THE RIDDLE-BOX.

DOUBLE ACROSTIC.

The initials name a noted philosopher, and the finals an eminent astronomer.

1. A narrow arm of the sea. 2. A beautiful flower. 3. A tree, usually growing in moist land. 4. A small marine animal. 5. A river in the United States. 6. A cone-bearing tree. 7. A tract of land, surrounded by water. 8. A metal.

ISOLA.

BROKEN WORDS.

Find a word to fill the single blank, and divide it into smaller words (without transposing any letters) to fill the other blanks. Thus: Such forages have gone on in that forest for ages.

1. You must not think the whole were —— because he —— ——. 2. One of this boy's minor —— is his constant climbing —— ——. 3. When I gave him a pledge, the toper said with a —— look, "You —— —— —— ——." 6. The alder was pictured against the ——, every branch, leaf, and —— —— standing out clearly.

B.

PICTORIAL NUMERICAL, REBUS.

Find the sum expressed in each horizontal row, and add together the four numbers thus found, to form the complete sum expressed by the rebus.

HOUR-GLASS PUZZLE.

1. Unceasing. 2. Of little worth. 3. Habitation. 4. Ancient. 5. A vowel. 6. Devoured. 7. To muse. 8. A maker of arms. 9. Small flat fish. The centrals read downward name the act of unfolding.

GEORGE CHINN.

BEHEADINGS AND CURTAILINGS.

1. Curtail a disgrace, and leave an imposture. Behead, and leave one of Noah's sons. Curtail, and leave an exclamation denoting surprise, joy, or grief. Behead again, and leave a vowel.

2. Curtail a color, and leave a very small part. Behead, and leave a verb signifying "to strike." Behead again, and leave a pronoun. Curtail, and leave a simple, personal pronoun.

3. Curtail a beautiful marine production, and leave a girl's name. Behead, and leave an ancient coin. Curtail, and leave a conjunction. Behead, and leave a consonant.

4. Behead a part of the body, and leave a kind of tree. Curtail, and leave an article used in toilets. Behead, and leave a preposition. Curtail, and leave a pronoun.

5. Curtail a sweet juice collected by bees, and leave a stone for sharpening razors. Behead, and leave a number. Curtail, and leave a preposition. Curtail, and leave an invocation.

N. T. M.

NUMERICAL ENIGMA.

After handing a mug of 9, 2, 3 to the man who was at the 7, 4, 5 of the 1, 6, 8, Frank resumed reading the life of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

ISOLA.

EASY DIAMOND PUZZLE.

1. In dwelling but not in house. 2. A Spanish poem. 3. A girl's name. 4. A precious stone. 5. A term in English law. 6. An insect. 7. In bird but not in beast.

O'B.

CHARADE.

I.

Out on the hill-side, bleak and bare,

In winter's chill and summer's glare,

Down by the ocean's rugged shore,

Where the restless billows toss and roar,

Deep in gloomy caves and mines,

Where mists are foul and the sun ne'er shines,

Man studies my first and second well,

To learn what story they have to tell.

II.

Go to the depths of the fathomless sea,

Go where the dew-drop shines on the lea,

Go where are gathered in lands afar,

The treasures of earth for the rich bazaar,

Go to the crowded ball-room, where

All that is lovely, and young, and fair,

Charms the soul with beauty and grace,

And my third shall meet you face to face.

III.

When war's red hand was raised to slay,

And front to front great armies lay,

Then, oft in the silent midnight camp,

When naught was heard but the sentry's tramp,

As he patiently paced his lonely round,

My whole was sought, and yet when found,

It sent full many a warrior brave

To his last long rest, in a soldier's grave.

E. J. A.

PUZZLE BOUQUET.

1. A cunning animal and a covering for the hand. 2. A voracious bird of prey and a useless plant. 3. A pipe and a flower. 4. A sweetmeat and a bunch of hair. 5. A noun meaning a quick breaking and a winged serpent. 6. A stone fence and the blossom of a plant. 7. Fragrant and a vegetable. 8. An entertainment of dancing and a boy's nickname. 9. Vapor frozen in flakes, and to let fall. 10. To enter into the conjugal state, and a precious metal.

GEORGE CHINN.

TRANSPOSITIONS.

Fill the first blank with a certain word, and then, by transposing the final letter to the place of the initial, form a word to fill the second blank. Example: In the halls of her ancestors she shall tread without fear.

1. There is not on —— a person of larger ——. 2. On the banks of the —— the traveler —— alone. 3. As the thought of her kindness —— up in my heart, it causes it to —— with gratitude. 4. It was with no —— intent that —— destroyed his first will. 5. I noticed on the —— of the pond quantities of ——.

B.

LETTER ANAGRAMS.

Write a line in each case describing the position of the letters toward each other, and transpose the letters used in this description to make a word which will answer the definition given. Thus:

R. } A part of the day. Ans. R. on M. (transposed) Morn.
M. }

1. { L. } A kind of bird.
{ P. }
2. S. R. Parts of a house.
3. S. T. A piece of furniture.
4. { L. } To pillage.
{ P. }
5. { Et. } Not rhythmical.
{ Ic. }

H. H. D.

HIDDEN DRESS GOODS.

1. Seizing the rascal I compelled him to give up the money. 2. Aunt Nell is fond of singing Hamburg. 3. Belle Prescott only failed once last year. 4. Eveline never learned to control herself. 5. Where is Towser, Gertie? 6. I met Homer in Oregon. 7. Where did you find such a queer fossil, Kenneth? 8. Tom Thumb is a tiny specimen of humanity. 9. Did Erasmus Lincoln lose all his property by the fire?

PICTORIAL, PROVERB-ACROSTIC.

Arrange the words represented by the numbered pictures in their order. The initials and finals (reading down the former and continuing down the latter) form a familiar proverb, the sentiment of which is suggested by the central picture.


ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN OCTOBER NUMBER.

Double Diamond Puzzle.—

M

G A S

M A P L E

S L Y

E

S

N U T

S U G A R

T A R

R

Square-Word.—Midas, Ivory, Donor, Arose, Syten.
Charade.—Dilapidated.
Numerical Enigma.—Handsome.
Double Acrostic—Centennial Exposition.—ClovE, EsseX,
NaP, TallyhO, EpiglottiS, NerolI, NahanT, IttaI, ArnO, LemoN.

Riddle.—Linest, Inlets, Enlist, Tinsel, Silent, Listen.

Diagonal Puzzle.—Grand, Prate.

G L A R E

C R A T E

P L A T E

C R A N E

P L A I D

Combination Puzzle.—

P—rive—T

E—pod—–E

A—lid—–A

C—ape—–S

E—lop—–E

Easy Diamond Puzzle.—I, Asa, Isola, Ale, A.

Puzzle.—Gondola.

Answers to Puzzles in September Number were received previous to September 18, from—Emma Elliott, Brainerd P. Emery, Allie Bertram, Sarah D. Oakley, "Camille and Leonie," "Tip," "Yankee," J.W. Myers, George G. Champlin, Alice M. Mason, Maria Peckham, Florence E. Hyde, Minnie Warner, B. O'Hara, "Green Mountain Boy," John Hinkley, Florence Wilcox, "Bessie and Sue," Julia Kirene Ladd, Grace Austin Smith, Arthur C. Smith, George Herbert White, William A. Crocker, Jr, Georgiana Mead, A.G.D., James Iredell, Lizzie and Anna, Agnes E. Kennedy, Anna E. Mathewson, C.S. Riche, Edith McKeever, Nessie E. Stevens, Carrie Lawson, Charles G. Todd, Ella and Kittie Blanke, W. Creighton Spencer, W. Irving Spencer, Edith Heard, M.W.C., Mary C. Warren, Lena and Annie, Annie Streckewald, Hattie Peck, Jennie Passmore, George J. Fiske.


Transcriber's Note:
Some parts of the TOC were illegible, and a few missing page numbers have been replaced with '?'s. p. 27: changed 'rains' to 'trains':
...--; just like the lines by which trains are made to run easily off one track on to another. p. 30: Missing opening quote replaced:
"The snows that glittered on the disc of Mars..." p. 31: ' replaced with ": "Don't you think, papa, that that's enough about the sun? Come and play with us on the lawn." p. 59: Missing ) replaced:
...(widening the strip, however, in proportion as the fabric is thinner).

CONTENTS VOLUME V.

PAGE
Alcott, Miss. (Illustrated from photograph)F. B. S. 129
Alphabet Français, Un. (Illustrated)Laura Caxton 816
Always Behindhand. Talk with GirlsM. D. K. 434
Annie and the Balls. (Illustrated by the Author)H. E. H. 205
April's Sunbeam. VersesJoy Allison 398
Arms of Great Britain, The. (Illustrated by Alfred Kappes)Susan Archer Weiss 190
Atlantic Cable, Secrets of the. (Illustrated by A. C. Warren)William H. Rideing 327
Ax of Ranier, The. (Illustrated by E.B. Bensell)Thomas Dunn English 709
["Baby's Opera" and Walter Crane, The.] [69]
Barbecue, The. (Illustrated by Walter Shirlaw)Sarah Winter Kellogg 602
Belinda Blonde. Verses. Laura E. Richards272
[Bell-Ringers, The Stickleback.] (Illustrated by James C. Beard)C. F. Holder[31]
Birds and their Families. (Illustrated)Professor W. K. Brooks 606
Birds Fly, How. (Illustrated)Professor W. K. Brooks734
[Boggs's Photograph.] Picture. [21]
Born in Prison. (Illustrated by Edwin L. Sheppard)Julia P. Ballard 730
Boy in the Box, The. (Illustrated by C.S. Reinhart)Helen C. Barnard 356
Boy's Experience with Tar Marbles, A. (Illustrated by Jessie Curtis)C. S. N.617
Boy who Jumped on Trains, The. Poem. (Illustrated by L. Hopkins)Mary Hartwell 132
Bruno's Revenge. (Illustrated)Author of "Alice in Wonderland 18?
Butterfly-Chase, The. Poem. Ellis Gray548
Butts, A Chapter of Five Pictures. 77
By the Sad Sea Waves. Picture drawn by "Sphinx" 716
[Can a Little Child Like Me?] (Thanksgiving Hymn)Mary Mapes Dodge [68]
Canary that Talked too Much, The. Margaret Eytinge 331
Carlyle, Thomas. (Crumbs from Older Reading, III.)Julia E. Sargent565
Carol, The Minstrel's. A Christmas Colloquy.I. V. Blake153
Charades, Four. Verses.C. P. Cranch406
Charcoal-Burners' Fire, The. (Illustrated by J.L. Dickinson)David Ker490
[Chased by Wolves.] (Illustrated)George Dudley Lawson[3]
[Child-Queen, A.] (Illustrated by Alfred Fredericks) Cecilia Cleveland [1]
Christmas Card. 91
[Christmas-Gifts, A Budget of Home-Made.] (Illustrated) [42]
Churning. Poem. (Illustrated by J. E. Kelly)Sara Keables Hunt676
Cock and the Sun, The. Jingle. (Illustrated by F. S. Church)J. P. B 359
Common-sense in the Household. Verses. (Illustrated by Jessie Curtis)Margaret Vandegrift 326
Coolest Man in Russia, The. (Illustrated by J. E. Kelly)David Ker229
[Cricket on the Hearth, The.] Poem. (Illustrated)Clara Doty Bates [33]
Crip's Garret-Day.Sarah J. Prichard339
Crow that the Crow Crowed, The.S. Conant Foster694
Crumbs from Older ReadingJulia E. Sargent
I. Emerson 262
II. Irving 354
III. Carlyle 565
Dab Kinzer: A Story of a Growing Boy. (Illustrated by H. F. Farney, Geo. Inness, Jr., Sol. Eytinge and H. P. Smith)William O. Stoddard 553, 620, 679, 744, 798
Debby's Christmas. (Illustrated by Jessie Curtis)Ella A. Drinkwater223
Dick Hardin away at School.Lucy J. Rider 386
Digger-Wasps at Home, The. (Illustrated by R. Riordan)E. A. E.667
Dog-Show, A Visit to a London. (Illustrated by J. F. Runge)Laura Sked Pomeroy420
[Domestic Tragedy, A.] In Two Parts (Illustration) [31]
Drifted into Port. (Illustrated by Sol. Eytinge and Thomas Moran)Edwin Hodder 342, 425, 494
Easter Eggs. Poem.Clara W. Raymond419
Easter in Germany. (Illustrated)F. E. Corne381
Easter Lilies. Picture 399
Emergency Mistress, The. (Illustrated)Frank R. Stockton669
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. (Crumbs from Older Reading, I.)Julia E. Sargent 262
Exciting Ride An. Picture drawn byMiss S. A. Rankin 652
Fair Exchange, A. Poem.M. F. Butts 820
Father Chirp. Verses. (Illustrated by L. Hopkins)S. C. Stone476
Fern-Seed. Poem.Celia Thaxter705
Fishing-Birds of Florida, Some. (Illustrated)Mrs. Mary Treat282
Forty, Less One. Poem. (Illustrated by Sol. Eytinge)James Richardson579
"Four little Houses Blue and Round." JingleM. F. B.465
Fox, The Monkey, and the Pig, The. (Illustrated by the Author)Howard Pyle743
Fox and the Turkeys, The. (Illustrated from Gustave Doré)Susan Coolidge756
Full Stop, A. Silhouette picture drawn byL. Hopkins387
Gerty. (Illustrated by Frederick Dielman)Margaret W. Hamilton690
Get Up! Got Down! Silhouettes drawn byL. Hopkins461
Gifts for St. Nicholas. Poem.Emma E. Brewster294
Girl who Saved the General, The. (Illustrated by H. F. Farney) Charles H. Woodman577
Guest, An Agreeable Susan A. Brown180
Hansa, The Little Lapp Maiden. (Illustrated)Kate B. Horton305
Happy Fields of Summer. Poem. (Illustrated)Lucy Larcom666
"Happy Little Froggy." Poem. (Illustrated by F. S. Church)E. Müller789
Horse at Sea, A. (Illustrated by J. E. Kelly)C. B.367
Horses of Venice, The Famous. (Illustrated)Mary Lloyd89
How Birds Fly. (Illustrated)Professor W. K. Brooks734
How He Caught Him. Six Pictures. 740
[How I Weighed the Thanksgiving Turkey.]G. M. Shaw[34]
How Kitty got Her New Hat. (Illustrated by J. E. Kelly) E. P. W.182
How Kitty was Lost in a Turkish Bazaar. (Illustrated by Howard Pyle) Sara Keables Hunt377
How Lily-Toes was Caught in a Shower. (Illustrated by Jessie Curtis) Emily H. Leland731
How Mandy went Rowing with the Cap'n. (Illustrated by the Author) Mary Hallock Foote449
How Matches are Made. (Illustrated by A. C. Warren)F. H. C315
How Sir William Phips Found the Treasure in the Sea. (Illustrated by J. O. Davidson)S. G. W. Benjamin278
How Teddy Cut the Pie. Verses. (Illustrated)Rossiter Johnson821
How the Pony was Taken. (Illustrated)C. W.174
How the Stone-Age Children Played. (Illustrated)Charles C. Abbott413
How the Weather is Foretold. (Illustrated by W. H. Gibson)James H. Flint581
How to Keep a Journal.W. S. Jerome789
How to Make a Telephone. (Illustrated)M. F.549
How to Travel.Susan Anna Brown650
How Willy Wolly Went a-Fishing. Verses. (Illustrated by Howard Pyle)S. C. Stone562
Huckleberry. (Illustrated)Frank R. Stockton274
Ice-Boat, How to make an. (Diagrams by the Author) J. H. Hubbard220
"I'm a Little Story." Poem. (Illustrated by Sol. Eytinge) Margaret Eytinge380
Irving, Washington. (Crumbs from Older Reading, III.)Julia E. Sargent354
Italian Flower-Merchant, The Little. Picture drawn byMiss E. M. S. Scannell475
Jack's Christmas. (Illustrated by Jennie Brownscombe)Emma K. Parrish124
Japanese "House that Jack Built," The. Picture drawn byWilliam McDougal219
Jingles. [6], [41], 359, 404, 412, 465
John and His Velocipede. Sketches drawn byB. D.650
Johnny. (Illustrated by R. Sayre)Sargent Flint361
Johnny's Lost Ball.Lloyd Wyman 500
Juno's Wonderful Troubles. (Illustrated by F.S. Church)E. Müller312
Kept In. Picture drawn byM. Woolf424
King and the Hard Bread, The. (Illustrated)J. L.503
King and the Three Travelers, The. (Illustrated by John Lafarge)Arlo Bates207
King Cheese. Poem. Versified from story by Maud Christiani. (Illustrated by L. Hopkins)J. T. Trowbridge 641
Lady-Bird, Fly away Home. Picture drawn byM. Woolf455
[The Largest Volcano in the World.] (Illustrated)Sarah Coan[13]
Left Out. Verse.A. G. W. 128
Letter to American Boys, A.George MacDonald202
Linnet's Fee, The. Poem.Mrs. Annie A. Preston798
Lion-Killer, The. (Illustrated by Alfred Kappes). From the French.Mary Wager Fisher78
Little Bear. Poem. (Illustrated by Addie Ledyard)Samuel W. Duffield726
"Little Bo-Peep, She went to Sleep." Picture drawn by Miss Jessie McDermot268
Little Red Canal-Boat, The. (Illustrated)M. A. Edwards541
Living SilverMary H. Seymour350
London Chair-Mender. (Illustrated)Alexander Wainwright821
London Chick-Weed Man, The. (Illustrated)Alexander Wainwright361
London Dust-Man, The. (Illustrated)Alexander Wainwright272
London Milk-Woman, The. (Illustrated)Alexander Wainwright694
Long Journey, A. Verses.Josephine Pollard540
[Lord Mayor of London's Show, The.] (Illustrated)Jennie A. Owen[22]
Mackerel-Fishing. (Illustrated by H. P. Smith)Robert Arnold706
Magician and his Bee, The. (Illustrated)P.F.143
[Making it Skip.] Verse. (Illustrated by Thomas Moran)M. M. D.[15]
Making Ready for a Cruise. Picture. 561
Man Who Didn't Know When to Stop, The. Verse.M. M. D.415
Marbles, Some In-door Games of. (Illustrated)L. D. Snook295
[Mars, the Planet of War.] (Illustrated by the Author)Richard A. Proctor[26]
Marshal de Saxe and the Dutch Blacksmith.David Ker436
Master Montezuma. (Illustrated)C. C. Haskins535
Matches are Made, How. (Illustrated by A. C. Warren)F. H. C.315
May-Day, The Story of. (Illustrated by Howard Pyle)Olive Thorne486
Meadow Talk. Verse. (Illustrated by Jessie Curtis)Caroline Leslie 617
Merry Mike. Poem. (Illustrated by Albert Shults)Fleta Forrester176
Merry Rain. Poem.Fleta Forrester425
Mocking-Bird and the Donkey, The. Poem.William Cullen Bryant88
Modern William Tell, A. Picture drawn byL. Hopkins207
[Mollie's Boyhood.] (Illustrated by George White)Sarah E. Chester[7]
Money is Made, Where. (Illustrated by Fred. B. Schell)M.W.477
Monument with a Story, A.Fannie Roper Feudge364
Moon, from a Frog's Point of View, The. (Illustrated by H. L. Stephens)Fleta Forrester677
Mousie's Adventures from Garret to Cellar. Picture drawn by "Sphinx"405
Music on All Fours. Poem. (Illustrated by Sol. Eytinge)Josephine Pollard200
Mustang, The Wild. (Illustrated)Charles Barnard 396
[My Girl.] Poem.John S. Adams[25]
My St. George. (Illustrated by Alfred Kappes)Alice Maude Eddy726
Nancy Chime. Poem. (Illustrated)S. Smith739
Nan's Peace-Offering. (Illustrated by C. S. Reinhart)Kate W. Hamilton284
News-Carrier, The. Poem. (Illustrated by Jessie Curtis)Catharine S. Boyd 349
New-Year Card. 182
Night with a Bear, A. (Illustrated by W. L. Sheppard)Jane G. Austin332
[Nimble Jim and the Magic Melon.] (Illustrated by E. B. Bensell)J. A. Judson [34]
No School To-Day. Picture. Drawn by F. Opper 146
Now, or Then? Talk with Girls. Gail Hamilton123
["Oh, I'm My Mamma's Lady-Girl."] Verse. (Illustrated by Addie Ledyard)M. M. D.[41]
Old Man and the Nervous Cow, The. (Illustrated by E. B. Bensell) R. E. 264
Old Nicolai. (Illustrated)Paul Fort399
Old Soup. (Illustrated by J.E. Kelly)Mrs. E. W. Latimer 463
"One Day an Ant Went to Visit His Neighbor." Jingle.M. F. B. 404
One Saturday. (Illustrated by Sol. Eytinge)Sarah Winter Kellogg 514
Only a Doll. Poem.Sarah O. Jewell552
On the Ice. Picture drawn by L. Hopkins 300
"Open the Snowy Little Bed." Jingle.M. F. B. 412
Out Fishing. Picture drawn by J. Hopkins759
Painter's Scare-Crow, The. (Illustrated by Sol. Eytinge)C. P. Cranch714
Parisian Children. (Illustrated by K. Brown)Henry Bacon456
Parlor Ball. (Illustrated by the author)L. Hopkins 492
Parlor Magic. (Illustrated)Professor Leo H. Grindon811
Perseus, The Story of.Mary A. Robinson 630
Peterkins are Obliged to Move, The.Lucretia P. Hale 458
Peterkins' Charades, The. Lucretia P. Hale 91
Peter Piper's Pickles, Mrs. (Illustrated by F. S. Church)E. Müller 519
Poems by Two Little American Girls.Elaine and Dora Goodale 109
[Polly: A Before-Christmas Story.] (Illustrated)Hope Ledyard [19]
Porpoises, About the. (Illustrated by J. O. Davidson)J. D.142
Pottery, A Chat about. (Illustrated from photographs)Edwin C. Taylor 104
Primkins' Surprise, Mrs. (Illustrated by Sol. Eytinge)Olive Thorne794
Prince Cucurbita. (Illustrated by E. M. Richards)Edith A. Edwards792
Professor, The.Clarence Cook402
Puck Parker. (Illustrated by J. Wells Champney)Lizzie W. Champney416
Quicksilver.Mary H. Seymour359
Raid of the Camanches, The.The Author of "We Boys"267
Rain. Poem.Edgar Fawcett613
Ravens and the Angels, The. (Illustrated by Sol. Eytinge)Author of "The Schonberg-Cotta Family" 169, 242
Riddle, A Double. Verses.J. G. Holland94
Rods for Five. (Illustrated)Sarah Winter Kellogg 645
Rowing Against Tide.Theodore Winthrop 75
Sam's Birthday. (Ilustrated by Sol. Eytinge)Irwin Russell 482
Saturday Afternoon. Picture drawn byMiss S. W. Smith 725
Scrubby's Beautiful Tree. (Illustrated by F. A. Chapman and Sol. Eytinge)J. C. Purdy147
Seeing Himself as Others See Him. Picture drawn byJ. Wells Champney431
Shepherd-Boy, The. Poem.Emily S. Oakey 241
Silly Goose, The. Poem. (Illustrated by F. S. Church)E. A. Smuller453
Simple Simon. Picture, drawn by E. B. Bensell 791
Sing-a-Sing. Poem. (Illustrated by Alfred Kappes)S. C. Stone122
Sing-Away Bird, The. Poem. Lucy Larcom462
Singing Pins. (Illustrated by A. C. Warren)Harlan H. Ballard14?
Skating. Poem. Theodore Winthrop23?
Sneeze Dodson's First Independence Day. (Illustrated by Sol. Eytinge)Mrs. M. H. W. Jaquith61?
Solimin: A Ship of the Desert. (Illustrated)Susan Coolidge26?
Song of Spring, A.Caroline A. Mason48?
Something in the Old Clothes Line. (Illustrated)Paul Fort21?
[Story that Wouldn't be Told, The.] (Illustrated)Louise Stockton[18]
[Willow Wand, The.] Poem. (Illustrated)A. E. W.[16]