1. In martin, not in curlew. 2. A rather showy bird. 3. A very showy bird. 4. An Oriental animal. 5. In sparrow. C. O. SQUARE-WORD. 1. A wading-bird. 2. A talking-bird. 3. To turn aside. 4. Steadiness of courage, or fortitude. 5. To go in. R. K. D. SHAKSPEAREAN REBUS. [Illustration: A three-line quotation from one of Shakspeare's plays.] GEOGRAPHICAL DOUBLE ACROSTIC. The initials name a large country of Asia, and the finals a country of Europe renowned for its climate. 1. A country of South America. 2. An ancient name for a narrow strait in South-eastern Europe. 3. A British possession in Asia. 4. A kingdom of Northern Hindostan. 5. A North American mountain system. SEDGWICK. METAGRAM. I am a word, with meanings many; To plunge, is just as good as any. With new head, I'm a piece of money; With other head, I'm "sweet as honey." Another still, I'm a projection; One more, I sever all connection. Another change, I'm the teeth to stick in; Another still, I plague your chicken. One more new head, and I'm to taste; One more, and I discharge with haste. I. W. H. VERY EASY HIDDEN FURNITURE. (FOR LITTLE FOLKS.) 1. May got a tablet for her Christmas. 2. My father walks so fast! 3. Such air as we breathe in our school-room is hurtful. 4. My brother's tools are always out of place. 5. What? not going to the party to-night? 6. Vic! Ribbons are out of place on school-girls. 7. _What_ spool-cotton is the best to use? 8. Boys, stop that racket! 9. Lily made skips going along to school every day. C. I. J. DOUBLE CROSS-WORD ENIGMA. 1. In shelf, but not in seat; 2. In food, but not in meat; 3. In slow, but not in fast; 4. In model, but not in cast; 5. In hovel, but not in hut; 6. In almonds, but not in nut. Read this aright, and you will find Two Yankee poets will come to mind. I. E. TRANSPOSITIONS. In each of the following sentences, fill the first blank, or set of blanks, with an appropriate word, or set of words, the letters of which may be transposed to fill the remaining blanks, as often as these blanks occur. Thus, in No. 1, the first blank may be appropriately filled with the word "warned." The letters of this word, when transposed once, give "warden" for the second blank, and, transposed again, "wander" for the third. 1. Though ---- before setting forth, the church ---- lost his way and continued to ---- helplessly for some time. 2. If a ----, or even a ---- had ---- at will through that well-kept ----, the plants would have been in great ----. 3. If ---- grow in the Levantine island of ----, at least ----and ---- are to be found there. This was told me as a ---- fact. 4. Neither a precious stone such as a ----, nor a ---- ---- of pealed willow, nor even a ---- of the sweet-pea vine, is of much account to an animal so savage as the ----. W. PROVERB REBUS. [Illustration] CHARADE.