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Is your horse behindhand in the race,
Use these they'll make him mend his pace;
But if too fast he scours the plain,

Try those-they will his speed restrain.

1. A good king of Bohemia,

In his steps 'twas well to tread;

2. In winter time the hedges

With this are bright and red;
3. Two pronouns now I give you,
Phonetically spelt;

4. An ancient Grecian poet,
In odes he chiefly dealt.

1. Neither hussar nor lancer,

But something much the same;

2. No soul had'st thou, fair maiden,
Till thy earthly lover came;

3. His operas with pleasure
We always go to hear;

4. The youngest of the patriarchs,
To his aged father dear.

51.

E. H.

My First will from my Second rise,
And aching bones may cause fresh sighs.

1. I never come single, or poets mistake,
2. With my Major and Minor a trio I make;
3. To my pretty bright lining all sad ones should

look,

4. Like a piece of white glass or a clear-flowing

brook.

5. Home call me first, some last, -all should

proclaim me best,

For whether first or last, all look to me for rest.

52.

D. W.

Two grent divines of the present day, Pupils of one who was greater than they. 1. A famous man in early Roman days; 2. In this profession he obtained his bays; B. She made a sunshine in a shady place;" 4. The land allotted to the alien race; 5. Brother and sister studying the skies;

6. Nes beauty's goddess from the waves arise! 7. The country from whose coast the Conqueror sailed,

The Saxon struggled, but the foe prevailed.

53.

A. M. H.

A COUNTRY AND ITS LATE RULER.

1. Containing the elements of combustion.

2. Bridged over by art.

3. The overflow of a surplus.

4. A source of antiquarian speculation.

5. A jealousy-inspiring devil.

6. A liquid line.

7. One who squares all branches and dives into

all roots.

54.

THE REVERSE OF THE PRECEDING.

1. The subject of many verses.

2. Pending further arrangements.

M. F.

3. A crotchet.

4. A rest for the weary.

5. A noble Italian family.

6. Requiring a special providence.
7. A victim to an idol.

M. F.

55.

My First's elaborate—to males devoted;
My Second-female gear-is much more plain;
This Last both sexes oft must make, 'tis noted,
As best they can, whereat both growl in vain.

1. I'm often used for sheer and mere destruction, Though hard without me were your garb's construction.

2. A savoury dish oft seasons our repast. 3. A pronoun, whose first letter is its last. 4. The scum and refuse of a class or nation. 5. To sound me well needs some determination, When balls fly round, and shells spread trepidation.

C. D.

56.

Only in Heaven, only on high,

Its source is found and its purity;

And in fitful flashes its glory comes

On earth to gladden our hearts and homes.
But it sometimes yields to its deadliest foe,
Which springs from the caverns of darkness and

woe;

Yet they say in this strange world of sorrow and sin, That my First and my Second are near of kin.

1. A beautiful maid with a musical ear.

2. The palace of song, ah! how sweet and how dear!

3. A jewel of Flora's that Venus might borrow. 4. Our mother, who heralds to-night and to-morrow. A. M. B.

57.

QUEEN VICTORIA, AND ALL THAT OWNS HER SWAY.

1. Six famous voyages this great sailor made. 2. A town he did not visit in the way of trade. 3. The poison of the serpent thus we name. 4. Their Bacchus' worship made this people's fame. 5. A little stream indeed, but when 'twas crossed, We well may say the world was won and lost. 6. A lonely wilderness in Palestine.

7. Field-Marshal, confidant of Wallenstein. 8. What for his sufferings each 'tis said must do. 9. City and Bay, behold the lovely view!

58.

WEST OF SCOTLAND.

1. A Western ocean.
2. A Western town.
3. A Western capital.
4. A Western lake.

5. A Western rock.

C.

59.

A. M. H.

I dined with her I love, and sneezed,

She said, "You have a cold;"

"Nay, 'tis my First," quoth I, and squeezed

Her hand-a thought too bold.

She turned, a tear was in her eye;
Thought I, "I've been too fast."
Ah, dear, excuse me," then said I;
Quoth she, "It was my Last."

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1. Scotch for son.

2. She tamed a lion.
3. Her freedom's gone.
4. A hoop of iron.
5. Egyptian Zeus.

6. A modern sceptic.

7. Of mighty use to the dyspeptic.

60.

M. P.

Useful but brittle, it grows black by use; Distinguish, I beg you, 'twixt use and abuse. 1. Before Sebastopol.

2. At Naples many.
3. A mountain pasture.
4. Good to bear in youth.

61.

T. F. R.

Blow up the match, apply the flame

To that which bears my First's familiar name; My Next ere long my First will surely be― Not only it, but also you and me.

Such grammar's bad, I know, but good the rhyme;"

Forgive the fault, I pray you, till next time.

1. This chamber dark the artist finds of use; 2. None but my Next would care it to abuse; 3. An Indian hero, who our forces led;