and familiar as to be a nuisance.  He would track up sister Lu through the field and about the garden, showing his scent to be true and keen.  Often when Lu was seated, perhaps, at her tatting, he would come to her feet and lie as still as if carved out of stone, waiting for a little notice.  He soon grew to like eating the young goslings and chickens, and began to climb the fence, and look longingly at the young pigs.  At last the scaly, good-natured creature disappeared.  He probably made his way to a neighboring bayou, and was never seen again by any little girl’s eyes.

    But Lu has never forgotten him, although probably he remembers
    nothing now of the good times of his youth.—­Yours truly,

    G.M.K.

* * * * *

THE WITCHERY OF ARCHERY.  By Maurice Thompson.  Published by Charles Scribner’s Sons.

Archery has become so popular, of late, that this book will be of interest to all boys and girls, as well as grown people, who practice shooting with bows and arrows.  Mr. Thompson, the author, wrote the articles on Archery in Scribner’s Monthly, which have excited such an interest in bow-shooting, and he probably knows more about the matter than any one else in the country.

There is much in the book about the various pleasures and advantages of archery, which are very many; but there are also a great many plain and practical directions to those who are unaccustomed to the use of a bow and arrows.  The author tells the young archer just what to do and how to do it, and, as no one should use a bow who does not know how to use it properly, such directions are very valuable, and should be carefully read and followed.

THE RIDDLE-BOX.

CLASSICAL DOUBLE ACROSTIC.

The initials and finals, read downward, name two Latin poets.

1.  To affirm. 2.  A male character in Shakspeare. 3.  To cry aloud. 4.  One of the United States. 5.  An order of architecture. 6.  Small.

VERTI.

NAMES OF AUTHORS ENIGMATICALLY EXPRESSED.

1.  An Italian river. 2.  A prefix, and an enemy. 3.  A berry, and a spine. 4.  A machine, and a small house. 5.  The cat’ll eat it. 6.  What doves do, and an expression of contentment. 7.  Bright things that fly upward. 8.  What should be done with a sister in the sulks. 9.  What should be done to one’s mother. 10.  Half of a New England city, and what is useless when dry.

RUSTICUS.

ENIGMA.

  My first is in boy, but not in lad;
  My second in merry, but not in sad. 
  My third is in stripe, but not in streak;
  My fourth is in proud, but not in meek. 
  My fifth is in little and also in tall;
  My sixth in none, but not in all. 
  My whole a trusty guide is found
  For animals men ride around.