Changing one letter at a time, in as few steps as possible, make

7.—Arithmograph.
A Short Proverb.

1. —9, 10, 12, 11, 8. A French city.
2. —9, 7, 10, 12. A delicious fruit.
3. —12, 10, 8, 9. A kind of file.
4. —3, 2, 4, 5. To turn in different directions.
5. —12, 11, 9. To tear, to cut asunder.
6. —1, 2, 10, 5. Close at hand.
7. —1, 2, 5, 3, 4, 8. Organs of sensation.
8. —8, 9, 10, 11, 1. A country in the south of Europe.
9. —8, 9, 10, 1. A very short space.
10. —6, 5, 11, 9. To fall in drops.

C. J. B.

[Answers on page 167.]

Answer to Puzzle on Page 98.

5.—Evangeline.

1. Nile.
2. Lean.
3. Liege.
4. Veal.
5. Vile.
6. Nail.
7. Geneva.
8. Nave.
9. Gain.

Answer to Picture Puzzle on Page 28.

This picture contains the key to itself in the letters which are found on the walls, the corner-stone, and the gateway—I, C, U, S, X. If these letters are named in the order given, they form the sentence 'I see you, Essex,' which Queen Elizabeth is said to have written on a wall or a window of one of her palaces, as a warning, or perhaps an encouragement, to Lord Essex.