(Aged 12-1/2.)

_St. Georges Mount, New Brighton, Cheshire._

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QUOTATION DROP-WORD PUZZLE.

Give the following quotation in full, with its author.

The * * * * sigh, * * * merry * * *

And * * * * * not why, * glad * * had * *--A * * * n.

FLORENCE M. MOFFATT.

_7, Union Place, Aberdeen._ (Aged 12-1/4.)

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MISSING-LETTER PUZZLE.

When the missing letters have been supplied, the whole will form the first verse of one of Macaulay's poems.

AtnalehlsthaorolEgadpas, Ielfhtrcfmudeshwogtnnindy, Wetagetleivnilaantebrivi TeihssoloMxctetuetersfpi.

S. K. HORNE.

_Vernon House, Lordship Lane, Dulwich._ (Aged 13.)

PRIZE PUZZLE COMPEt.i.tION.

The following are the arrangements which the Editor of LITTLE FOLKS has made in regard to Prize Puzzle Compet.i.tions for the six months ending December, 1884:--

I. THE SUMMER COMPEt.i.tION, consisting of Puzzles appearing in the July and the August Numbers.

II. THE HOME AND FOREIGN COMPEt.i.tION, specially introduced for the purpose of giving readers residing abroad an opportunity of competing on favourable terms. Particulars of this will appear in the September Number.

III. THE WINTER COMPEt.i.tION, consisting of Puzzles appearing in the November and December Numbers.

PRIZES.

I. In the SUMMER COMPEt.i.tION there will be a First Prize of a Guinea Volume; a Second Prize of a Half-Guinea Volume; a Third Prize of a Five-Shilling Volume, awarded in EACH DIVISION, viz., the SENIOR DIVISION for girls and boys between the ages of 14 and 16 (_inclusive_), and the JUNIOR DIVISION for those _under_ 14 years of age. There will also be awards of Bronze Medals of the LITTLE FOLKS Legion of Honour to the three next highest of the Compet.i.tors following the Prizewinners in _each_ Division.

II. In the HOME AND FOREIGN COMPEt.i.tION Special and Additional Prizes will be offered, of which full particulars will be given in the September Number.

III. A List of Prizes in the WINTER COMPEt.i.tION will appear in the November and December Numbers.

REGULATIONS.

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Solutions to Puzzles must be accompanied by certificates from a Parent, Teacher, or other responsible person, stating that they are _the sole and unaided work_ of the compet.i.tor. No a.s.sistance must be given by any other person.

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The names and addresses of Prize and Medal winners will be duly published in LITTLE FOLKS.

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GAME PUZZLE FOR AUGUST.

(Being the second and concluding Puzzle of the "Summer Compet.i.tion.")

ALPHABETICAL HISTORICAL PUZZLE.

SENIOR DIVISION.

(The first letters of each light are in consecutive order from A to L.

Thus light one commences with A, light twelve with L.)

1. An English Queen you here will find, The last of Stuart line.

2. His fierce attack of Russian steppes Commences his decline.

3. Death standeth by--he saves himself By his _teeth_, I pray you note.

4. Of the Great Seal and its keepers This famed antiquary wrote.

5. In preparing the first Greek Testament Much learning he displayed.

6. A Bishop this, of Winchester, Who Richmond's cause did aid.

7. A Tzar of Moscow, born, I think, In 1552.

8. Minister of Charles I.; Historian also.

9. A great Athenian orator, His writings tell his fame.

10. A letter-writer much renowned; But who can tell his name?

11. Mathematician and philosopher, In Sweden of great note.

12. For this great English singer Purcell many a ba.s.s song wrote.