K. B.—1. The ancient name of Constantinople was Byzantium. The present city occupies its site, but was named after Constantine the Great, who built it. 2. Cardinal Wolsey erected Christ Church College, Oxford, Ipswich, and also Hampton Court. A Life of King Robert “the Bruce” was written by the Scottish poet, Barbour, in a poem called the “Brus.” ART. A TOMATO.—See article in _Silver Sails_ (Summer Number for 1881) on crystoleum painting. The 12th of April, 1873, was a Saturday. JANE.—If you really wish to learn drawing and painting, buy a shilling manual on perspective and study from natural objects. Begin with some simple object, such as a village pump or wayside stile, but do not attempt such composite subjects as that sent for our opinion until you can accomplish the former subjects fairly well. CLOE.—As a rule, if a girl shows any taste for using her pencil, in however trivial a way, she imagines that she could make money by it; but she forgets, like the swarms of verse-writers, that ideality to a very considerable degree is requisite for both the poet and painter. If you have a gift for designing, as well as the practical skill, you might find an opening amongst the lace manufacturers of Nottingham and other places, amongst the cotton printers at Manchester, or the silk manufactories at Macclesfield. It could be available for wall-paper printers, for carpet weaving, and for pottery. Turn your attention to one of these openings. MISS FIENNES, of Castle-hill, Reading, Berkshire, conducts a girls’ club, called the Daub Society, to which members (amateur beginners) send an original painting or drawing every month. The annual subscription is one shilling, and the members adopt fancy names. MISCELLANEOUS. J. W. must accept our best thanks for her kind letter and the assurance that the “girls’ own mothers” take as much delight in our paper as the girls themselves. KARTOFFEL.—“What is the best thing to do if anything is seen in a haunted house?” Shut your eyes, and don’t see it. SWETSCHE.—To invent “a cure for sleeplessness” would be to become a millionaire. If we were so fortunate we could not promise to take you into partnership, but would advertise our decoction widely. COUSIN.—You have fallen into a careless and injurious mode of walking. You should plant your feet straight on the ground, and might also have a little brass or iron heel put on those of your shoes. If your blue serge dress be so soiled with dust, you had better get it re-dipped by a dyer. They can do so without your unpicking the dress. FIREFLY.—You seem to have overtaxed your brain-power during these examinations, and you need rest; change of air, good diet, early retirement to bed at night, and late rising (say at 8 a.m.) might in time restore the powers of memory. At the same time, you should obtain the advice of an experienced physician. MILLICENT THORNTON.—The quotation commencing— “Absence of occupation is not rest,”