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As the copy for the May number was sent to press 
long before your missive reached us, we of course 
•could not use the “Cube” you sent therein. The 
puzzle portion for this issue was also all complete 
before your letter came. We can never say when 
this or that person's contributions will appear; 
although we endeavor to use all favors as soon as 
received, as far as is practicable .—Sister MilUcent: 
The study of mythology is a very interesting one, 
and we do not think it is time thrown away to give 
it some attention. So much reference is made to it 
in liteiature that one ought to keep “posted” in the 
matter —Netos: Hope you have entirely recovered 
from your indisposition, and that you will not work 
too hard to make yourself ill again. We should be 
most pleased to have some of your contributions for 
the “Garnerings .”—Kuri O. Sity: We have some 
cui iosity to know when we are to receive some of 
your puzzles. Send something that will bewilder 
Maude.— J. F. M.: In your solution to No. 31 you 
left out the fifth word. As you had all the others, 
it needed but one more letter to fill the puzzles. 
Couldn t you master that or was the omission mere 
ly an oversight ?—Anna Condor: It does not prove 
that because a story is true, it is better than a novel, 
which is fiction. “The Lives of Pirates” may be 
ti ue but they do not furnish so many examples of 
goodness as are contained in the novels of Dickens, 
which are mostly fiction. Do not condemn all novels 
because some chance to be trashy and bad.— Angeli- 
1,a: Anxiously are we looking for more of your fine 
•charades—they seem like “angel’s visits; few' and 
far apart.” If you do not always feel in the mood 
for composing that style of puzzles, send some of a 
different nature. We welcome all kinds that are 
good. Ruthven: When you have some spare mo- 
moments to devote to the construction of new puz¬ 
zles, please to favor us with some of your trans¬ 
positions, or w T ord anagrams, or some cross word 
enigmas. Why not try for some of the prizes offered? 
What did you think of April and May for spring 
months. T. N. Ayrb: Once more we ask for some 
contributions from your pen, and as many as you 
ean send. The Double Acrostics have always been 
excellent; a dozen of that style of puzzle would be 
none too many'. A little effort in solving might 
result in being a prize winner. Is it not worth the 
trial. p g F. 
Literary Mention. 
A lovely picture of buds and blossoms, of a lad and 
lassie lingering under a tree in the soft sunlight, 
•opens Cassell’s Family Magazine for June. An 
Argument on the “Balloon of the Future.” is well 
put in the form of a dream by Henry Frith, and fol¬ 
lowed by a “Riverside Reverie” in an entirely differ¬ 
ent vein, by the author of “All About .‘Derbyshire.” 
■“Arm Chairs—Ancient and Modern,” are considered 
by Edward Goadby, who traces the history of the 
arm chair from Assyria to London. “The Largest 
Island in the World,” is a careful description of New 
Guinea. A less cheerful paper is the one on “An 
American Prison,” by Walter Squires. The State 
prison at Auburn is the one described, and the writer 
concludes that with all its faults it is pretty well man¬ 
aged. A timely article is on “Vegetable Cookery - 
English and Foreign,” and not less timely are the 
valuable hints of the Paris Correspondent on Dress. 
The interest in the serials, “A Diamond in the 
Rough,” and “Sweet Christabel” is at high-water 
mark in this number, and the short stories have an 
absorbing interest of their own. The poetry of the 
number is contributed by M. C. Gillington and Prof. 
John Stuart Blackie. The Reading: Club and “The 
Gatherer” appeal to all those who are anxious to im¬ 
prove their minds, and the Family Doctor to those 
who regard their bodies. Cassell & Company, Limit¬ 
ed, New r York. $1.50 a year. 
We have just received a copy of Number Eighteen 
of Ogilvie's Popular Reading —price only 30 cents— 
containing the following seven stories—all complete— 
the price of each one of which if issued in book form, 
would be 75 cents to $1.50: “The Secret Sorrow.” by 
May Agnes Flemming; “My Life’s Ransom,” by Miss 
Mulock; “His Love and Fortune,” by Emma S. 
Southworth; “Far too Clever,” by a popular author; 
“Anne,” by Mrs. Henry Wood; “Nellie’s Mistake” by 
a popular author; “Diary of a Minister’s Wife,” Part 
First, by Almedia M. Brown. All of the stories are 
printed in large type, with handsome colored lith¬ 
ograph cover, also a handsome colored frontispiece, 
printed in twelve colors. Published by J. S. Ogilvie, 
& Co., 31 Rose Street, New York. 
The Mt. Vernon Quarteklv is the title of an 
elegant little magzine lately started in Philadelphia, 
of which we have received the first number. Its ob. 
ject appears to be the teaching of elocution, and con¬ 
tains many practical examples carefully marked to 
show the proper expression and gestures necessary 
for their correct rendering, We should consider it 
a valuable aid to teachers and pupils in preparing 
for exhibition day, as it is filled with original and 
selected matter adapted to such occasions. Publish¬ 
ed by F. Lizzie Peirce, 1 15 Mt. Vernon St., Philadel¬ 
phia, Pa. $1.00 a year. 
Chicago is prolific of journalistic ventures, and 
among its enterprises is the U. S. Dairyman a month¬ 
ly paper devoted to everything that pertains to 
dairying. It is rich in the cream of butter and cheese 
and cattle literature. $1.00 a year. 
Among the new journals devoted to poultry and 
pet stock we notice the Ohio Poultry Journal, pub¬ 
lished monthly at Dayton, Ohio, by E. D. Hyre & Co., 
at 50 cents a year. This is a 24-page magazine with 
choice original and selected articles of interest to 
lovers of poultry and pets. 
The Fancier’s Friend is the title of another poul¬ 
try paper of which number two has just appeared. 
It is also in magazine form, contains 16 pages inclu¬ 
ding cover, and is published by Smith Murphy at 
Tully, N. Y., at 50 cents a year. In print and gener¬ 
al make-up it is very attractive and no doubt will 
find its proper place in the field of journalism. 
We have received several copies of the Poultry 
Keeper, published at Chicago by W. V. R. Powis, 
publisher of The Farm, Field and Stockman, and 
edited by Mr. P. H. Jacobs, whose reputation as a 
successful breeder and fancier guarantee its success. 
