AVIAN NUMERICAL ENIGMA.

I AM composed of forty-seven letters and form a couplet from a poem by a New England writer.

My 14-34-18-27-20 is a long-billed wading bird. My 21-15-31-8-42-18-6 is the stake-driver. My 35-2237-9 12-41-1-43-18-10-4 is a common, sweet-singing bird. My 7-43-30-22-16-19 builds a hanging nest in the elm tree. My 13-44-32-21-15-18-38 is a bird mimic. My 40-37-46-15-9-27 21-30-43-17 is a deep blue bird. My 6-28-31-24-1-23-13-26 is a white - breasted bird, often seen head downward on the trunks of trees. My 35-131-43-33-5-8 25-44-45-36-9-42-18 is a brilliant bird. My 41-36-2-23-18-47-11-9-3 is a common game bird. My 39-3-25-18-5-29 is an ocean bird.

(Silver Badge, St. Nicholas League Competition.)

ALL the words described contain the same number of letters. When rightly guessed and written one below another the initial letters will spell the name of a poet, while another row of letters will spell the name of a statesman.

CROSS-WORDS: 1. What Thomas Otway said was "made to temper man." 2. Hired carriages. 3. The pad or roller which inks the type. 4. Short journeys. 5. Tinges. 6. A narrow bay. 7. To choose by vote. 8. Kingly.

1. IN Spanish. 2. A beverage. 3. Swarthy inhabitants of Northern Africa. 4. Half of a company of soldiers. 5. A black wood. 6. A sauce for fish, used in China and Japan. 7. In Spanish.

MARIANNA KROEHLE.

AUTHOR'S ZIGZAG.

(Gold Badge, St. Nicholas League Competition.

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FROM I to 2, a famous American author who was born on Independence Day.

CROSS-WORDS: 1. Three beautiful creatures in "The Gorgon's Head." 2. One word from the title of one of his novels published in 1851. 3. His occupation. 4. His wife's Christian name. 5. His son's Christian name. 6. The capitol of the state in which he was born. 7. Three-fifths of a character in one of his "Tales." The last name of the nom-de-plume of one of his friends who, in 1828, started what is now known as one of the author's best works. 9. The name of a character in Prophetic Pictures." 10. The place where he received his preliminary education. II. A position given him by a famous historian. 12. The principal word in the name of one of his famous juvenile books. 13. A character in "The Gentle Boy." 14. A character mentioned in the novel named by the second cross-word. 15. The last syllable of the author's surname. 16. The date of his birthday. 17. What he habitually was. 18. The surname of a President who was his friend.

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GRACE LOWENHAUPT (age 10).