ANSWERS TO OUR LITTLE FOLKS' OWN PUZZLES (page 60).
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RIDDLE-ME-REE.—Violet.
TRANSPOSED LETTER PUZZLE.
1. "All is not gold that glitters." 2. "Pride will have a fall." 3. "Handsome is that handsome does."
HIDDEN PROVERB.
"Every cloud has a silver lining."
ARITHMOREM.
1. Livingstone. 2. La Place. 3. Milton. 4. America. 5. Schumann. 6. London.
SINGLE ACROSTIC—Edward.
1. E dith. 2. D en. 3. W ater. 4. A rm. 5. R ace. 6. D uck.
DOUBLE ACROSTIC—Flounder—Mackerel.
1. A F fir M s. 2. A L A s. 3. C O a C h. 4. B U lloc K s. 5. I N d E x. 6. A D he R e. 7. F E E l 8. A R tic L e.
MISSING LETTER PUZZLE
"I fear thee, ancient mariner! I fear thy skinny hand! And thou art long, and lank, and brown. As is the ribbed sea-sand."
SQUARE WORD.
1. MARY. 2. AREA. 3. REAR. 4. YARN.
POETICAL REBUS.
"The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea; The ploughman homeward plods his weary way. And leaves the world to darkness and to me."
Gray's Elegy.