OUR LITTLE FOLKS' OWN PUZZLES.

POETICAL ACROSTIC.

M y 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.

O utside 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.

four pictorial proverbs. What are they?

MISSING VOWEL PUZZLE.

F rom 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.

M y 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.

M y 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,