OUR LITTLE FOLKS' OWN PUZZLES.
Reading edition
RIDDLE-ME-REE.
My first is in vase, but not in glass. My second is in iron, but not in brass. My third is in goodness, but not in sin. My fourth is in coal, but not in tin. My fifth is in sleet, but not in snow. My sixth is in hit, but not in blow. My whole is a flower that most people know.
Gertie Heaver. (Aged 13.)
164, Dereham Road, Norwich.
SINGLE ACROSTIC.
The initials form the name of a man or boy. 1. A girl's name. 2. A lair. 3. That which fishes live in. 4. Part of the body. 5. A contest. 6. A water bird.
M. E. Dansey. (Aged 9¾.)
Ampney Park, Cirencester.
poetical rebus. The Answer is a verse from a well-known Poem.
TRANSPOSED LETTER PUZZLE.
Place these letters aright, and you will see three proverbs come to view. 1. Aadegghiillllnoorssttttt. 2. Aaadeefhiillllprvw. 3. Aaadddeeehhhimmnnooosssstt.
Milson R. Rhodes. (Aged 12¾.)
Crefeld Villa, Withington, near Manchester.
HIDDEN PROVERB.
Ihave lost every one of my shells. That cloud prophesies a storm. He has just received your note. George, let us go for a walk. James has given me a silver pencil. I have torn the lining of my coat.
Edwin Potter. (Aged 10½)
Price Street, York.
ARITHMOREM.
57 + EGNOSNT = an explorer. 150 + 50 + PAEA = a mathematician. 1051 + ONT = a poet. 1101 + AREA = a continent. 1100 + NAUNHUS = a composer. 550 + NOON = a city.
Alice Mossman. (Aged 13.)
Daisy Hilly Bradford, Yorks.
DOUBLE ACROSTIC.
The second letter of each word, and the last letter but one of each word, read downwards form the names of two fishes. 1. Asserts. 2. An exclamation. 3. A vehicle. 4. Oxen. 5. Something that points. 6. To stick. 7. To handle. 8. One of the parts of speech.
Bessie Nicholson. (Aged 10¼.)
202, Evering Road, U. Clapton.
MISSING LETTER PUZZLE.
A verse by Coleridge.
I × e × r × h × e × n × i × n × m × r × n × r! × f × a × t × y × k × n × y × a × d! × n × t × o × a × t × o × g × n × l × n × a × d × r × w ×, a × i × t × e × i × b × d × e × s × n ×.
Christabel G. Marshall. (Aged 12¼).
10, Worcester Terrace, Clifton.
SQUARE WORD.
1. A girl's name. 2. An open space. 3. The back part. 4. Spun wool.
Lily Walpole. (Aged 13½.)
James Road, Stornoway, N.B.