the Bath. The young king was taken out fainting from the long ceremonial just as Sir John Dymote, as champion, rode up to the Abbey gates on his charger, to challenge any who dared to dispute the royal succession. It is the first time we hear of the Champion; but it was an age of knightly revivals, and this was probably one of them.

We next see Henry IV. and Henry V. successively installed on the Stone of Scone; and then comes Henry VI., a child of nine, "beholding all the people about sadly and wisely;" his queen, Margaret of Anjou, was crowned here fourteen years afterwards. The coronation of Edward IV. presents no particular feature of interest. For that of Edward V. all was ready, robes for the guests, provisions for the banquet. But the Tower beheld the "midnight murder" of the only English monarch who never wore the crown. Then with splendid ceremonial Richard III. tried to cover the defects of his title. Six thousand gentlemen rode with him to Westminster Hall on June 26th, 1483, and a few days afterwards there was a very grand procession to the Abbey, when Richard and his wife were anointed King and Queen of England. Amongst the Queen's train was Margaret of Richmond, little dreaming that within three years her son should be crowned here as Henry VII. But this monarch's real coronation had already taken place, when the crown of England was found in the hawthorn bush on Bosworth Field, and placed on Richmond's head by Lord Stanley. The public ceremonial was only a poor display. Not so the next event of this character, when Henry VIII. and Catherine of Arragon were crowned with great splendour, and when for the last time a Roman Catholic Archbishop performed the ceremony. Anne Boleyn's coronation (commemorated by Shakespeare) was a noticeable one, and Cranmer, fresh from sentencing Catherine, performed the ceremony.

Edward VI. came to the Abbey, now a Cathedral, amidst much curious pageantry, and for the first time a Bible was presented to the sovereign.... Mary's procession to the Abbey is signalised by the exploits of a Dutchman, who sat astride on the weathercock of St. Paul's five hundred feet in the air, as the Queen passed. The two Archbishops and the Bishop of London were all in the Tower, so Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, put the crown on Mary's head. On Jan. 14th, 1559, London was wild with joy, as Elizabeth passed from the Tower to the Abbey. The women flung flowers into her lap, groups of children sang welcomes, even old men wept for gladness. The Bishop of Carlisle crowned the Queen.

James I. was crowned in the time of the Plague, so there was no procession. There was a slight hitch because his wife refused the sacrament. She had "changed once from Lutheran to Presbyterian, and that was enough." The coronation of Charles I. was marked by a slight earthquake shock. This was not the only bad omen. The dove of gold on the staff of Edward the Confessor had been broken, none knew how, and had to be replaced. Oliver Cromwell did not venture on a ceremony in the Abbey; he was enthroned, as I have already said, in Westminster Hall.

At the Restoration, Charles II. was crowned "with the greatest solemnity and glory," as the old historian says. The Regalia was all new, to replace that which had been lost during the Commonwealth. The crown was placed on the king's head by the weak and aged Archbishop Juxon, who had attended Charles I. on the scaffold. At the coronation of James II., a hundred thousand pounds were spent over the Queen's robes and jewels, and the procession was omitted to save expense, much to the wrath of the Londoners. As the crown was placed on James's head, it tottered and would have fallen, but for the Keeper of the Robes, who held it up.

The next coronation, that of William and Mary, was delayed two hours by the receipt of the news that James II. had just landed in Ireland. The Queen, being very short, had to be lifted into the chair of state. When girt with the sword and invested with crown and sceptre, the Princess Anne, who stood near her, said, "Madame, I pity your fatigue." The Queen sharply replied, "A crown, sister, is not so heavy as it seems." When the King came to make the usual offering, he found he had no money with him, and had to borrow twenty guineas from a nobleman. Anne was suffering from gout when her turn came to be crowned, and she had to be carried to the Abbey. Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, acted as Lord High Chamberlain. At the coronation of George I., the king knew no English and his ministers knew no German, but they all knew Latin imperfectly, and everything had to be explained to the monarch in that language. The crowning of George II. presents no particular feature of interest; that of George III. was a splendid show, and was marked by a curious incident. Amongst the witnesses was Prince Charles Edward, the Young Pretender, who had been staying in London under the name of Mr. Brown, and had managed to procure admission to the scene of his rival's triumph. George the Fourth's coronation was a splendid ceremony; but the portly monarch found it very exhausting, and whilst the peers were doing homage in succession, he used up pocket-handkerchiefs innumerable in wiping his streaming face, handing them when done with to the Archbishop of Canterbury. His unfortunate Queen, Caroline, had vainly tried to be present at the ceremony, but was repulsed at each of the doors she attempted to enter, and had to drive away discomfited. William IV., to please the political reformers of the period, wanted to dispense with a coronation altogether, and the procession and banquet were omitted. Our present gracious Queen was crowned in the Abbey, in the flower of her youth, in June, 1838, and the ancient building was crowded with all that was eminent in the land as the crown was placed upon the girlish head of the illustrious lady who for nearly half a century has worn it so faithfully and so well.



THE LITTLE FLOWERS' WISH.

Some daisies grew in a green piece of turf just outside the palings of a garden. The grass all round them was soft and fine; they had plenty of room to grow in, and they were near enough to the road to see all that went by. Would you not have thought they were contented?

Little yellow butterflies came and told them stories, little shadowy clouds went scampering over the grass-plot, the pleasant warm sun shone down on their little round faces. And yet they were unhappy with all this.

Through a crack in the palings they had seen into the garden, and it made them all long to be there. Flowers of different kinds grew happily in the garden-beds. Some of them had sticks to lean against and some were trained against the wall.

"Oh, what care is taken of them!" thought the foolish little daisies.

Every day the gardener came and watered these choice flowers. And a stately lady paced the garden walks, and noticed if the flowers grew or faded.

"Oh, if only we could get into the garden!" sighed the daisies, ruffling all their little leaves; "oh, how much happier we should be if we were only growing in there!"

Just then there came running out of the garden a little child with golden hair. Whether he heard what the daisies said I do not know, but it almost seemed as if he did.

"Come along, little flowers," he cried, "would you like to come and live in the garden? See, I will plant you in nicely."

With his soft baby hands he plucked the little daisies from their stalks, sped back with them through the garden gate, and commenced to plant them in the earth. First he made a little hole for each of them in the soft brown mould, then put the rootless flowers in and pressed the earth round tightly.

"It is cold, it is cold," said the daisies.

"I shall have a nice little garden of my own now," said the child, and he ran away contented to his play.

Next day little Harold came to see his garden, and he burst into tears, for the poor little daisies were dead.

And other daisies grew in the grass-plot outside, and the butterflies told tales to them as of old.



THE EDITOR'S POCKET-BOOK.

JOTTINGS AND PENCILLINGS. HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE



The Wounded Cat and the Doctor.

Colonel Stuart Wortley says that when he entered the Malakoff, so famous in the Crimean war, he found a cat whose paw had been pinned to the ground by a bayonet that had fallen upon it. He released the poor thing, and took her for two mornings to the doctor to have her foot dressed. The next day he was absent on duty before daybreak, and puss went herself to the doctor's, scratched the tent to be admitted, and when she was let in, held up her foot to be attended to. This cat was very grateful to the colonel, for she followed him about the camp till the close of the war.

A Remarkable Bell.

In the temples at Kyoto, Japan, is a great bell, which swings in a huge wooden tower. The bell is a large bronze cup, with nearly perpendicular sides and a flat crown; and is sounded by bringing a big beam against the rim. It needs twelve natives to ring it. It used to be rung once a year, but it may now be heard twice or thrice a month. It is 18 feet high, 9-1/2 inches thick, 9 feet in diameter, and weighs almost 74 tons. It was cast in 1633, rim upwards; and the gold that entered into its composition is estimated at about 1,500 pounds. The tone of the bell is described as magnificent, and when struck with the open hand, the vibration may be heard a hundred yards off.

About the Mina Bird.

A lady in India sends me some interesting notes about a mina bird which she obtained possession of while travelling in the Presidency of Madras. These birds talk better even than parrots, and this one soon displayed his cleverness. On the day after his arrival he began to make such a noise that it was thought he was hungry, and the ayah, or nurse, was told to feed him. He was then heard to say "Mina wants his dinner." After he had had some food he said "Mina wants clean water." He calls out "Ayah" and "Boy," so naturally that at first the servants thought it was their master calling them. One day he created some amusement by crying out "Mina wants his breakfast dinner." It appeared he had already had some bread and milk, and being doubtful as to which meal he ought to ask for, gave an order comprehensive enough to include both meals, so as to make sure of one. He is dainty, and will eat only particular food. One day his curry and rice contained plenty of rice but not much curry, whereupon his dissatisfaction was promptly evinced by a shout of "No curry." He gave evidence of soon becoming an excellent linguist, and had acquired a knowledge of some of the native tongues.

An Historical Cocoa-Plant.

In a greenhouse belonging to the Royal Botanic Society there is a cocoa-plant which has achieved greatness, for it has actually borne fruit, and is, according to Professor Bentley, the first that has done so in England. The fruit gave evidence of reaching maturity and of ripening its seeds. Linnaeus called cocoa "Theobroma," by which he meant to imply that it was food for the gods, but Belzoni, writing in the sixteenth century, regarded it as fitter for pigs than for men. Readers will be able to decide this knotty point for themselves, despite the proverbial difficulty of deciding when doctors disagree. Sixty years ago the annual consumption of cocoa amounted to only a quarter of a million pounds, but now it has reached a total of probably not less than twelve millions of pounds.

The International Health Exhibition.

The great Health Show which was opened in May has already proved itself to be the most prominent feature of the London summer season. It embraces a display of everything even remotely connected with Health, and a more interesting and attractive collection it would be impossible to form. Appealing, as it does, to the taste of all ages, its variety is certainly charming. Nor is it without its educational value, as the "bits" of Old London, the historical costumes, and the trades in operation, abundantly testify. And not the least pleasing circumstance is that those very exhibits which are of an instructive character are the most popular. One sees in different ways that the experience gained by the Fisheries Exhibition of last year has been of immense service to the promoters of the Health Exhibition. The grounds have been decorated and illuminated by night so successfully that the Horticultural Gardens have been transformed into fairyland itself. The lakes and terrace picked out in many-coloured lamps, the lawns festooned with Chinese lanterns, the dazzling brilliancy of the electric light that lords it supreme overhead, the strains of the military bands, all combine to render the grounds of the exhibition the favourite open-air resort of Londoners and visitors during the warm summer nights.

Famous Old London Buildings.

The most novel feature of the exhibition is a street in which have been constructed imitations of several of the most celebrated buildings in Old London. Each has been carefully reproduced from engravings and drawings in Mr. Gardner's priceless collection. The street begins with an excellent imitation of Bishopsgate, one of the City gates, with moss-grown walls, and statues of Bishop William the Norman, and of Alfred the Great and Aldred. On one side of the street will be found such quaint and picturesque buildings as the "Rose" Inn and "Cock" Tavern, the "Three Squirrels," Izaak Walton's House, and All Hallows' Church, Staining; on the other side will be seen, among others, Dick Whittington's House and the Hall of the Holy Trinity Guild in Aldersgate. The street ultimately narrows into Elbow Lane, in which will be observed a number of historical places, such as Gunpowder Plot House, where Guy Fawkes and his fellows concocted their detestable plot; and the curious houses at Pye Corner—which are illustrated on the opposite page—where the Great Fire of London ceased its ravages. The street runs down to London Wall. The ground floor of the houses is occupied by shops, in which the different trades of the old City Guilds are carried on. Perhaps the only thing that spoils the illusion—apart from the unavoidably modern crowds of sightseers—is that the interiors of the houses are connected by a gallery that runs from one end of the street to the other, so that you may enter the "Rose" Inn and come out at All Hallows' Church, or vice versa.

Model Dairies.

In the South Gallery will be noticed a number of Model Dairies, which are well worth a visit. Here little folk will see how the trade has been revolutionised, and how in such matters even as milk and butter machinery has to a very large extent replaced hand labour. These dairies are beautifully clean, and the effect is in one case decidedly improved by the introduction of a few stalls occupied by some pretty cows and a little calf, some ewes and two kids, and some queer-looking Zulu sheep, all of which excite much admiration.

Trades in Operation.

The West Gallery is one of the most popular and instructive in the Exhibition. Here a variety of trades are in full operation, in which it is possible to trace an article from the raw to the finished state. In one stand, for instance, may be seen the whole process of mustard-making. The seed may be viewed in the pulveriser, then in the crusher, then in the sieve, and then being done up in packets of various sizes for sale. The making of jam also affords much entertainment to onlookers. Doubtless the nature of the trade will account for the large crowds who surround the stand where Messrs. Allen's industrious workmen turn out lozenges, and almonds, and chocolate in enormous quantities. Their machines are busy from morn till night. Where all the operations are interesting it is difficult to specify any in particular; but, perhaps, the process of preparing, cutting out, and printing lozenges is as worthy of special attention as any. Elsewhere the mysteries of meat-cutting machines may be solved, and the processes of aerated water making and of soap-making studied with profit. These are but types of the busy life of the West Gallery, which resounds with the clang of machinery in motion, and the hum of hundreds of voices of amused spectators.

The Costume Show.

In the Western Quadrant will be found an exhibition of waxworks that would have filled poor Artemus Ward's heart with joy. There are two series of figures, representing English civil costumes and military uniforms from William the Conqueror almost to the present day. They have been prepared under the personal superintendence of the Hon. Lewis Wingfield, and may therefore be relied upon for accuracy in every respect. These series will repay careful study. The civil costumes start with those of two women, a shepherd, and a man of the period of William I. and wind up with samples of the era of George IV. It is impossible here to go into details, but it may be said that costume does not necessarily improve with time, as the dress of the last period is certainly the worst. The military uniforms begin with some suits of armour from the Tower, then proceed to a halberdier of Henry VII., and so on down to the uniforms now in actual use. The West Quadrant should on no account be missed by visitors to the Exhibition. In the Eastern Quadrant will be seen some specimens of present-day attire, chiefly ladies' and children's dresses.



Street of Furnished Rooms.

Those who feel an interest in the modern methods of furnishing rooms will be glad to have their attention called to this street in the South Central Gallery. Here room after room has been equipped in the richest and most artistic fashion, and full advantage should be taken of this opportunity for comparison between styles of furnishing a house of the most varied character possible.



Other Exhibits.

I cannot stay to mention even one-twentieth of the different exhibits. Little folk who have seen the Show will know it is not possible for me to do so here. There are foreign annexes full of interesting articles. The London Water Companies have a pavilion all to themselves. The South Gallery may be regarded as an elaborate model of the food of London. Then the British Beekeepers' Association will explain much of an instructive kind about the busy bee. In short, the whole Exhibition is so full of information of a useful and, in some cases, even of a delightful sort, that I must now leave the subject with the intimation of that fact.

Young Heroes.

Some time ago a child fell off Oreston Pier, near Plymouth, and had drifted out about seven yards in twelve feet of water, when a little boy, nine years old, named S. G. Pike, plunged into the sea with his clothes on, reached the child, and swam back with it to some steps, where they were both assisted out. Another boy, W. W. Haynes, aged twelve, saved the life of a child who had fallen from a bridge into the river at Llanberis, near a whirlpool. E. S. Deacon, a girl, twelve years old, rescued a lad from drowning at Blackpool, near Dartmouth. The boy had slipped off a rock and become unconscious, when Miss Deacon jumped into the water fully dressed, and succeeded in holding him up until help arrived. We are glad to know that the Royal Humane Society rewarded these brave children for their noble heroism.

An Intelligent Mare.

A mare, with her young foal, was grazing in an orchard on an American farm, when she was noticed to run at full speed from a distant part of the orchard, making a loud cry—not like her usual voice, but a kind of unnatural "whinny," like a scream of distress. She came up to a farm servant, as near as a fence would allow, turned back for a short distance, and then returned, keeping up the shrill noise all the while. The man's curiosity became excited, and as soon as he started to follow her, she went off in the direction of a miry place that had been left unguarded, and stopped upon its very brink. Hurrying on as fast as he could, the man found the colt lying dead, suffocated in the mud and water. The poor mare had unfortunately been unable to procure his help—though she tried her best—in time to save her foal. This touching instance of maternal affection is a very interesting example of the way in which the "dumb" animals—as they are somewhat absurdly called—make up for the want of speech. The mare's strange cry and her extreme restlessness were as eloquent as words.



ABOUT THE FRANCOLIN.

Partridges by any name would taste as sweet, and when you have learnt that the francolin is one of the few different kinds of partridge, you will have obtained the chief clue to the life-history of these birds. They may in a general way be defined as the representatives in various parts of Asia (as in India and the Caucasus mountains) and Africa, of the well-known family which is so diligently searched for in this country during the month of September. One sort of francolin is still to be met with in the countries of Europe that border on the Mediterranean. The bird was at one time common in Sicily, and it is yet to be found in the island of Cyprus. Some of them live on level plains, and others in forests. They differ from our partridge in that they studiously shun cultivated ground, preferring the proximity of woods, in which they carefully select damp spots overgrown with reeds. In time of danger they conceal themselves in the densest brushwood, out of which they do not emerge until the peril is past. Should no shelter be at hand, they will try to seek safety in flight, and will use their wings only in the last resort. Partridges, as we are all aware, are not averse from feeding many times and oft on grain; but the francolins, whose taste is not so fastidious, will not refuse to dine on the wild berries as well as on grain, while they hunt for worms and insects with a zeal worthy of the cause. Some of them have rather a fondness for perching and roosting on trees of a night, and they display the same affection for their young as partridges show for theirs. The cry is harsher and noisier than that of the latter. There is one sort which has a cry of so curious a description that a good deal of speculation has arisen as to its significance. It sounds like "Tre-tre-tre," and is meant, according to a prosaic Sicilian proverb, to be a declaration by the bird of its market value, which it assesses at three coins. Others have likened its cry to the harsh, grating blast of a cracked trumpet. Such being the case, it is just as well that we have no francolins in this country.



The "Little Folks" Humane Society.

THIRTIETH LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS.

Officers' Names are printed in Small Capital Letters, and the Names of their Members are printed beneath. Where a short line, thus "——," is printed, the end of an Officer's List is indicated.

AGE

42654 Mary Roberts 12 42655 Nellie Halse 13 42656 Ernest Wilson 7 42657 Susan Wills 16 42658 Sylvia Tapp 18 42659 William Angove 9 42660 John Wisdom 11 42661 M. B. Kneebone 7 42662 Eliza Halse 16 42663 Charles Angove 5 42664 Richard Angove 7 42665 A. Sherwood 20 42666 Lily Wisdom 7 42667 E. M. Spyers 15 42668 Lucy Woodman 16 42669 John Butcher 19 42670 W. J. H. Pott 9 42671 Thomas Hankins 11 42672 RACHEL E. SPYERS, Weybridge 13 42673 Kate Porter 17 42674 E. W. Hickens 12 42675 Cecil N. Money 12 42676 Sarah Heather 18 42677 E. Arkwright 11 42678 F. O'Fflahertie 11 42679 Frank Harper 10 42680 A. R. Hoskins 11 42681 Robert Jones 9 42682 William F. Smith 13 42683 John H. Watson 15 42684 Godfrey Brooks 14 42685 Percy James 13 42686 Elizabth. Diplock 19 42687 W. E. Smith 10 42688 A. S. McLachlan 7 42689 William Floyd 10 42690 Cleophas Fulker 9 42691 Herbert Caulder 9 42692 A. M. Beckett 15 42693 C. Threadgold 9 42694 Charles Jeffery 11 42695 Alice C. Wilson 13 42696 F. P Rennie 10 42697 Chas. M. Orme 12 42698 Henry McDonall 12 42699 Tom Spyers 11 42700 Percy Hewett 11 42701 Sidney F. Brooks 12 42702 Robt. McDonall 11 42703 C. J. Rennie 8 42704 H. J. Fellowes 13 42705 A. F. Fellowes 9 42706 C. Farquharson 14 42707 Tom James 10 42708 Wm. G. R. Orme 12 42709 Ellen B. Wilson 16 42710 Herbert Wilson 9 42711 Henry Verity 12 42712 Basil H. Wilson 10 42713 H. M. Hoskins 14 42714 J. H. Lawrence 12 42715 E. O. Beverley 12 42716 Henry Berrend 9 42717 Julia Spiers 16 42718 Amos Daws 19 42719 G. M. Wilson 17 42720 William Hodges 10 42721 George Wilson 11 42722 FLORA S. A. BEESON, Brentwd. 13 42723 Charles H. Haws 13 42724 Amy Young 12 42725 George Hall 16 42726 Alice Lucking 12 42727 Arthur Lucking 6 42728 Arthur R. Hall 11 42729 Ernest T. Hall 6 42730 Mabel Keeth 7 42731 Alice H. Haws 15 42732 Gertrd. Edmonds 12 42733 Robert Edmonds 8 42734 M. M. Lambert 12 42735 Sutton Lambert 10 42736 Florence Keith 13 42737 Blanche Keith 11 42738 Ethel Keith 8 42739 Katie Fuller 15 42740 Violet Chew 7 42741 S. Linwood 10 42742 Emma H. Cudby 17 42743 Florence Timms 8 42744 Lilian Brown 10 42745 Margie Young 14 42746 Eva Goodman 13 42747 A. B. Clowes 13 42748 F. M. Prior 12 42749 Clara A. Clowes 7 42750 Ellen A. Prior 10 42751 Nellie Simpson 18 42752 Ada E. Cudley 15 42753 Ethel A. Wallis 11 42754 Annie Wellings 10 42755 C. Webster 14 42756 Maud Wellings 8 42757 Geo. H. Harris 18 42758 Mary E. Harris 19 42759 Alice Pollock 9 42760 Margret Pollock 11 42761 M. F. E. Hughes 12 42762 J. A. Scrivener 10 42763 M. M. Scrivener 3 42764 J. M. Beveridge 17 42765 L. K. Scrivener 8 42766 Thos. Scrivener 14 42767 Ernest Scrivener 16 42768 E. E. Scrivener 18 42769 R. J. Beveridge 15 42770 J. M. Beveridge 18 42771 Adela L. Harris 15 42772 Ada Simpson 13

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42773 Mary B. Mead 10 42774 Charles Culross 12 42775 Henry Wilkinson 10 42776 Kathl. Wilkinson 11 42777 Margt. Wilkinson 13 42778 Linda A. Spicer 13 42779 F. M. Whitehouse 11 42780 Mary Penzer 16 42781 F. M. E. Kenyon 12 42782 Ernest L. Sikes 12 42783 FLORENCE KEMSLEY, Epping 12 42784 Jessie E. Barnard 7 42785 Alice Andrews 17 42786 Edgar Larkin 9 42787 Walter W. Lyne 7 42788 Alfred J. Lyne 10 42789 Gertrde. M. Lyne 13 42790 Alice Adams 12 42791 Elizabeth Wright 7 42792 Amy E. Pegrum 14 42793 Eliza J. Blowes 19 42794 Ada Pegrum 8 42795 A. A. Dorrington 15 42796 Eliza French 17 42797 Gertrd. Simpson 6 42798 Ellen C. Teece 16 42799 Minnie T. Teece 10 42800 Julia Teece 12 42801 Kate Simpson 11 42802 Emily Teece 14 42803 Lilian L. Davis 6 42804 Cyril L. Davis 9 42805 Edith E. Rickett 9 42806 Rosa M. Kemsley 7 42807 W. H. Kemsley 9 42808 A. U. Kemsley 10 42809 Harry Doye 10 42810 Minnie Cripps 8 42811 Albert Adams 8 42812 Alice Wade 8 42813 Victor Adams 6 42814 Charlotte Cripps 14 42815 Mary Silvester 12 42816 Herbert Bailes 6 42817 George Doye 7 42818 Arthur Seymour 8 42819 Annie French 13 42820 Caleb Bailes 8 42821 Ellen Mansfield 9 42822 Emily Saban 9 42823 George Ford 9 42824 James Seymour 11 42825 Alice M. Soundy 13 42826 Jessie M. Collins 15 42827 Rosa M. Soundy 18 42828 Sarah E. Rowe 16 42829 E. A. Mansfield 13 42830 Janet Byles 11 42831 Ellen Leach 10 42832 Rose England 18 42833 Harold Larkin 15

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42834 A. M. Crompton 16 42835 S. H. Crompton 18 42836 Alice Corbet 13 42837 Annie Corbet 17 42838 Clara E. Jannett 15 42839 Eliza Corbet 15 42840 Evelyn H. West 13 42841 Lucy Bradbury 14 42842 Minnie Ellwood 13 42843 May Waddington 14 42844 Ina Barrington 12 42845 Maud E. Bailey 17 42846 Jane T. Fildes 15 42847 Mary H. Fildes 14 42848 James R. Fildes 11 42849 Henry G. Fildes 9 42850 HERBT. G. FULLMER, Wolverhampton 13 42851 Harry Hedgecox 10 42852 Richard Clark 8 42853 Charles Carter 10 42854 Wm. Mullinder 12 42855 Geo. Farrington 9 42856 James Trow 9 42857 William T. Spicer 8 42858 John Munday 6 42859 William Rowley 8 42860 D. G. Thatcher 7 42861 Wm. H. Knowles 9 42862 Harriett Munday 9 42863 Jane E. Taylor 9 42864 William Crook 9 42865 Geo. E. Matthews 9 42866 William Brookes 5 42867 Sarah A. Dwight 10 42868 John Chatter 12 42869 Elizbth. H. Perry 8 42870 Alfred Allen 10 42871 Alice Thomason 10 42872 M. A. Poultney 10 42873 John Cornes 13 42874 Eva A. Thatcher 9 42875 Alice Thatcher 13 42876 A. E. Mansell 9 42877 Catherine Allen 13 42878 John Evans 14 42879 C. W. Knowles 11 42880 Richard Hopkins 15 42881 Albert Dwight 7 42882 R. E. Thatcher 16 42883 Fredk. Brasier 10 42884 Amy Cresswell 10 42885 Ellen Eaton 10 42886 Alfred Thatcher 12 42887 Annette Mansell 12 42888 Florry Munday 7 42889 Elizbth. Knowles 11 42890 G. E. Summers 5 42891 J. B. Parker 13 42892 Geo. S. Evans 11 42893 C. W. Livermore 6 42894 John Harley 11 42895 S. L. Parker 7 42896 J. P. Parker 9 42897 Gertrude Dwight 11 42898 Alice Mansell 13 42899 E. A. Brasier 12 42900 Wm. Thomason 12 42901 Emily Tisdell 12 42902 Ellen Priest 8 42903 May Summers 7 42904 C. W. Munday 5 42905 T. Cresswell 8 42906 W. B. Perry 9 42907 W. H. Crook 7 42908 Fred Cresswell 12 42909 H. E. Carter 7 42910 John Boucher 12 42911 Harry Law 8 42912 George Walker 13

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42913 Emily Barley 15 42914 ANNIE A. HALL, Liscard 11 42915 Arnold Hunter 9 42916 Sarah Preston 12 42917 Ann J. Bibby 10 42918 Thos. Henshaw 7 42919 Ellen Godwin 7 42920 Isabella Miller 11 42921 A. Burgoyne 20 42922 Charles Perris 9 42923 N. Grisewood 7 42924 Bertie Joyce 9 42925 George Satchell 9 42926 M. O'Donoughue 9 43927 Annie Taylor 10 42928 Maggie M. Booth 10 42929 Marie Shayler 8 42930 Annie Kendal 10 42931 Polly Robinson 12 42932 William Karran 6 42933 W. A. Milliken 8 42934 R. Henderson 8 42935 Edgar Grisewood 9 42936 Nellie Jackson 13 42937 E. McFadzen 17 42938 Emily Henshaw 12 42939 E. L. Craig 8 42940 Harriet Dodshon 9 42941 Ida Edwards 8 42942 Lillie Parry 7 42943 Edith Lockley 9 42944 Thomas Gillet 7 42945 Annie Hughes 14 42946 M. L. Hughes 12 42947 Emily Mullineux 10 42948 Annie McEvoy 12 42949 John E. Parry 9 42950 William H. Hall 6 42951 James McEvoy 6 42952 Hugh Williams 10 42953 Francis S. Hall 8 42954 Florence A. Smith 12 42955 William Lockley 7 42956 John N. Gillet 9 42957 Bertie Abbey 8 42958 Ada Pemberton 12 42959 Charles Abbey 9 42960 Beatrice E. Fox 10 42961 Emily Fox 12 42962 Janet Burgoyne 12 42963 Ada Mullineux 7 42964 George Burgoyne 9 42965 NELLIE MATHIAS, Liscard 10 42966 Adelaide Davies 11 42967 Margery Woller 9 42968 Thomas Hughes 13 42969 Sarah Baker 13 42970 Mary H. Shaw 11 42971 Annie Broomby 9 42972 Annie Carran 13 42973 B. E. Davies 9 42974 Esther Smith 5 42975 Bessie Underhill 9 42976 Edith Davies 12 42977 Edith Williams 10 42978 Margt. A. Smith 11 42979 Cissie Craig 10 42980 Edith A. Booth 9 42981 Cissie Williams 12 42982 Grace Jones 17 42983 George Pulford 11 42984 Harriet Fisher 9 47985 John C. Ledder 14 42986 Jane Sargent 10 42987 Jessie Henshaw 13 42988 Janet Garner 11 42989 J. E. Holdsworth 6 42990 Emma Williams 7 42991 Elizabeth Peers 13 42992 E. A. Bleakley 8 42993 E. M. Fisher 11 42994 Martha Minniss 11 42995 Gertrd. F. Settler 8 42996 Emily Peers 9 42997 Sarah Minnis 13 42998 Annie Kneale 9 42999 Hanah H. Leather 8 43000 James Prichard 14 43001 Thomas Jones 10 43002 Ethel Williams 12 43003 Jessie Bleakley 6 43004 Ellen Leather 13 43005 Annie Williams 8 43006 Dora Ledsham 11 43007 Maggie Bibby 8 43008 Katie McEvoy 9 43009 Edith Taylor 9 43010 M. E. Huntington 19 43011 Elizabeth White 17 43012 Harriet Holmes 11 43013 Lucy Fellows 13 43014 Carrie Burgess 12 43015 Edith Holdsworth 8 43016 A. W. Horner 11

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43017 Annie M. Evans 14 43018 A. M. M. Evans 6 43019 Margt. H. Evans 13 43020 Alexandra Dodge 14 43021 MARGT. A. JACKSON, Wigan 15 43022 Mary M. Jackson 17 43023 H. M. Jackson 14 43024 Eliz. A. Jackson 10 43025 Ellen Guy 19 43026 Mary J. Guy 17 43027 Emma Guy 15 43028 Sarah Guy 13 43029 Lillie Guy 12 43030 Frank Browne 13 43031 Herbert Browne 10 43032 Arthur Browne 10 43033 Harry Browne 6 43034 Olive Williams 15 43035 A. G. Ferguson 8 43036 L. F. Ferguson 5 43037 A. M. G. Ferguson 7 43038 Maggie Blaylock 14 43039 Annie Blaylock 11 43040 Elizbth. Blaylock 10 43041 Ethelwyn Phillips 11 43042 M. A. Foreman 12 43043 Harold J. Cooke 5 43044 Maggie Naylor 12 43045 Ada A. Lee 12 43046 Emily Innis 13 43047 Edith Heaton 9 43048 Sarah Heaton 10 43049 A. Davenport 11 43050 L. K. Dawson 13 43051 Agnes Dawson 17 43052 E. M. Richmond 15 43053 Levi Booth 8 43054 Sarah E. Booth 12 43055 Lucy E. Perrins 13 43056 Edith M. Perrins 17 43357 Mary M. Summer 9 43058 Charltte. Summer 12 43059 John Hilditch 9 43060 Emily Hilditch 13 43061 Ernest A. Rider 7 43062 Clara Leadbeater 11 43063 Annie E. Rider 9 43064 Mary Rider 11 43065 Peter Leadbeater 14 43066 E. Leadbeater 16 43067 M. A. Fairhurst 9 43068 E. L. Fairhurst 11 43069 F. W. Fairhurst 13 43070 M. H. Bryham 13 43071 M. E. Bryham 12 43072 J. N. HAWORTH, Bolton 13 43073 Milton Clarke 6 43074 Will S. Forrest 8 43075 Annie Forrest 4 43076 Herbert Maude 14 43077 Harry Rostron 14 43078 Bertie Hamson 12 43079 Fred Rostron 12 43080 M. E. Windsor 15 43081 D. C. Walker 10 43082 M. E. Hodgkinson 12 43083 R. H. Harworth 18 43084 W. Duckworth 16 43085 Alice Harwood 10 43086 Annie Parkinson 7 43087 Tom Scholes 20 43088 Edith Scholes 7 43089 Clara Scholds 6 43090 Lizzie Duxburg 11 43091 Rosa Kirkman 19 43092 Arthur Lee 10 43093 G. F. Murphy 10 43094 James W. Smith 16 43095 Daniel Rostron 8 43096 Marie Amiere 21 43097 C. J. A. Amiere 13 43098 Clifford Harker 12 43099 Inthe Harker 9 43100 Neville Harker 6 43101 Elsie Harker 14 43102 E. A. Moscrop 21 43103 Harry Frow 10 43104 Ann Elliott 14 43105 Emma Lindow 14 43106 Louisa Gilham 14 43107 Harriet Holt 13 43108 Alice H. Holt 14 43109 Jane Parker 15 43110 Joseph Adamson 14 43111 Herbert Pearson 9 43112 Maggie Scholes 15 43113 Catherine Scholes 13 43114 Josiah Irkin 13 43115 F. Eccles 18 43116 Geo. W. Ironfield 10 43117 V. Eccles 11 43118 E. F. Graveson 14 33119 F. S. Graveson 12 43120 Florence Smith 16 43121 M. Winstanley 15 43122 Ada Harwood 13 43123 T. H. PILLING, Blackpool 14 43124 Thos. Singleton 16 43125 J. E. Singleton 13 43126 Agnes Singleton 18 43127 A. M. Singleton 11 43128 M. E. Singleton 9 43129 Alice Singleton 15 43130 W. Mayors 11 43131 Hugh Butcher 11 43132 Louis Butcher 12 43133 Howard Evans 11 43134 Ernest Threlfell 10 43135 Frederick Lund 10 43136 Sarah Lund 19 43137 Margrt. A. Lund 16 43138 William Bouth 13 43139 Ada Gregson 8 43140 Mary E. Smith 8 43141 Mary Mildred 18 43142 Chas. L. Snelson 10 43143 M. Fitz-Simmonds 19 43144 Sarah A. Smith 9 43145 Hollans Gregson 11 43146 James Waring 13 43147 John P. Mallison 16 43148 Annie Mallison 9 43149 Ada Maudsley 8 43150 Mabel Maudsley 6 43151 William Orrell 13 43152 Kay Duxburg 6 43153 Lydia Duxburg 9 43154 Jos. A. Duxburg 13 43155 Henry Duxburg 5 43156 Cecil Huggins 6 43157 Fred Scholes 14 43158 Alfred Scholes 10 43159 Arthur Scholes 8 43160 Joseph Burgess 8 43161 Walter Reason 8 43162 J. W. Burgess 11 43163 J. Pilling 8 43164 Henry Layland 11 43165 W. Entrowistle 12 43166 J. F. Firesthurst 11 43167 James Condon 11 43168 Harry Shanks 12 43169 John Baxter 13 43170 Ben Holden 13 43171 William Grundy 11 43172 Emily Broughton 7 43173 Eliz. Harworth 9

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43174 Adriana de Ciani 16 43175 Carmela de Ciani 15 43176 Mary Bruno 15 43177 Josephine Veratti 14 43178 Clara Himmer 15 43179 Edvige Bono 14 43180 Teresa Vittadini 14 43181 Margaret Lucca 14 43182 Amalia Manara 12 43183 N. Santostefano 9 43184 BEATRICE ELLISON, Liverpool 14 43185 Fanny Pring 14 43186 Leslie Parker 10 43187 Walter Evans 13 43188 M. A. Boumphrey 7 43189 Daisy Cotterell 11 43190 Flrnce. Freeman 13 43191 Jessie Darning 12 43192 Charles Simpson 9 43193 F. E. Kerridge 12 43194 Marion Bancroft 13 43195 Frances Lease 13 43196 Gertrude Dorning 15 43197 E. Boumphy 13 43198 F. Gittings 10 43199 Gwladys Jones 17 43200 Norah Gittins 5 43201 Constance Wilson 6 43202 Grace Rickett 14 43203 Minnie Simpson 12 43204 Rosey Verdon 9 43205 M. Boumphrey 11 43206 Herbert Marrison 12 43207 Percy Ellison 11 43208 J. H. Turner 15 43209 Elphie Muir 11 43210 Mamie Robinson 12 43211 R. L. Timothy 10 43212 Agnes A. Jones 14 43213 C. Rishton 11 43214 Fred White 11 43215 R. G. Williamson 11 43216 C. Stanley Ellison 10 43217 Daisy Sampson 11 43218 R. Elphick 15 43219 Mary Willett 14 43220 John Hart 13 43221 Amy Wilson 14 43222 Leslie Payne 11 43223 Duncan Kennedy 13 43224 Eva Moss 14 43225 Agnes Aston 16 43226 Kate Ramsay 13 43227 Esther Oakes 15 43228 Florence Sinclair 15 43229 Emma Welsh 13 43230 Amy Henderson 14 43231 Laura Brown 14 43232 F. Leedam 9 43233 Harold E. Evans 13 43234 Gerard Gittins 8 43235 ARTHUR WATKIS, Bedford 13 43236 Nat How 12 43237 Harry Street 11 43238 Earnest Nisbet 12 43239 Ernest Sampson 12 43240 John H. Walker 17 43241 Edgar Oakden 14 43242 Godfrey Drowe 8 43243 Herbert Drowe 12 43244 Mary Beadnell 10 43245 Earnest Briant 14 43246 Emily Beadnell 7 43247 Nora Craig 14 43248 Henry Bate 12 43249 Fredk. H. Mence 12 43250 John Bate 13 43251 Ethel Sheffield 13 43252 Henry Webbe 11 43253 Hrbt. Nicodemus 7 43254 William Edmonds 12 43255 William Sheffield 13 43256 Earnest Beadnell 8 43257 Jack Platts 10 43258 Hallald B. Food 15 43259 Harrison Sheffield 15 43260 A. E. Ransome 10 43261 William Drowe 13 43262 Annie Beadnell 6 43263 George Barrett 11 43264 Maud Beadnell 11 43265 P. Lobb 15 43266 Winnie Craig 12 43267 Walter Warden 12 43268 Arthur Sampson 13 43269 John Nisbet 14 43270 Arthur Kendall 11 43271 George Beadnell 14 43272 H. Abbott 13 43273 William Beadnell 16 43274 Robt. H. Oakden 17 43275 Edith L. Oakden 7 43276 F. E. B. Oakden 7 43277 Edith Platts 9 43278 John How 13 43279 Peter Kaye 14 43280 Joe How 12 43281 Connie Drowe 6 43282 Edith Beadnell 16 43283 William How 15 43284 Tom How 15 43285 Thomas Oakden 7

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43286 Mary S. G. Sams 11 43287 L. C. F. Robson 10 43288 S. W. S. Robson 7 43289 Mary H. Colvile 13 43290 W. H. Barrington 10 43291 FREDK. DOLBY, Oundle 12 43292 C. Martin 11 43293 Rosie Hill 10 43294 Maud Nichols 9 43295 H. Holdich 11 43296 Polly Steers 18 43297 John Wilson 12 43298 Mary Roe 8 43299 Lizzie Gilby 15 43300 Flora Howe 8 43301 Annie Howe 10 43302 Francis King 5 43303 F. W. Garner 12 43304 G. Vivian 12 43305 T. Ball 13 43306 C. Ball 12 43307 Ethel Barnes 12 43308 Clara Maddison 10 43309 Annie Henson 11 43310 Louie Clarke 15 43311 Emily Henson 13 43312 Eliza Horrod 5 43313 Lucy Fortescue 6 43314 Annie Wright 16 43315 Kate Ashby 11 43316 Nellie Denton 6 43317 Maggie Chapman 9 43318 Nellie Ashby 9 43319 Nellie Wyles 11 43320 Sarah Madison 8 43321 Maggie Wyles 9 43322 S. Bennett 9 43323 Florence Blyth 15 43324 Blanche Blyth 10 43325 Ethel Green 5 43326 Emily Denton 11 43327 Florence Harris 9 43328 Frances Seymer 11 43329 Beatrice Harris 7 43330 Ada Wyles 7 43331 William Glenn 12 43332 May Whistell 8 43333 Emma Smith 13 43334 M. Fox 9 43335 A. Hopkins 16 43336 A. Dixon 7 43337 Lucy Dixon 8 43338 Hetty Dixon 10 43339 Alfred Howe 13 43340 Gertie Brown 10 43341 Clara Brown 8

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43342 Maud Fol 12 43343 Ada C. Killick 14 43344 Maud Brenan 10 43345 P. H. Bannister 10 43346 Annie Bryham 11 43347 Agnes Neill 12 43348 Lottie Sharp 15 43349 John W. Fildes 13 43350 Annie Fea 14 43351 R. S. Langrishe 10 43352 Fanny Spencer 16 43353 Ethel M. Griffin 11 43354 F. L. Thomas 11 43355 M. Whitehouse 9 43356 A. C. Brassington 15 43357 A. B. Rees 12 43358 JANET M. WESTWOOD, Reigate 18 43359 L. Bassindale 13 43360 B. E. Bassindale 16 43361 Catherine Hill 12 43362 John S. Hill 9 43363 Alice M. Tibbs 7 43364 Tom Wheatley 9 43365 Henrietta Hill 13 43366 Lilly Hargraves 12 43367 Matilda Hill 16 43368 Mary A. Forth 12 43369 Dora Kendall 12 43370 G. M. Lipscomb 10 43371 Mabel Freeman 11 43372 Emma Hackney 9 43373 Maria Hackney 12 43374 Kate Pilgrim 14 43375 Louisa J. Mathew 7 43376 Ada Phillips 12 43377 Ellen Phillips 16 43378 Walter J. Brewer 9 43379 Edith M. Brewer 12 43380 Arthur Brewer 11 43381 Philip J. Brewer 6 43382 Annie E. Brewer 8 43383 Ernest Miller 12 43384 Oliver Child 10 43385 Courtney Walter 10 43386 John Dodd 12 43387 William Verrall 6 43388 Robt. Woodhouse 11 43389 F. Woodhouse 9 43390 Tom Hackney 7 43391 James Samuel 21 43392 William Hack 9 43393 Edwin Post 9 43394 George Rose 14 43395 Edith Verrall 10 43396 Charles Truelove 11 43397 Annie Jeffery 10 43398 Charles F. Fuller 12 43399 Emmeline Phillips 13 43400 Lucy Hill 10 43401 Hugh McDougall 10 43402 Ada Elsey 12 43403 S. A. Shepherd 10 43404 Ellen Hack 11 43405 Alice Elsey 9

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43406 Lilian B. Dunbar 12 43407 HAROLD F. E. BELL, Swaffham 8 43408 Ernest Nutthall 12 43409 Lonsdale Abell 4 43410 Flornce. Andrews 6 43411 F. W. Andrews 7 43412 Agnes C. Reid 20 43413 Herbert Cross 11 43414 Sarah Smith 6 43415 Mary Drew 18 43416 Agnes Drew 14 43417 John F. Bayfield 13 43418 Geo. W. E. Plunt 17 43419 A. E. Munford 14 43420 B. B. Forster 13 43421 Minnie Alpe 10 43422 Elizabth. Withers 12 43423 Sarah Wittiers 15 43424 Jessie B. Clark 15 43425 H. Gooden 16 43426 Bessie Bayfield 11 43427 Caroline Munford 14 43428 Edith Rolfe 10 43429 Ethel M. Stanton 12 43430 William Bly 18 43431 Alice Eagle 10 43432 Ada Porter 11 43433 Eliza Eagle 18 43434 Louisa Ballison 11 43435 Julia E. Bayfield 16 43436 Lydia Munford 16 43437 Mary A. Everard 18 43438 Mary N. Clark 12 43439 Bessie Forster 11 43440 Gertrude Clarke 12 43441 Ralph Buglass 8 43442 Rosa Munford 11 43443 John Tyson 17 43444 F. M. Mossop 14 43445 Elizabth. Butters 13 43446 Florrie Forster 17 43447 Minnie Barnes 14 43448 Florence Rix 17 43449 Ellen Ward 13 43450 Hannah Eagle 12 43451 Evelyn E. Bell 13 43452 E. Leggate 20 43453 Orbell Nichols 15 43454 Charles Baker 13 43455 J. T. Frankland 14 43456 Hannah Spinks 12 43457 Eliza Ballison 14

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43458 Sarah Hague 13 43459 Arthur Hilditch 11 43460 Dora A. Crawford 10 43461 Jessie Parkin 9 43462 Viva Halstead 14 43463 H. B. Halstead 10 43464 H. C. Halstead 10 43465 Linda J. Halstead 8 43466 L. MARION GAFFORD, Bow. 9 43467 Elizbth. A. Gould 15 43468 Arthur Beard 7 43469 Ernest Beard 9 43470 S. Plumstead 9 43471 H. C. F. Eversfield 16 43472 A. C. Eversfield 10 43473 G. T. Eversfield 13 43474 M. D. Eversfield 6 43475 E. F. N. Clixby 9 43476 Ellen Ransom 13 43477 Polly Pullen 9 43478 Stephen Pullen 11 43479 Elzbth. H. Pullen 12 43480 Hermina Schiff 9 43481 E. E. Leconte 9 43482 H. E. W. Leconte 11 43483 Sophia Bamford 10 43484 Nellie Beckett 9 43485 Henry Beckett 8 43486 Julia B. Clarke 12 43487 H. L. Wheatley 8 43488 F. L. Cufflin 11 43489 Clara S. Cufflin 10 43490 Wm. C. Lovely 17 43491 Thomas J. Guy 17 43492 Herbert U. Guy 19 43493 Jane Walker 8 43494 B. M. Powell 8 42495 Amy Powell 10 43496 Lizzie Powell 12 43497 A. H. Grocott 11 43498 W. J. Woodward 11 43499 Kate Farmer 13 43500 Ada E. Galpin 12 43501 F. A. Stephenson 13 43502 G. E. Stephenson 10 43503 John E. Fox 12 43504 Robert H. Fox 14 43505 F. E. Newby 12 43506 Ernest Newby 10 43507 Thomas Newby 6 43508 Jane A. Smith 11 43509 Florry Taylor 6 43510 Clara E. Hawes 17 43511 E. K. Beaumont 11 43512 E. M. Beaumont 9 43513 Ella Beaumont 5 43514 Hilda Newton 10 43515 Edith E. Gafford 7 43516 W. H. Appleyard 11 43517 L. E. Appleyard 9 43518 Thomas Lewis 10 43519 John J. Lewis 8 43520 Minnie D. Lewis 12 43521 Lilda M. Scudder 11 43522 Mary Farmer 6 43523 FRANCES H. BROWN, Seacombe 11 43524 Florence Brown 14 43525 Florence Weaver 10 43526 Annie Hemming 11 43527 Florence Palmer 14 43528 Charlotte Brazier 11 43529 Edith Watkin 12 43530 F. Hayward 13 43531 Sarah Godsall 13 43532 Louisa Brazier 10 43533 Marion Gray 9 43534 Ethel Slim 8 43535 Lizzie Willis 16 43536 H. McLintock 11 43537 William Miller 13 43538 Annie B. Corless 6 43539 E. L. Wharton 9 43540 Jessie Parker 8 43541 Ernest Thearle 8 43542 Henry Burghes 7 43543 William Wharton 5 43544 T. S. Wharton 6 43545 Elizabth. Prophet 11 43546 M. E. Parker 12 43547 Elizabh. Gregory 14 43548 Jonah Roberts 10 43549 Maud Slim 10 43550 G. J. Wharton 10 43551 C. C. Corless 10 43552 Ellen Roberts 10 43553 Elizab. A. Jones 12 43554 E. M. Walker 14 43555 Lillie Davies 12 43556 Jane Gregory 12 43557 Jane Wilcock 15 43558 Sydney Thearle 15 43559 Chrissie Parker 13 43560 Elizabth. Roberts 12 43561 H. E. Horbury 17 43562 M. A. Thomas 18 43563 F. McLintock 7 43564 Arnold Whitburn 9 43565 F. M. Edwards 6 43566 Jessie Baker 6 43567 Evelyn E. Beynon 8 43568 W. S. Mathias 7 43569 Mary J. Bidwell 7 43570 Lillian A. Young 11

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43571 Minnie B. Booth 11 43572 Eva M. Langtry 14 43573 Henry Bridge 12 43574 Ellen L. Young 6 43575 Alfred Stern 11 43576 Emily R. Carling 14 43577 Ada L. Arundel 15 43578 John A. Morison 11 43579 CATHERINE GUY, Peckham 13 43580 Elsie Guy 7 43581 Kate Pocock 8 43582 Edith Pocock 10 43583 Emily J. Purser 12 43584 E. A. Purser 10 43585 H. H. Hodges 9 43586 Matilda Jepps 15 43587 Edith Jepps 10 43588 Amy Barnes 13 43589 Elizabeth Barnes 15 43590 Rosa Barnes 11 43591 Jane Yeates 12 43592 Elizabeth Guy 11 43593 Laura Daw 9 43594 Edith Daw 12 43595 M. G. Greenwood 10 43596 E. M. Mackenzie 10 43597 Louisa Power 11 43598 Emily J. Jones 11 43599 Kate E. Walker 11 43600 Emma Andrews 10 43601 Esther Miles 11 43602 Alice Tildesley 11 43603 Edith S. Gipson 15 43604 Rose Veness 13 43605 Emily S. Gipson 19 43606 Annie Wilkinson 9 43607 Harry Wilkinson 18 43608 Herbt. Stimpson 9 43609 Edith Bobbins 9 43610 Albert Ayres 9 43611 Emily Curry 9 43612 Sarah Newton 8 43613 Walter Greaves 9 43614 Emma Ralph 10 43615 Ada E. Stapleton 10 43616 Alvina Daniels 10 43617 Thomas Neale 10 43618 M. A. Wareham 12 43619 Horace Greeves 9 43620 Sarah A. Greeves 12 43621 Francis King 9 43622 Mary King 11 43623 Martha King 11 43624 H. L. Futter 7 43625 Henry Futter 10 43626 Sarah E. Futter 10 43627 Anne Futter 11 43628 Kate Napthine 15 43629 Bessie Day 6 43630 John Day 7 43631 Thomas C. Day 10 43632 George Day 12 43633 Honora C. Day 13 43634 William T. Guy 10 43635 SAML. HILTON, Bolton 13 43636 Frederick Hilton 10 43637 Thomas Hilton 4 43638 Martha Hilton 16 43639 M. Mullineaux 9 43640 A. Mullineaux 8 43641 William Bell 4 43642 Thomas Bell 7 43643 Joseph Bell 9 43644 Ada Mullineaux 6 43645 M. Unsworth 13 43646 S. J. Waylett 11 43647 Mary M. Walker 14 43648 Maggie Lomax 9 43649 Selina Leach 12 43650 Elizabh. A. Edge 13 43651 W. Crumblehulme 4 43652 M. Crumblehulme 9 43653 B. Crumblehulme 4 43654 W. Crumblehulme 7 43655 E. Crumblehulme 8 43656 Samuel Hilton 15 43657 P. Crumblehulme 6 43658 Gertie Kitchen 9 43659 Evelyn Bamford 9 43660 Annie Bamford 12 43661 Philip Boardman 13 43662 M. E. Bradshaw 9 43663 A. B. Bradshaw 13 43664 Florence Dodd 14 43665 John T. Gregory 15 43666 Thomas Vickers 13 43667 James Gregory 11 43668 Annie Vickers 20 43669 Isabella Kaye 8 43670 Margaret Kaye 11 43671 Mary A. Kaye 13 43672 William Haslam 11 43673 Fanny Blakley 7 43674 Amelia Rigg 15 43675 Wm. Blakley 11 43676 Thomas Blakley 6 43677 E. A. Blakley 9 43678 Thomas Hilton 13 43679 John W. Holden 13 43680 George Smith 12 43681 M. Partington 12 43682 G. H. Richardson 12 43683 H. C. Atkinson 9 43684 BLANCHE A. THOMAS, Haverstock Hill 10 43685 Maud A. Wood 9 43686 Charlie Wood 7 43687 Crews Thomas 9 43688 R. C. Thomas 12 43689 S. J. Thomas 7 43690 M. L. Lesimple 17 43691 Marie Blaess 20 43692 Margt. Williams 9 43693 Cath. Williams 12 43694 Lillie Bound 11 43695 E. Capstich 11 43696 W. A. Badcock 5 43697 H. B. Capstich 9 43698 Anna Merzbach 13 43699 Marian Henwood 16 43700 M. S. Edwards 8 43701 Emily W. Briggs 11 43702 Annie M. Young 10 43703 Lillie Woulf 12 43704 F. I. A. Badcock 11 43705 Ethel M. Eadie 8 43706 Lilian A. Reed 9 43707 Gertrude Bound 9 43708 Adelina Wateling 10 43709 Rosie Bonnor 10 43710 Annie Hopkinson 10 43711 G. M. Tucker 10 43712 K. Fleetwood 11 43713 Louisa F. Steel 15 43714 Mabel L. Eadie 10 43715 Letitia Miles 12 43716 E. H. B. Edwards 11 43717 Mary Brooke 11 43718 A. B. E. Maude 11 43719 Janet Haton 12 43720 Kate Glenister 16 43721 M. Capstick 7 43722 Ethel M. Hall 7 43723 Jessie D. Whyte 12 43724 Harold Dale 9 43725 Nellie Hall 9 43726 Gertrd. Newman 10 43727 Florence Brown 10 43728 Mable Dale 6 43729 Minnie J. Hadley 12 43730 Edith M. Shiell 8 43731 F. M. Dowsett 11 43732 E. E. Rainsford 12 43733 Fredk. J. Rorke 9 43734 James Rorke 12 43735 Marie Rorke 14

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43736 Norah Shelley 12 43737 I. E. Chandler 12 43738 GRACE E. BRABROOK, Lewisham 14 43739 M. C. C. Bather 10 43740 K. M. Smith 11 43741 Ernest T. Hamer 13 43742 M. E. Bartlett 14 43743 A. L. Whitworth 12 43744 George H. Ray 14 43745 Harry P. Francis 10 43746 Harry P. Money 13 43747 Nellie Leroy 11 43748 E. W. Coxwell 8 43749 Thos. J. Roberts 12 43750 G. H. Wheeler 13 43751 Flora Dormer 16 43752 Edwd. M. Jorey 15 43753 Henry V. Jorey 12 43754 H. G. Coxwell 12 43755 Ethel Roberts 10 43756 Alice M. Cooper 12 43757 A. Meinerbyhagen 14 43758 Lydia M. Cooper 9 43759 Eliza E. Green 13 43760 Lizzie Kendall 10 43761 Harriet Gibbons 16 43762 W. H. Newsham 13 43763 Shirley M. Bouts 12 43764 Helen L. Barff 11 43765 H. E. Fleming 15 43766 E. M. Brabrook 9 43767 A. G. Brabrook 11 43768 I. M. Brabrook 9 43769 A. R. Brabrook 12 43770 Wm. H. Smith 13 43771 F. E. Brabrook 16 43772 H. G. Brabrook 13 43773 Chas. W. Sabin 4 43774 H. R. Brabrook 13 43775 Edith M. Sabin 6 43776 Alfred H. Sabin 9 43777 M. C. Kingsford 15 43778 F. K. Kingsford 11 43779 N. B. Kingsford 9 43780 A. G. Kingsford 12 43781 Jessie Barff 13 43782 W. J. Brabrook 14 43783 Arthur J. Sabin 7 43784 T. H. Barff 9 43785 Ethel S. Barff 6 43786 Herbert Brawn 14 43787 Thomas R. Hird 13 43788 F. T. Langridge 14 43789 MABEL MALLETT, Nottingham 8 43790 Eliza Staniforth 10 43791 W. H. Baldwin 11 43792 Percy Hill 11 43793 M. Edmondstone 12 43794 Arthur Lynn 8 43795 Annie Fussell 18 43796 Nellie Moss 13 43797 Owen Hill 9 43798 Mary A. Brooks 12 43799 Jessie Goodall 11 43800 H. Baldwin 17 43801 Hannah Lester 8 43802 I. Lowenstein 11 43803 Florence Young 8 43804 Arthur Dodds 7 43805 Cath. J. Brooks 9 43806 C. Edwards 8 43807 A. H. Mallet 11 43808 Florence Baldwin 16 43809 E. G. Lowenstein 6 43810 M. Lowenstein 10 43811 Lizzie Gascoigne 7 43812 Ada Widdowson 7 43813 Eliza Smarte 9 43814 Annie Sanday 8 43815 Alice Savage 9 43816 Lawrence Facon 9 43817 Clara Allen 9 43818 Tom B. Durose 8 43819 Emma Lindley 10 43820 Mary Kemp 10 43821 A. E. Buckland 11 43822 Katie Burton 11 43823 H. Bannister 12 43824 A. Frettingham 10 43825 M. Trenchard 10 43826 Clara Lane 9 43827 E. N. Hopkinson 13 43828 Annie E. Moore 9 43829 Florence Gill 13 43830 Thomas Morris 8 43831 Henry Budworth 8 43832 Thomas Marsh 10 43833 Emma Raynor 10 43834 Emily Bannister 10 43835 Emma Raynor 8 43836 G. M. Hopkinson 11 43837 A. E. Hopkinson 6 43838 Edith E. Adams 7 43839 May Angelinetta 8 43840 JAMES L. SNOWDON, Regent's Park, L. 14 43841 Katie Sworn 14 43842 Arthur Morris 14 43843 Cecil Littlejohn 15 43844 Jas. H. Hudson 13 43845 H. W. J. Hudson 11 43846 Walter Furley 13 43847 Lena Brunton 9 43848 Sidney J. Smith 13 43849 Mabel Skinner 12 43850 Minnie Fendick 13 43851 E. Buickhardt 15 43852 J. W. P. Chapman 14 43853 A. F. Trevelyan 14 43854 John Webb 12 43855 P. D. Trevelyan 12 43856 Emily S. Cole 10 43857 Edwin J. Withers 17 43858 Edith Foot 12 43859 Chloe Foot 10 43860 Wm. P. Cooke 14 43861 G. I. Teasdale 16 43862 Henry J. Clark 15 43863 Laura Read 16 43864 A. E. Speaight 14 43865 Selina Read 19 43866 Frederick Smith 13 43867 Henry Millachip 13 43868 Nellie Brunton 12 43869 Gertrude Charles 11 43870 Henry Denew 12 43871 A. J. Chapman 15 43872 Helena Clarke 13 43873 Helen Stormont 14 43874 E. Branthwaite 12 43875 Chas. R. Heath 13 43876 William Smith 14 43877 T. S. Lascelles 13 43878 Annie Snowdon 13 43879 R. E. Thornley 11 43880 Richard Varfy 13 43881 George Wright 15 43882 Thos. Blackblock 14 43883 Henry J. Long 14 43884 Chas. E. Hardy 14 43885 Fredk. Roberts 14 43886 W. G. Rogers 13 43887 E. J. Warren 16 43888 J. A. Auchinvole 16 43889 Lizzie Dieppe 7 43890 Fanny Everest 13 43891 F. E. Warren 13 43892 L. M. Auchinvole 9 43893 Berthold Feil 8

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43894 Wm. G. Farrow 11 43895 Dan Farrow 10 43896 Mary Supple 13 43897 MARIA LILLEY, Birmingham 14 43898 Harry Austin 3 43899 Dora M. Wilson 4 43900 Elsie Wilson 5 43901 Miriam Austin 5 43902 Nellie Hinds 5 43903 R. T. Thompson 6 43904 Sidney Halliley 6 43905 Annie Austin 7 43906 Charlotte J. Gent 7 43907 C. C. Whitworth 7 43908 Bertie Lilley 8 43909 C. G. Thompson 8 43910 Francis Murphy 8 43911 Elsie Halliley 9 43912 G. E. Higgins 9 43913 G. E. Gent 9 43914 James Brierley 9 43915 Lilly Austin 9 43916 Verah Brown 9 43917 Bernard Murphy 10 43918 Harry Sheldon 10 43919 Beatrice Sheldon 10 43920 Louisa Heath 10 43921 Oliver J. Biggs 10 43922 William Scragg 10 43923 F. M. Brown 11 43924 Martha J. Scragg 11 43925 Mable G. Hill 11 43926 H. S. Whitworth 11 43927 Hannah Hinds 11 43928 Chas. H. Brown 12 43929 Ella Smith 12 43930 Grace Floyd 12 43931 M. E. Higgins 12 43932 J. F. Whitworth 12 43933 Louie Trease 12 43934 William Murphy 12 43935 Wm. A. Heath 12 43936 Alice Brown 13 43937 John Brierley 13 43938 Gertrude Heath 14 43939 Albert Brierley 15 43940 E. T. Brown 15 43941 Ethel S. Hill 15 43942 Mary Trease 15 43943 Mary A. Wood 16 43944 Lizzie Barrett 18 43945 Katie Lilley 19 43946 Carrie Trease 19 43947 Caroline Glading 19 43948 FANNY S. DAWE, Fulham 12 43949 John S. M. Gill 16 43950 Sarah Baker 20 43951 Margaret Welsh 15 43952 Ellen Welsh 17 43953 Fanny Jolly 18 43954 John Jolly 16 43955 Annie M. Dobson 14 43956 H. L. Dobson 11 43957 Herbt. J. Dobson 10 43958 M. W. Miller 7 43959 A. A. Miller 6 43960 I. G. B. Cardwell 13 43961 M. A. Lewington 18 43962 Frances Collison 13 43963 M. A. Collison 10 43964 M. S. Collison 8 43965 F. V. C. Collison 7 43966 Alice Sillitoe 16 43967 Rosetta C. Taylor 15 43968 Charlotte Turner 20 43969 Florence Bartlett 9 43970 Mary E. Baxter 11 43971 E. Olorenshaw 11 43972 Lily Olorenshaw 9 43973 Mary A. Batley 15 43974 Wm. Richmond 14 43975 John Bickerdike 13 43976 Eliza A. Lee 16 43977 Emma Lee 14 43978 Myers Wilkinson 18 43979 Daisy Chapman 10 43980 A. M. M. Thomas 12 43981 Bertie Vandeput 9 43982 Sarah Sweeney 15 43983 Ellen Strutton 17 43984 Mary Dawyar 15 43985 Pollie Sullivan 18 43986 Mary Leary 12 43987 Blanche White 14 43988 Lizzie Murphy 11 43989 Clotilda Chiron 12 43990 Mary Folley 16 43991 Bessie Lovey 15 43992 Lizzie Ham 17 43993 Bessie Stannard 15 43994 Melissa Pinsent 15 43995 William Wagland 13 43996 Kezia Wagland 11 43997 George Wagland 9 43998 A. J. Wagland

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43999 Sonython Jeffrey 8 44000 James Davidson 13 44001 A. Thomson 10 44002 John Huggan 12 44003 John Davidson 8 44004 George Davidson 8 44005 Nelly Walker 5 44006 Thomas Scott 8 44007 William Walker 7 44008 Robert Scott 9 44009 John Lowrie 10 44010 William Oliver 7 44011 John Oliver 12 44012 William Haig 7 44013 A. Davidson 6 44014 Gertrd. Beaman 13 44015 Annie Martin 10 44016 Ethel A. Hooton 13 44017 Maude Hicks 11 44018 Irene Hooton 11 44019 Rose E. Peach 7 44020 Emily S. Baily 12 44021 Ellen L. Ashwell 11 44022 ALICE HOWELL, Croydon 14 44023 Katie Norton 9 44024 R. F. Norton 7 44025 Geo. B. Norton 12 44026 Charles Norton 11 44027 H. T. Waterman 20 44028 Emily Griffiths 15 44029 A. D. Howell 17 44030 Lilian M. Pryce 6 44031 Fredk. H. Pryce 8 44032 Edith S. Pryce 11 44033 S. P. Griffiths 14 44034 Adelaide Paxton 14 44035 Jane Spicer 9 44036 Emily Spicer 10 44037 I. C. Paxton 10 44038 Fanny Griffiths 13 44039 B. P. Griffiths 11 44040 Elizabeth Wyatt 11 44041 Ernest A. Howell 8 44042 Robert Paxton 13 44043 Walter Faldo 9 44044 K. L. Faldo 12 44045 Laura Faldo 7 44046 Rebecca Faldo 14 44047 Clara S. Faldo 16 44048 Annie Weston 8 44049 Percy Weston 6 44050 Arthur Weston 15 44051 Bessie Weston 18 44052 Frank Weston 20 44053 Chas. H. Griffiths 9 44054 William Gatland 15 44055 Clarissa Goodwin 16 44056 Edith Carter 15 44057 Emily Weston 16 44058 Maud Griffiths 7 44059 Matilda Gatland 17 44060 Elizabeth Paxton 5 44061 Mary Paxton 7 44062 Annie Paxton 9 44063 Emily G. Garneys 13 44064 Maurice Ashby 7 44065 Francis P. Ashby 11 44066 N. C. Ashby 8 44067 Edith W. Ashby 10 44068 Ethel M. Lester 10 44069 Howard Lester 8 44070 Amy C. Lester 7 44071 Caroline Hawes 14 44072 Maud C. Wise 16 44073 A. A. TOPPINS, Penrith 13 44074 Clara Waiting 16 44075 George Salkeld 11 44076 Thomas Turner 10 44077 Albert Waiting 11 44078 C. Waiting 13 44079 Isaac Turner 9 44080 John Davidson 6 44081 John Strong 9 44082 John Toppin 7 44083 Mary H. Hill 12 44084 G. N. Witherell 6 44085 Sarah J. Toppin 21 44086 A. Wetherington 8 44087 Margaret Strong 10 44088 Helena Grundy 10 44089 Rose Crane 15 44090 Edith Page 10 44091 John F. Sides 11 44092 Mary Forrester 9 44093 Bertha Grundy 12 44094 Florence Pearson 14 44095 Marie Lane 11 44096 Edith B. Young 9 44097 Arthur S. Young 8 44098 Ernest E. Young 6 44099 Elizab. A. Smith 18 44100 S. Bossaert 9 44101 Mary Tooke 13 44102 May Rhodes 17 44103 Hope Grant 17 44104 E. L. Langdon 17 44105 Louisa Stevens 13 44106 W. R. Johnson 12 44107 W. A. Vignoles 10 44108 Lizzie Cole 16 44109 C. R. Bartram 7 44110 Henry J. Bartram 12 44111 M. G. Henderson 11 44112 M. E. Vignoles 7 44113 Ella Bremner 13 44114 C. E. Darroch 13 44115 Helen E. Lamb 9 44116 Mary F. Lamb 11 44117 G. Meinertzhagen 14 44118 M. Meinertzhagen 12 44119 E. F. Fenwick 9 44120 C. L. H. Fenwick 10 44121 A. W. Bryan 11 44122 John S. Assheton 9 44123 Blanche Edens 13 44124 HEARTIE M. B. BATE, Ashbourne 11 44125 Mabel M. Butt 11 44126 Fredk. W. Snape 11 44127 Louisa M. Snape 9 44128 Percy G. Snape 7 44129 Gertrude Norman 11 44130 E. Southern 10 44131 Marie Southern 6 44132 L. Southern 5 44133 Tom C. Southern 3 44134 Evelyn Southern 3 44135 F. A. George 18 44136 Chas. H. Bullock 3 44137 Annie Savory 18 44138 Chas. B. Savory 16 44139 Fredk. M. Savory 14 44140 William J. Wager 14 44141 Louisa Elizabeth 16 44142 Alice J. Broad 9 44143 F. M. Broad 7 44144 Kate P. Broad 5 44145 Charles H. Lowe 8 44146 Lilian A. Lowe. 7 44147 Adelina F. Lowe 6 44148 Irena A. Lowe 4 44149 Cyril L. Hare 3 44150 Harriette M. Hart 17 44151 Mary E. Bell 19 44152 Ethel M. Bird 7 44153 Mabel F. Bird 5 44154 H. Hare 19 44155 Harry Davies 18 44156 William Barton 18 44157 Allin Jessop 12 44158 William Ford 16 44159 Albert Webb 8 44160 Arthur Beardsell 13 44161 Samuel Sprat 18 44162 William Mills 16 44163 Charles Bamford 16 44164 Emmie Gaud 18 44165 Kate Elliot 12 44166 Norah Thomas 9 44167 Constance Payne 18 44168 Walter R. Payne 9 44169 William F. Payne 10 44170 Daisy Elliot 7 44171 Amy Elliot 5 44172 Clara Coole 17 44173 B. K. Tacon 13 44174 Francis W. Ford 6 44175 Percy Parker 7 44176 Mary S. Parker 5 44177 Lizzie Parker 4 44178 ADA I. SECKER, U. Holloway 12 44179 Cecil Ottaway 15 44180 Frank L. Vincent 14 44181 Jack Findlay 13 44182 C. W. H. Secker 10 44183 Cicely Secker 11 44184 B. L. Secker 14 44185 M. L. Copeland 10 44186 Mary J. Hay 17 44187 Georgina Hay 20 44188 E. J. Braithwaite 10 44189 Daisy M. Wyatt 8 44190 Lily L. Wyatt 10 44191 Ellen E. Vincent 10 44192 Alice M. Vincent 8 44193 Ellen Clark 10 44194 Edgar W. Clark 15 44195 Sydney W. Clark 11 44196 C. H. Eldridge 14 44197 J. A. Coemeke 15 44198 J. H. Broadhead 12 44199 Florry E. Wood 11 44200 F. E. S. Bryant 18 44201 Alice E. Esling 10 44202 Florence M. Shaw 9 44203 E. S. Kemshead 8 44204 H. F. Kemshead 14 44205 C. R. Kemshead 11 44206 Joseph H. Feil 13 44207 Edward Feil 11 44208 Ottmar Feil 9 44209 C. A. C. Read 14 44210 Annie Walker 18 44211 E. E. Sparrow 10 44212 Ada J. Sparrow 11 44213 May Bassett 11 44214 M. E. Roberts 10 44215 Edith Gell 12 44216 Nellie Challis 12 44217 Thos. H. Prince 13 44218 W. H. Summers 15 44219 A. M. Summers 10 44220 Mary Jenkins 19 44221 Lizzie Beckett 15 44222 Mary E. Beckett 12 44223 F. M. Hawkes 14 44224 Rose A. Murcott 15 44225 E. M. Harris 12 44226 Julia Winter 13 44227 Esther Warren 13 44228 E. A. Hamblen 11 44229 Ada D. Sturges 13 44230 Jessie Prichard 12 44231 FLORENCE MARKHAM, Dalston 13 44232 Alice Smith 10 44233 F. C. Howard 13 44234 Gertie Oatley 13 44235 Kate Bovey 11 44236 Lila C. Bovey 9 44237 Annie Eustace 13 44238 W. E. Newlyn 10 44239 Gertie Turner 10 44240 Thos. H. Sochon 8 44241 Wm. T. Barnes 8 44242 Alice Walker 17 44243 Nellie Mackie 8 44244 Annie Treble 8 44245 Ellen G. Fordham 14 44246 Henry W. Archer 18 44247 Ernest Eustace 11 44248 Jessie R. Howard 6 44249 Annie Brown 18 44250 Rose Mathys 14 44251 Lilian G. Sochon 6 44252 Emily Foale 18 44253 Violet Hoppe 10 44254 Phoebe Holness 12 44255 Emma Walker 15 44256 Edith Auther 10 44257 Mary Hadland 9 44258 Agnes M. Hilling 8 44259 Florence Sochon 10 44260 Wm. H. Clarke 9 44261 Katie Lehany 11 44262 Adelaide Shorey 12 44263 E. M. Fordman 16 44264 Lillian Fordman 9 44265 Maud E. Sochon 11 44266 Alice Lehany 13 44267 Agnes Oates 12 44268 Emily M. Clifton 8 44269 Victoria Russell 13 44270 Ada F. Clifton 10 44271 F. H. Moore 9 44272 Lily Lehany 8 44273 Katie Archer 13 44274 Nellie M. Pilbeam 14 44275 Jane Treble 15 44276 Maryann Oates 9 44277 Ada Lehany 10

[Officers and Members are referred to a Special Notice on page 55.]



OUR LITTLE FOLKS' OWN PAGE.

PRIZE COMPETITION (Vol. XIX., p. 376).

FIRST PRIZE DESCRIPTION OF "RAINY DAY INDOOR OCCUPATIONS AT THE SEA-SIDE."

While the weather is bright and warm, children seldom lack amusement during their annual visit to the sea-side; but in this changeable climate of ours rainy days often occur, when out-door recreation is impossible, and little folk must be content to seek employment in the house. Many boys and girls while enjoying the fine days give a thought to these occasions, and lay in a store of matter for amusement in readiness for the time when the somewhat limited pursuits of indoor sea-side life will have lost their charms. It is a very good plan to make a collection of shells, seaweeds, pebbles, and such marine treasures while opportunities occur. These may be arranged and sorted at leisure, and will afford employment for many idle hours.

One almost unfailing source of amusement, within the reach of every boy and girl, is an aquarium. A great deal of pleasure and instruction will be found in the study of its various little inmates—no matter if their home consist of nothing more than a common earthenware pan. An establishment of this kind, however, demands constant attention, cleanliness and light being very necessary to the health of the fish.

Shells may be utilised in numerous pretty ways. If for a collection, the arrangement and classification of each species form a very pleasant employment. They may also be used to cover boxes, brackets, and such small articles with very good effect.

Neither does their use end here, for they may be tied in neat bags, and will then be gladly received by the secretaries of any Children's Hospitals, for the benefit of the patients.

Seaweeds, if neatly mounted, make very pretty collections, and are useful in the decoration of albums and Christmas cards. The easiest method of preparation is to float them on paper, after allowing them to expand in a basin of water. No gumming is required, but the larger specimens may be further secured by strips of paper pasted across the principal parts, after they have been thoroughly dried and pressed. They may be arranged in books like plants, the proper name and that of its locality being assigned to each variety.

Some boys seem to think it worth while to polish the pretty pebbles which are found on some shores, but this process is both tedious and unprofitable. In these days there are few children who do not possess a microscope; those who do will find innumerable interesting objects both for mounting and inspection.

"Variety is charming," as every one knows, and after a little recreation of this kind young people are often glad to return, by way of a change, to books, work, and sketching, and appreciate all the more a favourable rise in the barometer. But while so usefully and pleasantly employed they will soon learn to greet with less regret an occasional rainy day.

HILDA FRISBY. 2, St. Mary's Crescent, Leamington. (Aged 15.) Certified by JANE A. FRISBY (Mother).

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SECOND PRIZE DESCRIPTION.

When the day is fine and the sea calm, it is very pleasant to wade and splash about in the sunny water, and to roam among the rocks, searching for little crabs, many-coloured anemones, starfish, &c.; but when the rain is pouring down as if it would never stop, and the sea looks grey and dismal, it is sometimes difficult to amuse oneself within doors.

It is interesting to collect seaweed, though in pressing it, it is difficult to prevent the thin fibres from matting together when taken out of the water. One of the best methods is to float the seaweed on a plate, full of water, and after placing a piece of rather thick blotting-paper in the water, underneath the seaweed, to raise the paper suddenly out of the plate, when the water sinks through the blotting-paper, on which the most delicate parts of the seaweed remain spread out.

There are many games suitable for a rainy day; amongst them a poetry game, in which each player is provided with a slip of paper and a pencil. A circle is formed; every one writes a noun, and, folding down the line on which he has written, passes the paper to the next player, who writes a question on it. Each paper is then passed to the next person, who, unfolding it, has to make a short piece of poetry, not only introducing the noun but also answering the question.

When finished, the rhymes are read aloud, and generally cause much amusement.

This game can be varied by limiting the "nouns" to names of animals, with any absurd question concerning them: for instance—

"Porcupine," and "Does it like sweets?"

The porcupine of many spines Always eats sweetmeats when it dines, 'Tis very fond of chocolate-creams, And munches candy in its dreams. The little ones, as may be seen, On brandy-balls are very keen, And peppermints they will devour, And lemon-drops eat by the hour.

For girls, painting and drawing are a great pastime, and a very pretty and effective method of shading small landscapes is produced by drawing on smooth paper the outlines of a landscape (a sea view is the prettiest, with the moon shining on the water), and then painting with a weak solution of gum-arabic the lightest parts of the picture, such as the moon, the ripples, and the high lights. When quite dry, rub the whole surface over with lead-pencil dust, applied either with a stump or with chamois leather, till the whole becomes dark grey; then mark out with a B pencil the shadows of the rocks, &c. When everything is drawn, pass a damp handkerchief down the picture, which will wipe off the gum, leaving the places where it has been perfectly white.

Such occupations, although the day may be dull, will pass the time pleasantly within doors.

MARGARET T. S. BEATTIE. St. Michael's, Torquay. (Aged 13.) Certified by E. ROGERS (Teacher).

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LIST OF HONOUR.

First Prize (One-Guinea Book), with Officer's Medal of the "Little Folks" Legion of Honour:—HILDA FRISBY (15), 2, St. Mary's Crescent, Leamington. Second Prize (Seven-Shilling-and-Sixpenny Book), with Officer's Medal:—MARGARET T. S. BEATTIE (13), St. Michael's, Torquay. Honourable Mention, with Member's Medal:—EDITH M. MASON (14), 64, Park Walk, Chelsea, S.W.; SHARLEY FULLFORD (12), High Street, Fareham; GRACE PETTMAN (14), Ladbroke, The Elms, Ramsgate; SUE MAY (12), 8, South Parade, Bedford Park; C. M. BATTERSBY (15), Cromlyn, Rathowen, Co. W. Meath; SYBIL A. COVENTRY (13-1/4), Severn Stoke Rectory, Worcester; MAY JOHNSON (15-3/4), Boldmere Road, Chester Road, near Birmingham; LEONARD WATTS (12-1/2), 12, Broadhurst Gardens, Finchley New Road N.



OUR LITTLE FOLKS' OWN PUZZLES.



PICTORIAL NATURAL HISTORY PUZZLE.

3, 5, 6, 17, 8, 2, 6 = A periodical wind. 1, 13, 4, 10, 11, 18 = A contest. 19, 23, 22, 21 = To utter reproach. 7, 13, 6 = Gained. 14, 20, 16, 21, 12 = A failing. 15, 22, 9 = Design.

What is the whole?

MESOSTICH.

The letters read down the centre form the name of a country in South America.

1. A country in Africa. 2. A continent. 3. A country in Europe. 4. A town in Italy. 5. A town in Palestine. 6. A country in Europe.

ARCHIBALD Y. G. CAMPBELL. Nassau House, Westward Ho. (Aged 12.) Bideford.

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SINGLE ACROSTIC.

The initials read downwards give the name of an emperor of Rome.

1. A set of drawers. 2. A workman. 3. Part of a circle. 4. An animal. 5. An animal. 6. A metal. 7. A girl's name. 8. A precious stone.

HELEN STAUDAGE. (Aged 15-1/2.) Yatchley Retreat, Prestbury, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

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TOWNS ENIGMATICALLY EXPRESSED,

1. Original; a wine. 2. To divide; a country. 3. The mark of a wound; a town represented in Parliament. 4. A strife; a part of a candle. 5. A hole; a negative conjunction. 6. A female; part of the body. 7. An animal; a passage. 8. Labour; steeped in liquor. 9. A noise; a joint of meat.

ADELAIDE BENTINCK. Froyle House, near Alton, Hants. (Aged 10-3/4.)

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HIDDEN PROVERBS.

A a b d e e e e e f f f h i i i k m n n r r s s t.

2. A a d e e e i i j k m n n n o o p r r s s s t t u w y.

3. A b c e e e e e h i i n n n o p r r r s t t t t u v.

KATE SMITH. 5, Royal Terrace, Portishead, Somerset. (Aged 11-1/2.)

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DOUBLE ACROSTIC AND ARITHMOREM.

The initials and finals read downwards will give the names of two trees.

1050 + obo = a blossom. 750 + aaenypoie = a dictionary. 50 + pgfegi = a warm beverage. 150 + ru = to twist. 1000 + nuhea = kind.

MABEL H. M. WITHERS. Westcroft, Oakhill Road, Putney. (Aged 14.)

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GEOGRAPHICAL DOUBLE ACROSTIC.

My initials read downwards give the name of a country of Asia, and the finals upwards give the name of one of the kings of that country.

1. A lake in Russia. 2. A town in Hungary. 3. A town in Switzerland. 4. A lake in North America. 5. An island in the Mediterranean. 6. A town in Abyssinia.

T. HARRISON. Acaster Hill, Easingwold, Yorkshire. (Aged 12-1/2).

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RIDDLE-ME-REE.

My first is in elegant, but not in rough; 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.