PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
Reading edition
No. 1.
ENIGMA.
In cream, not in milk. In chintz, not in silk. In time, not in late. In pencil, not in slate. In atlas, not in book. In sight, not in look. In love, not in pity. My whole an American city. Walter.
No. 2.
GEOGRAPHICAL HOUR-GLASS PUZZLE.
A city in Great Britain. A country in Europe. A group of peaks in the Pyrenees. A river in Asia. A range of mountains in Asia. A river in Ireland. A letter. A river in England. A peak in the Northwestern United States. A city in England founded by Ine, the West Saxon King. A river in British America. A river in Asia. A town and county in California. Centrals read downward spell the name of a large sea.
Marie.
No. 3.
ENIGMA.
First in mouse, not in rat. Second in dog, not in cat. Third in house, not in lot. Fourth in can, not in pot. Fifth in owl, not in hawk. Sixth in flower, not in stalk. A famous city am I; You'll guess me if you try. Hermie.
No. 4.
WORD SQUARES.
1. First, a package. Second, certain animals. Third, to jump. Fourth, to perceive.
2. First, something that once laid in a famous house. Second, a space. Third, a Shakspearean character. Fourth, sour.
C. I. F.
3. First, the resting-place of an army. Second, an Asiatic sea. Third, a companion. Fourth, an argument.
Charles.
4. First, a picture. Second, something which often causes pain, and yet no one likes to part with. Third, a river in Transylvania. Fourth, passageways. Fifth, to efface.
Annie.