Part 1 — THE GIRL'S OWN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COMPETITION.

Full details of this Competition, with its prizes and certificates of merit open to all readers of The Girl's Own Paper, were given on page 14.

Questions 37-48.

37. What famous musical composition came to a violinist in a dream?

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38. When did witchcraft cease to be recognised as a crime by the law of England?

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39. What famous book was mislaid when in manuscript and partly written, and was only discovered by the author nine years afterwards in the drawer of an old writing-desk?

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40. What English Cathedral was set on fire and severely damaged by a man who was afterwards found to be insane?

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41. What is the best diet for brain-workers?

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42. What saint was so able a musician that according to tradition an angel descended to earth enraptured with her melodious strains?

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43. What is the origin of the three ostrich feathers as a badge of the Princes of Wales?

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44. When did ignorant people in this country imagine they had been defrauded out of eleven days by those in authority?

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45. Who was the hermit who lived for over thirty years on the top of a pillar?

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46. What famous stone in this country is said to have been Jacob's pillow?

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47. Why is the wedding-ring worn on the fourth finger of the left hand?

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48. How did the forget-me-not get its name?

The answers to the above questions, Nos. 37-48, together with the answers to questions 25-36, which appeared on page 78, must be sent in on or before January 27, 1899.

Address to The Editor, The Girl's Own Paper Office, 56, Paternoster Row, London, E.C., and at the left-hand top corner of the envelope or wrapper write the words "Questions Competition."

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE.

The following changes have been made to the original text:

Page 110: "Ltitle" to "Little".

Page 111: "aad" to "and"—"tapes and measures".