The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 992, December 31, 1898Various
General
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 992, December 31, 1898
Various
Children's literature -- Periodicals
Annie A. Arnott, Fanny Ashby, Ethel M. Atkins, Margaret Bailey, Eva M.
Benson, R. S. Benson, E. K. Berry, Mary A. Blagg, Nancy Bolingbroke, M.
S. Bourne, May Burlinsay, Annie J. Cather, Mabel E. Davis, Mrs. Deane,
Edward R. Duffield, Alice M. Feurer, Emily Francis, Mrs. W. H. Gotch,
Mrs. Grubbe, Edith E. Grundy, A. Hughes, George L. Ingram, Annie G.
Luck, C. Y. MacGibbon, E. Mastin, Jessie Middlemiss, Mrs. Nicholls,
Percy J. Powell, Alice M. Price, Gertrude Saffery, A. C. Sharp, Isabel
Snell, Norah M. Sullivan, A. C. T., Phyllis Toker, Ann Toplis, Florence
Whitlock, Mrs. Wigglesworth, E. Wilson.
_Honourable Mention._
S. Ballard, Mary I. Chislett, Helen M. Coulthard, Mrs. H. Keel, K. H.
Ingram, E. M. Le Mottée, Charlotte Hayward, Florence Hayward, Ethel
C. Hobbs, Edith L. Howse, Annette E. Jackson, Alice E. Johnson, Fred
Lindley, Ethel C. McMaster, Elsa P. Neel, Charles Parr, Elizabeth A.
Reynolds, Annie Saunders, Dorothy Smith, Ellen R. Smith, Gertrude
Smith, May Tutte, Anna Walker, J. Walker, Julia Waltenberg, John R.
Whyberd, G. Watherston.
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EXAMINERS' REPORT.
The insatiability of an editor who is clamouring daily for our words
of wisdom compels us to be very brief. This is all the more to be
regretted because with such a subject to handle we could have risen to
great literary heights. But to work!
The title was not "Another aught," the reason being that aught is not
synonymous with naught. The difference between the two is considerable,
"aught" signifying anything, "naught" nothing. The importance of this
pleasing fact is often overlooked, especially by schoolchildren, who
frequently speak of a cipher as "an aught," or, as they in their
childish wisdom spell it "ought."
In many solutions the final letter of "onwards" was omitted. Doubtless,
"onward" is grammatically just as good, but as the "s" was in the
puzzle it was a pity not to transfer it to the solution.
The beginning of the third line seems to have caused trouble. Those who
failed to find the true solution generally gave "On our three figures,"
or "On our first numbers." Both readings are good interpretations of
the text, but the first is meaningless and the second is incorrect.
With "On all our numbers "--adopted by a few solvers--we have little
fault to find.
Many competitors kindly pointed out that the minus sign in line 6 ought
to have been the sign of division. Let us examine their contention
closely. Two weeks divided by two yields one week and the beginning of
the line would run "A thousand one week." Two weeks minus two yields
weeks, clearly, and we need pursue the instruction no further. Some of
the readings at this point were remarkable, _e.g._, "A thousand days";
"Twelve thousand days": "A thousand years," and "A million weeks."
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