AUTHORS' CONTEST

Questions to be answered by giving in each case the name of a well-known author:

  1. A name that means such fiery things, you can't describe their pains and stings. (Burns.)
  2. What a rough man said to his son, when he wished him to eat properly. (Chaucer.)
  3. Pilgrims and flatterers have knelt low to kiss him. (Pope.)
  4. Makes and mends for first-class customers. (Taylor.)
  5. Represents the dwellings of civilized men. (Holmes.)
  6. Is worn on the head. (Hood.)
  7. A chain of hills covering a dark treasure. (Coleridge.)
  8. A brighter and smarter than the other. (Whittier.)
  9. A worker in precious metals. (Goldsmith.)
  10. A vital part of the body. (Hart.)
  11. A disagreeable fellow to have on one's foot. (Bunyan.)
  12. Meat, what are you doing in the oven? (Browning.)

AUTHORS' GUESSING GAME

  1. When we leave here we go to seek our what? (Author of "Elsie Venner.")
  2. What dies only with life? (Author of "Phroso.")
  3. What does a maid's heart crave? (Author of "Handy Andy.")
  4. What does an angry person often raise? (Author of "The Christian.")
  5. What should all literary people do? (Author of "Put Yourself in His Place.")
  6. If a young man would win, what must he do? (Author of "Wandering Jew.")
  7. How do we dislike to grow? (Authors of "Silence of Dean Maitland" and "Dawn.")
  8. What would we prefer to be? (Authors of "Book of Golden Deeds," "Man Without a Country," and "Under the Greenwood Tree.")
  9. What is a suitable adjective for the national library building? (Author of "The Heavenly Twins.")
  10. What would we consider the person who answers correctly all these questions? (Author of "From Post to Finish.")

The answers to the above questions are:

  1. Oliver Wendell Holmes. (Homes.)
  2. Anthony Hope. (Hope.)
  3. Samuel Lover. (Lover.)
  4. Hall Caine. (Cain.)
  5. Charles Reade. (Read.)
  6. Eugene Sue. (Sue.)
  7. Maxwell Grey and Rider Haggard. (Gray and haggard.)
  8. Charlotte Yonge, E. E. Hale, Thomas Hardy. (Young, hale and hardy.)
  9. Sarah Grande. (Grand.)
  10. Hawley Smart. (Smart.)

Give the most successful contestant a nicely bound copy of the latest popular book, and the least successful one a gaily colored copy of a child's primer, or a gaudy poster picture.

AUTHORS' VERBAL GAME

This is an interesting and instructive game. The players seat themselves so as to form a ring. An umpire and a score-keeper are appointed, and each player in turn rises and announces the name of a well-known book. The one who first calls out the name of the author of the book scores a point; the one who has the largest score when the game ceases is the victor, and may be given a prize. This game may be varied by the naming of well-known authors, leaving the titles of books, by these authors, to be supplied. And it may be played in yet another way. Give each player a pencil and paper, and instead of calling aloud the title of a book, as each author is announced, ask the players to write on a slip of paper the name of the author, the title of a book by that author, and the name of a character in the book. Thus: