My _first_ is that happy position The holders of stock love to see; 'T is the point above which the aspiring Are evermore hoping to be. My _second_ made haste for the doctor; His mother was ailing, he heard; And that mother ever had taught him To revere and be kind to my _third_. Then he went to my _whole_ and requested Its master his mother would see, For he knew that my _first_ and my _second_ To his mother most welcome would be. W. H. A. ANAGRAMS. The letters of each of the following anagrams may be transposed so as to spell the name of a well-known novel. 1. Nod, quiet ox. 2. Wilt sit over? 3. Visiting near H. 4. Earning my gun. 5. Lord Poicy is south. 6. But no nice clams. 7. I hem when I want to. 8. Is it of papa's homely Ted? 9. If we have lifted a cork. 10. We quit Dr., and run. E. L. G. M. METAMORPHOSES. The problem is to change one given word to another given word, by altering one letter at a time, each alteration making a new word, the number of letters being always the same, and the letters remaining always in the same order. Sometimes the metamorphoses may be made in as many moves as there are letters in each given word, but in other instances more moves are required. EXAMPLE: Change LAMP to FIRE in four moves. Answer, LAMP, LAME, FAME, FARE, FIRE. 1. Change COW to RAT in three moves. 2. Change HARD to SOFT in six moves. 3. Change LEFT to EAST in four moves. 4. Change HIT to LOW in four moves. 5. Change LONG to WEST in five moves. "D. I. VERSITY." RHOMBOIDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I. ACROSS: 1. Poison. 2. An ancient philosopher memorable for his friendship with Pythias. 3. Large bundles. 4. A substance obtained from certain trees. 5. A strip of leather. DOWNWARD: 1. In prove. 2. A nickname. 3. To seize by a sudden grasp. 4. A famous mosque. 5. Certain burrowing animals. 6. A cosy place. 7. A title of respect. 8. A word of denial. 9. In prove. II. ACROSS: 1. A very wealthy man. 2. A bricklayer. 3. Inhabitants of a certain European country. 4. To send back. 5. A benefactor. DOWNWARD: 1. In Rhine. 2. A verb. 3. Vicious. 4. A low ridge of stone or gravel. 5. Freed from osseous substance. 6. The name of a captain in one of Jules Verne's stories. 7. Iniquity. 8. A preposition. 9. In Rhine. NORA L. WINSLOW. PI. Nilgang yam eb dais ot eb os kile eth hatemcatsim atth ti nac veern eb fylul ratlen. ZIGZAG. Each of the words described contains the same number of letters, and the zigzag, beginning at the upper left-hand letter, will spell a day famous in history.