3. When all in darkness lay the north,
Light from this little isle came forth.
4. If on the Rhine you take your way,
Beware how you listen to her lay.
5. A town in Berkshire you will find,
Its biscuits what I call to mind.
6. Roland a brave knight was he,
But another as brave now see.
7. Chained to a rock in trembling fear;
But courage! the deliverer's near.
8. To a northern city a visit pay we,
A fair cathedral there to see.

41.

L. F.

Hark to my Second's sound by day and night; Look at my First-nay, hurry from the sight!

book.

1. I'm green, or pink, or blue, but oftenest red. 2. This creature bit my finger till it bled. 3. In Syria you will find it if you look. 4. Attend, you tomboy! do pray read your 5. In Naples mendicants, alas! abound; 6. And here, though nearer home, they may be found.

7. A dog-a table; anything in short. 8. This sort of eloquence is prized in court. 9. This fortress on a rocky ísle doth stand. 10. Means "the preserver " in the Indian land. 11. Three minutes ?-not enough; I like them

harder.

12. Not these, but trout or salmon for

my larder.

C. B.

42.

To harmony both my words can belong, They may be combined in hilarious song; Yet each in the game of cricket may be; In its ball both meanings you'll easily see. 1. Dishonest, not sober; no, I can't give it. 2. Latin verbs learning, my Second will show. 3. I had a bad cough, and this did relieve it. 4. A pleasant acidity this will bestow.

5. Destroying large numbers, yet foiled in his aim; Ambitious and cruel, you must know his name.

H. S. G.

43.

Much oftener thick and foul than clean

my First

is seen, On breezy, open common, or by the village green. My Second in my First, tormented by the boys, Lives; and at night makes much unpleasant noise.

1. To extinguish a candle you often me use. 2. Before dinner a dozen of this you may choose. 3. Have you found out my Next? Well, it doesn't much matter;

4. This faithful companion will after you patter.

O. T.

2. My voice enchantment lends
As with the rest it sweetly blends.
3. To right or left I lead along,
But may be right, or may be wrong.

45.

T.L. P.

MY FIRST MAY BE USED TO CONTAIN MY SECOND.

1. A good description.

2. Useful for light, and food, and medicine. 3. A fruit.

4. A personage of importance.

5. A Îake.

6. A small bird.

46.

A. F.

My First an all-accomplished knight;
My Second where he fell in fight.

1. In winter prized by dame and maid.
2. Names in this order sometimes run.

3. A tune on the piano played.

4. Another name for Donaldson.
5. You'll find me in the southern seas;
6. And me in smelting furnaces.

7. I dwell in cloisters' hallowed ground,
Or in a pigeon-house am found.

47.

B. T.

Abundant in foliage, and plenteous in fruit.
To go with my grey the colour won't suit.

1. By that flush on her cheek I fear she has fever. 2. A friend will not use such words as these ever. 3. I made it severely, but nought did avail. 4. In winter 'tis useful, when other things fail. 5. This always is good, for she dresses with taste; 6. And never looks this, whatever the haste. 7. Far east we must seek him, 'neath tropical sun. 8. Of interest great, a battle is won.

9. Adorning a soldier, or baby instead.

10. Legless and armless, not even a head. 11. A king is companion with herds in the field; 12. Another appears with sword and with shield. 13. Aromatic the fragrance this herb's said to yield.

H. S. G.

48.

1. Waving o'er the breezy upland
Blooms my First, so fair and free,
Yielding food to hungry moor-fowl,
Luscious honey to the bee.

2. Hapless mortal is my Second,

Robbed of human shape and form,
Doomed to roam the briny ocean,
And to rule the raging storm.

3. Low before the Eastern tyrant,

Trembling slaves must make my Third;
Bodies prostrate, heads uncovered,
Daring ne'er to speak a word.

4. Lovely queen of elves and fairies,
On a bank my Fourth reclined,
While her arms, oh, strangest passion!
Round an ass's neck she twined.

5. Who would e'er believe the horror

'Gainst my
Fifth in bower and hall ?
Cut it-straight your eyes are weeping;
Eat it and you're shunned by all.

6. Lo! the holy hermit prayeth,

In his cell so still and lone;
While my Sixth, his hoarded treasure,
Resteth on the altar stone.

7. See, my Seventh's log is burning
Brightly in the baron's hall,
While the ruddy holly clusters
Hang around the old oak wall.

Saw ye ne'er a leafless landscape
On a dark November day?
So th' Initials' sombre picture
Tell of things long passed away.
Look again, a vernal shower
Renders life to flower and tree,
So the Finals' magic touches
Make all as it used to be.

7

W. M. I

49.

Rival queens, 'tis said, are we,
And yet we sometimes can agree,

And share our throne with equal grace,—
Discover if you can its place.

1. A charming watering place in Wales;
2. An article which comes from Greece;

3. A talisman of magic tales;

4. The foe whose threats destroy my peace. N. O. W.