For second best list, we vviil award, Album Writ¬ 
er’s Friend. 
Lists close on August 11. 
Answers to Garnerings for May were received from 
Lackawanna Lad, Dan Shannon, Pansy Forrest, 
Maude, Ida No, Fred Baseoin, Nellie Conway, Sally, 
Irving Graham, Toby Tyler, Yorkshire Lassie, Un¬ 
dine, Ajax, Tim and Tip, Kendall Sisters, Econ, J. 
Henery, B. Riggs, Sufi, Penny Royal, H. Marion 
Elliot, J. F. M., August and Allie Goi-y. 
Prizes for best lists of answers were awarded to 
Econ and August. 
Our Cozy Corner. 
Garnerers: The answer, that the proposer, of 38 
sent in, was Manducation ; but, as there seems to have 
been an error in one line, Mastication would ans¬ 
wer the conditions as well—although neither could be 
•called just l ight—consequent^', all who sent the last 
named word were credited as being correct. There 
was qu.te a little history and mystery connected 
with that puzzle and we thought we would have a 
laugh with our solvers; but, “Alas ! for human ex- 
pectations,etc.”— H. M.E.: Our friend “Sally” has 
the Unabridged Dictionary as authority for the spell¬ 
ing and definition of her words; and we find nothing 
wrong in No. 37. As for the seventh word, the dic¬ 
tionary states that the word is spelled either “metal” 
or “mettle” : and each means “courage”. You have 
our thanks for interest shown in this department 
and we hope it will long continue.— August: You 
succeeded very well, although your definition to the 
fourth line of the Double Acrostic scarcely answered 
the conditions; but the first was as good as the pro¬ 
poser’s . — B Riggs: Many thanks for the photo. It 
would please us, very much, to have the pictures of 
all of our “garnerers”; we have a few, already. — 
Econ: You were quite a wanderer; but we are 
inclined to think you only care to come when you 
can bring a complete list of answers; is not that the 
case?— Byr.ihe: How r gratified we would be to re¬ 
ceive some more of your fine puzzles, accompanied 
by one of your excellent letters — Sally: It is ahvays 
good to greet friends, even though they do not visit 
us as often as we could wish. Absence may sweeten 
affection; but presence cements it. Hope you will 
secure that new department, and make it a good suc¬ 
cess.— Undive: Are you enjoying the beautiful 
weather ? It is almost too warm for comfort where 
we are, and this must account for the drowsiness 
manifested in the present “Cozy Corner.” 
F. S. F. 
Literary Mention. 
St. Nicholas for July is full of patriotism, not that 
all the excellent articles it contains are filled with 
the scream of the American Eagle, but several are 
commemorative of the persons and events connected 
with the achievement of our national liberty. “A 
School of Long Ago,” by Edward Eggleston, shows 
some of the eccentricities of the ancient school 
masters. “Among the Law Makers.” describes the 
organization of our national government, while the 
Declaration of Independence is especially commem¬ 
orated in the soul stiring poem “The Liberty Bell.” 
by E. S. Brooks. The frontispiece, entitled “The 
Pet Fawn,” is from a drawing by Mary Hallock Foote, 
and there is a number of bright short stories and 
poems by Laura E Richards, Helen Gray Cone, 
Alice Wellington Rollins, The Countess Evelyn Mar- 
tinmgo Cesaresco, Irene Putnam, and others; while 
the popular serial stories: “Driven Back to Eden,” 
by E. P. Roe; “His Own Fault,” by J. T. Trowbridge, 
and “Sheep or Silver?” by William M. Baker, all 
continue to increase in interest with each install¬ 
ment. 
Demorest’s Illustrated Monthly Magazine for 
July is unusually bright and entertaining It con¬ 
tains some exceedingly readable articl s. among 
which are “Among the Sea Islands of Georgia;” 
“The Chinese Exhibit at the New Orleans Exposi¬ 
tion,” both of which are illustrated: “The Conjugal 
Poets,” “Edward Jenner,” the originator of vaccina¬ 
tion; “Chautauqua Lake and Chautauqua School:” 
and “Shall I get a Camera?” by Professor Barnard. 
Jenny June furnishes a paper, "Can Women Travel 
Alone?” and the various departments are, as usual 
replete with instructive information. Th^ frontis¬ 
piece is an oil picture. “Spring time of Love.” 
The Popular Science Monthly for July contains 
some fifteen very interesting articles aside from 
those contained in the “Editor’s Table.” We notice, 
among others, articles on “Recent Progress in Aerial 
Navigation,” by Prof. LeC’onte Stevens; “Railroads, 
Telegraphs and Civilization,” by Herr C. Herzog; 
“On Leaves.” by Sir John Lubbock; “Curiosities of 
Star-Fish Life,” by F. A. Fernald; “Hygiene of the 
Aged,” by Dr. L. H. Watson, Sketch of Prof. S. P. 
Langley, (with portrait) by Ed. S. Holden, &c.,—all 
of which are of much value to students as well as to 
the general reader. Published monthly by D. Apple- 
ton & Co., N. Y., at $5.00 a year. 
Nebraska, Wie es war und ist, by Rev. J. J. 
Kern, Pastor of the Lutheran Church, and general 
manager of the Friedensau Stock Farm, Friedensau, 
Thayer Co., Neb This little volume in the German 
language has been sent us by its author, and while 
we are unable to read it intelligently, we should 
judge it to be, from the titles,to its various chapters, 
a valuable book for those of our German friends who 
wish to become acquainted with the resources and 
prospects of that great State and its desirability as 
a place of residence. It is illustrated by a fine county 
map, giving the principal rivers, towns and other 
important items necessary in a work of this charac¬ 
ter. 
Messrs L. Prang & Co., Boston, Mass., well- 
known as the most enterprising Lithographers in the 
United States have lately issued a veritable sur¬ 
prise in the shape of two beautiful colored plates 
entitled “Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poison¬ 
ous,” containing 12 chromo-lithographic illustrations 
of 28 species of the most common mushrooms and 
toadstools, with full directions how to distinguish 
them, and how to prepare them for the table. These 
plates are prepared under the direction of Mr. Julius 
Palmer, Jr., and should be in every school-room in 
the land, for which they would be very appropriate. 
