St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12Various
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St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12
Various
Children's literature -- Periodicals; Children's periodicals, American
My first is in bee, but not in fly;
My second in moon, but not in sky;
My third is in scare, but not in fright;
My fourth is in top, and also in kite;
My fifth is in broad, but not in wide;
My sixth is in ocean, but not in tide;
My whole is all New England's pride.
H. A. S.
ANAGRAM WORD-SQUARES.
From the letters composing each of the following four sentences make a
word-square: 1. Doctor, do Irish histories err? 2. Let their hotel
gardener grin. 3. Post shall need man's sympathy. 4. Hurrah, Peg has the
gallant pup! The meaning of the words composing the four squares, in the
proper order of succession, are as follows:
I. 1. A band of singers. 2. A wandering troop of barbarians. 3. A plant
with a sweet-smelling root. 4. A simpleton. 5. Is quiet.
II. 1. A spelled number. 2. A lazy person. 3. A dazzling light. 4. A
marsh bird. 5. A river of England.
III. 1. Profundity. 2. To try. 3. A sacred song. 4. A claw. 5. Poems.
IV. 1. A noise that no animal but man can make. 2. The name of a letter
of the Greek alphabet. 3. Part of a shoe. 4. A town of Belgium. 5. Deer.
A. + B.
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN SEPTEMBER NUMBER.
CLASSICAL DOUBLE ACROSTIC.--Virgil--Horace. 1. VoucH. 2. IagO. 3. RoaR.
4. GeorgiA. 5. IoniC. 6. LittlE.
NAMES OF AUTHORS ENIGMATICALLY EXPRESSED.--1. Poe. 2. Defoe. 3.
Hawthorne. 4. Prescott. 5. Hay. 6. Cooper 7. Sparks. 8. Lever. 9. Lover.
10. Boswell.
ENIGMA.--Bridle.
WHAT IS IT.--A switch.
CHARADE.--Nightingale; night, in(n), gale.
CENTRAL SYNCOPATIONS.--1. Mouth, moth. 2. Carve, cave. 3. Maxim, maim.
4. Cabin, Cain. 5. Coronet, cornet.
THREE DIAMONDS.--
T C I
G I G A L I U N A
I. T I B E R II. C L O V E III. I N D I A
G E M I V Y A I M
R E A
PICTORIAL ANAGRAM.--"Procrastination is the thief of time."
INCOMPLETE SENTENCES.--1. Fair, fare. 2. Rite, right, write. 3. Maid,
made. 4. Reads, reeds. 5. Beats, beets. 6. Bawl, ball. 7. Mien, mean. 8.
Fain, feign, fane.
RIDDLE.--River.
POSITIVES AND COMPARATIVES.--1. Flat, flatter. 2. Ham, hammer. 3. Gross,
grocer. 4. Lad, ladder. 5. On, honor. 6. Eye, ire. 7. Poe, pore. 8. Pie,
pyre. 9. Mart, martyr.
DOUBLE WORD-SQUARE.--G O N E
A V E R
L E E R
E N D S
HIDDEN NAMES.--In each sentence, take the first letter of each word. 1.
Alma. 2. Helen. 3. Arthur. 4. Mabel. 5. Harry. 6. Ethel. 7. Ernest. 8.
Edith. 9. Fred. 10. Stella. 11. Edwin. 12. Grace. 13. Frank.
EASY CROSS-WORD ENIGMA.--Dictionary.
REBUS.--"Can storied urn or animated bust
Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath?"
DOUBLE ACROSTIC.--Victoria-Disraeli. 1. ViviD. 2. I, I. 3. CorpS. 4.
ToweR. 5. OperA. 6. RarE. 7. IdyL. 8. AlighierI.
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