St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878: No 1, Nov 1877Various
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St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878: No 1, Nov 1877
Various
Children's literature -- Periodicals; Children's periodicals, American
Go to the depths of the fathomless sea,
Go where the dew-drop shines on the lea,
Go where are gathered in lands afar,
The treasures of earth for the rich bazaar,
Go to the crowded ball-room, where
All that is lovely, and young, and fair,
Charms the soul with beauty and grace,
And my third shall meet you face to face.
III.
When war's red hand was raised to slay,
And front to front great armies lay,
Then, oft in the silent midnight camp,
When naught was heard but the sentry's tramp,
As he patiently paced his lonely round,
My whole was sought, and yet when found,
It sent full many a warrior brave
To his last long rest, in a soldier's grave.
E.J.A.
PUZZLE BOUQUET.
1. A cunning animal and a covering for the hand. 2. A voracious bird
of prey and a useless plant. 3. A pipe and a flower. 4. A sweetmeat
and a bunch of hair. 5. A noun meaning a quick breaking and a winged
serpent. 6. A stone fence and the blossom of a plant. 7. Fragrant and
a vegetable. 8. An entertainment of dancing and a boy's nickname.
9. Vapor frozen in flakes, and to let fall. 10. To enter into the
conjugal state, and a precious metal.
GEORGE CHINN.
TRANSPOSITIONS.
Fill the first blank with a certain word, and then, by transposing
the final letter to the place of the initial, form a word to fill the
second blank. Example: In the _halls_ of her ancestors she _shall_
tread without fear.
1. There is not on ---- a person of larger ----. 2. On the banks of
the ---- the traveler ---- alone. 3. As the thought of her kindness
---- up in my heart, it causes it to ---- with gratitude. 4. It was
with no ---- intent that ---- destroyed his first will. 5. I noticed
on the ---- of the pond quantities of ----.
B.
LETTER ANAGRAMS.
Write a line in each case describing the position of the letters
toward each other, and transpose the letters used in this description
to make a word which will answer the definition given. Thus:
R. } A part of the day. _Ans_. R. on M. (transposed) Morn.
M. }
1. { L. } A kind of bird.
{ P. }
2. S. R. Parts of a house.
3. S. T. A piece of furniture.
4. { L. } To pillage.
{ P. }
5. { Et. } Not rhythmical.
{ Ic. }
H.H.D.
HIDDEN DRESS GOODS.
1. Seizing the rascal I compelled him to give up the money. 2. Aunt
Nell is fond of singing Hamburg. 3. Belle Prescott only failed once
last year. 4. Eveline never learned to control herself. 5. Where is
Towser, Gertie? 6. I met Homer in Oregon. 7. Where did you find such a
queer fossil, Kenneth? 8. Tom Thumb is a tiny specimen of humanity. 9.
Did Erasmus Lincoln lose all his property by the fire?
PICTORIAL, PROVERB-ACROSTIC.
Arrange the words represented by the numbered pictures in their order.
The initials and finals (reading down the former and continuing
down the latter) form a familiar proverb, the sentiment of which is
suggested by the central picture.
[Illustration]
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