My 8th, 2d, 9th, 19th, 24th, 4th, was a celebrated English poet. My 3d, 26th, 14th, 16th, 27th, is one of the elements. My 21st, 11th, 6th, 7th, 26th, 8th, exists only in imagination. My 14th, 9th, 10th, 5th, 19th, is a gaudy flower. My 4th, 11th, 20th, 13th, 17th, 16th, 26th, 9th, was a Swiss philosopher. My 19th, 1st, 5th, 22d, is various in form and expression. My 9th, 15th, 28th, 26th, 14th, is an article of extensive commerce. My 12th, 13th, 9th, 4th, 19th, 24th, 27th, was strikingly exemplified in My 4th, 7th, 8th, 1st, 26th, 4th, 6th, 14th, 1st, 16th, 14th, 15th, 5th, 4th, 6th. My 19th, 26th, 19th, 26th, 3d, is a foreign production. My 14th, 16th, 23d, 10th, was a famous archer. My 13th, 14th, 26th, 14th, 9th, 16th, is pale and motionless. My 24th, 26th, 25th, 18th, 23d, is much used in one of the polite arts. My 6th, 2d, 13th, 14th, 14th, 1st, 2d, 9th, 26th, 8th, 8th, 2d, 22d, 6th, asks your opinion of my whole. _Philadelphia, April 6, 1842._ MR. MERRY: You will pardon the liberty that one of your juvenile admirers has taken, by sending you a puzzle for your invaluable Museum. The subject is one that you are very familiar with, and as I have but just made it my subject, perhaps full justice may not have been done to its character. I have at least tried to make the best of it. ELIZABETH. I am composed of 9 letters. My 4th, 8th, 6th, is the retreat of a wild beast. My 9th, 2d, 4th, is the name of the Creator. My 4th, 2d, 5th, is a female deer. My 6th, 8th, 4th, is a nickname for a boy. My 3d, 2d, 8th, is what cloth is made from. My 1st, 3d, 5th, is a scripture denunciation. My 7th, 5th, 9th, is a part of the human frame. My 9th, 2d, 9th, is a record kept by seamen. My 2d, 4th, 8th, is a piece of poetry. My 4th, 3d, 6th, is a Spanish title. My 4th, 2d, 9th, is a sagacious animal. My 9th, 8th, 7th, 6th, is a romantic spot. My 6th, 3d, 4th, is where Adam’s first son went and dwelt. My 7th, 8th, 6th, 4th, is an act of friendship. My 4th, 3d, 1st, 6th, is an article of commerce. My 9th, 3d, 1st, 6th, is a female dress. My 9th, 2d, 1st, 8th, 6th, is a Scottish name for a small flower. My 8th, 4th, 5th, 6th, is the first spot inhabited by human beings. My 9th, 3d, 2d, 4th, is what all people should be. My whole is what my friend Robert Merry has found very useful to himself in moving through the world. _Utica, April 9, 1842._ MR. MERRY: