+-------+-------+-------+-------+ | O O | O O | O O | O | | O | O | | | | O O | O O | O O | O | +-------+-------+-------+-------+ | O | O | O O | O O | | O | O | | O O | | O | O | O O | O O | +-------+-------+-------+-------+ | O O | O O O | O | O | | | | O | O | | O O | O O O | O | O | +-------+-------+-------+-------+ | O O | O | O O | O O | | | | O | O | | O O | O | O O | O O | +-------+-------+-------+-------+ BROKEN WORDS.--1. Inquires--in quires. 2. Western--we stern. 3. Ashantee--a shanty. PICTORIAL QUADRUPLE ACROSTIC.--Stalagmites, Stalactites, Natural Cave, Underground, 1. SNUfferS. 2. TANgenT. 3. ATDA. 3. LaUrEL. 4. AuRoRA. 5. GGAC. 6. MeaL RaT. 7. IOdide CuprI. 8. TrUAnT. 9 ENVelopE. 10. SpaDES. CHRISTMAS ENIGMA.--"He has more business than an English oven at Christmas." AUTHORS' NAMES.--1. Mulock (mew, loch). 2. Edgeworth (edge worth). 3. Thackeray (T hack ray). 4. Carlyle (Carl isle). 5. Charles Reade (Charles read). 6. Ruskin (rusk inn). 7. Gaskell (gas K ell). 8. Hale. 9. Macaulay (Mac awl ay). 10. Victor Hugo (victor hug O). 11. Prescott (press cot). 12. Whitney (whit neigh). 13. Braddon (brad don). 14. Alcott (Al cot). 15. Disraeli (D Israel I). 16. Rossetti (Rose Ettie). A RIMLESS WHEEL..-1. Parapet. 2. Manakin. 3. Fanatic. 4. Rubadub. 1_a_, par; 1_b_, pet; 2_a_, man; 2_b_, kin; 3_a_, fan; 3_b_, tic; 4_a_, rub; 4_b_, dub. DIAGONAL PUZZLE.--Santa Claus. St. Nicholas, pAtronizes, coNfidence, conTribute, compArable, reconCiles, immacuLate, legitimAte, miraculoUs, schoolboyS. PROVERB PUZZLE.--"Christmas comes but once a year." Car, sabots, chimney, mouse, trace. SEXTUPLE ACROSTIC.--Mopes, Abaft, Larva, Enter. EASY DIAMOND PUZZLE.--R, Dog, Robin, Gig, N. NUMERICAL ENIGMAS.--1. Winsome--win some. 2. Sailor--sail or. 3. Wind-flowers--wind flowers. 4. Whip-poor-will--whip poor Will. 5. Parents--Pa rents. 6. To-morrow--Tom or row. 7. Wellfare--Well! farewell.