St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 13, May 1886, No. 7.: An Illustrated Magazine for Young FolksVarious
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St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 13, May 1886, No. 7.: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks
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Children's literature -- Periodicals; Children's periodicals, American
The words forming this numerical enigma are pictured instead of
described. The answer, consisting of a hundred and one letters, is a
four-line verse by Bayard Taylor.
TRIPLE ACROSTIC.
[Illustration]
ACROSS: 1. Pertaining to a monarch. 2. Entering without right. 3.
Unmarried women. 4. Unfaithful. Primals, a vapor; centrals, a brown
coating; finals, in a smaller degree. Primals, centrals, and finals
combined, unsuspicious.
F. L. F.
INVERTED PYRAMID.
ACROSS: 1. Measurement. 2. Consumes. 3. A chemical substance. 4. A
sheltered place. 5. In pyramid. Downward: 1. In pyramid. 2. Two-thirds
of a girl's name. 3. Mankind. 4. Bad. 5. Celebrated. 6. Certain. 7.
Wrath. 8. A bone. 9. In inverted.
F. L. F.
CONNECTED SQUARES.
[Illustration]
I. UPPER SQUARE: 1. Pertaining to a certain nymph. 2. A disease peculiar
to children. 3. A dwelling-place. 4. The European blackbird. 5. A charm.
II. LEFT-HAND SQUARE: 1. Burned wood. 2. A continued endeavor to gain
possession. 3. The inner part. 4. The lesser white heron. 5. A
pugilistic encounter.
III. RIGHT-HAND SQUARE: 1. An expression of contempt. 2. A small column
without base or capital. 3. Parts of shoes. 4. To assign. 5. To
squander.
IV. LOWER SQUARE: 1. A term used in playing with balls. 2. A sacred
vestment. 3. Proper. 4. A fine yellow clay. 5. A measure.
Centrals, reading downward (eleven letters), an architect who builds
houses. Centrals, reading across, a mechanical contrivance common in
cotton-mills.
"L. LOS REGNI."
FINAL ACROSTIC.
Each of the words described contains the same number of letters. The
primals will all be of the same letter; the finals will spell a name
famous in history.
1. A small shell-fish. 2. An emblem. 3. A common plant having a scarlet
blossom. 4. To weaken. 5. A specter. 6. An afternoon nap. 7. A leap. 8.
Unassuming. 9. A violent effort. 10. Irony. 11. A channel.
"JUVENTUS."
WORD-SQUARES IN DIAMONDS.
[Illustration]
I. Diamond: 1. In soles. 2. To touch lightly. 3. Satisfies. 4. A
beverage. 5. In soles. Included word-square: 1. To touch lightly. 2.
Consumed. 3. A beverage.
II. Diamond: 1. In strife. 2. To touch lightly. 3. Much talked of in
railway offices. 4. An inclosure. 5. In strife. Included word-square: 1.
To touch lightly. 2. A verb. 3. An inclosure.
III. Diamond: 1. In youthful. 2. The cry of a certain animal. 3. A
mythical being. 4. Skill. 5. In youthful. Included word-square: 1. The
cry of a certain animal. 2. Gaseous substance. 3. Skill.
"ARTHUR PENDENNIS."
HOUR-GLASS.
The central letters, reading downward, spell the name of a very
prominent personage.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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