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MISS A. T.--There is no commentary on Pope's translation of Homer, but
many interesting papers have been published on the subject.
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EDWARD M. VAN C.--Your letter was a long time reaching its destination,
as it first took a trip to the Dead-letter Office at Washington, and was
forwarded to us from there. Like the little girl mentioned in the paper
on the Dead-letter Office in _Young People_, No. 11, you posted it
_without a stamp_.
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E. L. M.--You write a very pretty letter considering that you are "only
a little girl nine years old," and you need not feel nervous in future.
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MISS E. W.--Many thanks for the charming letter and poem you so kindly
forward from the bright little nine-year-old girl, Jennie Lancaster, of
Marshall, Texas.
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ADDIE W. P.--The quotation you wish is probably this: "Nothing in his
life became him like the leaving it." It occurs in Shakspeare's play of
_Macbeth_, act first, scene fourth.
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GEORGE O. D.--We are very sorry you are so unfortunate, and trust the
weekly visit of _Young People_ will continue to brighten the monotony of
your illness.
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W. T. DOTY.--The incident you mention must be taken as an exception to a
general rule, as the personal observation of many students of natural
history establishes the statement to which you demur.
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ETHEL S. M.--Either spelling of the word is correct. The form you object
to is more often used by American writers than the one you found in your
English history.
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Favors are acknowledged from Esther B., Minnesota; Osborn D., Arkansas;
Bert C. S., Iowa; Tillie F. W., Maryland; Ethel P., Washington, D. C.;
Willie Baldwin, Massachusetts; Louis C. V., New Jersey. From
Connecticut--Archie H. L., "Daisy." From New York--M. Cohn, Addie
and A. Goodnow. From Missouri--Charlie B., Theodore W. B. From
Illinois--S. M. H., Marion Potter. From California--Mary M. Carr, Arthur
White.
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H. W. Singer, Ohio; Florence and Pauline W., California; J. T. Newcombe,
Michigan; Ida U. B., Minnesota; John R. Glen, Georgia; S. Addison W.,
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York--Thomas H. Van T., F. W. P., Mabel L., William MacG., Walter L.,
H. and B., Rufus W. T., E. S., F. Bisbee. Oscar F., New Jersey.
Many of these answers are given in very neat operations in figures.
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Answers to Mathematical Puzzles in No. 10:
No. 5.--While selling their apples separately the boys received an
average price of two and one-twelfth cents per apple. The boy who sold
the whole lot together received only two cents per apple, losing
one-twelfth of a cent on each. This loss on sixty apples amounted to
five cents.
No. 6.--Mother's age, sixty-five; oldest daughter's, thirty; second
daughter's, twenty; youngest daughter's, fifteen.
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[Illustration]
PUZZLE PICTURE.
The envelope in the middle of this picture is supposed to contain a
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placed before the several objects shown in the picture, will transform
them into wild animals.
THROWING LIGHT.
I am intangible; can't be seen, yet can be felt; am apparent to the
taste--certainly to the touch, for I am pocketed daily, and there is no
one who would not gladly grasp me at any time when offered; at the same
time, I am almost always disagreeable, and very rarely desired. Too much
of me is dangerous, and yet how could any one have too many of me?
though even a sip is more than any one craves. No one was ever heard to
say he was tired of me, and yet how many tears I have made children
shed! I am the means of making people happy, yet I am dangerous under
certain circumstances, though, to be sure, if I make people sick, I also
make them well. Once I made a dreadful disturbance in New York, but yet
I doubt if there is any city in this country where more of me, if as
many, pass from people's hands.
I cost nothing, anybody can have me that wants me, yet no one if poor
can keep me, though I am easily bottled. You can't confine me, though
you can shut me out, for there is nothing to take hold of, but a little
package will hold many hundreds of me. I am a fluid, yet I am only air.
I can be made by a stroke of the pen, but the greatest care must be
exercised in making me properly; but when I am made artificially I am
not half as refreshing as when Nature makes me. You can carry me in your
pocket, but you can not take hold of me. You may swallow me, but you can
not touch me. What am I? Let some one else throw a light.
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=Answer to Charade.=--Answer to Charade on page 146 of HARPER'S YOUNG
PEOPLE No. 13 is "Chart."
[Illustration: Fig. 1.]
[Illustration: Fig. 2.]
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in No. 13 of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE make two cuts with the scissors as
shown by the white lines in Fig. 1, and transpose the section thus cut
out, placing it in the position shown by the white lines of Fig 2.
[Illustration]
IT BEING DICK'S BIRTHDAY, HE IS ALLOWED TO STAY HOME FROM SCHOOL.
1. Exploring the closets.
2. Bread and butter, with plenty of sugar.
3. Plays horse with the parlor chairs.
4. "I've sawed the chair. What will mother say?"
5. Ornaments the walls.
_Result: On Dick's next Birthday he will go to School._
End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Young People, February 3, 1880, by Various