OPHELIA.—To make meringues, whip the whites of six eggs till very firm; mix three-quarters of a pound of the finest icing sugar with them. Fill a tablespoon with the mixture as quickly as possible, and put on a strip of white paper placed on a baking board. Repeat this process rapidly till all the meringues be made, and sift fine sugar over them; then, without loss of time, place them in the oven, the heat of which should only be sufficient to dry them, and brown them very slightly. When firm, remove them from the papers, and with great care scoop out from the inside as much as you can without injuring the case. Then place them on fresh strips of paper, the hollow side uppermost, and let them remain in the same moderate heat till perfectly crisp. When cold, fill one case with whipped cream, place another over it, and if necessary to keep it in position, use a very little white of egg. If to be flavoured with vanilla, it should be added before commencing to whip the whites of eggs; thirty drops of the extract would probably suffice. The filling with thick cream should not be done until just before serving as the moisture might dissolve them. M. HOWARD.—The name “Chloe” is pronounced Klo-e, and “Lois” as Lo-iss. MISERABLE.—You had better give up all thought of marrying. You are not likely to make any man happy. If you marry at all, it should be the man you have so dishonourably jilted. He might go to law, and oblige you to pay for your breach of promise. SNOWDROP.—We give you a recipe for sponge-cake from the first authority. Stand a large bowl in a _bain-marie_ of hot water. Put in one pound of powdered sugar, break twelve eggs into the bowl, whisk quickly; remove the bowl from the _bain_, and continue whisking till quite cold. Sift in one pound of flour, add the chopped rind of a lemon, mix with a wooden spoon. Butter a mould or baking dish, and put in a sprinkling of flour, knocking out all that does not adhere to the butter; pour in the mixture, and place it in a moderate oven for about an hour, and when done it will feel firm to the touch. Perhaps the best plan for ascertaining the state of the cake is to run a slight wooden skewer into the centre. If insufficiently baked some of the mixture will adhere to the skewer; if done, it will come out clean. When ready for use, turn the cake out on a sieve to cool. Whatever recipes you have hitherto tried that failed, we doubt any disappointment in the present case. OUR NEW PUZZLE POEM. [Illustration] ⁂ PRIZES to the amount of six guineas (one of which will be reserved for competitors living abroad) are offered for the best solutions of the above Puzzle Poem. The following conditions must be observed:— 1. Solutions to be written on one side of the paper only. 2. Each paper to be headed with the name and address of the competitor. 3. Attention must be paid to spelling, punctuation, and neatness.