. St. Nicholas [serial] . to limit in descent. dycie. WORD-BUILDING. BEGIN with a single letter, and, by adding one letterat a time, and perhaps transposing the letters, make anew word of each move. 1. A vowel. 2. A preposition. 3. Wickedness. 4. Use-ful little instruments. 5. A bird highly prized for Matures. 7. Pinchers. 8. A member of a royalfamily. ANNE AND MARGARET. SCOTTISH DIAGONAL PUZZLE. I. A group of islands near the western coast of Scot-land. 2. An old Scottish palace associated with the lifeof Mary, Queen of Scots. 3. Wind-instruments, verypopular in the highlands of Scotl
. St. Nicholas [serial] . to limit in descent. dycie. WORD-BUILDING. BEGIN with a single letter, and, by adding one letterat a time, and perhaps transposing the letters, make anew word of each move. 1. A vowel. 2. A preposition. 3. Wickedness. 4. Use-ful little instruments. 5. A bird highly prized for Matures. 7. Pinchers. 8. A member of a royalfamily. ANNE AND MARGARET. SCOTTISH DIAGONAL PUZZLE. I. A group of islands near the western coast of Scot-land. 2. An old Scottish palace associated with the lifeof Mary, Queen of Scots. 3. Wind-instruments, verypopular in the highlands of Scotland. 4. The mountainhome of Queen Victoria. 5. A daughter of James I. ofScotland. 6. The Christian name and surname of agreat Scottish reformer. 7. A large district in the southof Scotland, famous for its cattle. 8. The title of a novelby Scott. The diagonals, from the upper left-hand letter to thelower right-hand letter, will spell the name given, inScotland, to the last night of the year. dycie. ,67 i68 THE CHRISTMAS PUZZLE. Each of the eight pictures in the above illustrationmay be described by a word of five letters. When theseare rightly guessed and placed one below the other, inthe order here given, the letters from i to 14 (as indi-cated in the diagram) will spell the name of a very famousphilosopher and mathematician who was born on the dayspelled by the letters from 15 to 26. ANAGRAM. A distinguished American: He lives well, lord o rectangle. I. In paid. 2. A wager. 3. Waits. 4. Those whopretend to superior knowledge. 5. Pertaining to exten-sion. 6. Compensation for services. 7. Meager. 8. Suf- fered. 9. Deduced. 10. Restored to health. II. Acounty in England. 12. A cave. 13. In paid. When rightly guessed, the words should read the samedownward as across. CYRIL DEANE. HALF-SQUARES. I. I. A measure of weight usedin the East. 2. To turnaside. 3. Infusions made of the dried leaves of An abbreviation of mistress. 5. A preposition. 6. Inna
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