$1. H. B.—Your enigma is a good one, but it came too late for use this year.
Raleigh.—"Art is long, and time is fleeting." There are a great many departments in art, and very many artists are known for conscientious and beautiful work; but if we were to name a single one in either hemisphere as the greatest, we would be unjust to a host of others.
Emilie.—It is not a nom de plume.
BICYCLING.
C. A. Perley and Alvah S. Hubbard.—Your questions are answered by the advertisements on the last page of the cover.
Guy H. Wood.—A Horsman bicycle, No. 15, diameter of front wheel thirty-six inches, and costing $25, will probably suit you.