to see about something, but when it was seen about she could not
refrain from having a gossip with the landlady's servant, never
dreaming that the children could get into mischief; but they did.
Directly she had gone, Phyllis thought she would take just a peep out
of doors. The enchanted city, with its streets of gold and untold
marvels, could not be far off. She would try to get just one glimpse.
In a moment she had fetched their hats and jackets, popped them on,
and was leading her little sister downstairs. It happened that the
outer door was open, so they slipped into the street unobserved.
Phyllis ran quickly along, and soon came to a turning. Just at this
moment a gleam of sunshine shone out, dispersing the murky haze.
"Ah!" thought Phyllis, "this is the right way. I know we shall see
some of the beautiful sights presently."
So she dragged Effie along as quickly as she could. Sometimes people
bumped against them, and frightened them very much; but Phyllis soon
saw they meant no harm, so she kept on.
Presently they turned into a broad street, where there were, oh! such
numbers of people, walking so fast, and the road was full of
carriages and horses and waggons, and the noise was just deafening.
Phyllis pulled Effie into a doorway, and thought she would wait till
the people had passed, but she waited and waited, and still they kept
on coming backwards and forwards, just for all the world like a
number of busy ants swarming about an ant-hill. There was no end to
them. They hustled and jostled, and ran and pushed, and talked till
Phyllis was utterly bewildered, and said to herself she had better go
back again.
But where was the turning? It had gone. She could not see it. She
peered out of her retreat.
The street, the people, everything was hidden, except just close at
hand. They were enveloped in a thick, dark, steamy cloud, which
covered all, except the noise. Phyllis ran first this way, then that,
trying in vain to find the turning. Effie grew frightened, and began
to cry, which attracted the notice of a policeman. Phyllis remembered
what her father had said to Donald, so she asked, "Please will you
show us the way home?"
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"Where do you live?" he asked.
"I don't know the name," Phyllis faltered; "it's in a street full of
houses, joined on to each other all in a row, and no garden."
"Well, that isn't much help," he replied, kindly; "where might you be
going to?"
"We were trying to find London," Phyllis said.
"Trying to find it; this is London."
"Oh, no!" Phyllis cried, eagerly; "I mean the golden streets, and the
fountains, and the palaces, and the trains, and the church you can't
see the roof of, and the needle twenty men can't lift, and the golden
carriages, and----"
The man burst into such a laugh that Phyllis stopped short, and
stared at him angrily.
"My big brothers and sisters have gone to look at it. They are doing
it now," Phyllis added.
The policeman paused a moment, and then he said, "Well, look here.
That needle ain't so far off; I'll just take you to see it, and you
may see your brothers and sisters too. Call out directly if you do."
So he took them each by a hand, and trotted them along through the
fog. It was an alarming journey, although the policeman was kind, and
Phyllis felt sure there was no other way of getting home.
When he took them across those dreadful streets, Effie in one arm,
Phyllis hanging on to his other hand, Phyllis shut her eyes in
terror.
But presently they got away from this confusion into a broad paved
place, with trees to be seen here and there. That was much nicer.
Their kind companion told Phyllis to look out for her friends.
"There's the needle," he said, all of a sudden. Phyllis looked up,
and saw a great stone column before them.
"But it's a needle I mean," Phyllis exclaimed, uncomprehendingly,
"something you work with. That isn't a needle."
"Well, I don't know whether a giant ever worked with it," the
policeman said, with a comical smile; "anyhow, that's what they call
the needle. It's come a long way to England, and belonged to a lady
called Mrs. Cleopatra. What she did with it isn't exactly known; but
I reckon she didn't make her gowns with it."
Phyllis looked at it with a very great feeling of disappointment. She
didn't think it looked nice at all.
"Them other things you talked of, too," said the policeman, "there's
most everything to be found in London; but not quite that neither.
The church comes the nighest----"
Phyllis uttered a cry of joy, and darted away: opposite her stood
Donald, Jennie, and Grace.
"Phyllis, you naughty, naughty child! what is the matter? and Effie
too! Why, what does it mean?" Jennie cried.
"They were pretty nigh to being lost, miss," the policeman said,
gravely. "'Tis a good thing you happened to come this way."
Donald thanked the man very heartily, and took charge of the
children. He had not the heart to scold them yet.
Phyllis walked home with a heart full of tumult. Directly she was
safely indoors she burst out crying, and said, "I do not like London:
it is a horrid, dreadful, ugly place, and no beautiful things at all;
and, oh, I do want to go home!"
"Be quiet, little stupid!" Jennie said, shortly, giving her a push
and a shake.
"It's horrible," persisted Phyllis. "We can't live here. We must go
home."
Jennie threw herself down on a chair by the bedside, and began to cry
too. "It isn't half as bad for you, Phyllis, as it is for me," she
cried, crossly; "and we can't go back. We must live in one of these
pokey, dingy houses for ever and ever. If only I'd known what it was
like!"
By-and-by their mother came home, and was amazed to see the change
that had come over the children. Still, she was able to console them
a little by telling them that London would look very different when
the fog was gone, and that they would have by-and-by a nice quiet
house, with a little garden; but their old home was out of the
question. That was gone for ever. They must learn to be cheerful and
content.
What a hard lesson it was at first! but dear me, after a while the
children grew quite happy, although they never found the enchanted
city.
But they found something better, after a short time, and that was a
kind, bright, happy, cheerful _home_, and that is what can make any
spot in the world beautiful, while without it, even an enchanted city
would be but drear and lonely. No wonder Phyllis and Jennie felt
miserable during those first days in London. Their parents were
feeling it much more keenly, though they said nothing.
Dear children, can you see what I mean by this little story? If you
have a good, kind home, try to be very happy in it, for the time may
come when you would give everything you possessed to be back in
it--"Home, Sweet Home."
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OUR SUNDAY AFTERNOONS.
A DREAM FOR ALL AGES.
The sun was fast sinking in the west; and the shades of night were
spreading a deep gloom overall, as a poor, lone traveller, foot-sore
and weary, looked around him for some place of rest. His face wore
its saddest expression, for his heart was nearly bursting with grief;
and, as he rolled along a big stone for his pillow, and laid his
weary head upon it, it was watered with his tears. But only the fair
moon and the twinkling stars seemed to see his grief; and, as he
thought of his loneliness, he heaved a deep sigh, and wept afresh.
Far behind him, in the lovely and peaceful Beersheba, he had left the
home of his youth, the mother whom he loved so dearly, the old sheep
that he had so fondly tended, and the little pet lambs that had
nestled in his bosom and gambolled by his side. There was his aged
father, too, who lay stretched on his death-bed, and whom he might
never hope to see again. And still fresh in his memory were all the
old familiar scenes to which he might never again return: the soft
green pastures, where, morning and evening, he had rested with his
sheep, the great rock behind which he had led them to hide them from
the noonday heat, and the quiet waters to which he had taken them
that they might slake their thirst.
From one loved spot to another his thoughts would wander; and he
shivered, as from cold, while he thought of the land all unknown to
him to which he was journeying, of the strange faces that he would
have to meet, and the strange voices that would fall upon his ear.
But saddest of all came the remembrance of the cause that had led to
his banishment, the deep sin that he had committed, the cruel deceit
that he had practised upon his father, the great wrong that he had
inflicted upon his brother, the grief of the dying Isaac, the wrath
of Esau, and the consequent necessary parting with all he held dear.
If he could only undo the past; if he could only be as he was a short
time ago, clear of this guilt, how thankful he would be! But there it
was, staring him in the face, and he could not blot out the memory of
it. He fancied himself again getting a kid from amongst his flock;
giving it to his mother to dress, so that his father would not know
it from venison; stooping down, while she put on the back of his
neck small pieces of the kid's skin, that it might feel, to the blind
Isaac, like the hairy skin of his brother Esau; carrying in the
smoking-hot dish; telling, one after another, gross falsehoods, in
reply to the questions put by his puzzled father; repeating oft his
assurances that he was indeed Isaac's very son Esau; and bowing his
head to receive the blessing intended for his elder brother. Once
more, in imagination, he was hurrying out of his father's apartment;
and the loud and bitter cry of his wronged brother was ringing
through the tent, never to die away or be forgotten. He saw again his
brother white with rage, and heard him take the solemn oath, that, as
soon as the mourning for his father was over, he would be avenged. He
heard his frightened mother plead with Isaac, that he might be sent
away to her brother in Padan Aram. He heard his father's consent, and
saw his mother packing up the few things that he needed, and sending
him away with her blessing and with floods of tears. He remembered
how, when he had turned round to take a last look at his home; she
was still standing in the door of the tent, watching, as far as she
could see him, the son of her love, and wiping her streaming eyes.
And now he was lying on the bare ground, with only a cold, hard stone
for his pillow: all that he loved left far behind; an unknown future
before him; and wild beasts prowling about in the distance, in hungry
search of prey. How heavily on his conscience lay his deep sin! And
how the pure, bright moon and the peaceful stars seemed to be
reproaching him!
He thought upon his father's God, and his grandfather's trusting
obedience, that had gained for him the title of the friend of the
great Ruler of the universe. And, as he contrasted with Abraham's
faith his own wicked conduct, he felt miserably unworthy to bear his
name. Gladly would he have closed his eyes in repose, and thankfully
would he have forgotten, for a time at least, his heavy sorrows;
but--
"Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep,"
flies from the guilty conscience; and there was no rest for Jacob.
Oh! Why had he so easily and so weakly yielded to that strong
temptation to obtain by fraud the coveted blessing? Why had he
not, like Abraham, patiently waited for the fulfilment of the
sure promise made on his behalf? Why had he not waited till God
Himself had brought it about--that the elder should serve the
younger--instead of faithlessly and sinfully hurrying it on himself,
and bringing down upon himself and his home all this misery?
There was no book of sweet Psalms to comfort him and assure him of
forgiveness; but, as he turned uneasily on his hard bed, and looked
up to the quiet heavens, something of their peace stole into his
heart. He thought of the great God who dwells above; of the kindness
which He had shown to Abraham and Isaac; of the gentle, loving way in
which He had drawn near to them; and of the gracious promises which
He had made to them.
And he felt sure that such a God must be merciful and compassionate
to a poor erring wanderer like himself; and that, enthroned in glory
as He was, He would listen to his cry, as He had listened to the
outcast Ishmael's before him; and forgive. He would tell Him how
sorry he was for what he had done, and ask Him to take away the load
that was weighing him down.
So the restless young man arose; and, kneeling upon the bare ground,
and raising his beseeching eyes to the star-lit heavens, he poured
out to Him who reigns above them the tale of his griefs, and asked
Him, in mercy, to forgive the sins that he had committed against Him.
And there, as he knelt, his prayer was heard; the weight of guilt was
lifted from his oppressed spirit; and he breathed more freely than he
had done since he committed that dark sin. He could not now go back
to his old home. Early on the morrow he must go forward on his long
journey, and endure all that he had brought upon himself; but his
mind was at ease; his heart was at rest. The God of his fathers had
heard him, and with His forgiveness and blessing he could be happy.
So he lay down again, not to toss uneasily about as before, but to
sleep the sleep of those who are at peace with Heaven.
And the pitying Father above, who, as the Bible assures us, does not
deal with us after our sins, nor reward us according to our
iniquities, not only put away Jacob's transgression, but drew near to
the poor, erring, but repentant wanderer, lying out there in the lone
desert, to comfort him.
A peaceful smile now rested on the face of the sleeper, reflecting
the deep happiness which filled his breast; and soon over his
countenance was spread an expression of joy that it had never worn
before.
He saw in his sleep a great ladder of light, the one end of which
rested on the earth, while the other reached right up to heaven.
Beautiful, bright-winged angels, with faces shining like the sun,
were going up and coming down it. And the Lord of Glory Himself, to
whom he had just prayed, stood above it. No words of anger or stern
rebuke were on His lips. No ominous frown darkened His face. Only a
look of tenderness and love lighted it up; and the pardoned Jacob,
unworthy as he knew himself to be, did not shrink from looking up to
Him, who in His gracious compassion had deigned to appear to him.
"I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac," He
said; "and I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither
thou goest."
Oh, how glad and thankful Jacob was thus to be assured that, though
he had so sinned, yet God had not left him, but was still with him!
How deeply thankful he was that he would not now have to go on his
journey alone, as he had feared, but that the God of his fathers
would go with him, to take care of him, wherever he went! His bosom
swelled with joy, and his face grew still brighter; for this was the
happiest moment in all his life.
There, lying on that cold stone, he felt nothing but joy. With the
good and Holy One so near, with His peace and gladness in his heart,
he could smile at all outward miseries.
But the gracious and gentle voice did not cease yet. "I will not
leave thee," it went on to say, "until I have done that which I have
spoken to thee of. The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give
it, and to thy seed. And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth;
and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the
north, and to the south; and in thee, and in thy seed, shall all the
families of the earth be blessed."
So he, who was all alone, was to become the father of innumerable
people; and the one who had deserved only cursing was not only to be
blessed himself, but to be made a blessing to all the earth!
The vision passed away, and Jacob awoke, astounded at God's goodness
and mercy. For he knew that the dream was no idle thing, but that it
told of present and future realities. And as he meditated on it his
joy increased. He took the big, hard stone, that had afforded him so
sweet a resting-place, and setting it up for a pillar, in grateful
remembrance of his happy dream, poured oil on the top of it. The
sweet perfume of the precious oil filled all the air, and rose up
like an offering of glad thanksgiving, well-pleasing to Him who
looked down upon it.
"Surely God is in this place, and I knew it not," Jacob said. For he
could never have imagined, as, with tearful eyes, he first lay down
on that lone spot, that God would have revealed Himself there; and
this was the first great lesson of love and mercy that he had ever
spelled over. "I knew it not; but now I know, and will go on my way
with gladness, fearing nothing."
So sacred had the spot become to him, that he called it Bethel, _the
House of God_. And he vowed a vow, that if God would indeed be with
him, as He had promised, and prosper him, and bring him back again to
his father's house, then he would serve Him faithfully all his life,
and would give Him a tenth of all that was bestowed upon him.
He went on his journey no longer lonely and sad; for the God of his
fathers was with him; and His presence brightened up the dreary
wilderness, and made the solitary place glad.
In the new land to which he went Jacob had much to endure; but the
vision of the bright ladder that he had seen in his dream rose up
again and again to comfort him; and his heart grew stronger and
braver as he thought of the abiding presence of God.
Years afterwards, when he came back to the land of Canaan, he visited
the spot where, on that memorable night, he had lain down in such
sorrow, and risen up in such joy. He had then rosy children, and
numerous possessions. And as he thought of all the unmerited goodness
and mercy which had followed him in the strange land, and of the
faithfulness which had brought him back, he built another altar, and
praised God anew.
But, though Jacob was so comforted by his dream, it is scarcely
likely that he could see, as we can, the full meaning of it; for the
vision of the bright ladder was intended to comfort God's people in
all ages, and to grow brighter and brighter as it came to be
understood.
So, we, who know how the glorious ladder is Jesus Christ, through
whom all blessings come down from heaven to us, and through whom,
also, we may mount up to the very throne of "our Father," in the
highest heavens; we, too, will raise up our altar of thanksgiving,
and go on our way, rejoicing in the God of Bethel, who is still with
His people, and who, from the top of the ladder, holds sweet
communion with them, cheering them on their way, till He brings them
into the goodly land.
"Oh! touch mine eyes, that I may see
The vision of the Ladder bright;
Reveal Thy glory, Lord, to me,
And cheer the darkness of the night.
A stone is all my pillow here:
No other rest I seek below;
'A stranger and a sojourner,'
Like all my fathers, I would go.
But be Thou with me, and the night
More glad shall be than high noon-day,
And the lone desert shall be bright
With glories that ne'er pass away."
H. D.
BIBLE EXERCISES FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOONS.
49. Who were the first to apply to Jesus the title of King of the
Jews?
50. Where is wisdom set forth as better than strength or the weapons
of war?
51. Which of the four Evangelists has preserved to us an account of
our Lord's being sent by Pilate to Herod for trial?
52. Who tells us in the Old Testament that death and life are in the
power of the tongue?
53. Which of the New Testament writers speaks of the tongue as "a
little member," and tells us that the one who keeps it in order is a
perfect man?
54. Which of the Epistles tells us that he who is a friend of the
world is an enemy of God?
55. Where in the Book of the Revelation do we see the redeemed and
glorified saints ascribing praise to Jesus, as having made them kings
and priests unto God?
56. Where are we told that to be guarded in our speech saves us from
trouble?
57. On what occasion is Saul of Tarsus first called Paul?
58. Where, after the Ark of the Covenant was removed to the new
Tabernacle at Jerusalem, did the original brazen altar remain?
59. Of what colour was the lace to be upon which was placed the
golden plate worn on the forehead of the High Priest?
60. Show that the last cry of Jesus on the Cross was one of triumph.
ANSWERS TO BIBLE EXERCISES (37-48. _See p. 216_).
37. The woman who had touched His garment (St. Matt. ix. 22; St. Mark
v. 34; St. Luke viii. 48).
38. In Rev. xxi. 8, 27, xxii. 15.
39. Isaiah (Isaiah lxi. 6).
40. In Rev. v. 6, 9, 12, xiii. 8.
41. Prov. xx. 11.
42. In Prov. xxix. 25.
43. Herod Antipas (St. Luke xiii. 31, 32).
44. The ants, the conies, the locusts, and the spider (Prov. xxx. 24,
28).
45. In Deut. xxi. 6-8; Ps. xxvi. 6.
46. Solomon (Eccles. ix. 8); St. James (James i. 27).
47. Nebuchadnezzar (Dan. ii. 47).
48. In Ps. cxii. 4.
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A Product of the Soudan.
It is said that the Mahdi, of whom so much has been printed in the
papers for months past, has been the means of increasing the price of
gum arabic. This material, which is obtained from the Soudan, is
largely used in the making of sweet-meats, while the Government
envelope factory in the United States uses one ton every week. Owing
to the war in the Soudan, the supply, amounting to ten millions of
pounds yearly, has been stopped for more than a twelvemonth. The
price has been gradually rising, and it will be not a little odd if
we have to blame the Mahdi, among other things, for dear jujubes.
The Vallary Crown.
The old Romans were before all things a military people.
Consequently, they took care to confer rewards upon soldiers for
bravery and other forms of service, so as to preserve proper spirit
among the men. One of these rewards of valour was called the Vallary
Crown, and was bestowed upon the soldier who was the first to mount
the enemy's rampart (_vallum_). It consisted of a circle of gold,
with palisades attached to it. One can imagine with what zeal an
attack would be made, and how hotly the foremost place would be
struggled for, so that the crown might be won.
Supposed Relic of Trafalgar.
While a diver was engaged off the coast near Gibraltar in the search
for the whereabouts of a recent wreck, he discovered at the bottom
from eighty to one hundred large guns, mostly 24- and 32-pounders,
and two big anchors. As no appliance for raising them was at hand,
they were not brought up, and their nationality has not been
ascertained. It is supposed that they belonged to a line-of-battle
ship, which sank in the Peninsular war, possibly after the battle of
Trafalgar.
The Founder of Ragged Schools.
John Pounds, a poor shoemaker of Portsmouth, was the originator of
this well-known method of educating city arabs and other very poor
children. For twenty years before his death in 1839, he used to
collect around him the ragged children of the district in which he
lived, and teach them while he worked at his cobbling. He taught them
for nothing, and his class was well attended. His success at length
attracted general notice, and systematic effort was in due course
made for the establishment of such schools in other towns and cities
throughout the kingdom.
Tallow Trees.
In different parts of the globe are found various sorts of trees that
yield a thick oil or resin, that, like tallow, is used for making
candles, and hence the trees are popularly styled tallow trees. The
substance is commonly extracted by making a cut in the bark, from
which the oily matter exudes. In other cases the seeds are boiled,
from which a fine white tallow is obtained. The candles and soap so
made are beautifully white.
A Saucy Sparrow.
One day a boy picked up a young sparrow, which he brought home. His
father put it in a big cage, and in course of time it became
thoroughly domesticated. It used to fly about the garden and perch
upon the heads and hands of the family. After a while it would
venture upon an oak and carry on a very voluble conversation with its
fellows who also patronised the tree. It soon grew as impudent and
pugnacious and ravenous as most sparrows. It was always hungry and
talkative. Though it had the freedom of the neighbourhood, it came
down daily before sunset and roosted on a perch in its cage, the door
of which was left open for its convenience. It was let out the first
thing in the morning, but returned about six times a day for food,
usually taking care to attend all the family meals, and often
breakfasting with the master of the house, with whom it struck up a
firm friendship. Sometimes it brought home a friend or two, but as
they lacked its faith they invariably remained outside while it
feasted indoors. It generally watched the boy's father as he left
home every morning, chirping "good-bye" from a gutter-pipe. Its
appetite continued healthy and its taste accommodating. Latterly it
started a home of its own, but did not give up its old friends,
looking in upon the household almost as often as ever.
"Sansculottes."
This term--in allusion to their poor and mean attire--was applied,
during the earlier stages of the great French Revolution, by the
Court party to those democrats of Paris who were foremost in urging
the demand for reform. The epithet given in scorn was accepted with
pleasure by the people, and it soon came in their eyes to indicate a
patriot, and some even affected a ruder mode of dress as if to show
they gloried in the title. However, after the lapse of a very few
years, the name fell into disuse, as it had been connected with so
many scenes of bloodshed and revolting cruelty.
Fresh-water Springs in the Sea.
There is a hot region on the Persian Gulf where little or no rain
falls. At Babrin, though the dry shore has no fresh water, the people
obtain a supply from springs which burst forth copiously from the
bottom of the sea. The fresh water is got by diving. The diver winds
a large goatskin bag round his left arm, his hand grasping the bag's
mouth. He next takes a heavy stone to which a stout line is fastened,
and then plunges in. As soon as he reaches the bottom, he opens the
bag over the strong jet of fresh water, ascends with the upward
current, shutting the bag the while, and is helped on board. The
stone having been pulled up and the driver refreshed, he plunges in
again. These submarine springs are believed to take their source in
the hills of Osman, some 500 or 600 miles distant.
Feathered Thieves.
It is very well known that jackdaws are accomplished thieves, and
their evil fame in this respect has been humorously pictured in the
story of "The Jackdaw of Rheims," in the "Ingoldsby Legends." It
seems, however, that other birds besides jackdaws may be occasional
robbers, and may cause much mischief. Not long ago, a gentleman on
going to his letter-box discovered that a letter containing a cheque
for £10 had been tampered with, and that the cheque was missing. He
immediately came to the conclusion that human thieves had been at
work, and gave information to the police at the nearest station. On
his return home, however, he examined his letter-box more closely,
and then found several tomtits in it; and on further search, he
discovered the missing cheque lying twenty-six yards away on the
turnpike road, whither it was evident it had been carried by a
tomtit, since it bore abundant marks of the bird's beak.
Carlyle's Birthplace.
The house in Ecclefechan, in Dumfriesshire, where Carlyle was born,
and which was purchased by a niece, has been restored and has had
some interesting relics placed in it. It will no doubt be the scene
of many pilgrimages. In carrying out the alterations, the old doors
and the like have been scrupulously preserved. The room where the
young Carlyle lived contains the philosopher's easy-chair, a mahogany
table well stained with ink, an old-fashioned bookcase consisting of
a series of shelves supported by pillars at the side and hung upon
the wall, besides appropriate photographs and other articles.
Memory in Dogs.
Several years ago a gentleman was presented with a black-and-tan
terrier. One evening he went to St. John's Wood, London, to fetch it
to his own home, some five miles on the south of the Thames. For the
greater part of the way the dog and his new owner travelled (in the
dark of course) outside an omnibus. The terrier was confined for a
week and then set at liberty. Next day it disappeared, and it was
afterwards learnt that it arrived at its old home--ragged and
starved--six or seven days after effecting its escape. As the dog had
been taken on a vehicle right across London, over the river, and in
the dark, to a strange district nine miles from its home, its finding
its way back to St. John's Wood must be regarded as a remarkable
instance of canine intelligence.
Anecdotes of Apelles.
Some interesting anecdotes have been preserved about Apelles, who
flourished during the latter half of the fourth century before
Christ, and who was considered to be the most famous painter of the
ancient world. Alexander the Great once visited his studio, and
exhibited so much ignorance of art that Apelles desired him to be
silent, as the boys who were grinding his colours were laughing at
him. He painted an ideal portrait of this celebrated king, of which
Alexander said, "There are only two Alexanders--the invincible son of
Philip, and the inimitable Alexander of Apelles." The painter's
disposition was so generous that he purchased a picture of an artist
whose talents were not recognised as they deserved, and spread a
report that he would sell it again as one of his own. His industry
was such that he never allowed a day to pass without painting one
line--a habit which has become proverbial in the Latin phrase, _nulla
dies sine linea_ ("No day without a line"). Apelles was not above
criticism. When his paintings were exposed to the public view, it is
said that he used to conceal himself near them so that he might hear
the comments of onlookers. A cobbler finding fault with the shoe of
one of his figures, Apelles at once corrected it. But next day when
the cobbler ventured to criticise the legs, the painter came forth
from his hiding-place and recommended the cobbler to stick to the
shoes--advice which in the words of the Latin version of the story
also has been adopted as a proverb, _Ne sutor ultra crepidam_ ("Let
not the shoemaker overstep his last").
Drawing the Badger.
Badger-baiting was a brutal sport at one time in vogue in this
country as a kind of "attraction" in public-houses of the lowest
class. The animal was kept in a tub or barrel and was attacked by
dogs. Yielding at last to superior numbers, it was dragged or drawn
out. The badger was then set free and permitted to return to its tub
until it recovered from the effects of the struggle, after which it
was again baited. It had to submit to this barbarous treatment
several times a day. The verb "to badger," now often applied to
persons, was originally used in direct reference to this cruel
practice.
A Gallant Rescue.
Not many months since some boys were sitting on the banks of the
River Devon, near Tillicoultry (Scotland), when one of them, aged
ten, waded into the stream in search of an article. He had hardly
entered the water when he walked into a deep pool, in which he was
whirled about quite helplessly, like a cork. Fortunately, a lad named
James Henderson happened to be passing at the time, and observing the
imminent peril of the poor boy, plunged into the river at the risk of
his life, and brought him to the bank, where, after treatment, he
recovered. The painful screams of the boy created great excitement in
the neighbourhood, and there seems no doubt that but for the gallant
rescue here recorded he would have been drowned. It would be a great
advantage if the teaching of boys and girls how to swim were made a
necessary part of their education.
[Illustration: A MODERN WAR ELEPHANT.]
War Elephants.
From time immemorial elephants have been employed in war in the East
and in Africa, though the Indian kind is more familiar to us in this
respect. At first they were equipped with a huge tower, in which
fighting-men were carried--a practice of which we are reminded in the
sign of the "Elephant and Castle" still in vogue in some inns--and
were even trained to use swords with their trunks. In the present
day, however, the creatures are found more useful in assisting the
transport of artillery in hilly or marshy districts. The "castle" has
been replaced by a howdah, from which the soldiers use the modern
weapons of war. Military service may, therefore, be regarded as being
a good deal easier than it once was--so far, at least, as elephants
are concerned.
[Illustration: IN SAFE HANDS. (_See p. 313._)]
POOR PUSSY.
It was early morning, near eight of the clock,
And all might hear the milkman's knock,
When a wandering stranger strolled the street,
Well clad in fur, but with nothing to eat.
Poor Pussy!
She had passed by the houses of ladies in silk,
But no response to her quest for milk,
And while beginning to feel "dead beat,"
The passers by she would entreat.
Poor Pussy!
No food whate'er could Pussy buy,
And travellers passed her. I'll tell you why:
They thought, of course, "It's only a cat,
And nothing much to be marvelled at."
Poor Pussy!
In vain, dear Puss, was thy appeal,
No hammer could reach those hearts of steel,
And in this world, so full of strife,
A plaintive mew won't save a life.
Poor Pussy!
Ill did it seem thy tabby grace,
The woes of London streets to face,
Cold glances, or a kick for thy fur,
And none to list to thy murmuring purr.
Poor Pussy!
But pussy, strolling down the street,
Chanced a child's kind glance to meet,
And soon her troubles all were passed,
And love and plenty came at last
To Pussy.
The "Little Folks" Humane Society.
THIRTY-THIRD 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
47276 Louisa Davies 12
47277 Fanny Pugh 17
47278 Ada Davies 16
47279 Florence Lewis 14
47280 Louisa Lewis 12
47281 Mary Watson 11
----
47282 Gertrude Gaskell 17
47283 ARTHUR BLACKBURN,
Leeds 15
47284 C. W. Killick 15
47285 Walter Smith 13
47286 Annie Moore 14
47287 Mary J. Lester 18
47288 Pattie Brooke 17
47289 Ada Bradley 20
47290 Maggie Brooke 13
47291 Fanny Brooke 12
47292 Florence Neal 15
47293 Alice Blackburn 20
47294 John Blackburn 10
47295 Eliza A. Lupton 20
47296 George Blackburn 13
47297 Mathew Tilford 7
47298 Alice Liddiard 12
47299 Ellen Liddiard 11
47300 Louisa Child 11
47301 Annie Batty 9
47302 Eva Bateson 13
47303 Harry Bateson 11
47304 Charles Neal 6
47305 Louisa Wright 16
47306 Geo. Richmond 11
47307 Ellenor Child 11
47308 Louisa Emmett 12
47309 Tom Tilford 10
47310 Annie Wilton 10
47311 Lucy Neal 10
47312 Kate Scott 9
47313 John W. Kay 10
47314 Mary J. Weatley 11
47315 Elizbth. Hawkins 12
47316 Hellen Harrison 11
47317 Wm. Agar 8
47318 Louisa Hawkins 8
47319 Fanny Webster 20
47320 W. Whitehead 8
47321 Cressy Brooke 8
47322 Fredk. Wist 7
47323 Harry West 12
47324 Wm. Liddiard 18
47325 Henry Neal 12
47326 Charles Lister 11
47327 Wm. D. Harrison 13
47328 John Brooksbank 10
47329 James Wilkinson 13
47330 Walter Kendall 14
47331 L. Wilkinson 12
47332 John Bradley 16
47333 Harry Lupton 18
47334 Eliza Robinson 12
47335 A. Cullingworth 12
47336 Albert Kendall 12
47337 Fredk. Scott 11
47338 Fredk. Broughton 10
47339 John Ranson 7
47340 Sam Hirst 9
47341 James Richmond 9
47342 Mary Ranson 8
47343 Arthur Bateson 17
47344 Edith Scott 6
47345 ALICK MCLENNAN,
Glasgow 10
47346 William Chalmers 9
47347 David Govan 11
47348 James Thomson 11
47349 Robert Galloway 9
47350 Florence Faill 8
47351 Alice Faill 9
47352 Maggie Stirrat 10
47353 William Orr 9
47354 Lars Sundt 21
47355 J. W. Silcox 11
47356 Isabel Taylor 14
47357 J. A. M. Adams 12
47358 Hugh Findlay 13
47359 John McDougall 11
47360 A. Gibson 11
47361 S. McLennan 20
47362 David Millar 14
47363 John Burns 13
47364 Mary Cown 7
47365 Charles Black 9
47366 George Moultrie 13
47367 H. Thornton 11
47368 Robert Thomson 14
47369 Arthur Wardrop 12
47370 M. Macallam 12
47371 Geo. Hamilton 10
47372 George Silcox 8
47373 Wm. McDougall 13
47374 W. McDonald 13
47375 J. A. Duncan 12
47376 Wm. Stewart 13
47377 E. Hamilton 12
47378 Wm. N. Simpson 10
47379 William Smellie 13
47380 James Keith 13
47381 William Cowan 6
47382 Agnes Faill 12
47383 M. McLennan 16
47384 Wm. McLennan 18
47385 Robert Black 11
47386 Harold Black 10
47387 James Thomson 15
47388 A. McFarlane 13
47389 A. F. McEwen 11
47390 Tom Moody 9
47391 John G. Miller 12
47392 Andrew Miller 11
47393 Isabella Cowan 9
47394 Willie Henry 11
47395 John Thomson 12
----
47396 Harriet E. Ross 13
47397 E. G. Bennett 12
47398 Harold Cobb 12
47399 Ida G. Bennett 7
47400 C. M. Hunt 11
47401 Henry W. Hunt 9
47402 Kate A. Mortlock 19
47403 Edith C. Terry 12
47404 Florence Stiles 12
47405 Sarah Ball 12
47406 Jane Skudder 9
47407 Lily Richards 8
47408 Rosanna Ditch 19
47409 Laura Campbell 11
47410 Bertha Campbell 13
47411 Jessie Bradford 13
47412 Kate Bradford 15
47413 Margrt. Leigton 6
47414 Willie Norman 8
47415 Sarah Lund 9
47416 Albert J. Buck 13
47417 Rosa Engley 14
47418 Amy Milledge 17
47419 Charles Reynolds 12
47420 Clara Milledge 7
47421 Nellie Newling 15
47422 Maud Jones 6
47423 Reggie Brattle 6
47424 L. A. Flemming 13
47425 Daisy Cox 5
47426 Annie Stevens 16
47427 Wm. Stevens 12
47428 George Stevens 10
47429 Rosa Milledge 12
47430 Agnes Parry 13
47431 Florce. Milledge 9
47432 Jessie McLay 11
47433 Annie Leigton 13
47434 Alfred Mady 14
47435 Bella Axford 12
47436 M. Robinson 13
47437 F. Pervanoglu 20
47438 Emily Barnden 14
47439 Lura Brattle 13
47440 Nellie Pervanoglu 17
47441 E. M. Reynolds 13
47442 Gertrude Cousins 9
47443 Lilly Marshall 11
47444 Eva Connor 12
47445 Nellie Johnson 8
47446 Carrie Cawlane 12
47447 Bessie Ellison 10
47448 Bertha Cousins 14
47449 Louisa Rignall 17
47450 Mary Brodie 13
47451 Harry Porter 8
47452 Arthur Oakenfull 7
47453 Emily Jones 6
47454 Maud Brattle 8
47455 Lizzie Riches 7
47456 Wrenny Grant 6
47457 J. N. Campbell 8
47458 Clara Cousins 12
47459 Isabel J. Moxon 12
47460 SUSAN JACKSON,
Hackney, 13
47461 W. W. Weigley 6
47462 Edith Jackson 16
47463 Rosetta Walker 7
47464 Winifred Clarke 16
47465 A. Wedgwood 13
47466 Jane Reynolds 14
47467 Florence Pearce 11
47468 Annie Dyster 12
47469 Emma Steil 11
47470 Cecilia Lotcho 12
47471 Florce. Wasdall 10
47472 Jessie Wasdall 12
47473 A. M. H. Solomon 15
47474 Maud Freeman 15
47475 Julia G. Wheeler 16
47476 Alice Reynolds 18
47477 F. G. Solomon 12
47478 S. L. Solomon 7
47479 Katie L. Solomon 10
47480 Edith Holt 7
47481 Leslie Clarke 9
47482 Irene Clarke 7
47483 Theresa Cockett 14
47484 Florrie Leggett 11
47485 Fredk. Reynolds 10
47486 Lily Kirton 7
47487 Effie L. Bailey 11
47488 Daisy I. Bailey 9
47489 Fredk. W. Feast 5
47490 Rosie Entwistle 15
47491 Hannah Hall 16
47492 John W. Allan 14
47493 F. Bartholomew 12
47494 Lily Smee 10
47495 L. Bartholomew 9
47496 Agnes Blyton 11
47497 Nellie Cooper 8
47498 Maude Bell 11
47499 A. Bartholomew 10
47500 G. Bartholomew 12
47501 F. Bartholomew 8
47502 M. Bartholomew 6
47503 K. MacArthur 9
47504 May Smee 9
47505 Kate Milner 16
47506 Alfred Milner 14
47507 Louise Milner 9
47508 Beatrice Milner 11
47509 Katie Hay 14
47510 Aphie Hickson 10
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47511 B. M. Beverley 12
47512 M. K. Beverley 16
47513 William Miller 14
47514 C. Prideaux 10
47515 W. T. Prideaux 9
47516 Nellie de Castro 13
47517 G. P. Morris 14
47518 F. M. Morris 12
47519 Hilda C. Morris 9
47520 Lilian Paull 13
47521 Sarah B. Owen 15
47522 E. G. Walker 11
47523 M. E. A. HILLSWORTH,
Clapton 11
47524 John L. Allen 6
47525 E. S. Bodger 9
47526 Kate Bodger 7
47527 Ellen Boxall 13
47528 Ada E. Boys 16
47529 Chas. H. Boys 13
47530 Edith M. Boys 13
47531 Alice M. Brazil 8
47532 Edward Bunten 8
47533 Kate E. Bunten 7
47534 Ernest C. Butler 11
47535 Fredk. Callow 8
47536 Alice Chilvers 8
47537 William Chilvers 8
47538 H. E. Daniel 9
47539 E. A. Francis 11
47540 J. T. Francis 8
47541 J. A. Francis 9
47542 Ada Frost 10
47543 Clara A. Gilbert 9
47544 H. G. Gilbert 7
47545 E. J. Hepper 10
47546 A. W. Hillsworth 17
47547 E. L. Howard 17
47548 Alice Hinchley 19
47549 Charles J. King 12
47550 Geo. W. King 10
47551 Edith Macey 12
47552 F. A. Marquis 10
47553 E. T. J. Mepstead 14
47554 L. H. Moore 12
47555 V. O. Morris 9
47556 E. Muirhead 9
47557 M. H. Muirhead 11
47558 E. E. E. Orchard 9
47559 Ada F. Palmer 13
47560 L. B. Palmer 16
47561 Rose M. Palmer 11
47562 Florence Peachy 11
47563 Joseph Pedgrift 6
47564 Alfred Pope 7
47565 Rachel Roderick 10
47566 Robt. Roderick 9
47567 Henry Sayer 11
47568 A. S. Taylor 9
47569 F. E. Taylor 7
47570 K. A. Taylor 11
47571 Eliza Watkins 10
47572 Mary G. Watkins 7
47573 Lucy M. Wellum 12
47574 C. D. Wheeler 16
47575 H. W. Windett 7
47576 H. R. BLUNT,
Wallingford 9
47577 H. L. Smith 14
47578 Mabel Ross 10
47572 H. Eckersley 13
47580 M. M. Meldrum 16
47581 G. M. Molloy 10
47582 Ada Clanfield 12
47583 Louisa Roberts 12
47584 James Kent 12
47585 Amy Cobb 7
47586 M. A. D. Field 6
47587 Thos. Jennings 7
47588 John Toovey 8
47589 J. T. Fenton 5
47590 Matilda Cobb 15
47591 Ada Ring 11
47592 F. L. Anderson 14
47593 Edith Roberts 12
47594 Constance Lyde 11
47595 Edith Lyde 8
47596 Mary Anderson 11
47597 E. Wilkinson 12
47598 Ada Kent 9
47599 Emily Crook 14
47600 Edgar H. Bird 9
47601 E. Richardson 10
47602 Henry Crook 10
47603 M. F. Barber 14
47604 Fanny Morrell 13
47605 E. F. Barber 10
47606 M. Whitworth 16
47607 Monica Coulton 10
47608 M. E. Hare 15
47609 Thomas Wells 11
47610 V. A. Alexander 11
47611 Albert Roberts 10
77612 Hugh Waddox 6
47613 Thomas Crook 11
47614 Benjmn. Bowden 11
47615 L. G. Molyneux 14
47616 Edith Matthews 14
47617 Gertie Andrew 16
47618 E. M. Roberts 11
47619 E. G. Molyneux 15
47620 G. Leigh 12
47621 B. E. D. Field 7
47622 Ada Troll 9
47623 Emily Gardner 11
47624 Edith Townsend 6
----
47625 Fanny Rowe 13
47626 Agnes Watt 14
47627 Alice M. White 12
47628 A. K. Moorman 12
47629 M. E. Broderick 13
47630 Ernest Knight 11
47631 Mary Carter 15
47632 Walter J. Law 13
47633 Leonard Law 10
47634 Nellie Hawes 15
47635 Jessie R. Ramsay 17
47636 Ruth E. Tinker 11
47637 Annie Harpin 13
47638 Ibbie Milner 15
47639 AMY STAMP,
Sunderland 9
47640 George Parker 7
47641 F. W. Stamp 7
47642 Lillie Stamp 16
47643 Alfred Stamp 12
47644 L. Greenwell 14
47645 H. Greenwell 12
47646 E. Greenwell 11
47647 Maud Greenwell 10
47648 Mabel Greenwell 8
47649 Arthur Greenwell 6
47650 L. Westgarth 18
47651 Eliza Girling 19
47652 E. Dora Pringle 20
47653 M. L. White 14
47654 Mary Wilson 12
47655 C. M. Stevenson 11
47656 Mary A. Clark 8
47657 W. S. Rinner 8
47658 H. Wrightson 8
47659 Nellie Potter 21
47660 M. Liptrot 20
47661 Gertie Liptrot 16
47662 Lilla Greive 17
47663 Maud Hampson 18
47664 Sallie Justice 16
47665 Cathie Camm 14
47666 Susie Houlden 15
47667 Floss Hall 15
47668 Cissy Mangles 13
47669 M. B. Addingley 15
47670 Lizzie Taylor 15
47671 F. Richardson 13
47672 Janet King 13
47673 Sallie Bennett 13
47674 Albert Bennett 10
47675 Norman Potter 9
47676 Pollie Bell 18
47677 M. A. Morley 11
47678 Willie Robinson 9
47679 F. Robinson 9
47680 Lucy Robinson 11
47681 Clara Robinson 12
47682 Ann Robinson 13
47683 Annie Robinson 14
47684 Ellen Robinson 15
47685 Ruth Lodge 12
47686 Samuel Lodge 14
47687 Eliza A. Lodge 20
47688 E. Lockwood 15
47689 Amy Lockwood 13
47690 Lilian Heap 14
47691 Lucy Green 15
47692 L. E. Schofield 12
47693 Clara Jones 14
47694 Hannah Addy 16
47695 Jane E. Dyson 13
47696 Milinda Dodgson 12
47697 Helene Coith 21
47698 Nellie Ellis 17
47699 Lucy M. Dickson 17
47700 Annie Yeats 15
47701 M. Bradley 14
47702 Sallie Richmond 13
47703 Ella Jepsew 13
47704 Maggie Bland 13
47705 Emily Lawley 12
47706 Beatrice Wright 6
47707 Jeanie Wilson 9
47708 Edward Parker 5
----
47709 Ethel L. Turner 12
47710 Rose A. Hart 15
47711 Lily A. Cousins 14
47712 Florence Hawes 13
47713 Carrie Hornby 20
47714 P. E Twamley 5
47715 Betsey Collins 17
47716 K. S. Twamley 7
47717 Janie G. Twamley 9
47718 R. Twamley 8
47719 V. M. A. WEBB,
Hythe 9
47720 Arthur Shutler 10
47721 Ada Church 10
47722 Lucy Daish 10
47723 Elizabeth Church 9
47724 Agnes Bull 11
47725 Fanny Warne 10
47726 Elizabeth Bull 10
47727 Fanny Woolgar 13
47728 Ada Gull 11
47729 Emma Blackwell 10
47730 L. Chamberlain 10
47731 Ellen Mouland 11
47732 Ellen Ash 14
47733 Lizzie Shutler 8
47734 Ellen Bull 9
47735 Emily Larkham 11
47736 Wm. Newnham 11
47737 Wm. Hackett 11
47738 Jane Cooper 9
47739 Agnes Plumley 12
47740 Clara Bull 9
47741 Alice Hamilton 9
47742 Ada Neat 9
47743 Annie Brown 10
47744 Elizabeth Urry 13
47745 Harry Williams 10
47746 Thomas Piper 13
47747 Fredk. Salter 11
47748 Percy Spencer 10
47749 Thomas Morris 11
47750 Charles Henning 10
47751 Elizabeth Brown 8
47752 Emily Woodford 11
47753 Charles Coster 10
47754 Arthur Mathews 11
47755 Harry Hackett 12
47756 May Spencer 12
47757 Edith Small 13
47758 Ellen Parnell 10
47759 Harry Smith 11
47760 Albert Seal 10
47761 Albert Salter 10
47762 Nellia Snow 10
47763 Hannah Way 11
47764 F. Westmore 8
47765 Ellen Cass 10
47766 A. Wiltshire 13
47767 Marria Chessell 11
47768 Frances Gelf 9
47769 John Duffey 13
47770 Louisa Smith 11
----
47771 Mabel Davies 12
47772 Millie Walker 10
47773 Hannah Dogdson 16
47774 E. McCracken 17
47775 Ada Whittington 8
47776 S. A. Whittington 9
47777 Nellie Temple 11
47778 Lila Temple 13
47779 Blanche Price 13
47780 Edith Price 14
47781 Minnie Price 16
47782 Louisa M. Leake 5
47783 Leonard C. Leake 6
47784 Annie Hill 6
47785 William Hill 8
47786 Alice Harding 8
47787 Edward Harding 10
47788 Louisa Harding 12
47789 Sisie Davison 5
47790 Edward Davison 6
47791 Georgina Davison 8
47792 Violet G. Davies 4
47793 F. E. Davies 6
47794 John Davies 7
47795 Fredk. Cox 6
47796 Emma Cox 8
47797 Annie Cox 11
47798 H. C. Cramford 8
47799 Abel Britnell 10
47800 William Britnell 13
47801 Rosey Ansley 9
47802 Henry Ansley 15
47803 Edith Lowe 10
47804 Minnie Lowe 14
47805 CLARA M. LEGGE,
Bilston 12
47806 Emily Cole 11
47807 Alice Hill 13
47808 Clara G. Bailey 13
47809 Jessie Price 7
47810 Alice Sutton 14
47811 Arthur Price 10
47812 Jessie M. Jenks 13
47813 Clara Bubee 13
47814 N. Elkington 9
47815 Nellie Lockley 10
47816 May Kelly 9
47817 Wm Harper 13
47818 Janet Adams 11
47819 Mable Smith 10
47820 Maud Beaman 10
47821 Harrie Allan 10
47822 Claribel Roberts 10
47823 Kate A. Webster 10
47824 F. Longmore 9
47825 Willie Tart 10
47826 Blanche Tart 12
47827 Allan Instone 8
47828 Ernest Instone 10
47829 Maude Adderley 10
47830 Connie Adderley 12
47831 Agnes Harper 15
47832 Annie Harper 15
47833 Amy Harper 6
47834 Lucy Harper 8
47835 Edith Harper 11
47836 Jessie Wright 12
47837 Daisy Wright 15
47838 Alice Jones 13
47839 Harriette Jones 18
47840 F. Elkington 11
47841 L. Elkington 12
47842 Jenny Elkington 15
47843 Lilian Lawley 7
47844 Edith Lawley 9
47845 Annie Lawley 11
47846 Rose Lawley 13
47847 Lillian Adams 9
47848 Ethel Adams 12
47849 M. Adams 14
47850 Bertha Adams 16
47851 Annie Harper 8
47852 Thomas Harper 12
47853 Sarah Harper 10
47854 Emily Smith 13
47855 Lizzie Harper 15
----
47856 C. Anderson 11
47857 G. W. H. PAULL,
Stoke Newington 12
47858 Ellen K. Paull 8
47859 F. E. Martin 12
47860 K. P. Banister 7
47861 H. H. Smith 7
47862 Percy M. Smith 9
47863 Thomas Cook 13
47864 Helen L. Hiller 14
47865 W. N. Hough 10
47866 George E. Korn 11
47867 Chas. R. Morling 10
47868 A. Robinson 9
47869 A. S. Robinson 12
47870 Arthur C. Warren 12
47871 Thos. H. Clark 11
47872 G. Waymark 12
47873 E. W. Wesson 10
47874 Arthur E. Rous 12
47875 Richd. J. Evans 12
47876 F. A. Williams 8
47877 Harry S. Ayres 13
47878 Alfred J. Mills 9
47879 James Wright 6
47880 George Wright 8
47881 P. J. G. Fordham 12
47882 A. C. S. Roberts 7
47883 M. A. Marquis 8
47884 Horatio Bartlett 13
47885 Wm. C. H. Long 10
47886 John M. White. 12
47887 Wm. C. Riding 10
47888 Geo. Riding 7
47889 George Reeves 9
47890 Ernest Reeves 10
47891 Geo. W. Morris 8
47892 Jessie M. Rich 9
47893 Eleanor Boxall 10
47894 Wm. F. Rayner 10
47895 Rhoda Payne 13
47896 Rose Mortimore 7
47897 Eliza King 10
47898 A. H. Mortimore 11
47899 F. L. J. Meyer 9
47900 F. J. Lowe 11
47901 Jas. T. Jennings 10
47902 Alice E. Jennings 12
47903 Eliza C. French 9
47904 Rosa Burch 12
47905 Frank A. Boys 9
47906 Alfred E. Boys 9
47907 Arthur L. Baker 12
47908 E. E. Matthews 10
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47909 C. Creighton 7
47910 L. Creighton 9
47911 B. Creighton 11
47912 Isabel Eacott 10
47913 Ellen A. Mellersh 10
47914 Maud Mellersh 8
47915 Violet Yaldwyn 11
47916 BERTIE BELL,
Swaffham 7
47917 Caroline Pullan 20
47918 Nina Todd 7
47919 Jeannie Wheen 4
47920 Ella Abell 2
47921 Maria Todd 5
47922 William Sellers 8
47923 Sidney Hemshall 7
47924 Winifred Abell 15
47925 Tom Brazier 6
47926 Jennie Anderson 6
47927 A. Hebblethwaite 6
47928 Harry Wheen 6
47929 H. K. Stanton 10
47930 E. M. Stanton 9
47931 Winifred Stanton 8
47932 G. Hamant 17
47933 A. W. F. Pollard 8
47934 Horace T. Pollard 6
47935 Edward Pollard 4
47936 Georg Rix 6
47937 R. R. Sillitoe 15
47938 Oliver M. Parker 14
47939 G. R. Read 15
47940 S. Hungerford 20
47941 Maud London 15
47942 May Hungerford 13
47943 J. E. Devenport 19
47944 Minnie Maggi 11
47945 Ada Sykes 12
47946 Mabel Spray 6
47947 Edith Verity 9
47948 Josephine Boyle 10
47949 Fannie Marshall 14
47950 Maud Jones 14
47951 Jenny Lawson 12
47952 Amy Jones 11
47953 Annie Jowett 12
47954 Ethel Hill 10
47955 Gertrude Sykes 14
47956 Ada Hill 8
47957 A. Chamberlain 13
47958 L. Chamberlain 7
47959 W. Chamberlain 5
47960 B. Chamberlain 7
47961 Rosa Bell 15
47962 F. Chamberlain 11
47963 C. Chamberlain 4
47964 Geo. A. Petch 16
47965 E. Chamberlain 15
47966 Lizzie Carr 14
----
47967 Wm. J. Smith 11
47968 A. L. Ralston 8
47969 Janet Whitty 12
47970 Kate Parkes 15
47971 M. Caddick 17
47972 Walter Benington 11
47973 Julius E. Woods 11
47974 A. G. NICKOLSON,
Oxford St., L. 13
47975 Bertha Wilson 13
47976 Florence Kirby 12
47977 Edith Thomson 8
47978 Alice Pritchett 12
47979 Louisa Wyatt 9
47980 Charlotte Overett 9
47981 E. L. Houghton 12
47982 Kate Tolman 9
47983 A. M. Bundock 10
47984 Ethel Hibbert 14
47985 Harriet Perry 13
47986 Lucy Wheeler 11
47987 Ada Frost 9
47988 Jessie Gotts 10
47989 L. J. Allaway 12
47990 Helena Smell 8
47991 Julia Davis 10
47992 Ada Davis 13
47993 Agnes Luckett 8
47994 F. Warwick 8
47995 Louisa Dickens 11
47996 Alice Green 10
47997 Ada Blakey 11
47998 G. Barnard 13
47999 Anne Pooles 9
48000 J. Hawksworth 11
48001 Rebecca Payne 8
48002 Mary A. Soall 10
48003 Emma Martin 9
48004 Mary Horton 8
48005 F. Mackelew 10
48006 Mary Jones 10
48007 Hannah Dalby 10
48008 Harriet Davies 8
48009 Emily Jones 13
48010 Mary A. Dean 11
48011 Fanny Wood 11
48012 Eleanor Ben 14
48013 Emma Smith 12
48014 Ada Lowe 11
48015 A. Bowerman 11
48016 Gertrude Lowe 15
48017 Alice Arger 9
48018 Florrie Donovan 13
48019 Elizbth. Erwood 10
48020 Alice Pett 10
48021 Nellie Houching 8
48022 Mary Goots 10
48023 Clara Evenett 8
48024 Mary A. Prior 14
----
48025 Mary McLaren 13
48026 M. McLaren 9
48027 Edwd J. Pascoe 9
48028 CHAS. WHITMAN,
Kensington 14
48029 S. H. Whitman 11
48030 Annie Rolfe 7
48031 A. M. Whitman 18
48032 A. E. Whitman 15
48033 William Harris 16
48034 Rhoda White 12
48035 Jennie Harris 18
48036 Hettie Harris 9
48037 Edith Rolfe 9
48038 Emily Griffiths 18
48039 John Graham 15
48040 Florce. Graham 16
48041 Minnie Graham 12
48042 Emily Barnes 17
48043 Harry Barnes 10
48044 Amy Smith 13
48045 A. Hatton 12
48046 E. Hatton 10
48047 E. Blowers 11
48048 Rose Blowers 18
48049 Lily Blowers 15
48050 Carlisle King 13
48051 Willie Nichols 12
48052 Lizzie Nichols 16
48053 Thomas Nichols 18
48054 Emily Nichols 14
48055 F. Faulkner 10
48056 Edith Faulkner 12
48057 William Davis 17
48058 E. A. Briggs 18
48059 W. York 16
48060 E. Bell 10
48061 Chas. Hoddson 13
48062 Wm. Killick 19
48063 Herbert Lees 12
48064 J. G. Davis 19
48065 Kate Barnes 19
48966 Anne Barnes 17
48067 William Barnes 15
48068 Edith Benham 11
48069 J. Wade 16
48070 A. Brooks 17
48071 R. Pelman 15
48072 Amy Dey 19
48073 Laura Biddle 18
48074 Beatrice Mason 14
48075 Edith Good 12
48076 Edith Lowe 13
48077 Lottie Lane 13
48078 A. Smith 9
48079 A. Pichersgill 13
48080 E. SINCLAIR,
Worthing 13
48081 W. W. Sinclair 15
48082 A. M. McHardy 11
48083 J. K. McHardy 14
48084 C. McHardy 12
48085 Wm. S. Moir 17
48086 J. K. Edmunds 10
48087 M. B. Moir 14
48088 M. I. Moir 11
48089 David R. Moir 10
48090 V. M. Sinclair 12
48091 Isabel Sinclair 15
48092 K. E. Sinclair 7
48093 Edmund Sinclair 12
48094 Geo. W. Sinclair 11
48095 Ann W. Sinclair 9
48096 Katie Sinclair 7
48097 Lizzie J. Milne 9
48098 B. M. Greenlaw 14
48099 Harry Smith 18
48100 M. D. Thomson 10
48101 G. F. Thomson 9
48102 P. M. Thomson 7
48103 Lucy L. Taylor 9
48104 John Spark 12
48105 Lizzie Johnston 13
48106 Bella Milne 11
48107 Wm. Johnston 9
48108 F. W. Webster 12
48109 Jeannie Willox 14
48110 S. T. Gillespie 10
48111 Wm. C. Edwards 7
48112 J. E. Taylor 10
48113 Annie Gillespie 12
48114 Flora Walker 14
48115 Jeannie Middleton 11
48116 M. E. Beverly 13
48117 C. H. Milne 13
48118 F. J. Milne 11
48119 L. Milne 10
48120 M. de Alcazar 13
48121 F. S. Mitchell 10
48122 Maggie Robb 11
48123 George Rae 13
48124 A. J. Mathieson 12
48125 F. A. Mathieson 14
48126 Bella Gillan 10
48127 E. M. Mathieson 13
48128 M. E. Green 12
48129 Lizzie Rae 15
48130 H. L. Forbes 10
48131 A. McLeod 12
48132 Juliet Sutherland 12
48133 Jane Keith 12
48134 J. Sutherland 8
48135 L. M. Sutherland 11
48136 Robina May 13
48137 LILIAN THOMPSON,
H'smith 12
48138 Charles Harper 20
48139 Julia Grover 20
48140 Harriet Cuthbert 19
48141 Annie Thompson 19
48142 F. Thompson 19
48143 K. L. Thompson 18
48144 B. E. Denham 18
48145 E. G. Strickland 18
48146 H. J. Wood 19
48147 Antony Hewes 19
48148 P. Tettenborn 18
48149 E. A. Smith 18
48150 F. W. Jones 17
48151 F. D. Thompson 17
48152 A. W. Thompson 17
48153 A. Hollingsworth 16
48154 M. Thompson 16
48155 James Byass 15
48156 J. C. Hoffmann 15
48157 A. Hutchison 15
48158 G. Thompson 15
48159 F. Tettenborn 15
48160 N. Baldwin 15
48161 Sarah Pitt 15
48162 Florce. Sparkes 14
48163 Ada Taylor 14
48164 F. Philbey 14
48165 Winnie Curtis 14
48166 Alice Roberts 13
48167 M. Cordingley 13
48168 H. Stradling 13
48169 F. Hoffmann 13
48170 Esther Brown 12
48171 Florce. Cullis 12
48172 Edith Philbey 11
48173 Annie Hoffmann 11
48174 Marian Dixon 11
48175 Geo. Carpenter 11
48176 F. Sheffield 10
48177 Emily Ratcliffe 10
48178 Blanche Bennett 10
48179 J. W. Thompson 9
48180 Florence Dixon 9
48181 Charles Baldwin 8
48182 Harry Thompson 8
48183 C. A. Sheffield 8
48184 Amy Cordingley 7
48185 Gertrude Ryle 6
48186 Maggie Dixon 6
48187 K. L. JOHNSON,
Lewisham 12
48188 Ellen A. Watts 12
48189 H. Papps 17
48190 Thos. J. Dixon 15
48191 A. S. Kenneford 19
48192 Florence Watts 8
48193 Frank Lewry 18
48194 Louie Watts 10
48195 Ernest Watts 14
48196 A. Wright 8
48197 Herbert Wright 10
48198 Winifred Wright 12
48199 M. J. Funnell 20
48200 Edward Wright 14
48201 A. Spalding 16
48202 Arthur Watts 17
48203 Elizabeth Watts 19
48204 M. C. Fountain 11
48205 E. Underwood 11
48206 Louie Smith 11
48207 M. A. Graham 12
48208 Lizzie Fawsett 12
48209 Mabel Wilson 10
48210 Edith M. Reed 12
48211 Augusta Holland 11
48212 Johanna Hacker 13
48213 Mary Whileway 11
48214 Beatrice Palmer 12
48215 F. M. Gamble 14
48216 Isabella Axford 11
48217 Alice Wilson 19
48218 Theresa Holland 14
48219 William Witts 14
48220 Rhoda Mady 12
48221 Amy Wilson 17
48222 Annie Glover 15
48223 Lauie Risch 11
48224 Gertrude Cox 9
48225 Edith Cox 11
48226 M. Matthewson 13
48227 Emily Taylor 12
48228 L. Fishenden 11
48229 Lauie Guyer 14
48230 T. Friedrick 14
48231 Jas. F. Shelton 9
48232 H. Botham 15
48233 Miriam Shelton 6
48234 Alfred Shelton 8
48235 Edith Shelton 5
48236 Arthur Gill 6
48237 Lavinia Parks 13
48238 Lina Draper 14
48239 Rosa Tipper 15
48240 Emily Cordwell 15
48241 A. Hambrook 13
48242 Fanny Connor 14
48243 Nellie Park 8
48244 Jessie Lambert 10
48245 E. Fairbarns 15
48246 Elizbth. Bignell 13
48247 Harriet Barnett 14
48248 M. E. Jennings 13
48249 N. Emmerson 11
48250 A. G. M. Roberts 11
48251 F. A. Hefford 11
48252 Emma Langley 13
48253 Emily Williams 13
48254 R. G. F. Roberts 13
48255 Alice Trafford 17
48256 N. E. Trafford 8
48257 Annie Trafford 15
48258 F. H. Emmerson 13
48259 Herbert Helm 6
48260 Lucy C. Helm 9
48261 May E. Smith 9
48262 Alice G. Smith 7
48263 Herbert H. Smith 6
48264 Wm. R. Tyers 8
48265 G. J. E. Mollett 11
----
48266 Amelia Barber 12
48267 Florence Gibbs 15
48268 K. FORDHAM,
Huntingdon 14
48269 A. W. Matthews 12
48270 Gertrude Moore 15
48271 M. A. Warrington 16
48272 Grace Mooney 15
48273 Emma Turner 16
48274 Florence Cross 13
48275 Emma Holley 13
48276 Claud Hunter 9
48277 Maria L. Pooley 15
48278 Frederick Cox 12
48279 James W. Cox 13
48280 Mary L. Cox 15
48281 Nellie Fisher 7
48282 Mary Lancaster 17
48283 Elizabeth Angus 13
48284 Maud Johns 17
48285 Emma A. Bitten 16
48286 G. McGennis 13
48287 M. Warrington 10
48288 F. Warrington 14
48289 Minnie Lee 16
48290 Fredk. Mathews 8
48291 Louise Madder 14
48292 Florence Hall 16
48293 F. C. Pooley 14
48294 Florrie Dear 12
48295 Annie Hitchcock 16
48296 Minnie Spanton 10
48297 Florrie Geeson 8
48298 S. E. Fordham 8
48299 Lizzie Cox 15
48300 Katie Dear 13
48301 E. J. Norton 8
48302 Ada Richardson 17
48303 M. Richardson 19
48304 Maud Matthews 7
48305 Frank Matthews 10
48306 Annie Clark 9
48307 Sidney Smith 13
48308 Harold Browning 8
48309 E. J. Browning 10
48310 N. F. Browning 13
48311 Wm. Beresford 7
48312 A. H. Beresford 8
48313 Blanche Spanton 6
48314 A. B. Hendley 20
48315 Jack Browning 6
48316 W. M. Browning 12
48317 Chas. Beresford 10
48318 Sarah Clarke 16
48319 Ellen Peacock 17
48320 Fredk. H. Ware 12
48321 E. HILLSWORTHY
Clapton 16
48322 W. A. Allen 11
48323 E. Bartholomew 11
48324 Alexander Bolton 11
48325 Fredk. Brooks 10
48326 Fredk. J. Bunten 9
48327 Henry Bunten 11
48328 H. W. Bunten 13
48329 S. Connelly 12
48330 Thomas Death 12
48331 Wm. Fairbairn 9
48332 Ellen Goddard 10
48333 Joseph Hockley 11
48334 R. R. Hockley 9
48335 Geo. R. Horn 11
48336 John M. Horn 9
48337 G. Hutchingson 18
48338 Florence Inward 6
48339 Edith Inward 8
48340 Robert C. James 15
48341 Eleanor Jones 15
48342 E. Kingswell 6
48343 W. C. Ludlow 10
48344 Henry Mallett 15
48345 J. A. Matthews 18
48346 Alfred E. Moon 16
48347 Leonard A. Moss 12
48348 C. J. Nicholson 14
48349 F. J. Orchard 10
48350 Edward Peachy 9
48351 Robt. C. Peattie 17
48352 Annie M. Perrin 11
48353 Lucy E. Perrin 6
48354 Robt. J. Perrin 8
48355 Wm. B. F. Pope 9
48356 Myra Price 14
48357 A. C. Rayner 13
48358 Frank C. Rich 16
48359 F. F. Richardson 11
48360 Edith E. Riding 6
48361 Kate Roderick 11
48362 Wm. C. Saunders 10
48363 John Shaw 12
48364 Eleanor L. Smith 9
48365 Wm. H. Smith 11
48366 Wm. Templeman 19
48367 F. H. H. Thomas 9
48368 Henry Wall 10
48369 Edward Ward 11
48370 Walter H Ware 17
48371 Alfred E. Watson 16
48372 A. W. Watson 13
----
48373 F. A. B. Rice 12
48374 Edwd. Wharmby 12
48375 Helen Miller 10
48376 F. H. Ware 12
48377 Amy Merson 14
48378 L. Truman 16
48379 Ada Dixon 16
48380 B. Huthwaite 15
48381 Carrie Cropper 8
48382 Mildred Cropper 9
48383 Clara Dixon 20
48384 Annie Harrison 14
48385 E. G. Mather 14
48386 Rosa G. Jessop 14
48387 G. M. Hole 15
48388 Margaret Hall 18
48389 E. M. Clarke 12
48390 ALPHA HANSEN,
Penarth 12
48391 G. Johnson 7
48392 Nellie Farrell 9
48393 Ernest Hurley 13
48394 May Tapson 7
48395 E. M. Tapson 10
48396 Daisy John 10
48397 John J. Gutherie 11
48398 J. H. Hughes 13
48399 Arthur Heald 12
48400 Edith Cross 7
48401 Harry Jotham 8
48402 M. A. Powenland 18
48403 N. E. Stokes 11
48404 Florry Stokes 9
48405 Florrie Hurman 10
48406 Maud Cooper 12
48407 Miriam Webb 13
48408 Ellen Stokes 12
48409 Gertrude Smith 15
48410 Lilian Smith 13
48411 Jessie Mason 12
48412 Annie Sweet 17
48413 Fredk. Jennings 8
48414 Ada Greenhill 8
48415 Chrissie Nancy 7
48416 N. M. Davis 15
48417 Emily Tape 13
48418 Edith Davis 12
48419 Nellie Tucker 10
48420 Louie Heald 9
48421 H. Schroeter 10
48422 W. Cross 10
48423 F. Schroeter 9
48424 W. Corfield 13
48425 Claus Hansen 6
48426 W. Hansen 14
48427 W. Pyman 8
48428 Edith Heald 10
48429 G. P. Nanoe 10
48430 S. Davis 11
48431 Thomas Morrell 10
48432 B. Nance 10
48433 H. Leyshon 11
48434 Anna Leyshon 7
48435 F. de Candia 14
48436 A. Ellery 14
48437 J. L. Madland 14
48438 W. de Candia 17
48439 W. Stockdale 14
48440 W. Black 13
48441 Sven W. Hansen 8
48442 Ida M. Pimom 19
48443 H. W. Hansen 9
48444 MAUD M. BERRY,
Greenwich 14
48445 B. Weller 11
48446 Jane Wells 12
48447 Ada Vincent 9
48448 A. Wetheral 7
48449 Frank Mowbray 7
48450 F. Bason 10
48451 Benzeville Byles 8
48452 Arthur Canter 7
48453 A. Stevenson 8
48454 Arthur Mason 6
48455 Sydney Mowbray 8
48456 Leonard Wood 8
48457 Emma Field 9
48458 Jane Bartlett 13
48459 Sarah Morsley 11
48460 Mary Morsley 8
48461 Lizzard Kellard 15
48462 Edith Kellard 11
48463 Alice Griffith 12
48464 Emily Bartlett 11
48465 Alice Vincent 7
48466 L. Cuthbertson 12
48467 Mary Canter 8
48468 Eleanor Hall 10
48469 F. Vincent 12
48470 M. Trenery 11
48471 Lizzie Livett 14
48472 Bessie Hall 7
48473 J. M. Tadhunter 10
48474 L. M. Newsham 11
48475 Maud C. Reeves 11
48476 Rosina Hore 10
48477 F. Hefford 13
48478 Marie Bapty 12
48479 Ann. E. Douglas 11
48480 Nellie Moore 11
48481 Edith Stevenson 11
48482 Emma Douglass 7
48483 A. J. Field 7
48484 R. R. Vokins 9
48485 C. J. Chandler 11
48486 F. H. Weller 13
48487 Ada Bates 12
48488 Jessie Lawrence 12
48489 G. A. Woollard 10
48490 Bertha Weller 11
48491 H. Trenery 9
48492 Ada Beaver 11
48493 Eliza Miles 9
48494 Selina Griffiths 9
48495 Fanny Spinks 10
48496 L. C. Chandler 9
48497 Ellen Abbot 11
----
48498 Nellie Darvall 10
48499 FLORENCE HAWES,
Islington 13
48500 Edith Ghostt 7
48501 John Thompson 11
48502 Arthur Shum 12
48503 Lucy Parker 11
48504 Alice Davis 12
48505 Nellie Parks 13
48506 Hetty Drew 7
48507 Beatie Whigham 8
48508 Annie G. Bull 13
48509 Minnie Jocoby 14
48510 Kate Mitchell 12
48511 Mabel Astell 13
48512 Gertrude Fisher 12
48513 Lizzie Gurney 9
48514 Hetty Payne 13
48515 Emily Knox 14
48516 G. Anderson 10
48517 Elzbth. Groome 15
48518 Louisa Higgins 14
48519 W. Brightman 9
48520 Louisa Willis 13
48521 Katie Whigham 11
48522 Mary Hartley 13
48523 Violet Shelsey 14
48524 L. Anderson 16
48525 E. McKenna 12
48526 Annie Hartley 8
48527 Mary Watson 12
48528 Augusta Godley 11
48529 Rosina Ede 13
48530 K. Waterman 12
48531 H. Thompson 12
48532 Emily Lucas 13
48533 Henry Bailey 6
48534 Kate Hawes 11
48535 Chas. A. Hawes 18
48536 Lizzie Sharp 12
48537 Emily Pocock 8
48538 Gracie Godley 13
48539 Kate Marchant 12
48540 Beatrice Pocock 10
48541 Jane Lawther 12
48542 Jane Godley 18
48543 Cicely Jenner 13
48544 G. Willoughby 14
48545 Elizabth. Parrock 12
48546 M. Jenkinson 12
48547 T. Harding 12
48548 Mary Stanley 14
48549 B. Tregoning 10
48550 C. Hawes 14
48551 IRENE SMITH,
Hampstead 16
48552 Ralph H. Smith 13
48553 Edith E. Clodd 10
48554 Ada Gait 10
48555 Flora Maas 11
48556 Rose Maas 14
48557 Arthur Maas 8
48558 Charles Maas 4
48559 May Maas 13
48560 E. J. Cooper 6
48561 Lulu McElroy 11
48562 Bessie Davis 18
48563 Jane M. Davis 16
48564 W. E. Davis 14
48565 H. H. Davis 9
48566 Fredk. M. Davis 12
48567 Janet Balmer 19
48568 A. D. McKinlay 14
48569 Wm. Jackson 14
48570 Alfred E. Lee 13
48571 R. J. Brown 14
48572 G. A. Wallace 12
48573 Harris Reid 14
48574 A. D. Arthur 13
48575 E. S. C. Barfield 11
48576 W. A. Ashbery 12
48577 E. J. Sissons 13
48578 A. G. Deighton 14
48579 H. E. Brierley 10
48580 Archie Williams 13
48581 Wm. Brownjohn 14
48582 Henry T. Jones 13
48583 Cecil W. Harry 12
48584 Jas. H. Burgess 12
48585 E. E. Mackenzie 15
48586 Margt. E. Green 13
48587 Margt. L. Green 13
48588 Samuel Green 10
48589 Edith B. Cook 8
48590 Willoughby Cook 10
48591 Sidney M. Young 12
48592 Miriam G. Young 6
48593 Anne Bridge 15
48594 Ethel Mathieson 10
48595 D. H. Asbury 9
48596 A. R. Edwards 9
48597 Sophy Edwards 13
48598 A. M. Edwards 11
48599 M. E. Patterson 11
48600 M. C. Hamkens 9
48601 Alfred Hamkens 8
48602 H. P. Hamkens 4
48603 F. L. Hamkens 6
48604 Ellen Gittens 10
48605 E. G. Concanon 9
48606 R. C. Marchant 11
----
48607 Amelia Meadows 13
48608 Ella Robinson 14
48609 W. L. Coventry 11
48610 MAGGIE BOOTY,
Norwich 11
48611 James Pratt 13
48612 Michael Hartley 10
48613 Herbert Moore 11
48614 Henry Cheesman 12
48615 Charles Moore 11
48616 R. J. Kerrison 11
48617 Fredk. Tuck 10
48618 Herbert Hagg 11
48619 C. L. Payne 10
48620 Richard Seaman 11
48621 Wm. Perowne 13
48622 Chas. Goldsmith 12
48623 James Waller 12
48624 Godfrey Goward 11
48625 John Fisher 13
48626 Fred. Arthurton 10
48627 George Goff 12
48628 Henry Culyer 12
48629 Arthur Edwards 11
48630 William Brown 10
48631 Herbert Bannock 12
48632 Harry Robertson 11
48633 Alfred Pank 12
48634 George Bone 13
48635 Ernest Laws 13
48636 Archie Watson 12
48637 Harry Hendry 12
48638 Edward Burton 11
48639 Fredk. Muskett 11
48640 F. W. Barker 12
48641 J. H. Browne 12
48642 Ernest Barrett 12
48643 George Dye 11
48644 Fredk. Gifford 1
48645 George Kirkham 13
48646 Arthur Pleasants 13
48647 William Ellis 12
48648 Wm. Phillips 12
48649 John Morley 12
48650 Albert Balls 12
48651 Hrbt. Lockwood 10
48652 W. Stannard 12
48653 A. C. Roper 12
48654 Walter Carey 10
48655 Charles Gallant 11
48656 John Hayden 12
48657 Albert Pollard 11
48658 Walter Waller 10
48659 Fredk. White 12
48660 William Cornish 11
48661 H. M. Wright 11
----
48662 Maria R. Horne 15
48663 J. Sutcliffe 15
48664 Mary L. Sutcliffe 13
48665 Alice L. Heaps 14
48666 Arthur T. Pink 13
48667 Grace Pettman 14
48668 Alice M. Squire 12
48669 Mary J. Land 16
48670 Rebecca Land 15
48671 ELLEN RITA,
Holloway 14
48672 Ralph Gosset 5
48673 Ellen Gosset 9
48674 Florce. Gosset 14
48675 H. E. Kimbell 12
48676 May E. Kimbell 7
48677 J. J. Gerhardt 15
48678 Alfred T. Payne 20
48679 Madeline Leed 13
48680 William Wood 13
48681 Caroline Coad 17
48682 K. L. Eaton 11
48683 Corelli Barnett 13
48684 Alice Barnett 8
48685 Annie Barnett 6
48686 Susan J. Miller 17
48687 Alice S. Eaton 18
48688 Anne Miles 16
48689 A. Winterbourne 16
48690 Sidney Wood 6
48691 Sarah Lamb 15
48692 Susan H. Miles 12
48693 Hugh Brydges 9
48694 Emily Holbard 19
48695 F. Matthews 12
48696 E. F. Gillott 15
48697 Millett A. Wood 19
48698 Mary Shepherd 16
48699 T. B. Rice 20
48700 Maud Eaton 13
48701 Ellen W. Wood 21
48702 Rose J. Brown 18
48703 Flce. Binckes 15
48704 Kate Wood 10
48705 E. Robertson 14
48706 Florence Barnett 10
48707 Ernest Brown 20
48708 Emmeline Wood 11
48709 S. H. E. Speller 12
48710 F. J. Speller 8
48711 Thomas Speller 11
48712 Fredk. Edwards 11
48713 Lucy A. Coates 16
48714 Sarah Cooper 15
48715 Annie B. Coates 13
48716 Martha Hortin 17
48717 G. Horton 16
48718 Geo. W. Powell 14
48719 Marian Henwood 16
48720 E. J. Henwood 12
48721 E. F. A. Cook 21
48722 Sarah A. Money 18
48723 Prissy Coates 12
48724 Alice M. Coates 14
----
48725 J. H. Twamley 15
48726 Agnes Roberts 12
48727 Trixy Roberts 10
48728 Arthur Scott 8
48729 Katie Scott 11
48730 Edith Shaw 10
48731 Charles F. Shaw 9
48732 M. J. Basnett 13
48733 PHŒBE ALLAN,
Hackney 13
48734 Florence Hind 15
48735 Amy Kirton 6
48736 A. Lahaye 12
48737 Beatrice Cooper 7
48738 Louise Bathus 12
48739 Henrietta Laby 10
48740 Ethel Hind 8
48741 Aleck Sampson 14
48742 Alice Turner 10
48743 D. McAlister 9
48744 M. McAlister 6
48745 Chas. McAlister 8
48746 E. Statham 13
48747 Ada Pennells 9
48748 Rosa Cooke 11
48749 Pernon Rorve 12
48750 G. Y. McArthur 7
48751 Ethel M. Beck 16
48752 Helene Bayille 9
48753 L. Antheaume 8
48754 L. Gaulupean 11
48755 H. B. Lewis 12
48756 E. Hennequin 7
48757 A. Messager 10
48758 M. Lahaye 10
48759 Jeanne Allain 8
48760 Julette Gorgibus 13
48761 M. J. Duval 9
48762 Edmie Zaillon 6
48763 G. H. A. Perechon 10
48764 J. M. L. Crucket 11
48765 Edith Beale 7
48766 Claire Masle 9
48767 Agatha Rutty 14
48768 Jessie L. Keeble 17
48769 Ethel Boyce 7
48770 Mary Hoyle 12
48771 Rose Solomons 12
48772 Ellen Evans 11
48773 Emma Tournoft 12
48774 Florce. Radford 12
48775 W. McAlister 5
48776 Alice Haley 10
48777 W. O. MacArthur 12
48778 Sarah Codling 13
48779 M. A. Courneur 11
48780 H. L. Macié 13
48781 Marie G. Loisel 7
48782 Margrt. Ducuing 7
48783 Josephine Poron 11
48784 Alice Lewis 6
48785 Maria L. Allaine 11
48786 Marthe M. Laby 11
48787 L. Gaulupeau 10
48788 Eliza Tarrola 10
48789 Alice B. Zung 11
48790 Blanche R. Berols 10
48791 E. D. Giverne 7
48792 C. E. Draper 13
48793 E. M. M'Neight 12
48794 S. D. Maconchy 16
48795 A. A. Brunker 9
48796 Arabella Thorn 16
48797 M. Nicholson 15
----
48798 Lillian Robinson 19
48799 Ralph Manning 15
48800 K. Manning 14
48801 George Hanlon 14
48802 Agnes E. Barbor 11
48803 Frances Brunker 11
48804 E. G. Brunker 13
48805 E. G. Flewry 16
48806 May E. Greene 13
48807 Mabel Gick 10
48808 Louisa Gick 12
48809 G. H. Brunker 10
48810 Jessie L. Aimers 10
48811 Lilias J. Aimers 12
48812 Blanche Mayston 17
48813 Louisa Leash 14
48814 M. C. Hayes 14
48815 Eleanor Hanlon 13
48816 Chas. H. Gick 17
48817 E. M. Armstrong 10
48818 Maud Davies 12
48819 Mirian Jackson 13
48820 Thos. J. B. Cross 11
48821 MARY H. WELSH,
Dawlish 14
48822 Maud Harvest 12
48823 Lucy Harvest 19
48824 P. H Skipton 15
48825 H. L. Norton 14
48826 F. J. H. F. Cann 13
48827 Ethel Tozer 11
48828 Grace Olliver 12
48829 Anne Fortescue 16
48830 Winifred Watson 14
48831 M. Rolleston 15
48832 Florence Danger 18
48833 Amy Cann 16
48834 Harriet Crabbe 18
48835 Emma Partridge 19
48836 Tom Radford 9
48837 Alice Radford 8
48338 Arnold Radford 18
48839 Mary Lloyd 13
48840 Mary Abbott 16
48841 Leslie Webb 8
48842 Robin Webb 9
48843 Violet Collins 16
48844 Leila Gray 9
48845 Ellen Smith 20
48846 M. F. Wheeler 16
48847 Clare Harrison 18
48848 Lillian Holt 14
48849 Frances Harvest 6
48850 Katie Pinkett 6
48851 Lizzie Langford 15
48852 Ellen McFerran 17
48853 Maggie Raynes 15
48854 Eva McFerran 15
48855 Maggie Stephens 12
48856 Anne Curtis 15
48857 H. J. Thackeray 12
48858 H. Henderson 12
48859 Ada E. Fiske 13
48860 Lallah Roe 14
48861 Caroline Pinketts 14
48862 Nellie Welsh 10
48863 Alice Webb 11
48864 Amy Radford 15
48865 S. J. Adams 13
48866 Elsie Hale 11
48867 Beatrice Hirtzel 14
48868 Hector Harvest 16
48869 Sarah Fursdon 18
48870 Flossie Raynes 17
48871 Mabel Badcock 15
----
48872 E. L. Allhusen 9
48873 M. E. Allhusen 10
48874 WINIFRD. GLADSTONE,
Eaton
Place, London 13
48875 Annie Allen 12
48876 Philadelphia Ades 17
48877 Elizabeth Smith 11
48878 Sarah Turner 12
48879 Hannah Sharp 11
48880 Blanche Rowland 9
48881 Florce. Blundell 14
48882 Nettie Johnson 16
48883 Elsie Barrow 16
48884 Ethel Hopson 14
48885 Anna E. Piper 8
48886 Emily Kear 13
48887 Jessie Rowland 11
48888 Annie Watkins 10
48889 Flora Freeman 14
48890 H. Godfrey 18
48891 Mary Meredith 12
48892 Elizabeth Ades 15
48893 Elizabeth Gaston 13
48894 Rose Weaver 9
48895 Mabel Bowen 10
48896 Clara Parks 12
48897 Ada Dawes 10
48898 Edith Perks 9
48899 Alice Perks 7
48900 Clara Wilks 18
48901 W. E. Morris 10
48902 Frances Turner 14
48903 Annie Weaver 13
48904 Millicent Dawes 8
48905 Hannah Gorring 12
48906 E. Cunninghame 10
48907 G. M. E. Jones 7
48908 A. Woodland 15
48909 Ellen Russell 11
48910 Rhoda Kear 10
48911 George Turner 9
48912 Mabel Stevenson 7
48913 Florence Cooper 11
48914 M. D. Franks 11
48915 C. E. Adis 13
48916 Lillie Simmons 16
48917 Lucy Vickers 15
48918 Mary B. Bufton 9
48919 E. A. Millest 13
48920 Emily Pugh 16
48921 Sarah J. Perks 11
48922 Lily J. Veale 17
48923 M. Mylu 18
48924 Marion Reynolds 16
48925 Mary J. Hawis 17
48926 Annie Venon 20
----
48927 Minnie M. Leage 11
48928 C. F. Trenerry 11
48929 Elsie Bayley 15
48930 L. M. Littlewood 15
48931 F. E. Wurburton 6
48932 Emma T. Cooper 9
48933 A. S Harrison 12
48934 ROSE CRANE,
Falkland Road,
N.W. London 15
48935 Violet Crane 8
48936 S. Prendergast 19
48937 E. Hazlewood 16
48938 G. Butcher 16
48939 Olive Crane 6
48940 W. G. Crane 13
48941 May Crane 13
48942 L. Reynolds 16
48943 Florence Mays 14
48944 Ada L. J. Lane 17
48945 A. E. D. Willmott 19
48946 Violet Wrightson 17
48947 Annie Body 18
48948 May Back 12
48949 Mabel Kennett 15
48950 Mary Coveney 17
48951 Emma Sutton 18
48952 Rosa Sutton 12
48953 Minnie Sutton 14
48954 Wm. O. Jones 15
48955 Annie M. Bowen 14
48956 Alice Riddall 15
48957 Helen Everitt 15
48958 B. Holmes 17
48959 Clara Warman 14
48960 F. Holmes 15
48961 A. B. Garrett 11
48962 Emma Capes 17
48963 Agnes Rae 15
48964 Anne Chandler 19
48965 Ellen Higginson 16
[_Officers and Members are referred to a Special Notice on page 55._]
The Happy Little River.
_Words from_ "LITTLE FOLKS."
_Music by_ CHARLES BASSETT.
(_For one or two Voices._) _With simplicity._
VOICE.
PIANO.
[Illustration: Music]
1. A* tiny river ripples onward, Babbles over moss and
stone, Flowing, flowing, ever flowing, Singing in a joyous
tone.
2. Gladly smile the little daisies, Which that river grow beside;
Gladly sing the happy song-birds, While 'mid sedgy haunts
they hide
3. Gladly nod the dewy grasses On its bonny banks and green; Gladly
grow the river mosses, Peeping little stones between.
4. Gladly stoop the pensive willows Those bright river-ripples o'er,
Thanking for its cooling water, Telling how they thirst no more.
5. Gladly talk the little children, As they look upon the stream;
Gladly smiles the dancing sunlight, While the brook reflects its
gleam.
6. Flow, thou happy little river, Bear thy message night and day,
Telling how the sunny-hearted Carry sunshine on their way.
* This note required for first verse only.
OUR LITTLE FOLKS' OWN PUZZLES.
POETICAL ACROSTIC.
1. My first is a French poet.
2. My second is a celebrated Italian tragic poet.
3. My third is a blind English poet.
4. My fourth is an Italian poet born at Arezzo.
5. My fifth is an English poet who died in Greece.
6. My sixth is a Spanish poet.
7. My seventh is another Italian poet.
8. My eighth is another French poet.
9. My whole is a celebrated British poet.
TERESINA VITTADINI.
(Aged 14.)
_Collegio Dame Inglesi,
Lodi, Italy._
MENTAL HISTORICAL SCENE.
Outside the walls of an ancient town a furious battle is being fought
between two great states. Early in the day one of the generals, a
brave and just man, is pierced in the breast with a javelin. He is
carried to a little hill, where his first question is whether his
shield is safe; and when he sees it he allows his wound to be
examined. The weapon remains in the wound, and the weeping attendants
fear to draw it out; but he, only waiting to hear that the victory is
won, with a steady hand draws out the javelin, and expires in a
minute.
ALGERNON S. BEAN.
(Aged 12.)
_The Firs,
West Mersea._
[Illustration: FOUR PICTORIAL PROVERBS. What are they?]
MISSING VOWEL PUZZLE.
From the following all the vowels have been omitted, and the
remaining consonants joined together. When put in their proper places
they will form a verse by Tennyson.
B r k b r k b r k
n t h y c l d g r y s t n s s,
n d w l d t h t m y t n g c l d t t r
T h t h g h t s t h t r s n m.
S. R. SPOOR.
(Aged 11)
_Heatherview, Aldershot._
DOUBLE GEOGRAPHICAL ACROSTIC.
My initials form a country in Europe, and my finals one of its lakes.
1. A river in Russia. 2. A town in Spain. 3. A gulf of
Asia. 4. A town in England. 5. A town in Australia.
FLORENCE E. ATKINSON.
(Aged 14.)
_153, Carlton Road, Kilburn, N.W._
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
My whole consists of fifty-one letters, and is a very well-known
quotation from "Marmion."
1. My 11, 34, 4, 30 = character of Shakespeare.
2. My 5, 36, 6, 29, 27 = means of conveyance.
3. My 45, 36, 6, 29, 9 = draw off water.
4. My 14, 26, 34, 35 = to cry.
5. My 38, 25, 8, 36, 37, 47, 32, 12, 36 = reputation.
6. My 16, 30, 15, 33 = to make beer.
7. My 10, 1, 21, 13 = to incite.
8. My 17, 3, 21, 7 = an interrogative pronoun.
9. My 19, 49, 28, 48 = a married woman.
10. My 45, 30, 44, 22, 18 = a herd of cattle.
11. My 2, 21, 27, 45, 20, 36 = to rove.
12. My 41, 21, 50, 46 = to rescue.
13. My 31, 39, 42, 24 = to seethe in water.
14. My 41, 11, 42, 31, 35 = to repose.
15. My 40, 43 = a pronoun.
ALICE C. WILSON.
(Aged 14¾)
_Heatherbank, Weybridge,_
PRIZE PUZZLE COMPETITION.
WINTER COMPETITION.
The Puzzles given in the present and the December numbers of LITTLE
FOLKS will, as announced, form the WINTER COMPETITION.
PRIZES.
In the WINTER COMPETITION there will be a First Prize of a Guinea
Volume; a Second Prize of a Half-Guinea Volume; a Third Prize of a
Five-Shilling Volume, awarded in Each Division, viz., the SENIOR
DIVISION for girls and boys between the ages of 14 and 16
(_inclusive_), and the JUNIOR DIVISION for those _under_ 14 years of
age. 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.
REGULATIONS.
Solutions of the Puzzles published in this number must reach the
Editor not later than November 8th (November 12th 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.
The names and addresses of Prize and Medal winners will be duly
published in LITTLE FOLKS.
GAME PUZZLE FOR NOVEMBER.
Rhyming couplets, working in first lines of nursery rhymes.
Few children are aware, until they actually try it, how easy it is to
make Rhyming Couplets; but now, any who may not have had exercise in
this amusement will have an opportunity of making a very interesting
game by carrying out the instructions given below.
First of all, Mamma or one of the elders will perhaps start the game
thus: Send one (or two, if preferred) out of the room, and then give
each player left in the room a word or words which they will have to
work into their rhyme. We will suppose the lines selected are--
"Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard."
In arranging the game, the easy words, such as _old_, _went_, _to_,
and _the_, should be given to the little ones, the other words to the
elders.
Now the Guesser (or Guessers) may return to the room and the game
commences--
"The old and young together go,"
says player No. 1. Now No. 2 has to make a line rhyming with "go,"
and bringing in "mother."
"My mother thinks me very slow,"
would do. No. 3 can make a fresh rhyme, and has a knotty word to
bring in, so will probably need a longer line.
"Messrs. Stebbings and Hubbard two stockbrokers were."
The fourth player has to compose a line, not necessarily containing
the same number of syllables as No. 3, but it must rhyme.
"We went to the orchard and found a large pear."
We will now finish the rhyme as each player might perform his part.
"I came to the city on Wednesday night."
"The dog was returned in a terrible plight."
"In the store-room or cupboard you're sure to find mice."
The guesser would probably find out this at once by the introduction
of the word "Hubbard," but you can, of course, select more difficult
lines (viz., those which give less clue to the nursery rhyme)
according to requirement.
WINTER PUZZLE, NO. 1.
In these Puzzles the idea we have propounded will be found carried
out with slight modification. In each four lines will be found hidden
the first two lines of various Nursery Rhymes. Thus, supposing the
lines already given were those we wished to conceal, the four-line
verse might run thus--
Messrs. Hutton and _Hubbard_ once _went to_ reside
In a house that was _old_, on _the_ hill;
In each room was a _cupboard_, a sight very rare,
And my _mother_ was constantly ill.
With this explanation our Competitors will, we think, have little
difficulty in finding out the following Puzzles. In sending in
Solutions it will only be necessary to write out the two first lines
of the Nursery Rhymes hidden in each four lines given below.
SENIOR DIVISION.
I.
If you ever go to Spain
It will rain, and rain again;
And you never will come back,
If you're left upon the rack.
II.
I sat upon a hod,
In my hand there was a clod,
And I threw it at a crow--
An old one I trow.
III.
I stand on the bridge, and the waters dance by,
For my lady I look o'er the lee;
I gaze down the stream, for by London at length
Is the solitude broken for me.
IV.
There lived a fair young woman
Whom an old man sought in vain,
It was under rocks by vale and hill
That she wandered on amain.
V.
How short the days are
Now October is here!
If you long for a song,
I'll sing one to cheer.
JUNIOR DIVISION.
I.
Jingle, jingle, Little Jack
Had a key put down his back;
Single, single, I declare,
He used to live for many a year.
II.
'Twas night, the moon shone bright,
The rats came down in scores,
Munching, squeaking, each man shrieking,
Tumbling down indoors.
III.
We went out four and twenty strong,
Sailors and tailors in a throng;
We heard a tale, we saw a sail,
And then returned to kill a snail.
IV.
Here Harry and Richard,
Here Robin and John!
If there were but two men
You would pretty soon come!
V.
Five, four, three, two, one,
Won't we have some fun,
A cat has caught a hare
Alive, I do declare.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
[_The Editor requests that all inquiries and replies intended for
insertion in_ LITTLE FOLKS _should have the words "Questions and
Answers" written on the left-hand top corners of the envelopes
containing them. Only those which the Editor considers suitable and
of general interest to his readers will be printed._]
PRIZE COMPETITIONS, &C.
H. FORTESCUE.--[Several important announcements as to new
Competitions, &c., will be made in the January Number of LITTLE
FOLKS.--ED.]
A VERY LITTLE READER.--[I am glad to tell you that I have arranged to
again give every month the "Pages for Very Little Folk," with large
type and bold pictures, commencing with the January Number.--ED.]
LITERATURE.
SANTA CLAUS writes, in reply to LITTLE BO-PEEP'S question, that the
lines--
"There is a reaper, whose name is Death,
And, with his sickle keen,
He reaps the bearded grain at a breath,
And the flowers that grow between"
are by Longfellow, and are to be found in a poem called "The Reaper
and the Flowers." Answers also received from twenty-two other
readers.
CELIA OAKLEY writes that the line--
"Music hath charms to sooth the savage breast"
is to be found in the tragedy of _The Mourning Bride_, by William
Congreve (1670-1729). Thirty-six answers to the same effect also
received.
T. C. would like to know if any one could tell her the author of the
following verse, and where it is to be found--
"Rain, rain, for ever falling,
Trembling, pouring slow or fast,
Through the mist a voice is calling
From the unforgotten past."
WORK.
LILIAN BOWYER writes, in answer to GEORGINA DEXTER'S inquiry how to
make a pair of bedroom slippers, that one way is to crochet the tops
with double Berlin wool and procure a pair of cork soles wool lined.
Answers also received from BUMPKIN, TOBY, and A. J.
MINNIE WALSHAM writes, in answer to FLORENCE WATERS' question, that
to clean crewel-work it should be washed in soap-suds, then rinsed
out in salt and water, and, after drying it quickly, it should be
smoothed out on the wrong side of the work. Answers also received
from T. X. Z., MARY WILTSHIRE, and A. J.
COOKERY.
MATTY would like to know the way to make Madeira cake.
LADY OF THE LAKE asks how to make pine-apple cushions.
GENERAL.
A TABBY KITTEN will be glad if any reader could tell her of a good,
inexpensive varnish for a picture-screen, as the one she is now using
colours the pictures, and makes the printing on the backs of thin
ones shine through.
ETHEL wants to know a new kind of dip, or bran-pie.
J. F. H. writes to inform HERBERT MASTERS, in reply to his inquiry,
that a small carpenter's bench would cost about twenty shillings or a
little more.
ANOTHER YOUNG MECHANIC writes, in answer to AN AMATEUR MECHANIC'S
question, that walnut, oak, and sandal are among the best woods for
fretwork purposes. The fret-saws may be bought in packets at an
ironmonger's. Answers also received from J. A. WACE, A YOUNG
CARPENTER, and X. Y. Z.
NATURAL HISTORY.
P. F wishes to know if anything can be done for her little kitten? In
the last few weeks her head has become quite bare, and she has lost a
lot of hair from her shoulders; she is very lively, but does not
drink her milk properly?--[She is probably kept indoors too much. Put
a little sulphur in her milk about twice a week, and rub the places
with vaseline. Let her run out where she can bite grass or plants if
she wants to, and give her a little meat.]
HELEN wishes to know if she ought to give her canary a bath in
winter, and if so ought it to be cold or warm.--[Offer the bath, and
let it do as it likes. The water should be about 60°.]
LADY CARA will be very glad to know what can be given to her parrot
when it pulls its feathers off. The bird in question is now quite
bare, and has been so for some time past, although well in
health.--[We fear you have been giving him meat, or too much of
_rich_ nuts and biscuits. Parrots should have no meat, and plain
food. Get him some scraped cuttle-fish bone, if he will eat it, and
rub on a little vaseline, and on a bright day get him to bathe. Give
him now and then a fig, and some ripe fruit, only begin very
gradually.]
A NEW "'LITTLE FOLKS' PAINTING BOOK" COMPETITION.
PRELIMINARY NOTICE.
The Editor has much pleasure in informing his Readers that, in
response to repeated requests, there is now in preparation a new
"LITTLE FOLKS Painting Book," and that he is arranging for a Special
Competition in connection with it, open to Children of all Ages, in
which a large number of Prizes in Money, Books, and Medals will be
offered for the best Coloured copies of it. This book, which will be
called "The LITTLE FOLKS Proverb Painting Book," and contain 96 pages
of outline Illustrations and Verses, will be ready on the 25th of
November; and the full Regulations of the Competition, with the list
of the Prizes offered, will be printed in the January, 1885, Number
of LITTLE FOLKS.
Picture Wanting Words.
[Illustration]
A Guinea Book and an Officer's Medal of the LITTLE FOLKS Legion of
Honour will be given for the best Poem having special reference to
the Picture below. A smaller Book and an Officer's Medal will be
given, in addition, for the best Poem (on the same subject)
_relatively to the age of the Competitor_; so that no Competitor is
too young to try for this second Prize. The Poems must not exceed 24
lines in length, and must be certified as _strictly original_ by a
Minister, Teacher, Parent, or some other responsible person. All the
Competitors must be under the age of Sixteen years. The Poems must
reach the Editor by the 10th of November (the 15th of November in the
case of Competitors residing abroad). In addition to the Two Prizes
and Officers' Medals, some of the most deserving Competitors will be
included in a special List of Honour, and will be awarded Members'
Medals of the LITTLE FOLKS Legion of Honour. The Editor requests that
each envelope containing a Poem having reference to this Picture
should have the words "Picture Wanting Words" on the left-hand top
corner. (Competitors are referred to a notice respecting the Silver
Medal on page 115 of the last Volume.)
ANSWERS TO OUR LITTLE FOLKS' OWN PUZZLES (_p. 253_).
GEOGRAPHICAL ACROSTIC.--ZEALAND.
1. Z urich.
2. E bro.
3. A rno.
4. L isbon.
5. A lps.
6. N ile.
7. D anube.
MISSING LETTER PUZZLE.
"'Twas in the prime of summer-time,
An evening calm and cool,
And four-and-twenty happy boys
Came bounding out of school:
There were some that ran and some that leapt,
Like troutlets in a pool."
SQUARE WORDS.
1. SCAR.
2. CAKE.
3. AKIN.
4. RENT.
1. CART. 2. ALOE. 3. RODE. 4. TEES.
1. MATE. 2. ALUM. 3. TUNE. 4. EMEU.
BURIED NAMES OF RIVERS.
1. Iser. 2. Weser. 3. Indus. 4. Aar. 5. Amstel.
RIDDLE-ME-REE.
TOMATO.
BURIED PROVERB.
"People who live in glass houses must not throw stones."
PICTORIAL NATURAL HISTORY PUZZLE.
SACRED IBIS OF EGYPT.
1. Acrid. 2. Sip. 3. Fogs. 4. Bey. 5. Diet.
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| Transcriber's Note: |
| |
| p. 257 The o in "of" from "By the Author of" was originally |
| an o with a circumflex. It has been changed to a normal o |
| |
| p. 265 The caption THE CHILD GLANCED AT HER WONDERINGLY (p. |
| 264. has been changed to THE CHILD GLANCED AT HER |
| WONDERINGLY (p. 264). |
| |
| p. 266 "rumours of the lost children" has been changed to |
| "rumours of the lost children." with a period |
| |
| p. 270 I am holding back the sea!" has been changed to "I am |
| holding back the sea!" with opening quotation marks |
| |
| p. 271 was the weary answer." has been changed to was the |
| weary answer. without quotation marks |
| |
| p. 274 "entice the flies to settle on' em." has been changed |
| to "entice the flies to settle on 'em." |
| |
| p. 277 "cried the white king, fiercely," has been changed to |
| "cried the white king, fiercely." with a period |
| |
| p. 282 a better turn than he knew to-day;" has been changed |
| to a better turn than he knew to-day;' with a single |
| quotation mark |
| |
| p. 291 "Skelton, the first Poet Laureate" has been changed |
| to "Skelton, the first Poet Laureate." with a period |
| |
| p. 292 "conspicious" has been changed to "conspicuous" |
| |
| p. 294 "glitering" has been changed to "glittering" |
| |
| p. 294 So you can get behind her,' has been changed to So |
| you can get behind her," with double quotes |
| |
| p. 295 "Was the girl the fairy queen? has been changed to |
| Was the girl the fairy queen? without quotation marks |
| |
| p. 300 "and a dormouse elsewhere" has been changed to "and a |
| dormouse elsewhere." with a period |
| |
| p. 305 "Home, Sweet Home.' has been changed to "Home, Sweet |
| Home." with double quotes |
| |
| p. 306 "He remembered how. when he" has been changed to "He |
| remembered how, when he" with a comma |
| |
| p. 306 "Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep, has been |
| changed to "Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep," |
| with closing quotation marks |
| |
| p. 313 <Where a short line, thus, "----, is printed,> has |
| been changed to <Where a short line, thus, "----", is |
| printed,> with closing quotation marks |
| |
| p. 313 the name Rosie Entwistle is unclear |
| |
| p. 314 the name Sallie Justice is unclear |
| |
| p. 314 the name Edith Price is unclear |
| |
| p. 314 "7801 Rosey Ansley" has been changed to "47801 |
| Rosey Ansley" |
| |
| p. 314 the age 9 of L. Creighton is unclear |
| |
| p. 314 the name Chas. Hoddson is unclear |
| |
| p. 315 E. J, Norton has been changed to E. J. Norton |
| |
| p. 315 48570 was originally printed with an a with a |
| circumflex instead of the digit 8; it was changed to 48570. |
| |
| p. 315 Fredk, Muskett has been changed to Fredk. Muskett |
| |
| p. 315 the number 48680 William Wood is unclear |
| |
| p. 315 the number 48804 E. G. Brunker is unclear |
| |
| p. 315 the number 48810 Jessie L. Aimers is unclear |
| |
| p. 318 "will, as announced, from the Winter Competition" has |
| been changed to "will, as announced, form the Winter |
| Competition" |
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