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Identifier: stnicholasserial04dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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I. A CONSONANT. 2metal. 5. A consonant. A domestic animal. 3. Glossy silk. 4. A TRANSPOSITIONS. . Shr-it was her assertion that among all her pets the one valued ■ . 2. The tired Arab joyfully exclaimed, , and I shall be released from my . 3. : Indian said of himself, through tangled bushes, and - the thorniest thickets. 4. Her found vent sars. 5. He could not propensity for writing . B. CLASSICAL DOUBLE ACROSTIC. 1. A BEAUTIFUL Roman girl, whose father slew her rather thanhave her made a slave. 2. The Grecian Goddess of Peace. 3.A dramatic poet of Syracuse, who flourished during the reign ofPtolemy I. 4. A daughter of King Creon of Corinth, whom Jasonmarried after deserting Medea. 5. A name given to Pluto, Per-sephone, the Erinnyes, and others. 6. A contracted form of the nameof the king to whose court Thetis sent Achilles in disguise. The initials form the name of a celebrated Roman poet, and thefinals his masterpiece. sedgwick. i52 THE RIDDLE-BOX. (DECEMBli A CHRISTMAS PUZZLE. t
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The twenty-six numbered designs in the show-window represent as many articles suitable for Christmas gifts, including one or monleach member of the family. Nos. i and 2 are for grandfather; 3, 4, 6, 12 for grandmother; 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 for mother; 11, 13, 14 for fatlg15, 16, 17, iS, 23 for sister; 19, 20, 21, 22 for brother; 24 for baby; 25, 26 for the one who is most fond of music. \V hat are the gifts ? DOUBLE ACROSTIC. The initials and finals name two bays in the western part of Europe,i. A title of nobility. 2. One of the United Stales. 3. Part of asaddle. 4. A monks hood. 5. A fruit 6. An affirmative. F. L. o. MATHEMATICAL PUZZLE. I am a word of five letters, the sum of which is 157.My 1, — (my 2, -f- my 4), = my 5 ; my 5, -(- my 3, = £-J of jj -, my 3, — my 2, X mv 5 = my x» X (mY 2 -f- m> •»)• SEDGWICl: Ill k

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