All at once she cried out—

"Blanche! Blanche!"

For Blanche was nowhere to be seen; and though she hunted in and out among the trees and bushes, she could not find her. No one answered, except the echoes repeating, "Blanche! Blanche! where are you?"



And then Belinda sat down, and she began to cry.



III.

Belinda cried for half an hour without stopping, and her eyes were swollen up, and her cheeks wet with tears. Some one was standing by her, and a voice was saying—

"Why are you crying, little girl, I pray, On such a pleasant sunny summer day? I'm a little packman, with my funny pack. Such a weight! oh, such a weight! to carry on my back. What will you buy, maiden? what will you buy? Half a dozen handkerchiefs, to wipe your cheeks quite dry?"

Belinda looked up, and in her surprise left off crying. Before her stood a small boy with a bundle of wheat over his shoulder. He looked tired and melancholy, and not by any means as jovial as might have been expected from his words.

"Handkerchiefs!" said Belinda, disdainfully. "Why, you've nothing but a wisp of straw over your shoulder, and it can't be any weight."

"Try it," said the boy, throwing it down upon the ground.

But Belinda took no notice of it.

"And you're not a packman, only a little boy," she said, angrily; "how can you tell such stories?"

The melancholy-looking boy answered—

"Perhaps I'm a king in disguise, Although of a very small size; If you were a little more wise, You might find in my pack a great prize.

However, I'll leave it for you, and the first young gentleman you meet with will, perhaps, pick it up and carry it home for you; for you will soon find you are not able to lift it yourself."

And so saying the boy turned away, and Belinda was again alone.

"Not lift a few ears of corn," she said, giving a slight kick to the heap at her feet.

But as her foot touched it it was no longer a bundle of wheat, but a sack tied close at the mouth, and it expanded until it was as large as Belinda herself. Added to which there appeared to be something alive in it, for it moved from side to side as though some creature were struggling inside.

"Oh! perhaps it is Blanche!" exclaimed Belinda, "and the boy has brought her back. He said 'a great prize,' and a king in disguise. He may have been a fairy, who can tell?"

And she tried to open the sack, but to no purpose, for she only tore her fingers and made them bleed, and the blood dropped down on her frock and stained it, and she grew very hot.

There was a glassy pool close by, so she knelt down and bathed her hands and face; and as she rose up she caught sight of herself in the pool, and for a moment she scarcely knew herself, for she was dressed so grandly. She had on a pink satin gown and a white satin apron with cherry-coloured bows, and a gauze cap, and red shoes with gold buckles.

"I wonder wherever these clothes could come from?" she said aloud.



The sack gave a roll, and whatever might be within was evidently trying to get out. And again she called out—

"Blanche! Blanche!"

She tried to lift up the sack, for she thought if she could drag it along she might in time find some one who could open it.

But she found that the melancholy boy was right, she could not move it.

"And I am not likely to meet with any one in this part of the wood."

IV.

Some one was whistling in the distance.

Belinda listened.

Then she cried out, "Help! help!"

The footsteps came nearer, and a boy in a fine suit came along. As soon as he saw Belinda he made a low bow, and stood with his hat in his hand.

"This must be a gentleman," thought Belinda, "or he would not be so polite."

But she did not speak.

"Did you not cry out for help?" asked the youth.

"Yes," replied Belinda; "I have lost Blanche, and I want some one to find her, and to help me to carry this bag; for I can't lift it, and I believe there is a prize in it."

"Prize!" repeated the boy; "I should think there was! Why this bag is full of wonderful magic toys, and if you let them out they will search the world over until they find anything that you have lost. Where did you get them from?"

"A boy with a bundle of corn brought the sack. At least it wasn't a sack, but it turned into one—and——"

"It must have been Oberon himself, the King of the Fairies, you know, who brought the sack to you."



"Ah!" returned Belinda, "he did say something about a king in disguise, but I did not believe him."

"Perhaps if you had been more polite," answered the boy, "you would have found Blanche back by this time, for he knows all about her. The Queen has carried her away because she knocked her little pages about."

"Knocked her little pages about! you are as foolish as the other boy. But if you know so much, pray where has the Queen hidden her?"

"How should I know?" replied the boy.

"Oh, dear!" exclaimed Belinda, and she began to cry again.

"Do be wise," said the boy; "crying does no good."

"Wise, prize, size, disguise," murmured Belinda.

"What are you saying?" he asked.

"Oh, nothing!" said Belinda.

"That is not true," he answered; "you said some words; say them again."

And as Belinda repeated the words the boy lifted up the sack quite easily, and cut the string that fastened it, with his knife. And his clothes changed even as Belinda's had done. He wore now a sort of helmet with a plume of feathers in it, and a slashed dress; and he knelt down and opened the mouth of the sack. Ah! was not Belinda astonished, for out rushed the toys—such toys—all of them able to move about. One of them, a man on horseback, galloped away over a bridge, in the distance; another ran up the mountain with a donkey following after him. A woman and a little child next rushed down into the valley, so did a boy with a dog that did not look like a dog running behind him.



To all of these the youth said—

"Now be kind, Find, find, find!"

Belinda gazed in astonishment, for never had she seen such toys before.

"Now," said the boy, as a white horse with a cart behind it emerged from a heap of carriages and toy soldiers, "jump in, and you and I will drive about the world till we find Blanche."

"But we can't possibly get in," returned Belinda; "it is too small for one, certainly for two."

"Do not be stupid," said the boy; "almost all mischief comes from stupidity; get in whilst I hold the horse."

How Belinda got into the little cart she did not know; but in it she was with the boy beside her, and he was driving as fast as he could go. And there was plenty of room for both.

The toy soldiers had mounted their horses and were riding behind them and at the side of them, for the boy had said—

"Mount quickly, guards."

And as they went along, Belinda presently heard the man on horseback and the woman and all the magic toys come clattering after them as hard as they could come.

"Ah!" observed the boy; "we are on the right path; the King has sent them after us."

"The King!"

"Yes; did you not see a toll-man on the bridge?"

"No," answered Belinda; but she whispered to herself, "a king in disguise; wise, prize, size."

"You are getting more sensible," said the boy, as he drove faster and faster till the white cart-horse seemed to turn into a race-horse, he went so swiftly.

"There will be an accident," said Belinda.

And so there was, for the cart-wheel flew off, and down went the cart, and Belinda and the boy were tumbled into a ditch, whence they scrambled out and rolled down a grassy slope, on and on and on, such a distance that Belinda felt quite giddy.

"This is the end of the drive," said the boy; "we need not trouble about the horse and cart. Follow me."

And Belinda followed him.

He pushed aside the red chestnut flowers and the sycamore branches, and as he did so all the birds seemed to wake up, and to sing a wonderfully beautiful song. There were nightingales singing, though it was day, and the larks were carolling as blithely as at early morn. As for the thrushes, their voices were so clear that Belinda was sure she could hear the words they were saying.

Of course it was poetry, only Belinda had never heard such beautiful poetry before.

And the waterfall was singing, so was the brook, but they sang a different song.

"Lullaby, oh, lullaby! Slumbering let the maiden lie, Sweetest dreams shall float around her, Magic blossoms shall surround her. Fairy chains shall keep her still, Fairy wand ward off all ill, Gnat or fly shall not come nigh, Lullaby, oh, lullaby! Sleep, sweet maiden, fear no harm, Potent is the fairy charm."

"Oh, boy! are they talking about Blanche?"

"Hush!" said he; "come quietly."

Belinda came softly, and looked where he pointed, and would have cried out—

"Blanche!"



But the boy put his hand over her mouth.

Nevertheless they had found Blanche.

Yes! there she was fast asleep on a crimson cushion with tall white lilies and bright poppies and splendid foxgloves nodding all round her and drowsily ringing their sweet bells; whilst a flood of fairy light fell over her. She looked very happy, as though she were having pleasant dreams.

"Kiss her," said the boy.

And Belinda stooped and kissed her.

And then Blanche opened wide her eyes, saying.

"Where have you been?" she asked; "I have had such a nice sleep. It all came from the foxglove."

Belinda looked round to thank the boy, but he had vanished.

So had the cushion and the lilies, and the poppies.

"Why it's the old woodpath again," murmured Belinda. "I know the place quite well. Size, wise, prize, disguise; disguise, prize, size, wise," she repeated; "yes, the young gentleman must have been a king in disguise."

Blanche looked surprised.

"Yes, that is just what I was dreaming of. I thought I had really quite lost you, and he brought you to me."

Perhaps the youth was Oberon; but if so, of course he never told them.

"But he must have been a great many Oberons," Belinda went on, musing; "the melancholy packboy, the toll-man, the young gentleman! Ah! it is of no use thinking about it, one only gets confused."



But if she had had ears to listen to fairy music, she would have heard this song:—

"Each little page Hath lost his rage, The punishment is o'er; The sisters twain Have met again, To separate no more. So 'tis decreed by Queen and King, Who now the two together bring."

JULIA GODDARD.



DAISY AND DOLLY.

Beneath the poplars' leafy screen The shade is cool and sweet, Where Daisy sits like any queen— The sunbeams kiss her feet, Steal round the border of her dress, And one white dimpled arm caress.

She holds her dainty parasol Above her playmate's head, Lest the hot sun should touch her doll, And fade the lovely red In dolly's rosy cheek that lies, Or dim her beautiful blue eyes.

She weaves a pretty dream, I know, All in the garden shady, How dolly was, long, long ago, A little fairy lady, And held her court on a green, green knoll, Ere she became a mortal doll.

She thinks her blue-eyed pet knows all The solemn words she speaks, And feels the kisses soft that fall Upon her mouth and cheeks: And often when I see the two I wish I were the doll—don't you? R.



STORIES TOLD IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.

By EDWIN HODDER ("OLD MERRY").

III.—ROYAL FUNERALS IN THE ABBEY.

On the occasion of our last visit to the Abbey, I told you a little about the coronations that have taken place within its walls, and apart from the venerable fane itself, the principal object connected with that long chain of events was the antique royal chair, standing in the Chapel of Edward the Confessor. Returning to the same spot, we will now look around us, and we soon see that we are in the midst of a burying-place of English kings. Sebert and his Queen Ethelgoda have their monument beside the gate at the entrance to the chapels; but there is no authentic account of a funeral here before that of Edward the Confessor, whose ashes, after three removals, repose in the shrine close beside us.

It was on January 5th, 1066, just after the consecration of his beautiful new Abbey, that the soul of St. Edward passed away. Englishmen were filled with gloomy forebodings at the event. Crowds flocked to see the body as it lay in the palace, with an unearthly smile on its rosy cheeks, and with the long thin fingers interlaced across the bosom.

Then, attired in royal robes, and bedecked with crown, crucifix, and golden chain, they laid the remains before the High Altar of the Abbey. His wife Edith was afterwards laid beside him. After the Conquest, royal personages for a time were buried in Normandy, till "the good Queen Maud," the wife of Henry I. and niece of Edgar Atheling, was laid beside the Confessor. In rebuilding the Abbey, Henry III. provided a new shrine, to which the remains of the now canonised Edward were removed, and in which (except for a short time) they have since remained.

Behind the shrine the king placed some holy relics, including a tooth of St. Athanasius, and a stone said to show a footprint of our Lord. For fifty years Henry watched his new Abbey growing to completion, and determined it should be the burying-place of himself and the Plantagenet line. He was laid temporarily in the place from which the Confessor's bones had been taken. His son Edward I., returning from the Holy Land, brought home porphyry, slates, and precious marbles to build the tomb to which Henry's body was transferred about twenty years after his death. The Abbess of Fontevrault was then in London, and the late king's heart was delivered into her hands to be deposited in the foreign home of the Plantagenets.



Henceforward many royal personages were brought to be buried near the Confessor's shrine; but I shall only mention the more prominent. When Queen Eleanor died in 1291, the course of the funeral cortege from Lincoln to London was marked by twelve memorial crosses, and the Abbots of Westminster were bound to have a hundred wax lights burning round her grave for ever on the anniversary of her death. In 1307, after having placed in the Confessor's Chapel the golden crown of the last Welsh Prince, Llewellyn, and the Stone of Fate from Scotland, Edward I. was himself brought here to lie beneath the rough monument, from which it was hoped that, in accordance with his dying wish, his bones might at some time be taken and carried through Scotland at the head of a conquering army.

In 1394, Richard II. buried here his beloved Queen Anne, the friend of the followers of Wickliffe. The palace of Sheen in which she died was destroyed by her sorrowing husband, and immense sums were spent on her funeral. For asking to go away before the ceremony was completed, the Earl of Arundel was struck on the head with a cane by the king, and brought to the ground with his blood flowing on to the Abbey pavement. The affair caused so much delay, that darkness came on before all was over. The tomb that covers her remains was intended by her husband for both, but whether Richard II. sleeps in the tomb that bears his name or not must remain a matter of doubt. Henry IV. brought a corpse from Pontefract to Langley, and Henry V. transferred it to this tomb; but few believed it to be really the body of the murdered king.

England had never seen a grander royal funeral than that of Henry V. He died at Vincennes, and with great pomp his body was brought by Paris to London. At every stage between Dover and London, and again at St. Paul's, and at the Abbey, funeral services were performed. The closing scenes were very impressive, as the funeral car, amidst a blaze of torches borne by hundreds of surpliced priests, and followed by his three favourite chargers, came up the nave to the altar steps. Room for the tomb was made by clearing away the holy relics behind the Confessor's shrine. Here was placed the magnificent piece of workmanship, which we now behold, a tomb below, and above a chantry, in which for a year thirty poor persons were to read the Psalter of the Virgin and special prayers for the repose of Henry's soul. At the back of the chantry hung the king's indented helmet (in all probability the one worn at Agincourt), his shield, and his saddle. In the arch beneath lies the headless effigy of Henry, the silver head having been carried off when Henry VIII. was robbing the churches.

Henry VI. was very fond of the Abbey. He chose a place for his tomb, and even paid the first instalment for its erection, in readiness for his own demise. But the civil wars hindered its completion; and I have already told you how Henry VII. meant to raise a special chapel for him and altered his mind.

We will pass on now into the Chapel of Henry VII., the grand mausoleum of a race of kings, who looked back (as Stanley points out) not to Saxon Edward, but to British Arthur, as their great ancestor. A gloomy porch conducts us into a blaze of splendour. Walls, ceilings, and arches are richly decorated; the "stone seems by the cunning labours of the chisel (says Washington Irving) to have been robbed of its weight and density, suspended aloft as if by magic." Nobody seems to be quite sure who was the architect of this beautiful piece of workmanship. The king lavished vast sums of money on the costly edifice, and left plenty with the abbot for its completion after his death. And in the stalls monks were to sing masses for the repose of his soul, "while the world lasts."

In April, 1509, Henry died, and was placed beside his Queen, Elizabeth of York, in the great vault beneath the chapel floor. His mother, Margaret, Countess of Richmond, was brought here three months afterwards, of whom it was said, "Everyone that knew her loved her, and everything that she said or did became her." She endowed charities, founded colleges, ended the civil wars by marrying her son to Elizabeth of York, and protected Caxton in his early labours.

At the Reformation there was a carrying off of relics, a rifling of tombs, and a temporary disturbance of the Confessor's bones. But the royal tombs saved the Abbey from destruction, although Protector Somerset was on the point of pulling it down to build his new palace in the Strand. Edward VI. was buried here, and Anne of Cleves, and then, in 1558, came Queen Mary, the last English monarch interred with Roman Catholic solemnities. In the same tomb reposes her sister Elizabeth, at whose funeral the national mourning was intense. An old chronicler tells us that, as her coffin was borne through the streets crowded with spectators, "there was such a general sighing, groaning, and weeping, as the like hath not been seen or known in the memory of man; neither doth any history mention any people, time, or state, to make like lamentation for the death of their sovereign." The tomb was raised above the two sisters by James I. He also raised the monument to his mother, Mary Queen of Scots, in the south aisle, and had her body removed to it from Peterborough. Devout Scots visited this tomb, as the shrine of a saint, and many miracles were said to have taken place here.

In the north aisle of this chapel, beside two infant children of James I., are the remains of the murdered princes brought from the Tower. In the south aisle lies Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, of whom such high hopes were entertained. Two thousand mourners swelled his funeral procession, but no monument marks his resting-place. Three years later the corpse of Arabella Stuart, the king's cousin, whom some would have put in his place, was brought up the Thames from the Tower at midnight, and placed without ceremony in the tomb of Mary, Queen of Scots. James I. came here in 1625 and was laid in the tomb of Henry VII.

Under the Commonwealth the royal monuments suffered no harm; their dilapidations date (as we have said) from Henry VIII's time. The mother, sister, and favourite daughter of Cromwell were buried here; the great Protector himself was interred in the august Chapel of Henry VII. amongst the royal dead. For two months the body lay in state at Somerset House in a room hung with black, and lit with innumerable black candles. Then there was a grand procession, a magnificent hearse, and the usual ceremonies of a royal funeral. On the 30th of January, 1661, Cromwell, Ireton, and Bradshaw were dragged from their tombs to Tyburn, and there hanged and beheaded. Their bodies were buried beneath the gallows, and their heads set up over Westminster Hall.

Charles I. was to have been brought from Windsor to a grand tomb in the Abbey, but Charles II. applied the 70,000 pounds voted for this purpose to other uses, and the matter dropped. This king's funeral was a hurried affair—it took place at night without pomp of any kind. To the same narrow vault was brought William III. Mary, after her death on December 28th, 1694, had been interred here—"one of the saddest days," says Macaulay, "that Westminster had ever seen." She was the first English sovereign who was followed to her grave by both Houses of Parliament, as in other cases Parliament had expired with the sovereign.

Eleven children of James II. and eighteen children of Queen Anne lie around the tomb of Mary, Queen of Scots. Queen Anne herself was brought in a coffin more enormous than that which inclosed the gigantic frame of her husband, Prince George, to the vault of her sister Mary. George II. and Queen Caroline repose in a black marble sarcophagus in the centre of the Chapel of Henry VII. And now Westminster Abbey ceased to be a burial-place of English kings and queens. George III. constructed a vault at Windsor for himself and his numerous family, and there his descendants have been interred.



THE CHILDREN'S OWN GARDEN IN SEPTEMBER.

The month of September is one of even more fickle and changeable a nature than most others; it is, however, one of very great importance to those who are desirous of securing plenty of geranium and other cuttings, for the next summer's work; because, should the month by chance happen to be a dry one, it will be almost impossible to obtain very many in consequence of so little growth being made. If, on the other hand, plenty of rain fall during the latter part of August and throughout September growth will be made both rapidly and vigorously, whereby cuttings can be taken almost ad infinitum. When the weather is of a congenial nature, perhaps few months in the year are more enjoyable in one's garden than that of September.

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The present month is the best one in which to consider the various effects—good or bad—which have been secured by growing certain plants in juxta-position with others. All incongruities or extremes arising from misplaced judgment or uncertain taste should be at once noted in a pocket-book reserved exclusively for gardening notes, comments, &c. It is ever so much easier to determine the proper positions of various colours, and situations of certain plants, when they are at the perfection of their beauty, than it is to allot them to certain imaginary quarters on plans, however skilfully drawn up, in winter. Indeed, it may be stated without reservation, that the only satisfactory means of insuring an harmonious blending and contrast of colours is by comparing the relative position which one plant of a certain colour and habit should occupy to another and different plant, when growth is perfected.

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Most bedding plants can be induced to continue flowering for a considerable period longer, if deprived of their seed-vessels so soon as these are formed, than they would otherwise do; geraniums, more especially. Not only does it hasten their decay to allow seeds to ripen, but materially enfeebles the entire plant. It is wise to secure as much beauty as is possible just now from your gardens, as a single and unexpected frosty night will destroy almost everything; nothing is more ephemeral than floral beauty.

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As last month, the chief attractions in the garden will be dahlias and hollyhocks; fine displays of roses often delight us throughout the autumnal months, and the last rose of summer charms us quite as much as the first one of spring. Rose-cuttings may still be taken, and those inserted last month should by this time be well-rooted plants, if properly treated, and must at once undergo a process of being gradually hardened off to the open air. Growing rose-shoots, having plenty of buds, must be carefully tied in. As regards very strong-growing plants which will need keeping within bounds, the operation of cutting them back requires the very greatest care, and our readers should get a practical gardener, if possible, to point out those which need trimming, and those to be left alone. Most young people possessing a knife generally commence sundry manoeuvres on the first plant or tree within reach, and generally with very disastrous results. Trimming and pruning of all sorts should, therefore, be only done by practical hands, and then the life of the plant will be in pretty safe keeping.

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Dahlias will require plenty of attention until frost commences its havocs; shoots will need thinning, and the branches must be secured to stout stakes firmly placed in the earth; autumnal winds wreak great destruction among such branches as are insecurely made fast, and a number of handsome blooms are thus destroyed without coming to perfection. Insects are very fond of infesting dahlias, and their depredations must be guarded against. Hollyhocks, if entirely free from disease, will still be handsome objects, but their beauty will be somewhat on the wane; seeds may be saved from the best flowers, and should be sown at once in a pan of light sandy soil, and placed in a cold frame. Rooted layers of carnations of all sorts and of every section should now be planted out into a rich light soil, or, what is more preferable, two can be placed in a 5-inch or 6-inch pot, and wintered thus under glass. Asters of various kinds, such as Chinese and German, will now be in full beauty, and where large single flower-heads are a desideratum, only two or three must be allowed beyond the bud stage. Asters are among the prettiest of autumn flowers, and for children's gardens we would recommend what are known as "Dwarf Bouquet."

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The present month is the one during which all tender or half-hardy plants used in summer gardening are "housed," or removed to their winter quarters under glass. It is courting failure to allow such plants as chrysanthemums, auriculas, geraniums, and many others, to be exposed to the influence of cold, frosty nights, as when the "fell destroyer" commences to exert its power all plants touched by it rapidly decay. Gladioli will now be clothed in the full glory of their gaudy, but handsome dress; they are comparatively easy to manage in well-drained spots, and being such continuous bloomers, at least three or four or even half a dozen should be in every small garden. In winter they must be covered by about six inches of litter; but in cold and ill-drained soils it will be safer to take the roots up during October, keeping these in a dry situation until the following spring.



LEGENDS OF THE FLOWERS.

THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL.

When skies are bright and winter's o'er, And leaves and flowers return once more, A little blossom 'mongst the grass Peeps at wayfarers as they pass.

'Mongst gayer buds of larger size It modest opes its purple eyes; And those who love the flowers know well The little Scarlet Pimpernel.

It hath a story of its own, That unto country-folk is known; For Nature's hand hath given it strange Perception of the weather's change.

If clear will be the day, and fair, It opens wide its petals rare; But if the clouds should threaten rain, It shuts them up quite close again.

The shepherds love the little flower That tells them of the changeful hour, And many a one asks, "Tell me, pray, What weather there will be to-day."

And so in time another name, In honour of its rare gift, came; And the wee blossom 'mongst the grass Was called the "Shepherd's Weather-glass."



Our Music Page.

"Let's away to the Woods."

In moderate time.

Words and Music by CHARLES BASSETT.

VOICE.

1. The tints of the trees are mellowing down From their summer green to a russet brown, And many a harvest is over and past, For Autumn has chas'd away Summer at last.

2. The summer's warm glow has not died from the land, But is seen and felt upon ev'ry hand; From the orchard where apples hang ripe on the trees, To the thicket where nuts nod and dance in the breeze.

3. The birds sweetly sing as they soar in the sky, And the squirrels frisk in the branches high; And it makes me as happy and merry as they To roam in the woods on a bright autumn day.

Then away, let's away to the woods, Where the nuts and blackberries grow, Where the flow'rs at our feet send forth fragrance sweet—To the woods, to the woods let us go!... To the woods let us go!....



Who were the Janizaries?

About 1330 the Sultan Orkhan formed a military force out of Christian prisoners who had been compelled to become Mohammedans, and to these was given the name of Janizaries, from two Turkish words meaning new troops. A few years later they were more regularly organised, and granted special privileges, their number being increased to 10,000. Though for a time their ranks continued to be recruited from Christian prisoners, the service began, at length, to attract young Turks. Their chief officer, called the aga, wielded almost unlimited power. They fought on foot and were noted for the impetuosity of their charge. In course of time they manifested a rebellious spirit, often being the cause of conspiracies, riots, atrocities, and assassinations of rulers, statesmen, and high officials, and ultimately they grew to be more formidable to the Sultan than even foreign foes. Attempts to disband them were unsuccessful till Sultan Mahmoud II. finding himself opposed by them in 1826, managed to excite against them the fanatical zeal of other portions of his troops. Deserted by their aga and other officers, they were utterly crushed, their barracks were burned, and their force was declared, on June 17, 1826, to be for ever dissolved. It is estimated that 15,000 of them were executed and more than 20,000 banished. In this way this once famous body of men was extinguished.

A Canine Guide.

A Lincolnshire farmer has a dog that for practical wisdom will compare favourably with most men. Should its master leave anything—such as a stick or gloves—on the farm, he has but to make known by a sign the fact of his loss when off the dog will trudge, and not come home till it has found the missing article. It will permit a well-dressed man to enter the farm-yard by day, but should a beggar put in an appearance this respecter of persons will gently seize him by his clothes and see him safely off the premises. By night, however, all strangers approach at their peril. The farmer's sister lives on the adjoining farm, communication between the two farms being obtained by means of a single plank across the deep ditch that separates them. Sometimes the farmer's children want to visit their aunt, and they are always entrusted to the care of the dog. It marshals them in a small troop, conducts them to the bridge, where a halt is called. The bairns are then taken over one by one, doggie seizing hold from behind of the child's dress. It then waits for the return journey and escorts them home in the same way.

The Taming of Bucephalus.

Bucephalus, the famous steed of Alexander the Great, is said to have been broken in in the following manner. The horse was so fierce and unmanageable that no one would ride it. It had broken one man's neck, another man's leg, and seriously injured several others. An animal with such a reputation no doubt excited a good deal of attention, and Alexander was one day watching it in the Hippodrome or Circus, when it struck him that the horse was rendered ungovernable by fear of its own shadow. Accordingly he mounted it, and running it against the sun—so that its shadow fell behind—in due time succeeded in thoroughly subduing it. Tradition stated that through being the first to break in Bucephalus—which became his favourite charger—Alexander had fulfilled the condition which had been declared by an oracle to be necessary to his gaining the crown of Macedon.

The Price of a Picture by Landseer.

Sir Edwin Landseer's magnificent stag-picture called, "The Monarch of the Glen," and well known all over the world from engravings, was recently exposed to auction, when it fetched the enormous price of 6,510 pounds. It is said that the painter sold it off his easel for 800 guineas. The bidding at the sale began at 2,000 pounds, and by bids of one hundred guineas reached 4,000 pounds, at which price it was hoped that it might have been secured for the National Gallery. The competition, however, continued beyond that sum, until the picture was sold for 6,200 guineas. Only one other picture by Landseer has brought a higher price—namely, the famous Polar Bear subject, "Man proposes, but God disposes," which realised 6,615 pounds.

"Ignoramus."

As commonly used nowadays this term is equivalent to "dunce," but it was originally employed as a law term. It is a Latin word, and literally translated means, "we do not know." In former days when a grand jury considered that a bill or indictment was not supported by sufficient evidence to prove the need for a trial, they wrote the word "ignoramus" on the back of it, signifying that they rejected it. The words used in present practice are simply "not a true bill," or "not found." But in course of time the old Latin term was made serviceable, as we have seen, in a new way.

Saved by South Sea Islanders.

Considering the reputation that most of the South Sea Islands used to enjoy for cannibalistic practices, it is pleasing to read that the natives of one of the isles in the Marshall group in the South Pacific Ocean rescued the crew of a vessel wrecked near Ujaal Island. A number of natives went in their boats to the wreck and took off the crew and a lady passenger, conveying them to an island some fifteen miles from the spot where the ship was lost, and treating them with great kindness. Tents were erected out of the sails of the wrecked vessel, which were removed for the purpose.

A Strange Vow.

Not long since there died in a workhouse in Southwark a pedlar who used to sell odds-and-ends on a tray on London Bridge, and who pretended to be deaf and dumb. It is said that, though clothed in rags, he was a Swiss gentleman of means who, stung by remorse, had vowed not to open his lips for ten years, to go bareheaded and barefooted, and to abandon for twenty years all the advantages of his fortune. His vow was rigidly kept, and at the period of his death he was in the fourteenth year of his singular penance.

Honour among Cats.

Seeing that pussy is by no means friendly to birds, it is rather gratifying to hear of a cat that was entrusted with the care of a shopful of birds and was true to her trust. She was shut in the shop for the purpose of doing battle with such rats and mice as might put in an appearance; and discharged this duty with signal success. Yet though it may have been—at first at any rate—a sore trial to her to keep her paws off the birds, she was able to resist every temptation to gratify her natural tastes, and might even have been seen quietly snoozing on the top of one of the cages.

Memory in Parrots.

These birds have retentive memories. A parrot that belonged to a lady recognised a black servant after three years' absence. Another bird was so fierce that no one in the house liked to touch it, but it would allow a lady visitor to handle it with impunity. It was at last given away, as its ill temper seemed incurable. About three years later this lady called upon a friend, when a parrot in the corner of the room became greatly excited. As it was generally very quiet in its demeanour, its mistress remarked the unusual behaviour, but her visitor on going up to the cage recognised her old friend of the savage disposition, which had not forgotten her. When she spoke to it the bird was much pleased, and came on to her hand and fondled her.

The Clock-tower in Darmstadt Palace.

The residential palace in Darmstadt, where Queen Victoria made a brief stay in the spring of this year, has a clock-tower the chimes in which discourse sweet music four times every hour. At the first quarter they strike up a verse of the stirring "Watch on the Rhine;" at the half-hour the familiar notes of "God save the Queen" fall upon the listener's ear; at the third quarter an air from the well-known opera of the "Marriage of Figaro," enlivens the palace; while the hour is hailed with the bridal chorus from Wagner's "Lohengrin."

Oiling the Waves.

During the last two or three years a good deal has been heard of experiments for calming an angry sea by pouring oil upon the troubled waters. This has been proved to have a marked effect, but it is interesting to note that the idea is by no means new. In 1844 experiments were made in the North Sea, with a view to test this special property, and though several gallons were used on the occasion, no diminution of their rage was noticed in the waves. Captain Wilkes, however, the commander of the United States Exploring Expedition in the Antarctic Ocean, 1838-42, observed that the oil leaking from a whaler had a stilling influence upon the sea. And this quite agrees with the result of nearly, if not all, recent trials.



Spider Knicknacks.

A large trade is done at Santa Barbara, in South California, in the preparation of stuffed specimens of a big, ugly, vicious, poisonous spider. Cards decorated with these insect monsters are readily bought by tourists, by museums, and by science schools. This spider excites great curiosity on account of the nest with trap-door which it constructs with much skill, but though its native valleys abound with countless numbers of the homes and tunnels, yet hardly a living spider can be seen. It is for this reason, doubtless, that the demand for stuffed specimens is so considerable as to engage wholesale merchants as well as retail shopkeepers in meeting its supply.

An Affectionate Dog.

Early this year, a lady died in New York. She had had a Skye terrier as a pet for twelve years, and during the two months of her illness it remained by her bed. After the funeral it took up its old position by the bed, refusing to eat. A few days afterwards it found a pair of its mistress's shoes which had been thrown out of doors. The faithful animal brought them in its mouth to the bedroom, placed them on the floor, laid its fore paws and head across them, and continued in this position for several hours. Early one morning its mournful cries aroused the household, and exactly a week, to the very hour, after its mistress's death, the poor terrier expired beside the bed, its head and paws still resting on the cast-off shoes. This story shows how keenly some animals feel the loss of those who have treated them kindly.

A Sagacious Cavalry Horse.

Some weeks since a gentleman was knocked down by a cab in a busy street in London, and owed his escape from what might have proved a fatal accident to the sagacity of the horse by which the cab was driven. The hansom cab was going along at an ordinary pace, and the gentleman (who carried a bundle of papers) tried to pass it. In doing so he was knocked down, his papers were scattered, and he was himself in imminent danger of being run over, as the driver did not notice the accident in time to pull up. The horse, however, happened to be an old cavalry horse, and it neatly stepped over the prostrate body of the gentleman and stopped just as the wheels of the vehicle had reached his body. The gentleman was then dragged from his perilous position, much shaken and frightened, but in other respects uninjured.



What is a Nabob?

You have now and again met with the phrase, "rich as a nabob," and have perhaps wondered what a nabob had to do with riches. I will tell you. Under the Mogul Empire the provinces of India were administered by deputies called nawab, who commonly amassed great wealth and lived in much splendour. The title was used under British rule, but became gradually corrupted into nabob. In course of time it was applied generally to all natives who had grown rich, and latterly it was bestowed—more often in a derisive sense—upon Europeans who, having made large fortunes in India, returned to their native land and spent their money in a luxurious and ostentatious way.

A Curious Volcano.

Most active volcanoes have nothing very remarkable about them so far as the discharge of lava is concerned. In the Isle of Bourbon or Reunion, which lies in the Indian Ocean, there is, however, a volcano which is in a state of eruption twice every year. It occupies about one-sixth of the whole island, it often changes its crater, and the streams of lava sometimes reach to the sea. The surrounding district is called the Burned Land, from the desert aspect which it always wears. From the accompanying picture it will be seen that this volcano occasionally has several sources of lava.



The "Little Folks" Humane Society.

THIRTY-FIRST 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 44278 A. M. M. Weeks 13 44279 Frank George 11 44280 E. M. Hilling 11 44281 Annie Ball 14 44282 Herbert Kitchener, Islington, L 15 44283 James Baker 10 44284 Fredk. Morley 11 44285 Charles Russell 12 44286 George Freeman 13 44287 Ernest West 9 44288 Edward Frayer 13 44289 Albert Logsdon 11 44290 William West 10 44291 W. J. Thomas 11 44292 Joseph Thomas 10 44293 W. Nicholls 15 44294 Walter F. Turner 10 44295 Stanley Kingston 11 44296 John Mitchell 10 44297 Alfred Wright 12 44298 S. Kitchener 18 44299 Joseph Taylor 12 44300 Alfred Alley 11 44301 Mark Rapson 11 44302 William Fansett 14 44303 R. Archer 12 44304 Edwin Pearce 11 44305 J. Cooper 11 44306 Harry Snow 12 44307 Harry Dawkins 11 44308 George Wheeler 11 44309 James Green 14 44310 Robt. Couchman 10 44311 W. Cowling 9 44312 C. Hardingham 11 44313 James Cons 14 44314 George Beaven 11 44315 R. Kingston 10 44316 Fred Marle 12 44317 Alfred Archer 10 44318 George Moss 12 44319 Fredk. Follett 10 44320 Fredk. Baker 11 44321 Charles Barnicott 11 44322 H. Matthews 11 44323 William Ellis 11 44324 Herbert Tubbs 10 44325 John Keuleman 13 44326 William Croxford 10 44327 Thos. Kingston 11 44328 James Sturman 11 44329 Henry Nicholls 9 44330 H. Tissington 9 44331 Charles Taylor 12 44332 GEO. E. OGLE, Brighton 14 44333 Nellie Child 14 44334 Florence A. Moss 15 44335 K. Padwick 10 44336 Adelaide M. Ogle 20 44337 Mary C. Clark 11 44338 Walter Payne 8 44339 W. Padwick 13 44340 Hy. Clark 12 44341 N. E. Newman 11 44342 George R. Mills 7 44343 Emily Mills 9 44344 Amy Mills 10 44345 Kate M. Ogle 18 44346 Emily Cousins 13 44347 Grace Pyne 11 44348 A. Hollingdale 10 44349 George Pollard 13 44350 Laura B. Godfree 11 44351 Ellen Ogle 10 44352 Ada Pyne 13 44353 William A. Ogle 13 44354 Annie Webber 9 44355 Helen Perrin 16 44356 Harry Perrin 10 44357 Alice Webber 10 44358 Albert L. Carter 16 44359 Fredk. W. Mills 12 44360 Alfred Pelling 10 44361 G. Hollingdale 13 44362 Elizabeth Scott 11 44363 Alma Collis 13 44364 Emma Heryet 15 44365 Emma Tull 12 44366 Agnes Scott 13 44367 Albert Gearing 10 44368 Arthur F. Parker 11 44369 James Simmons 8 44370 Violet M. Moss 16 44371 George Webber 8 44372 Geo. P. Newman 15 44373 G. T. Swaffield 14 44374 James French 11 44375 Agnes Prudden 12 44376 E. Mattheson 11 44377 Charles Sier 7 44378 Augusta Prudden 19 44379 V. Cummings 16 44380 CHARLOTTE A. CROSSMAN, Limehouse 12 44381 Fanny E. Jones 14 44382 Alice Fetter 14 44383 Edna G. Pattison 14 44384 E. E. Fullick 13 44385 Margaret Clark 13 44386 Florence E. Davis 12 44387 Julia Page 12 44388 Laura A. Young 15 44389 Sarah Crawley 14 44390 L. M. Crossman 10 44391 Margt. Scruton 10 44392 Jane Crossman 7 44393 Florence Peck 13 44394 F. A. Bowers 10 44395 Ada E. Craddock 13 44396 Elizab. A. Gibbs 15 44397 E. M. Buckman 10 44398 Ada Smith 12 44399 Phoebe Povey 11 44400 Maud Curno 14 44401 Ethel Pattison 10 44402 Ann A. Halcrow 14 44403 Rose A. Jordan 14 44404 Charlotte Smith 11 44405 H. J. D. Webb 16 44406 E. J. Harper 13 44407 E. M. Perkins 13 44408 Alice Hubbard 11 44409 Alice Webb 15 44410 William Jordan 9 44411 E. Hutchison 12 44412 Emma Speaight 13 44413 Kate Moate 13 44414 A. E. Drayson 13 44415 Rosa G. Webb 13 44416 A. F. Bennett 7 44417 Blanche Childs 11 44418 C. C. Pettersson 12 44419 Amy L. Hicks 10 44420 Emily Cameron 10 44421 Sarah P. Findley 16 44422 Marion Cameron 13 44423 Nellie Wardle 13 44424 Alice Bowller 13 44425 Emily Bennett 13 44426 A. Whittenbury 11 44427 E. Whittenbury 14 44428 Annie Pitter 13 44429 A. C. Ohlsen 19 44430 Florence Crispe 12 44431 Edith Larter 10 44432 AMY WELLER, Poplar 14 44433 Florence Bull 10 44434 M. C. Stupple 12 44435 Sophia Osborn 20 44436 M. M. Mackrow 14 44437 H. A. Christmas 15 44438 Rachel Bull 8 44439 Ann Priest 16 44440 Elizabth. Holmes 14 44441 Eliza E. West 15 44442 H. Wiseman 13 44443 Annie Sherlock 14 44444 Florence Barrett 12 44445 Louisa Price 11 44446 Wm. Southgate 14 44447 Thomas Osborn 9 44448 Sarah Seward 19 44449 Alice M. Devine 16 44450 Louisa Huggins 12 44451 F. H. Terrey 15 44452 Ada Gordon 16 44453 E. Southgate 11 44454 A. E. Hubbard 8 44455 Matilda Wattson 10 44456 Ernest Pattison 8 44457 Beatrice Burrow 7 44458 Mary Wesson 13 44459 Alice Looker 13 44460 Elsie Woodley 13 44461 Walter Osborn 11 44462 F. E. J. Hubbard 14 44463 Rosina Ricketts 16 44464 Amy Loaring 10 44465 Mary Straiton 13 44466 Elizbth. Ballard 13 44467 B. L. McLean 11 44468 Gertrd. M. Ford 11 44469 Elizbth. Harrold 13 44470 Wm. R. Ricketts 13 44471 Wm. A. Perkins 8 44472 Thomas Webb 12 44473 Ellen M. Webb 15 44474 W. H. Christmas 14 44475 E. M. Wilkerson 14 44476 Lea L. Christmas 11 44477 Elizabeth Osborn 14 44478 Esther J. Gill 11 44479 Sarah A. Wesson 11 44480 A. C. Houlding 13 44481 Josaphin Popham 14 44482 Clara Bull 12 44483 F. H. Ricketts 12 44484 Agnes Stedman 13 44485 B. Hattersley 11 44486 Elizabth. Burrow 12 44487 Emily Taylor 13 44488 Janet Bright 12 44489 E. C. S. Seward 13 44490 Hannah Skelton 13 44491 Bertha Kellman 12 44492 Charlotte Barrett 8 44493 FLORCE. GALES, Bow 14 44494 Edith Fowler 12 44495 Hugh Hay 10 44496 Catherine Watson 14 44497 Fanny Jones 17 44498 Annie Hunter 12 44499 Eliza Mitchell 12 44500 Mary A. Williams 13 44501 Maud M. Fowler 11 44502 F. A. Weller 12 44503 Louisa Fowler 19 44504 Jemima Wesson 9 44505 Ada H. Hubbard 16 44506 Annie Godfrey 10 44507 Charlotte Pitt 14 44508 Bertha E. Fowler 9 44509 Ellen Manhire 9 44510 Chas. Ayscough 11 44511 Clara Payne 13 44512 Thos. Goodfellow 14 44513 E. S. Lowery 13 44514 C. Hancock 13 44515 Kate Whiteway 9 44516 William J. Lowis 17 44517 Ada Pennell 20 44518 Dorothy A. Noble 10 44519 Clara Richardson 13 44520 Isabella Hay 13 44521 Minnie Keable 10 44522 Maggie Hay 7 44523 Mary A. Osborn 7 44524 Margaret Cole 13 44525 M. McDonald 12 44526 Eliza Whiteway 11 44527 Alice Rushbrook 12 44528 Clara Gales 17 44529 Henry A. Lewis 12 44530 Caroline Stride 12 44531 Albert Weller 10 44532 Ada Gales 9 44533 Sarah Eagle 9 44534 Alice Stafford 9 44535 Florence Fenney 11 44536 Elizabh. Wiseman 17 44537 Edith I. Gales 7 44538 Albert J. Cutting 16 44539 Elizabeth Grieve 18 44540 Keziah Weaver 17 44541 Elizabeth Farr 11 44542 Jane Read 10 44543 Alex. McDonald 9 44544 Edith Hoole, Camberwell 13 44545 Bertie Mitchell 9 44546 Bertie Longman 8 44547 Louie Longman 10 44548 F. Longman 13 44549 Horace Brown 6 44550 Leonard Brown 8 44551 A. Brown 13 44552 Lily Hoole 3 44553 Edith K. Wood 9 44554 Alfred T. Wood 3 44555 Maude Wood 5 44556 Emma Wood 11 44557 Lizzie Edwards 9 44558 Isabel Edwards 11 44559 Edith Edwards 19 44560 Maggie Edwards 14 44561 Lizzie Smith 14 44562 Louise Melton 7 44563 Flory Melton 11 44564 George Swain 9 44565 Elizabeth Field 8 44566 H. Field 10 44567 Louisa Field 12 44568 Annie Bedford 11 44569 Charlie Jarratt 8 44570 Selina Jarratt 15 44571 Arthur Jarratt 13 44572 A. E. Martin 14 44573 A Day 14 44574 Helen Day 17 44575 Mary E. Crawley 19 44576 Marian B. Wright 13 44577 Alice M. Wright 9 44578 Edith Broom 17 44579 Laura J. Lockie 12 44580 Monty Hammett 3 44581 Bertie Hammett 9 44582 William Cook 12 44583 Emma Short 16 44584 Charles Short 7 44585 Amelia Short 11 44586 Eleanor Short 8 44587 Bertha Reed 14 44588 Maude Pummell 10 44589 A. Hinton 12 44590 Jessie Mackie 8 44591 Edith Green 7 44592 Sydney Green 9 44593 Arthur Green 11 44594 A. E. Warell 12 44595 NELLIE PERCIVAL, Liscard 12 44596 Ada Mitchell 12 44597 Harry Lyons 6 44598 Alice Love 17 44599 Wm. R. Lyons 5 44600 Bessie Robertson 16 44601 Ada Holt 16 44602 Ada Rowe 16 44603 Alice Helsby 17 44604 Maggie Sinclair 16 44605 Robt. P. Stafford 9 44606 Barbara Fletcher 13 44607 Bessie Dickson 13 44608 Beatrice Hale 17 44609 Emily Casement 17 44610 Ruth Ryland 15 44611 Hettie Ward 14 44612 Charles Sinclair 12 44613 Maud Bayley 14 44614 Emma Crossley 12 44615 Jas. H. Stafford 8 44616 Louie Bryer 15 44617 Annie Percival 13 44618 F. Leighton 14 44619 Mabel Woodall 16 44620 Charlotte Bourne 15 44621 Maggie Percival 15 44622 M. Casement 16 44623 Douglas Sinclair 10 44624 Dicky Smith 7 44625 Maude Shepherd 13 44626 Laura Hirst 13 44627 A. M. Johnston 17 44628 Marian Morris 16 44629 J. Wainwright 17 44630 Minnie Evans 14 44631 Charlie Gleadell 6 44632 Kate Charles 14 44633 Mary Lilley 18 44634 Maggie Goodlass 12 44635 Maggie Lenard 18 44636 F. Moulding 16 44637 Beatrice Jones 14 44638 Minnie Noble 14 44639 Barbara Clark 14 44640 Alethea Clark 10 44641 Margt. E. Noble 16 44642 Percy Smith 5 44643 Elizbth. Jackson 17 44644 Alice M. Taylor 17 44645 Alice Willis 16 44646 Minnie Sanders 9 44647 H. W. Sanders 15 44648 Alfred Payne 11 44649 FLORENCE BOON, Llantrissant 11 44650 Charles Smith 14 44651 Alfred Boon 21 44652 Thomas Williams 12 44653 E. A. Davies 9 44654 Chas. I. Leyshon 7 44655 Thos. Leyshon 6 44656 Evan Davies 11 44657 E. E. Hasking 5 44658 David Roberts 10 44659 E. T. Leyshon 9 44660 Annie Baker 9 44661 William Jenkins 17 44662 Eugnie Davies 6 44663 Lydia Williams 7 44664 Edwin Pritchard 10 44665 George Pritchard 14 44666 Rosina Pritchard 12 44667 Jas. H. Pritchard 5 44668 Anne Dells 10 44669 Ellen Roberts 12 44670 Mary A. Evans 13 44671 Martha East 12 44672 Edith M. Smith 10 44673 Jessie Davies 8 44674 Jane East 14 44675 Ellen M. Parker 12 44676 Charles East 10 44677 Thomas Angell 7 44678 E. Devonshire 10 44679 Amelia Phillips 9 44680 Edwin Smith 11 44681 Ann Williams 12 44682 William Williams 7 44683 Annie Hosking 18 44684 S. Bartlett 15 44685 Samuel Escott 10 44686 Ada Thomas 7 44687 Wm. Hosking 13 44688 Mary E. Thomas 12 44689 Evan Angell 11 44690 Annie Cox 6 44691 S. Devonshire 8 44692 Alfred Hosking 10 44693 Mary Cox 8 44694 Mary J. Baker 5 44695 Alice T. Cooke 7 44696 Maude M. Cooke 8 44697 Bertha E. Cooke 8 44698 Wm. J. Warman 7 44699 Arthur Cooke 10 44700 Lucy Williams 11 44701 James Richards 10 44702 Frederick Lyes 17 ——— 44703 Henry Rex 18 44704 E. A. Priestley 20 44705 Lillie Hugill 17 44706 Annie Hugill 14 44707 FANNY L. CHEW, Stroud 13 44708 Nettie Sonthern 13 44709 Geo. A. Hulbert 8 44710 F. J. Holland 14 44711 Bessie Hulbert 13 44712 Willie R. Ford 11 44713 Alice R. Hulbert 11 44714 Fred Griffiths 14 44715 Edith E. Holland 16 44716 W. E. M. Hulbert 10 44717 Robert Johnston 13 44718 Lizzie Davis 21 44719 Gertrude Holland 14 44720 Georgina Chew 8 44721 Alfred R. Ford 14 44722 W. A. Watkins 10 44723 Maud Harrison 9 44724 Florence Hooper 10 44725 Arthur Ellis 13 44726 Lilly McKellar 8 44727 Harry Chandler 13 44728 Ernest J. Tayler 10 44729 Walter Wheeler 14 44730 Harry Roberts 10 44731 Arthur Chew 12 44732 Lionel Chew 8 44733 William J. Fass 11 44734 Corbett Holland 11 44735 E. B. Pitt 15 44736 Harry Holland 9 44737 Henry Gazard 13 44738 C. Baumbrough 16 44739 Louisa Parfitt 18 44740 Flora E. Watkins 17 44741 Gertrd. Watkins 14 44742 Fredk. Nind 13 44743 Nellie I. Aspinall 11 44744 Edith Compton 10 44745 Ralph Wheeler 12 44746 Harry Halford 12 44747 Constance Pitt 12 44748 George Docker 13 44749 Mary Chew 8 44750 James Treseder 12 44751 Violet McKellar 10 44752 Frederick Pitt 20 44753 Seymor Bonford 14 44754 Ernest Ricketts 12 44755 Kate Eliot 13 44756 Charlie Bailey 13 44757 John Wheller 14 ——— 44758 Mary Jenney 11 44759 Annie E. Throp 12 44760 Susannah Jenney 9 44761 R. Welsh 10 44762 Ernest Wall 10 44763 G. Mallalieu 10 44764 Ethel Harris 8 44765 Arthur F. Pacey 7 44766 Ethel Homes 12 44767 Edith S. Dealy 13 44768 Clara Hoelzer 12 44769 Gilbert Haldane 14 44770 Harry G. Assiter 15 44771 Agnes M Mullins 11 44772 J. C. Waterhouse 9 44773 M. Waterhouse 8 44774 A. Waterhouse 11 44775 LUCY A. GRIEVE, Greenock 13 44776 Margt. M. Neish 11 44777 E. W. Johnston 11 44778 Agnes McKinnon 11 44779 Margaret Lower 11 44780 C. McKinlay 11 44781 Eliza A. Boyd 11 44782 I. M. McDonald 11 44783 Mary McAulay 10 44784 Robert McAulay 12 44785 Gracie McAulay 18 44786 Annie McAulay 16 44787 John Cooke 8 44788 Jeanie Cooke 12 44789 Harry Cooke 10 44790 Edwd. L. Grieve 4 44791 Florce. A. Grieve 7 44792 Robertha Grieve 10 44793 James H. Grieve 8 44794 Hilda C. Grieve 5 44795 Bella Longwill 10 44796 Maggie Longwill 15 44797 John F. Hodge 8 44798 Agnes L. Hodge 12 44799 Archie Grieve 15 44800 Mary J Grieve 10 44801 John Grieve 13 44802 Laura M. Trew 12 44803 M. Symington 10 44804 M. J. Symington 12 44805 Robert Smith 12 44806 Agnes Smith 10 44807 M. E. Brittlebank 16 44808 M. Brittlebank 11 44809 C. D. McKay 17 44810 F. J. Thorburn 11 44811 Isabella Mara 9 44812 Mary Mara 5 44813 Jas. B. Fulton 12 44814 Agnes B. Fulton 9 44815 Wm. B. Fulton 10 44816 John Whiteford 17 44817 Jane Whiteford 19 44818 M. Whiteford 8 44819 E. A. Paterson 9 44820 J. G. Paterson 10 44821 A. F. Whiteford 11 44822 Jessie Whiteford 15 44823 John Ramsay 8 44824 C. Ramsay 12 44825 E. J. Whiteford 12 44826 M. C. Whiteford 17 44827 Mary Trew 10 44828 S. R. Paterson 7 44829 V. M. Paterson 6 44830 Janet McMurtrie 13 44831 M. McMurtrie 16 44832 Robt. McMurtrie 10 44833 Jane McMurtrie 18 44834 Jane Thorburn 9 44835 Jessie Sime 16 44836 John M. Sime 9 44837 Sarah Sime 18 44838 HILDA VORLEY, Camden Road, London14 44839 Jessie Rintoul 13 44840 Kate Darvell 15 44841 H. Hardy 9 44842 Mary A. Darvell 20 44843 Fanny Blake 19 44844 H. F. Fredricks 18 44845 Fredk. W. Darvell 18 44846 May Vorley 17 44847 Herbt. D. Lister 15 44848 Thomas Allen 16 44849 E. F. Gillott 15 44850 Emily F. Colls 13 44851 E. Wilkinson 11 44852 William Vorley 12 44853 Cecilia Loebl 10 44854 Arthur Gartley 10 44855 Bessie Shaw 12 44856 Emmeline Vorley 16 44857 John Brooke 8 44858 E. M. Jennings 14 44859 Harry Brooke 6 44860 Ada Parker 11 44861 Lucy Merzbach 8 44862 Edwd. Merzbach 11 44863 L. M. Hearn 16 44864 A. H. Colebrook 10 44865 Ethel Pyke 10 44866 Florence Baker 12 44867 Fanny Gartley 14 44868 Hilda Corner 12 44869 John A. Brown 11 44870 Louisa Rintoul 15 44871 Lilian Brock 12 44372 F. Matthews 12 44873 K. A. Wilkinson 14 44874 Mary Dowsett 14 44875 F. W. Dunaway 18 44876 E. A. Townsend 17 44877 Lily Barker 8 44878 Ethel Barker 13 44879 Kathleen C. Gow 17 44880 Lillie Stoner 12 44881 Gertrd. Rayment 8 44882 Samuel Brooke 9 44883 Ernestine Baker 15 44884 Lydia Gardner 14 44885 Emma E. Allen 8 44886 Caroline S. Allen 11 44887 Wm. H. Allen 14 44888 Emily M. Allen 18 44889 Mary A. Jones 12 44890 Ellen G. Jones 10 ——— 44891 Percy M. Jones 9 44892 Mary M. Jose 13 44893 Sophie H. Isle 7 44894 James C. Isle 9 44895 Shirza Ferguson 14 44896 Francis L. Smith 12 44897 Margaret Gill 16 44898 Dora Gill 14 44899 Louis H. Daish 15 44900 Percy P. Cotton 11 44901 Lucy W. Barker 12 44902 F. M. Barker 10 44903 Frank D. Barker 7 44904 K. W. Barker 5 44905 Edith Wallace 15 44906 Amy Wallace 9 44907 John B. Stewart 8 44908 Gertrd. A. Escott 10 44909 Charles Brereton 11 44910 Mary E. Wallis 20 44911 A. A. Langley 19 44912 E. J. Newman 9 44913 Evelyn P. Sewell 10 44914 Winifred Lamb 12 44915 Anna Lamb 13 44916 Helen Lamb 16 44917 Emily Lamb 7 44918 GERTRUDE A. AMOS, Hampstead 16 44919 Kathleen Jenkins 8 44920 F. E. Jenkins 15 44921 May Jenkins 11 44922 Annie Lee 19 44923 Ewart C. Amos 17 44924 Thomas Cowney 7 44925 Arthur Cowney 9 44926 Ethel Cowney 11 44927 Minnie M. Shaw 8 44928 Charles J. Shaw 12 44929 Rose K. Nowlan 13 44930 P. L. Nowlan 15 44931 Edith M. Dwight 19 44932 Edith A. Rogers 15 44933 Jessie E. Rogers 8 44934 J. A. Rogers 18 44935 Miriam Rogers 16 44936 Wallace Barron 8 44937 Ethel M. Yates 15 44938 C. M. Hewetson 10 44939 Alice A. Miley 15 44940 Emily Fowke 15 44941 E. M. Thompson 16 44942 E. M. Clements 11 44943 Rose M. Smithers 15 44944 Katerine Wickes 11 44945 A. M. Wickes 14 44946 Henry White 16 44947 Charles White 12 44948 Katie Spalding 9 44949 Alice M. Spalding 12 44950 Catherine White 15 44951 K. A. Bergin 9 44952 Mary Bergin 14 44953 Margaret Bergin 8 44954 Thos. G. Bergin 11 44955 Gertrude M. Sims 10 44956 Edith Sims 13 44957 Emmeline Sims 10 44958 Mildred P. Orwin 11 44959 Ethel M. Orwin 14 44960 Henry Wines 10 44961 Charlotte Wines 14 44962 John Wines 11 44963 Bessie Biggs 9 44964 Clara D. Mills 16 44965 E. M. Spalding 11 44966 Violet Spalding 15 44967 Marian Goodall 13 44968 Mary White 9 ——— 44969 Susanne E. Price 12 44970 Rosa L. Candy 13 44971 Jas. H. Nicholson 11 44972 Frances L. Hyde 12 44973 Ellen R. Carr 12 44974 Ella M. McCaul 15 44975 Albert C. Farmer 12 44976 NELLIE CHAPPELL, Camden Road, London 13 44977 Katie Avern 13 44978 Emily Avern 8 44979 Annie Gregory 10 44980 G. A. Jaques 8 44981 Louisa Price 8 44982 Kate Spain 12 44983 Lily Petch 11 44984 M. Bourdelaine 14 44985 Gertrude Hedges 16 44986 Edith Smith 9 44987 E. B. Palmar 10 44988 Thos. A. Avern 11 44989 L. Bourdelaine 12 44990 Eva R. Child 13 44991 Edith Pybus 13 44992 F. Hughes 12 44993 Edith Palmar 8 44994 Lizzie J. Shenton 11 44995 Julia Denny 9 44996 Flornce. J. Reeve 14 44997 Edith T. a'Bois 14 44998 Lucy Ashton 16 44999 Percy H. Brown 12 45000 Alice E. Lloyd 14 45001 M. E. Goodman 9 45002 Edith F. Ball 10 45003 R. G. Durnford 11 45004 H. L. Darnton 11 45005 Maggie L. Polak 9 45006 William P. Ball 6 45007 M. W. Smith 4 45008 Jenny Ball 9 45009 Lydia Taylor 12 45010 May Lloyd 8 45011 Ada Rayner 11 45012 Ellen M. Hunt 17 45013 Eleanor C. Muir 14 45014 Loetitia Lambert 12 45015 Edith A. Cox 12 45016 Jessy F. Charles 14 45017 Nellie Pybus 14 45018 Clara E. Brice 16 45019 Jessie E. Davis 13 45020 Ada Chappell 15 45021 L. H. Shelton 8 45022 Emily L. Smith 11 45023 Florence M. Pitch 9 45024 Bessie Cox 11 45025 Florence Mashell 10 45026 Annie J. Charles 16 45027 JANET M. GREGORY, Paignton 12 45028 Florce. E. Waith 12 45029 M. F. E. Waith 10 45030 Mary Bradford 13 45031 Lily Telfer 18 45032 Edith Cawley 12 45033 Beatrice E. Harris 12 45034 Ethel M. Rundle 11 45035 Ida M. Madden 9 45036 Kate Cawley 9 45037 Blanch Telfer 9 45038 L. K. Madden 14 45039 E. Mulcaster 9 45040 Richd. Mulcaster 7 45041 B. E. Shorland 12 45042 E. I. Shorland 11 45043 Violet Gregory 4 45044 Edith M. Lory 18 45045 E. A. Richards 17 45046 Janie Rowe 16 45047 E. M. Madden 17 45048 Emily M. Corew 14 45049 Ada E. Rowe 13 45050 Frances C. Telfer 8 45051 C. L. Telfer 5 45052 James D. Telfer 6 45053 Edith Telfer 13 45054 C. M. Rogers 12 45055 Ethel H. Clark 12 45056 E. M. Hughes 7 45057 Mary B. Winch 12 45058 Winifred Mason 10 45059 Clara M. Mason 9 45060 Arthur Mason 7 45061 Willie P. Martin 8 45062 Effie Robertson 15 45063 Gussie Cay 13 45064 Agnes Clarke 14 45065 Daisy Comber 13 45066 Laura R. Trioni 15 45067 Sophie Ridley 16 45068 Alice F. Morrell 14 45069 Annie Fowler 12 45070 Blanche Fulton 13 45071 Lizzie Franklin 15 45072 Effie Lecky 14 45073 Ethel Norbury 13 45074 E. L. H. Wilder 12 45075 Katie Haswell 13 45076 Chas. F. Bluett 5 45077 Alfred Kingston 5 45078 E. M. Kingston 7 ——— 45079 E. E. Faithfull 11 45080 Cathrne. J. Jones 13 45081 M. W. Jones 9 45082 Robert Jones 11 45083 L. L. Baxter 15 45084 L. J. Stephens 13 45085 Florence B. Shaw 11 45086 Edith A. Shaw 15 45087 Dora K. Purvis 9 45088 Hannah S. Purvis 7 45089 Mabel F. Shaw 8 45090 Jessie C. Shaw 10 45091 Annie V. Shaw 9 45092 Alice M. Heins 9 45093 F. M. Heins 11 45094 Mary A. Howard 9 45095 F. S. Howard 7 45096 John A. Harrison 11 45097 J. M. Mackenzie 8 45098 JULIA M. CROWHURST, Gt. Ormond St., Lond. 14 45099 Stanley J. Beeson 7 45100 Edgar T. Beeson 9 45101 Alice Wills 16 45102 Julia C. Horley 11 45103 Ellen N. Horley 7 45104 L. H. Wingfield 17 45105 Edith Wingfield 10 45106 Frank Wingfield 12 45107 G. M. Wingfield 6 45108 Florence Carlton 7 45109 Ada I. Sanders 15 45110 Etta Gash 17 45111 Chas. F. Sanders 11 45112 E. E. Gunton 17 45113 Sarah Oldham 20 45114 Arthur Goode 9 45115 W. W. Crowhurst 12 45116 Annie Goode 18 45117 Maria Goode 19 45118 Arabella Brooks 13 45119 Elliott E. Brooks 12 45120 John B. Goode 15 45121 Ethel S. Brooks 10 45122 Wm. C. Brooks 15 45123 E. S. Sherwood 15 45124 Jas. T. Sherwood 13 45125 Thos. N. Carlton 9 45126 Ada Edwards 12 45127 Henry Edwards 15 45128 Annie Edwards 13 45129 Frank Neck 10 45130 Walter Powell 11 45131 C. Hotchkiss 18 45132 Rosa Folley 17 45133 Mary E. Lucas 18 45134 Edwd. H. Adams 9 45135 M. E. Symonds 19 45136 Frank Allen 15 45137 B. Allatt 13 45138 I. Crowhurst 20 45139 H. A. Crowhurst 15 45140 E. M. Crowhurst 16 45141 Herbert Wills 13 45142 Ormond A. Taylor 19 45143 Albert J. Turner 15 45144 Louisa Turner 17 45145 F. E. Taylor 15 45146 Fredk. R. Horley 13 45147 George Horley 12 45148 Edith Wills 9 45149 MIA BOWCOTT, Bath 16 45150 M. I. C. Whitley 12 45151 H. F. Whitley 10 45152 H. P. Whitley 13 45153 Owen Owen 9 45154 Edwd. J. Hughes 10 45155 E. Clack 9 45156 R. H. Mattingly 13 45157 J. F. Healey 14 45158 H. R. Hancock 11 45159 S. J. Bowcott 12 45160 C. S. Chatterton 15 45161 F. M. Chatterton 12 45162 Kate Chatterton 11 45163 Emily A. Estens 19 45164 Florce. Hayward 14 45165 Flossie Rolfe 13 45166 T. E. Archard 10 45167 E. E. Archard 12 45168 H. Newham 10 45169 B. W. Whittaker 19 45170 Charles D. Fox 17 45171 Maud D. Fox 19 45172 Rosa A. Cole 16 45173 Frank H. Greves 11 45174 F. E. McManus 12 45175 Annie Parfitt 12 45176 Emma Hillary 17 45177 Lucy J. Cobb 19 45178 Kate Francis 19 45179 K. F. Alabaster 15 45180 I. M. Alabaster 13 45181 Emily A. Fuller 19 45182 Edith Weeks 9 45183 Mary Salmon 13 45184 Ada E. Fisher 18 45185 Bertha E. Fisher 20 45186 A. F. Merrick 20 45187 Charles Fowler 9 45188 C. H. Fowler 13 45189 H. Fowler 11 45190 John Tucker 13 45191 William Dale 11 45192 H. J. Sheppy 10 45193 G. D. Lewis 17 45194 James W. Lewis 9 45195 Mary Hillier 15 45196 Emily Jennings 10 45197 Kate Merrett 14 45198 Jane Tadd 14 45199 Nellie Hancock 11 45200 Ethel Hancock 9 45201 Clarissa A. Ball 18 45202 Stephen Owen 6 45203 Millicent Owen 8 45204 Florence Owen 18 45205 Lily H. Weeks 11 45206 Arthur Broderick 11 45207 Herbt. A. Brewer 13 45208 Emily Ford 13 45209 Frances Gayner 10 45210 Emily Marshall 16 45211 Edith Marshall 10 45212 Elizabeth Bolton 12 45213 Alice Druce 18 45214 Ada Fisher 10 45215 Mary A. Sotcher 9 45216 C. N. Pasfield 12 ——— 45217 E. Crump 18 45218 Maggie Neale 14 45219 O. Nicole 17 45220 Archie Palmer 13 45221 Evan Powell 12 45222 Henrietta Leah 15 45223 E. E. Hampson 12 45224 Nellie Brucker 13 45225 LOUISA J. STEVENS. Poplar 13 45226 Eliza Bucknell 10 45227 Thersa Turner 9 45228 William Baker 13 45229 Jessie Double 9 45230 Jane E. Palmer 10 45231 Amy Joyce 7 45232 Edith M. Fisher 10 45233 Rosina Young 8 45234 Minnie Walker 9 45235 F. L. Mortlock 8 45236 Ferdind. Geiger 10 45237 Leah Payne 8 45238 Bertha Baker 8 45239 W. Underwood 10 45240 Arthur T. Gray 8 45241 Eleanor Porter 10 45242 Mildred Braine 9 45243 E. Thompson 16 45244 Mary A. Neil 13 45245 George Neil 9 45246 Emily Dickson 18 45247 Emma Neil 15 45248 Thos. Jenkyn 11 45249 C. J. Cockshott 12 45250 Sarah A. Baynes 13 45251 Mercy Knopp 12 45252 Nellie Brooks 11 45253 Lily Winch 11 45254 Edith Springford 19 45255 Elizabeth Green 15 45256 Hugh M. Green 12 45257 Geo. Shepherd 13 45258 M. J. Cockshott 9 45259 Florence Horne 9 45260 Alice L. Barrett 16 45261 Rosina Barrett 18 45262 Edwd. J. Barrett 12 45263 William Day 7 45264 Henry Day 16 45265 Ellen Wright 11 45266 Minnie Colton 14 45267 Edith Lakin 15 45268 T. G. Greghirn 20 45269 John Murton 14 45270 Melindia Murton 16 45271 Annie Stevens 19 45272 W. Thomson 9 45273 Selim Wright 8 45274 Mary A. Wright 6 45275 Annie Barrett 19 ——— 45276 C. F. Winckworth 7 45277 W. Winckworth 10 45278 Alfred C. Warren 8 45279 G. I. Warren 4 45280 A. J. Blagbrough 12 45281 Florence Pearson 14 45282 Lydia M. Japp 16 45283 Samuel H. Hague 14 45284 Minnie Rodgers 14 45285 F. E. P. Haigh 10 45286 Ethel M. Haigh 11 45287 F. E. A. Haigh 12 45288 C. Ainsworth 8 45289 J. E. Ainsworth 7 45290 W. A. Ainsworth 6 45291 IDA G. NEWTON, Weston-super-Mare 11 45292 C. M. Newton 9 45293 H. L. Rossiter 14 45294 Agnes L. Evans 11 45295 Martha M. Mills 17 45296 William Tucker 8 45297 Tilda Tucker 8 45298 William Mitchell 2 45299 Rosa Mitchell 5 45300 Amelia Day 19 45301 Alice Day 14 45302 Albert Hawker 11 45303 Jessie L. Taylor 20 45304 Ethel Kidd 12 45305 Lilian E. Kidd 10 45306 Caroline E. Long 14 45307 Mary A. Gawler 16 45308 K. E. Stockman 16 45309 Rosa Richardson 16 45310 S. A. Hancock 14 45311 Annie S. Misson 16 45312 Minnie Rowley 11 45313 Ada Tollis 13 45314 B. C. Foutt 14 45315 M. Perrem 12 45316 A. Young 13 45317 A. Lee 13 45318 Amy T. Pillis 11 45319 Susan Milsted 14 45320 Lizzie Rich 13 45321 Lillie Webber 15 45322 Margaret Neads 15 45323 Emma Goodall 15 45324 Ada Watts 15 45325 Annie Smaile 13 45326 Lillie Jay 13 45327 Emily Morgan 12 45328 Ada Knight 10 45329 Florence Hoobs 12 45330 Amelia Mintern 15 45331 H. Cridland 15 45332 Ada Maggs 15 45333 Maggie May 16 45334 E. S. Thompson 16 45335 Mabel Herbert 10 45336 Minnie May 12 45337 Julia Furkins 13 45338 Ada Trowbridge 13 45339 Florence Brewer 16 45340 Charlotte Flynn 15 45341 Minnie Rudman 15 45342 Elizbth. Catterell 16 45343 Mary McGown. 12 45344 Lottie Burton 14 45345 Bertha Pratt 14 45346 Selina Broom 14 45347 Alice Clapp 18 45348 A. J. Maybank 17 45349 Muriel L. Moore 10 45350 Lionel L. Moore 9 45351 Percy L. Moore 11 45352 C. Scofield 18 45353 A. Woodwell 10 45354 Frederick Berry 15 45355 FLORCE. PEARSON, Poplar 14 45356 Emily Nichols 10 45357 Ada Nichols 11 45358 Clara Anthony 13 45359 Arthur Pearson 10 45360 H. R. Pearson 20 45361 Amelia Pearson 19 45362 M. Ellingford 16 45363 Fanny E. Jones 14 45364 A. E. C. Kallberg 19 45365 Rose A. Kallberg 15 45366 Edith Slade 19 45367 C. G. Carter 14 45368 L. M. Carter 18 45369 James E. Carter 16 45370 Maud Taylor 7 45371 Betsey Carter 20 45372 Sarah A. Carter 11 45373 Fanny C. Taylor 17 45374 Louisa Taylor 14 45375 Ada P. Taylor 10 45376 Beatrice Taylor 8 45377 Jessie Taylor 12 45378 Edgar Taylor 20 45379 Emma William 15 45380 Rosa J. Seward 7 45381 Hugh Seward 16 45382 Ernest E. Seward 9 45383 Kate Buckland 15 45384 Arthr. E. Seward 11 45385 James Pearson 10 45386 Ernest Daglish 10 45387 Florence Weller 12 45388 Eliza Bayes 20 45389 Annie Hind 13 45390 Ellen Spence 16 45391 Edith Greene 17 45392 Chrissie Abdo 16 45393 Isabella Cowie 18 45394 Rosina Johnson 10 45395 Amelia Johnson 14 45396 Annie Miller 13 45397 Arthur Semmons 8 45398 Alice M. Semmons 13 45399 Elzbth. A. Pryke 15 45400 F. E. Semmons 9 45401 A. M. Semmons 12 45402 C. E. Ayscough 14 45403 Edith Webb 13 45404 Clara Petts 19 45405 Maria Maggs 17 45406 Wm. H. Bagnall 16 45407 H. M. Bagnall 13 45408 Elsie Gibbons 13 45409 F. W. Marsh 13 45410 Alice G. Murray 14 45411 F. M. Franklyn 13 45412 E. F. Clymer 13 45413 Annie M. Clymer 14 45414 A. E. Franklyn 15 45415 E. N. Franklyn 3 45416 I. M. Franklyn 8 45417 R. L. Thompson 9 45418 M. B. Rogers 19 45419 S. S. Stonehouse 12 45420 Edwd. Domaille 9 45421 C. T. T. Domaille 12 45422 M. C. C. Domaille 10 45423 Herbert Shelton 11 45424 Fred Gray 11 45425 Charles Windsor 12 45426 John Windsor 6 45427 Fanny Windsor 9 45428 Sissie Stanley 14 45429 Janet Windsor 8 45430 H. G. Atchley 11 45431 Jessie Archibald 9 45432 Richd. Archibald 13 45433 Wm. Archibald 16 45434 William Angove 17 45435 Viva Halstead, Rawtenstall 14 45436 W. G. Overstall 18 45437 E. A. Overstall 16 45438 S. A. Overstall 14 45439 Fred. C. Overstall 13 45440 M. A. Overstall 11 45441 E. J. Overstall 9 45442 F. P. Overstall 7 45443 Ernest Cunliffe 9 45444 E. A. Cunliffe 14 45445 Geo. H. Cunliffe 16 45446 Mary J. Cunliffe 18 45447 A. Killingbeck 16 45448 A. M. Killingbeck 12 45449 H. Killingbeck 10 45450 F. E. Killingbeck 7 45451 Linda Cunliffe 12 45452 Bessie Cunliffe 14 45453 Lizzie Cunliffe 16 45454 Mary L. Hoyle 7 45455 Edith A. Hoyle 11 45456 James E. Hoyle 16 45457 Elzbth. A. Gould 10 45458 Mary Gould 11 45459 Joseph H. Gould 13 45460 Lizzie Cordingley 7 45461 M. A. Cordingley 9 45462 J. J. Cordingley 12 45463 Sarah E. Collins 14 45464 Beatrice Dunkin 14 45465 Pollie Birtwistle 14 45466 Jane A. Spencer 16 45467 Julia Taylor 15 45468 S. E. Ashworth 15 45469 Justina Roberts 18 45470 Lucy Snead 19 45471 A. Grundy 16 45472 Thos. W. Grundy 18 45473 Harriet Grundy 19 45474 Frank Brown 9 45475 Bertram Brown 12 45476 Florence Brown 14 45477 M. L. Ashworth 12 45478 T. A. Ashworth 16 45479 Richd. Ashworth 14 45480 Francis J. Barker 10 45481 Walter Barker 14 45482 Annie Barker 15 45483 M. Pennington 17 45484 Annie Pennington 19 45485 Alice Lord 11 45486 Bessie Lord 13 45487 Thomas E. Lord 9 45488 Alice Lord 16 45489 Jennie Cunliffe 17 45490 B. Cunliffe 19 45491 Polly Melligan 8 45492 Clara Melligan 10 45493 Polly Broughton 15 45494 Geo. Broughton 19 45495 Edith Clarke 10 45496 Eliza Clark 16 45497 Annie Shaw 8 45498 Harry Bridge 10 45499 Sarah J. Coupe 11 45500 I. M. Clements 12 45501 Harriett Ingham 12 45502 Nellie Benson 13 45503 Sarah E. Parker 13 45504 Bradley Starkie 13 45505 I. H. HUME, Jedburgh 18 45506 Isabella Smith 6 45507 Edith Cumming 15 45508 Maggie Easton 7 45509 Ronald Easton 5 45510 Eliza Easton 5 45511 Frances C. Hume 8 45512 Agnes Smith 9 45513 Lizzie Wight 8 45514 Mary Hush 10 45515 Bella Turnbull 9 45516 Netta Turnbull 7 45517 M. A. Young 13 45518 Bella Easton 8 45519 James Rorkland 7 45520 Janie J. Simpson 14 45521 Ella McDougall 12 45522 Ina Euston 10 45523 Janie Hume 12 45524 Afra Caudee e 7 45525 Maggie Burn 16 45526 Nellie Whillans 13 45527 G. Davidson 13 45528 Mary Polson 15 45529 Jane Cairns 18 45530 A. J. E. Hume 12 45531 Geo. A. Taylor 13 45532 Frederick Potter 11 45533 J. A. B. Porter 17 45534 Isabella Scott 14 45535 Jane Hannah 10 45536 Elizabeth Atkin 11 45537 Nettie Oliver 9 45538 H. S. Dickman 8 45539 J. S. Dickman 6 45540 Jane Atkins 10 45541 James Robertson 17 45542 Agnes Miller 8 45543 Isabella H. Miller 15 45544 Janet C. Miller 13 45545 Mary Davidson 15 45546 I. H. Davidson 11 45547 Johanna M. Clay 14 45548 A. B. Jamieson 10 45549 Jane Murray 12 45550 Janet Halliburton 12 45551 C. W. Dickman 11 45552 May Bruce 18 45553 Bessie Oliver 7 45554 Arthur Wright 6 ——— 45355 Agnes Porter 7 45556 Caroline Lucas 12 45557 Alpha Hansen 11 45558 Clarissa Cooper 17 45559 Marian Howard 11 45560 Ethel Oliver 10 45561 Hilda Howard 10 45562 Jessie Kidd 8 45563 Edith Howard 13 45564 Marie Arthur 16 45565 Jenie Cooper 14 45566 Mabe Sloggett 12 45567 Hilda Taylor 10 45568 Julia S. Ramsden 12 45569 Mary Schomberg 12 45570 Norman Pringle 12 45571 Helen Hurley 12 45572 EDITH HILLINGWORTH, Alfreton 16 45573 Martha Allcock 16 45574 Agnes Unwin 21 45575 Clara Winchester 12 45576 M. Tomkinson 17 45577 Bertie Vine 12 45578 Lilian Vine 19 45579 A. Tomkinson 18 45580 Gertrude Dean 12 45581 Pattie Knowles 11 45582 Fanny Evans 9 45583 Ada M. Wright 9 45584 F. E. Drabble 16 45585 Charlotte Wright 14 45586 Sarah J. Wright 11 45587 Lilly Holland 9 45588 Laura Mason 19 45589 Ada Goodwin 11 45590 Lizzie Evans 11 45591 Florence Slack 9 45592 Mary J. Askew 9 45593 Ada M. Deeley 15 45594 Annie Holland 15 45595 Lizzie Holmes 12 45596 Elizabeth Barker 18 45597 L. J. Robertson 6 45598 J. M. Robertson 10 45599 Alexander Miller 10 45600 Mary Miller 11 45601 Helen Miller 9 45602 Elzbth. Shardlow 10 45603 H. E. Cunliffe 8 45604 Mary Johnston 11 45605 Hugh Smith 13 45606 May Smith 7 45607 Maggie Smith 9 45608 Agnes Smith 19 45609 A. Lancaster 13 45610 Annie Brierley 13 45611 Annie Woolley 14 45612 H. Shardlow 12 45613 Clara Clarkson 14 45614 Jellie Garlick 14 45615 W. A. Shardlow 7 45616 J. H. Shardlow 8 45617 Edward Shardlow 10 45618 A. Hollingsworth 12 45619 Wm. H. Hunsley 15 45620 Arthur Shardlow 5 45621 M. E. Shardlow 8 45622 Mary Bacon 16 45623 E. Stevenson 20 45624 William Allcock 14 45625 Annie Allcock 18 45626 Willie. E. Smith 6 45627 John A. J. Smith 10 45628 Harry G. Smith 8 45629 Emily A. Smith 12 45630 Ralph R. Allen 12 45631 Charles Smith 11 45632 Marian E. Phipps 10 45633 F. M. D. Lindsey 14 45634 A. R. Roberts 11 45635 Howard Evans 13 45636 R. F. Woodward 13 45637 A. M. Aldington 13 45638 Edith Neale 10 45639 R. C. Trousdale 7 45640 C. W. Trousdale 8 45641 E. M. Trousdale 10 45642 Angela Mallmann 12 45643 Eleanor F. Fox 9 45644 Elizabeth M. Fox 10 45645 H. M. Grieve 15 45646 E. J. Simpson 15 45647 C. B. Shaw 11 45648 John F. Badeley 9 45649 Leslie Neale 9 45650 Lilly Pritchard 9 45651 Lizzie M. Rudge 20 45652 Mary Waite 11 45653 Emily Stokes 7 45654 Sarah Smith 13 45655 Gertie Rudge 9 45656 Lilly Washband 9 45657 Hetty West 8 45658 Emily Waite 12 45659 Mary A. Davis 10 45660 Alice Stokes 10 45661 Martha Jakeman 10 45662 Caroline Jakeman 16 45663 Eliza Freeman 10 45664 Lizzie Pritchard 13 45665 Arthur Stokes 12 45666 ARCHIBALD S. HOCKING, Junction Rd., Lond. 14 45667 Ada Brooking 18 45668 George A. Haines 17 45669 Blanch Smith 11 45670 Lily Smith 8 45671 Fredk. Smith 14 45672 Alfred Lamb 14 45673 Chas. F. Chappell 16 45674 A. J. Chapman 15 45675 Frank Evans 9 45676 Ellen Nash 18 45677 Florence Smith 11 45678 Thomas Digby 12 45679 Arthur Beadles 14 45680 Charles Nichols 14 45681 James Teasdale 15 45682 Alice Digby 13 45683 Edward Withers 16 45684 Walter Amor 15 45685 A. Woodliffe 11 45686 William Druigne 14 45687 William Baugham 15 45688 J. H. G. Baugham 13 45689 Edith Hocking 13 45690 Neville Clifton 15 45691 Henry Colebrook 11 45692 Henry Courtier 10 45693 Godfry McCullock 9 45694 John Rowley 17 45695 S. T. Colebrook 13 45696 George Pettit 12 45697 T. A. B. Carver 14 45698 Emma Langton 13 45699 William Lown 14 45700 Rose Smith 20 45701 Lily Smith 18 45702 Flrnce. Newman 15 45703 Lucy Ruddle 14 45704 T. W. Woodliffe 15 45705 Robert Thomas 14 45706 Alfred W. Ward 14 45707 Ernest Furley 14 45708 H. Monnickendam 15 45709 C. W. Fowler 14 45710 Wm. Colebrooks 9 45711 A. W. Dadson 14 45712 G. H. Bassett 15 45713 Fredk. Nichols 11 45714 Lewis B. Brown 14 45715 Harold Deakin 16 45716 John Fidler 14 45717 Cecil R. Littlejohn 14 45718 A. E. Speaight 13 45719 H. E. Hopkins 13 45720 Clara Curling 10 45721 Jennie Hewitt 13 45722 Annie Crossman, Limehouse, London12 45723 Annie Mills 14 45724 Florence Harvey 11 45725 F. M. Cullum 11 45726 Emma Rae 11 45727 Eliza Elston 10 45728 Christina Hayes 12 45729 Martha Markham 9 45730 Ada Wickett 9 45731 Florence Knight 9 45732 Florence Hart 14 45733 Florence Cable 9 45734 Nell Hepworth 11 45735 Alice Baker 11 45736 Ellen Felgate 13 45737 Kate Cable 13 45738 Daisy Hooker 7 45739 John Bowller 7 45740 Samuel Bowller 11 45741 Sarah Terry 12 45742 Elizabeth Smith 13 45743 Mary Rogers 10 45744 Elizbth. E. Gibbs 11 45745 Minnie Miller 14 45746 Lilian Skelton 11 45747 Maud Clegg 7 45748 Maud Bristow 9 45749 Martha Goodman 18 45750 Mary Gapp 7 45751 Louisa Pomeroll 8 45752 Fredk Fowler 17 45753 Emily Gapp 13 45754 Janet Dunk 14 45755 John Dixon 10 45756 Minnie Pomeroll 12 45757 Ernest Cutting 12 45758 Gertrude Cutting 8 45759 Ada Cutting 7 45760 Geo. C. Hudson 9 45761 Wm. C. Hudson 11 45762 Henrietta Davis 9 45763 Laura J. Davis 8 45764 W. H. Davis 3 45765 Ellen L. Davis 6 45766 Minnie Witten 10 45767 Ellen Fowler 17 45768 Leopold Bland 13 45769 Caroline Hart 11 45770 Wm. T. Bright 17 45771 C. E. Ayscough 15 45772 Maud Hicks 8 45773 Myra Whittle 15

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



TRUE STORIES ABOUT PETS, ANECDOTES, &c.

AN AFFECTIONATE PARROT.

DEAR MR. EDITOR,—The little anecdote I am going to tell you is about a parrot my aunt once had—named, of course, Polly. She had been taught many funny and amusing speeches, among which she used to say to a canary that hung in the same room, "Pretty Poll, shabby canary;" and when the canary sang she would cry out, "Oh, what a noise! what a noise!" My aunt having been very ill, had not seen Polly for a long time, not being able to bear her noisy talking; but one day feeling better, she asked to see her. She was brought to her room, but seemed very quiet. My aunt, who could not understand why she was so unusually quiet, called to her, "Polly, come and kiss me!" The poor bird flew to her mistress, laid her beak on her lips, and died, it is supposed, of her great joy at again seeing her mistress, after grieving so long at her absence.

EMILY F. WOOLF. (Aged 15.) 138, Edgware Road, London, W.

TWO FUNNY CATS.

DEAR MR. EDITOR,—The following little stories are quite true. A friend of mine told me of a cat of hers which was in the room with its master (my friend's father), who was asleep sitting on an arm-chair. The cat wanted to go out of the room, but could not, as the door was shut. So she went and patted her master on the ear, then walked away to the door and scratched at it until it was opened for her. She is a very clever cat, and can learn anything you teach her in a few minutes. I also know of another cat who never laps her milk, but always puts her paw in the saucer and then licks the milk off of it again.

A. E. GREEN. Hainault Lodge, near Chigwell. (Aged 12.)

AN INGENIOUS RAT.

DEAR MR. EDITOR,—A London carpenter whom I know for a long time constantly found the oil-bottle attached to his lathe emptied of its contents. Various plans were devised to find out the thief, but they all failed. At last the man determined to watch. Through a hole in the door he peeped for some time. By-and-by he heard a gentle noise; something was creeping up the framework of the lathe. It was a fine rat. Planting itself on the edge of the lathe, the ingenious creature popped its tail inside of the bottle, then drew it out and licked off the oil. This it continued to do until nearly every drop of oil was taken from the bottle.

EDWIN RIPPIN. Osbournby, Lincolnshire. (Aged 14.)

A CANARY PLAYING HIDE-AND-SEEK.

DEAR MR. EDITOR,—One day a few months ago we had let one of our canaries out of his cage, and forgetting that he was out we left open the door of the room where he was. When we remembered the bird we were much afraid lest he should have flown out of the room. We hunted high and low, calling his name, "Carmen," to which he often answers with a chirp. At last I happened to push aside a little low stool, and there, crouching down so as not to be found (as he dislikes being put into his cage) was Carmen. He has tried since then to hide; but we know his tricks, so he is unsuccessful.

CONSTANCE BARKWORTH. 3, Ilchester Gardens, Bayswater. (Aged 13-1/4.)

NOTE.—Each Story, Anecdote, &c., when sent to the Editor, must be certified by a Parent, Teacher, or other responsible person, as being both True and Original.

THE "LITTLE FOLKS" ANNUAL FOR 1885.

The Editor desires to inform his Readers that the "LITTLE FOLKS" ANNUAL for 1885 will be published, as usual, on the 25TH OF OCTOBER. Further particulars will be shortly announced.



OUR LITTLE FOLKS' OWN CORNER.

ANSWER TO "PICTURE STORY WANTING WORDS" (p. 64).

FIRST PRIZE STORY.

"I am afraid one of them must go, Helen."

"Oh, Maurice, really? Father gave them to us," and Helen Claire raised her soft, tearful, brown eyes to her brother's face.

"Yes, dear, 'tis hard to part with either Diamond or Ruby, but then it is for Dora's sake."

"I can't give up Ruby, Maurice!" faltered Helen, with quivering lips.

Maurice made no reply, but glanced across to the chair where two frisky little spaniels sat watching them with bright eyes. Ruby, hearing his name, stood up, looking ready for any amount of mischief.

"Mine shall go, Helen, after all," he added, quickly. "I think Ruby, perhaps, is more engaging, and fonder of us than Diamond."

But you will want to know the cause of this giving-up of so beloved a little playfellow.

Maurice and Helen Claire lived in a small, shabby house, with their mother and little sister Dora. Poor children! For nearly a year now they had been, as far as they knew, fatherless. Captain Claire had never returned from his last voyage. His ship had been reported as missing; and the once happy home of the Claires had been left for a small house in a busy town. Maurice and Helen, healthy, hopeful children, bore up well enough under their reduced circumstances. But fragile little Dora had begun slowly to droop. The doctor ordered change of air to some seaside place. So it was that Maurice had announced that they must sell one of the dogs—their father's parting gift.

Maurice having decided between Diamond and Ruby, took up his cap, and went out, leaving Helen alone. Hardly had he gone, when a little girl, with long fair curls, and dreamy blue eyes, stole softly in. She sat down on the sofa with a weary sigh.

"Dora," began Helen, "you will go to the seaside yet."

"Oh! shall I?" cried Dora, clasping her thin white hands.

"Yes, Maurice is going to sell Diamond."

"Oh!"

The pretty flush which the pleasant news had brought to her face died away.

"Oh, no, Helen! I couldn't let Maurice sell Diamond only for me; that would be too selfish!"

"Dora, you must go! and—Maurice doesn't mind so much."

Dora smiled wistfully. "You don't know how fond he is of Diamond," she said.

This conversation was suddenly interrupted by a thundering knock at the front door; and, a few minutes later, a gentleman was ushered into the room.

"Father!" screamed Dora, springing forward.

And in another moment both children were locked in his arms.

What a happy evening that was! Captain Claire soon explained how the ship had been wrecked, and he, after being picked up, was ill for a long time. Then, since his recovery, he had been seeking his wife and children, for the old home was deserted. Soon, however, a happy party returned there again. Dora grew bright and strong, while Diamond and Ruby were greater pets than ever.

CATHERINE A. MORIN. 6, Clarendon Square, Leamington.(Aged 15-3/4.) Certified by ALICE MORIN (Mother).

LIST OF HONOUR.

First Prize (One-Guinea Book), with Officer's Medal of the "Little Folks" Legion of Honour;—CATHERINE A. MORIN (15-3/4), 6, Clarendon Square, Leamington. Second Prize (Seven-Shilling-and-Sixpenny Book), with Officer's Medal:—EMILY GITTINS (13-1/2), 14, Philip Road, Peckham Rye, S.E. Honourable Mention, with Member's Medal:—ETHEL M. ANGUS (14-1/2), North Ashfield, Newcastle-on-Tyne; MILDRED CROMPTON-ROBERTS (13), 16, Belgrave Square, London, S.W.; LOUIE DEBENHAM (15), Presteigne, Radnorshire; CLIFFORD CRAWFORD (11-3/4), 21, Windsor Street, Edinburgh; LOUIE W. SMITH (15), 11, Woodside Terrace, Glasgow; JULIA ELDRED (14), Truro Vean Cottage, Truro; EDITH B. JOWETT (15-3/4), Thackley Road, Idle, near Bradford; MADELINE DE L'ECUYER (12), Chateau du Rohello par Baden, Morbihan, France; EMILY W. WALL (15), The Hill House, Warwick; BLANCHE K. A. COVENTRY (14-3/4), Severn Stoke Rectory, Worcester; C. MAUDE BATTERSBY (15), Cromlyn, Rathowen, West Meath.



ANSWERS TO OUR LITTLE FOLKS' OWN PUZZLES (page 125).

MESOSTICH.—BRAZIL.

1. Nu B ia. 2. Ame R ica. 3. Sp A in. 4. Spe Z zia.

5. Jer I cho. 6. Ire L and.

SINGLE ACROSTIC—CLAUDIUS.

1. C abinet. 2. L abourer. 3. A rc. 4. U nicorn. 5. D eer.

6. I ron. 7. U rsula. 8. S apphire.

TOWNS ENIGMATICALLY EXPRESSED.

1. New-port. 2. Sunder-land. 3. Scar-borough. 4. War-wick. 5. Vent-nor. 6. Maiden-head. 7. Ox-ford. 8. Work-sop. 9. Clap-ham.

HIDDEN PROVERBS.

1. "Fine feathers make fine birds." 2. "Many a true word is spoken in jest." 3. "Prevention is better than cure."

DOUBLE ACROSTIC AND ARITHMOREM.

BEECH—MAPLE.

1. B loo M. 2. E ncyclopaedi A. 3. E ggfli P. 4. C ur L.

5. H uman E.

GEOGRAPHICAL DOUBLE ACROSTIC.

PERSIA—DARIUS.

1. P eipu S. 2. E rla U. 3. R acconig I. 4. S uperio R.

5. I vic A. 6. A biya D.

RIDDLE-ME-REE.—"Elephanta."

QUOTATION DROP-WORD PUZZLE.

"The children then began to sigh, And all their merry chat was o'er, And yet they felt, they knew not why, More glad than they had felt before."—Aiken.

MISSING-LETTER PUZZLE.

THE SPANISH ARMADA.

"Attend, all ye who list to hear our noble England's praise, I tell of the thrice-famous deeds she wrought in ancient days, When that great fleet invincible against her bore in vain The richest spoils of Mexico, the stoutest hearts of Spain."

PICTORIAL NATURAL HISTORY PUZZLE.

COMMON WOMBAT OF AUSTRALIA.

1. Monsoon. 2. Combat. 3. Rail. 4. Won. 5. Fault. 6. Aim.



OUR LITTLE FOLKS' OWN PUZZLES.

MISSING LETTER PUZZLE.

When the missing letters have been supplied, the whole will form a well-known verse from one of Hood's poems.

W x t x f x n x c x s x e x r x a x d x o x n x i x h x y x l x d x h x a x y x n x r x d, x w x m x n x a x i x u x w x m x n x y x a x s x l x i x g x e x n x e x l x a x d x h x e x d: x t x t x h x t x t x h x t x t x h x n x o x e x t x h x n x e x a x d x i x t; x n x s x i x l x i x h x v x i x e x f x o x o x o x s x i x c x s x e x a x g x h x s x n x o x t x e x h x r x.

LILLIE MAXWELL. Glen Albert, Roscrea, (Aged 15.) Co. Tipperary, Ireland.

SINGLE GEOGRAPHICAL ACROSTIC.

My initials read downwards represent an island in the East Indies.

1. A town in Derbyshire. 2. A lake in Ireland. 3. A river in Ireland. 4. An island in the Mediterranean Sea. 5. Scene of a battle-field in Germany. 6. A river of Asia Minor. 7. A town in Shropshire.

EMILY LEGGE. (Aged 14.) Burleigh House, Cliftonville, Margate.



The initials and finals of the lines formed by the above objects give the names of two countries.

DOUBLE MESOSTICH.

My central letters read downwards will form the names of two characters from Shakespeare.

1. A desire. 2. A musical wind instrument. 3. A flock. 4. A kind of checkered cloth. 5. An old game. 6. Termination.

NORA BESLEY. (Aged 15.) Rose Mount, Sydenham Rise.

RIDDLE-ME-REE.

My first is in light, but not in dark; My second is in field, but not in park. My third is in gate, but not in door; My fourth is in ceiling, but not in floor; My fifth is in three, but not in two; My whole is a beast well known to you.

W. PIGOTT. (Aged 13-3/4.) Eagle House, Barton-on-Humber

HIDDEN PROVERBS.

Eechhhiiiiklnoorrsstttw. 2. aaaeeeeeehhhillrrrssttwwwy. 3. abcehhiklmnooooooprssttty.

RACHEL T. BYNG. (Aged 14-1/2.) St Peter's Parsonage, Cranley Gardens, London, S. W.

BEHEADED WORDS.

I am part of a cart. Behead me, I am part of the foot. Behead me again and I am a fish.

2. I am something to write upon. Behead me and I am not in time. Behead me again and I am part of the verb to eat.

3. I am not fresh. Behead me and I am a story. Behead me again and I am a drink.

MARY H. STEWART. (Aged 13.) Seafield, Blakeney Rd., Beckenham.



PRIZE PUZZLE COMPETITION.

SPECIAL HOME AND FOREIGN COMPETITION.

As announced in the two previous numbers, the Editor proposes to give those of his Readers residing abroad an opportunity of competing for Prizes on favourable terms with Subscribers in Great Britain. In order to do this an extension of time for sending in Solutions to the Puzzles will be necessary; and, as may be seen from the notice below, about Two Months will be allowed for sending in Solutions to the Puzzles contained in this Number. Thus Children dwelling on the Continent, in the United States and Canada, and elsewhere abroad, will be enabled to take part in these popular Competitions.

It may be mentioned that Children residing in Great Britain will all be eligible to compete for Prizes as usual.

PRIZES.

Twenty prizes will be awarded for the best Solutions to the Puzzles given in this Number; Ten to Competitors in the Senior (for girls and boys between the ages of 14 and 16 inclusive), and Ten to Competitors in the Junior Division (for those under 14 years of age).

The following will be the value of the Prizes, in books, given in each Division:—

1. A First Prize of One Guinea. 2. A Second Prize of Half a Guinea. 3. A Third Prize of Seven Shillings and Sixpence. 4. Two Prizes of Five Shillings. 5. Five Prizes of Half a Crown.

There will also be awards of Bronze Medals of the LITTLE FOLKS Legion of Honour to the three next highest of the Competitors following the Prize-winners in each Division.

N.B. The Solutions, together with the names and addresses of the Prize and Medal winners, will be published in the January Number of LITTLE FOLKS.

REGULATIONS.

Solutions to the Puzzles published in this number must reach the Editor not later than October 25th (November 1st for Competitors residing abroad), addressed as under:—

The Editor of "Little Folks," La Belle Sauvage Yard, Ludgate Hill, London, E.C.

Answers to Puzzles. Junior [or Senior] Division.

Solutions to Puzzles must be accompanied by certificates from a Parent, Teacher, or other responsible person, stating that they are the sole and unaided work of the competitor. No assistance must be given by any other person.

Competitors can be credited only under their own name.

The decision of the Editor of LITTLE FOLKS on all matters must be considered final.

I.—GEOGRAPHICAL ALPHABETICAL PUZZLES.

In guessing the following Puzzles the letters given, when arranged in their correct order, will give the names of the places indicated. Thus, if the word were Scotland, it would be arranged thus—ACDLNOST—(A country).

SENIOR DIVISION.

Proem.—ACEFNR (a country).

Lights.—1. AEEFLLRW (cape). 2. CEEHORST (town). 3. ACIINOSTT (island). 4. AEHN (river). 5. AACEHILNOP (island). 6. AADEEMNRRSTU (province).

JUNIOR DIVISION.

Proem.—AAACDN (a Crown colony)

Lights.—1. ABCES (gulf). 2. AABDDEGIMRS (sandbanks). 3. AEEHNNVW (town). 4. AACEGHLNR (port). 5. ADGILNR (river). 6. AEEEIMNRRST (town).

SYNONYM MESOSTICH.

In place of the words given below put others having the same meaning. If correctly given the centre letters of the lights will give the proem.

SENIOR DIVISION.

Proem.—A division of Cryptogamous plants.

Lights.—1. An old kind of weapon. 2. A kind of rich, sweet cake. 3. Petulantly. 4. Ancient or obsolete. 5. A cloth worker's forked instrument. 6. Vacuity.

JUNIOR DIVISION.

Proem.—A division, dignity, or distinction.

Lights.—1. Strange or whimsical. 2. Inapplicability. 3. Having differed or dissented. 4. An egg-shaped chemical vessel. 5. A recital of circumstances. 6. Having flat petals.

SUMMER COMPETITION (PUZZLE NO. 1).

SENIOR DIVISION.

1. Centaury. 2. Polyanthus. 3. Mimulus. 4. Eschscholtzia. 5. Antirrhinum. 6. Valerian. 7. Achimenes. 8. Clematis. 9. Ageratum. 10. Berberis.

CLASS I.—Consisting of those who have gained ten marks:—M. C. Brodrick, M. Breffit, R. Brooke, A. Bradbury, H. Bagnall, N. Besley, J. Cooper, L. E. Curme, M. Cooper, F. G. Callcott, C. Debenham, M. Edwardes, H. G. Fraser, W. Farndale, F. Forrest, A. Golledge, D. von. Hacht, L. Haydon, M. Heddle, G. Curling-Hope, J. Jackson, M. Jakeman, A. M. Jackson, A. Lynch, M. Lloyd, L. Leach, B. Law, C. Morin, E. Maynard, F. MacCarthy, M. More, E. Marsden, M. Mercer, E. McCaul, E. Morgan, G. Martin, M. C. Nix, K. Nix, C. J. Nix, N. Pybus, E. Roughton, H. R. Stanton, A. Sifton, L. Wood-Smith, H. R. Dudley-Smith, M. Browning-Smith, A. Sifton, A. Slessor, Una Tracy, C. Trudinger, B. Tomlinson, A. C. Wilson, M. Wilson.

CLASS II.—Consisting of those who have gained nine marks or less:—A. Adams, G. Burne, M. Bradbury, M. Buckley, E. A. Browne, H. Blunt, A. Bartholomew, J. Burnet, J. Bumsted, H. Coombes, W. Coode, A. Carrington, H. Cholmondeley, B. Coventry, H. Cornford, H. Collins, G. Dundas, H. Dyson, B. Dunning, R. Eustace, L. Fraser, M. Fulcher, E. D. Griffith, A. Good, J. Chappell-Hodge, E. Hanlon, G. Horner, M. Jones-Henry, E. Hinds, M. Hartfield, E. Hobson, B. Hudson, E. Hayes, E. Chappell-Hodge, F. Ivens, W. Ireland, W. Johnson, J. Jowett, E. Jowett, V. Jeans, G. Leicester, H. Leah, J. Little, E. Lithgow, H. Leake, C. Mather, E. May, K. Mills, M. Meagle, A. Pellier, M. Pretty, E. Parks, K. Pickard, G. Pettman, K. Robinson, L. Rees, N. Ross, A. Rawes, R. Row, E. Rita, G. Russell, A. Reading, E. Rudd, M. Spencer, J. Side, M. Addison-Scott, G. Sayer, M. Stuttle, M. Trollope, M. Welsh, E. Wilkinson, E. Wedgwood, W. C. Wilson, B. Walton, B. Wright, L. Webb, H. O. Watson, K. Williams, H. Wilmot, M. Wood, one without name, E. L. Prenner, A. Treacy, C. M. St. Jean.