On the occasion of which I am writing the host and hostess said they, together, named a book, though they wore no badge or mark. Of course, nearly all guessed that they were Wilkie Collins’s _Man and Wife_. A young lady came in white to represent _The Woman in White_, while a lady in a silk dress and hat was meant for Black’s _In Silk Attire_. Then a gentleman wore the hostess’s visiting-card for _Our Mutual Friend_. A lady wore the sign “Gemini” in her hat for Sarah Grand’s _Heavenly Twins_. A lucky penny fastened on the shoulder showing the head with “I win” below it, and a second penny showing the reverse side, and under that “you lose,” stood for _Bound to Win_. Then 1 o 0 n 0 e 0, written on a card, and worn in a hat, was to be read _One in a Thousand_, while some coins on a string signified _Hard Cash_. A bow of orange and green ribbon gave Henty’s book _Orange and Green_. A neat-looking girl wore a cravat with a piece of the lace hanging from it for _Never too Late to Mend_, while another young girl had the word “stood” stuck in her hat for _Misunderstood_. Some large white wings in a hat gave Black’s novel of that name. A little sketch of a child with eyes shut and mouth wide open was for _Great Expectations_. A lad with N & S on the side of his jacket meant to represent _A Tale of Two Cities_. The word wedding, written in red ink, was for Jephson’s _Pink Wedding_, and the musical notation of a chime stood for _The Lay of the Bell_. The queen of hearts out of a pack of cards was worn by a gentleman to represent Wilkie Collins’s novel of that name, while “no credit,” stuck in a hat, was meant for James Payn’s _For Cash Only_. A girl wore her mother’s photograph for Grace Aguilar’s _Home Influence_. Heartsease, yellow aster, and other flowers that name books, also small pictures of “Pair of Blue Eyes,” “Windsor Castle,” “Old St. Paul’s,” and others. There were also some books of more serious character, such as the _Times Encyclopædia_; the twenty-five volumes were marked on a belt. Sir J. Lubbock’s _Ants, Bees, and Wasps_ also found a representative. It is easy to find an endless variety of book names that one can symbolise in one way or another, but works of fiction lend themselves the most easily. On the particular afternoon of which I am writing we were all occupied with our cards while tea was being handed. When all seemed to have finished writing, the hostess took all the cards, and amidst much laughter the names of the books were read out from each card, and a prize awarded to the owner of the card with the most correct guesses on it, and a second prize was given to the one who was least successful—the “duffer’s prize” it was called. This was a wooden spoon, which, however, was received with great good humour, the recipient declaring he had never in his life guessed anything! The first prize was a box of sweets, which the winner handed round to the unsuccessful competitors. TO NIGHT.