A. H. SPEAR.--Peter Minuit--more correctly Minnewit--was born at Wesel, Holland, some time during the later part of the sixteenth century. He was appointed third Director-General of New Netherland in 1625--Cornelis May having been the first and William Verhulst the second--and arrived at Manhattan the following May. To him belongs the honor of having purchased Manhattan Island from the Indians, as up to this period (1626) the Dutch had possessed it only by right of occupation. Minuit opened negotiations with the native proprietors, and purchased the entire island for the Dutch West India Company "for the value of sixty guilders"--about twenty-four dollars of our present currency. He died at Fort Christiana, Delaware, in 1641.

A. L. W., Washington Territory, sends a neat "Wiggle," which we are sorry came too late to be printed.

DORSEY COATE.--Many thanks for your pretty valentine.

MARY N. C., Cuba.--The beautiful little moth which flew on your table while you were writing, and which you inclose, resembles the _Deopea bella_, which lives on the mouse-ear of our Northern fields. The size and markings are precisely the same, but the cross-bars on the fore-wings of the Northern moth are buff, while those of its Cuban cousin are delicate pink.

ANNA M. M., AND AGNES AND WILLIE, Scotland.--We are very glad to learn from your neatly written letters that little folks in Scotland derive so much pleasure from reading the "American stories in YOUNG PEOPLE."

Pretty favors are acknowledged from Frederick Helzel, Nicholas P. G., Tillie F. Weishampel, George H. F., John B. Maxwell, F. L. W., Eddie S., Randall Goodnough, E. G. B., Carrie L. Holman, Jay H. Maltby, Lollie E. W., Mamie Evans, S. G. McKnight, Bennie B. H., L. S. R., Willie B. M., T. S. March, F. V. Griffin, Alfred Opd.y.k.e, Henry R. C., J. B.

Tanner, George N. M., M. H. V., Mary B. R., Florence E. I., Carrie Pelham, Flora, Ross, and Sallie, Freddie Haggerty.

Correct answers to puzzles received from Paul Sterling, G. J. D., Birdie A. Randolph, Mabel Lowell, Abby H. Vail, Laura B. Wallis, Chester Fernald, William F. B., Nena Crommelin, Amy S. Turner, Willie H.

Spiller, Maggie M. Mather, Georgie M. Hollenbeck, S. V. B., Lillie M.

Jones. John R. Glen, Mary M. Smith, M. Willie, J. Rector, J. M. Wolfe, N. L. Collamor, E. S. May, Harry C. M., "Phoenix," Belle F., Maud Miller, Chesly B. H., S. Birdie Dorman, Philip P. Cruger, Dorsey E. C., B. F. H., "Hartley."

No. 1.

ENIGMA.

My first is in cistern, but not in well.

My second is in write, but not in spell.

My third is in note, but not in bill.

My fourth is in factory, not in mill.

My fifth is in window, but not in door.

My sixth is in ceiling, not in floor.

My seventh is in wrong, but not in right.

My eighth is in dark, but not in light.

My ninth is in true, but not in false.

My tenth is in slide, but not in waltz.

My whole is a large city in the United States.

W. F. C.

No. 2.

GEOGRAPHICAL DOUBLE ACROSTIC.

An island off the coast of Ma.s.sachusetts. A city in Ireland. A city in Cochin China. A river in New York State. A city in Italy. One of the United States. A river in the Northwestern United States. A city in Kentucky. A lake in North America. Answer--a city in the United States, and the State of which it is the capital.

SADIE (twelve years).

No. 3.

ENIGMA.

My first is in carriage, but not in gig.

My second is in false, but not in wig.

My third is in laughter, but not in mirth.

My fourth is in girdle, but not in girth.

My fifth is in sad, but not in merry.

My sixth is in pear, and also in cherry.

My whole lies under-ground.

C. L.

No. 4.

WORD SQUARE.

First, a firm, hard substance of dull white color. Second, elliptical.

Third, an iron pin. Fourth, a girl's name.

WILLIAM F. B.

No. 5.

DIAMOND PUZZLE.

A consonant. A beverage. Bright. A part of the head. A consonant.

M. L.