Annie E. Mellor, Hereford.
Second Prize (£1 1s.).
Annie Ascough, Scarborough.
Third Prize (10s. 6d.).
Helen Rickards, Dixton Vicarage, Monmouth.
Honourable Mention.
"Hermia," Colchester; Janet M. Pugh, Towyn; Louisa A. M. Mathew, Beckenham; Mary F. Howard, Oxford; Amy Miller, Brixton Hill; J. Ebdell, Wakefield; Nellie Cobham, Folkestone; Kate Kelsey, Bristol; Minnie Highton, Norwood; "Greta," Manchester; Lottie L. Creighton, Gorey; L. Harper, Belfast; Ada Browning, Limehouse, E.; Effie Mackintosh, Instow; Abigail Binns, Rochdale; Jessie Hickling, Sydenham; Mrs. Evelyn Upton, West Brighton; C. Winifred Dyer, Wandsworth; "Shamrock," Hyde Park; Annie F. Hepple, North Shields; Alice J. E. Mosley, Wentworth; Sophie Gardner, Richmond Hill; J. B. C., Fauldhouse; Lilian A. G. Slade, Crewkerne; H. Marjory Ingle, Ely; Eleanor Mary Ralls, Bridport; Maud Wilson, Belfast; C. Winifred James, Crown Hill; Margaret Christina Haynes, Bristol.
To the Competitors.
My dear Girls,—As summaries, your stories could hardly have been better. It is clear that, in organising the Competition, the Editor has been doing real educational work. You are acquiring a selective faculty: you are learning to distinguish between the detail and the design. Practice—this sounds arithmetical—is teaching you proportion. This critical power will stand you in good stead—in life as well as in letters.