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  2. CHESS.

    W. P., Sydney.—All your recent solutions are correct. No. 549, you will perceive, is unsound. We should like you to award "points " to problems as explained be1ow. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,006 words
  3. Household Recipes.

    ROAST WILD DUCKS.—Pluck, draw, singe and truss them. Wrap the birds in bacon and roast at a brisk fire for ten to fifteen minutes; serve with bigarade sauce. Pare off as thin as possible the yellow rind of ...

    Article : 404 words
  4. LADIES' COLUMN.

    IF celibacy be a misfortune, New York, remarks a writer, may be considered a very unfortunate city. There are few places more unfavourable to matrimony, and indeed our clergymen remark how rare wedding ...

    Article : 441 words
  5. PASTIME COLUMN.

    My first is a consonant, my second is an article most ladies use. My third is an animal. My fourth is a mineral substance. My fifth is a tradesman. My sixth is an aperture. My seventh is a measure. ...

    Article : 73 words
  6. CHARADES.

    My first is a hard-working fellow, I ween, And a subject true to his noble queen. His home is my second, and you'll also find My whole is for the self same purpose designed. ...

    Article : 324 words
  7. An Early Poem by Mrs. Browning.

    THE " Early Poems " of Mrs. Browning, containing those which appeared in editions of 1826 and 1833, which have since been suppressed by herself during her lifetime, and by her family ever afterwards, have just ...

    Article : 304 words
  8. Ladies' Swimming Club.

    A LADY writing on the subject of swimming says:— "Notwithstanding Captain Webb's opinion, that 'nothing short of a race in the Serpentine, between two Duchesses, for 1000 pairs of white kid gloves aside ...

    Article : 641 words
  9. ARITHMETICAL QUESTION.

    As I walked out one evening, About nine o'clock at night, I saw a pretty castle, Just 90 feet in height, ...

    Article : 98 words
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    The Sultan's Order (on the Grand Duke's Visit).— "Sweets to the Suite." Shakesperian Reflection (on the sight of a Spring Salad).—"The earth hath cresses as the water hath, ...

    Article : 212 words
  11. VERBAL CHARADE.

    My first is in brick, but not in clay. My second is in noise, but not in play. My third is in watch, but not in clock. My fourth is in door, but not in lock. ...

    Article : 69 words
  12. ANSWERS TO ARITHMETICAL QUESTIONS. &c, IN No. 435, MAY 11, 1878.

    Answer—£487 17s 11¼d sterling. ...

    Article : 23 words
  13. REBUSES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 175 words
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