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"THEY COULD ONLY KNEEL" (p. 182).

nurse got more used to the swing; still, nurse watched them all the time, and Dot and Cissy were very careful.

Their greatest wish was to stand upright, as Dick and Harry did; so one day, when nurse was busily sewing, she heard a great shout from Cissy, and looking round, there the two children were in the swing, and Dot was sitting dosoagain. inside it, and Cissy standing at the You quite back like a footman when behind a alarm me

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"Why, you silly nurse, was that why you dropped the cake?" said little Dot. Why, we are not frightened, and I should not have thought you would

be."

And both the children laughed; but nurse looked so grave that they patted her cheeks and said

"But we are very careful, nurse; we hold tight by the ropes. Just you see how we do it."

"Well, I hope you will not give me such a fright again," said nurse, "for I do not think it is safe for little girls to try such tricks; the swing is made to sit in, and not to stand in. So, if you please, remember what I say, and I hope you will not give me cause to speak of it again, because I should not, you know, like to see either of you hurt."

And the children made up their minds that they would do as their nurse wished.

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FIRST LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS.

[In publishing the first List of Officers and Members of the LITTLE Folks Humane Society-which includes most of those who enrolled themselves up to the 10th of January-the Editor cannot refrain from expressing his gratification at the hearty response which has been made to the appeal to his readers, printed in the January Number. From the very large number-comprising representatives of nearly every rank and station-who have, thus far, not merely joined the Society themselves, but have also volunteered to do all in their power to induce their companions and others to become Members, it is evident how wide-sprea de-spread is the determination to co-operate in the great work which it is the purpose of the LITTLE Folks Humane Society to accomplish; and in heartily thanking all those who have already so willingly come forward, the Editor can only say that he trusts that this Society, thus successfully inaugurated, will continue to increase in its numbers in the same proportion as it has during the short time in which it has been in existence. For the information of those who are desirous of being Officers of the Society-and all Members are eligible to become such-it may be stated here that the fifty "promises" (the sending in of which by any Member constitutes him or her an Officer, provided the "promises " have been obtained by his or her influence), must be forwarded all together. The small book and medal, which are awarded to all Officers, will in every case be forwarded by the Editor on the publication of the names in the Magazine. The limit of age for enrolment in the Society is twentyone. The next List of Officers and Members will be published in the April Number of LITTLE FOLKS; the third one in the May Number; and so on from month to month.]

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208 Frances D. Little

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211 Ethel M. Mackennal Bowden

212 Ethel E. M. Montague, St Peter's

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213 Henry Mackennal, Bowden

214 Euphemia Mackennal

215 Amy C. Bull, Taunton

216 Lily S. Stevens, Ealing

217 Lilian R Tomkins, Clifton......

218 Susan C. Holden, Lancaster

219 Ellen M. Le Lacheur, Tun. Wells 220 Stanley Hobgen, St. John's...... 221 Lihan Pullinger, Oldham

222 Annie Pullinger

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312 Harold R. W. Wintle, Roborough

313 Ernest R. F. Wintle
314 Mabel J. M. Wintle
315 Mary S. Wintle
316 Edith M. Smith, Cheltenham...
317 May A. Venn, Hammersmith....
318 Constance L.. Adams, Santry.

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12 323 Mary E. Newton, Kingston
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13 427 Sidney Palmer, Camden Town
15 428 G. J. S. Montgomery, Oxford St, L.
12 429 Sydney Fuller, Lingfield

12 430 Elizabeth Bowles, Fitzroy Sq., L.
12 431 William Sanger, Rathbone Pl., L.
10 432 Miriom Prior, Bloomsbury, L.

17 433 George Rolph, Rathbone PL, L.
17 434 Kate Cave Brown Cave, Malvern
13 435 Maud C. Swire, Scotswood

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231 Edith A. J. Wright. Vauxhall....

232 Grace Archbold, Norwich..

233 Robert F. Nesbitt, Sheffield

234 Soph a H. Tate, Sherborne

235 Agues F. Andrews, Fife

236 Maynard P. Andrews

237 Edith E. Andrews

238 Ethel M. Andrews

239 Sarah H. Briggs, Wyke

240 Florence G. Briggs

241 Edith M. Briggs

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213 Nora Lees-, Hampstead

241 Mary F. Leese

215 Jessie Lease

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360 Bertha F. Hull,

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17 362 Jessie Goodchild, Haverhill
15 363 Winifred E. Voigt, Bradford

12 364 Charles H. Salisbury, Wel's

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10 547 Geoffrey Hughes

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14 549 Claude Fox

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589 Warner W. Grigor

590 Francis Gellatly

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592 Charles S. Gunn

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10 481 Charles Jones, Hadleigh Ter., L.
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591 Mabel Walker
595 John Pattison
595 Ella G. D. Colston
597 Cissie A. Park
598 James D. Park
599 Willie Watson

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12 393 Elizabeth M. Burges, Worthing
9 394 Nora Burges

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13 396 Florence Barley, S. Hackney....
15 397 Lily Perkins, Royston

27 Percy R. Jackson, Huddersfield 12

288 Fred rick P. Bamp on, Coventry 10

398 Gerald N. Brown, Beckenham

289 Alfr d B. Haken, Bury St Edm'ds 9 401 Isabel M. Byrne

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291 Jane F. Barker, Fristol

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294 William R. Moore

295 Emily B. A. Sandys, Derby

206 Charlotte M. Raven, Braintree.. 297 Edith M Raven

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515 Jessie Ellison, Crosby
516 Robert M. Haynes, Bedford
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18 Mary E, Whiting, Stoke New'gt'n
519 Amy A. Keeling, Nottingham..
9 521 ANNETTE M. B.MEAKIN, Redhill

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6 625 Katherine Yonge, Yealmpton. 13 627 Frances Brook, Meltham

14 6.8 Annie C. Edwards, Leicester

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6 630 Emily H. Edwards, Leicester.. 12 8 621 William H. Coles, Chipping Norton 12

298 Ethel T. Wragge, Teddington.. 10 410 Blanche Forrester, Blandford.... 10 520 Jane G. Freeman Ledbury 13 633 William R. Atkin, Bradford 239 George H. B motor, Coventry.. 12 411 James J. Forrester

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14 417 Flora A. MacLeod Minsterley.. 9 528 W. A. N. Wright

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THE "LITTLE FOLKS' HUMANE SOCIETY" PRIZE COMPETITION.

FOR a Competition this month, in connection with the LITTLE FOLKS Humane Society-open only to those who shall have enrolled themselves as Members of the Society-Prizes are offered for the best Short Original Anecdotes illustrative of the good effects of Kindness towards Animals; and the Prizes to be awarded are a Guinea Book and a Medal for the best Anecdote, and a Seven-Shilling-and-Sixpenny Book and a Medal for the best Anecdote (on the same subject) relatively to the age of the Competitor, so that no Member will be too young to try for this Second Prize. All Competitors must be under the age of 17 years. The Anecdotes must be certified as being strictly original by a Parent, Minister, Teacher, or other person of responsible position, and must reach the Editor on or before the 10th of March (the 15th of March for Competitors residing abroad). In addition to the two prizes and medals, some of the most deserving Competitors will be included in a Special List of Honour. All communications should have "LITTLE FOLKS Humane Society" written in the left-hand top corner of the envelopes.

PRIZE ESSAYS ON "THE USES AND THE BENEFITS OF THE 'LITTLE FOLKS'
HUMANE SOCIETY" (VOL. XV., p. 51).

FIRST PRIZE ESSAY.

HARDLY know how to express myself on this important subject, but I must commence by declaring my satisfaction that such an association as the LITTLE FOLKS Humane Society has been founded, and my resolution to further it as much as possible. For is it not needed? Look around you, and you cannot help meeting with some of those cruelties and outrages which, alas! are heaped upon the dumb creation. Who has not seen the dastardly blow descend upon the over-laden horse, or the cruel kick elicit howls of agony from the crouching hound? It is only necessary to go a very little way to witness these sights, for they occur day by day and hour by hour. But are we to tolerate such things? Are we, being the superior creatures, to allow the inferior creatures to suffer thus wrongfully because they are inferior? No! with all our hearts, no! Let us rather strain every nerve to better the case of our faithful dumb attendants, who are cared for, and were made by God. Well, a way is opened to us of redressing some of the many wrongs which are suffered by the brute creation. We are invited, in the January Number of LITTLE FOLKS, to unite our efforts in furthering this great and much-needed work, which will so effectually aid in bettering the condition of the poor dumb creatures, and so certainly bring with it a blessing. Now let us look at the object of the LITTLE FOLKS Humane Society. Is it not to awaken our sympathy in behalf of

the innocent and injured, and impress upon our minds the crying necessity of some sort of check being put upon the great and growing vice of cruelty to animals? Is it not to promote our better nature, and touch our hearts, with the unavenged wrongs of the inferior creation? And what will be the result if we enter heart and soul into this New Year's proposal? Why, with God's help, we shall have wrought a great work, and considerably bettered the condition of His creatures, which, consequently, will be of still greater service to man. Let us all, therefore, earnestly endeavour to protect and plead the cause of those who cannot do so for themselves, and we shall then be carrying out the object of this praiseworthy Society, and may expect the approbation of Him who has so graciously declared that not a sparrow shall fall to the ground without His knowledge.

SOPHIA HILDYARD TATE.

Trent Rectory, Sherborne, Dorset. (Aged 141.)
Certified by the Rev. CHARLES R. TATE, Parent.
LIST OF HONOUR.

First Prize (One Guinea Book) with Officer's Medal of the
"Little Folks" Legion of Honour: -SOPHIA H. TATE (14).
Trent Rectory, Sherborne, Dorset. Second Prize (Seven.
Shilling-and-Sixpenny Book) with Officer's Medal :-UNA M.
HAIGH (9), Walnut Tree House, Walmer Hill, near Deal.
Honourable Mention:-W. R. THOMAS (141), High Street,

Haverfordwest; ISABELLA Cox (154), 4, Manston Terrace, Heavitree, Exeter; EVA HENSHALL (15), Church Street, Wilmslow, Cheshire; C. H. SALISBURY (15), The Terrace, Wells, Somerset; GERTRUDE I. CAPEL-CURE (13), 15, Grosvenor Street, London; ETHEL E. M. MONTAGUE (14), 36, Walterton Road, St. Peter's Park; GEORGE CHRISTIAN NEECH (16), 4, Lennox Villas, Church Road, Willesden, London; FRANK LINDO (16), 101, Sutherland Gardens, Maida Hill, London; ELIZABETH CORRY (14), 6, Connaught Terrace, Lawrence Street, Belfast.

[The Second Prize Essay will be printed in the April Number.]

THE following is the form of promise which is to be signed by those who become members of the LITTLE FOLKS

Humane Society. It should be copied out on half a sheet of note-paper, and, after being filled up, forwarded to the Editor, in accordance with the directions given in the January Number :

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To the Editor of LITTLE FOLKS.

[Here insert full name.]

OUR LITTLE FOLKS' OWN CORNER.

ANSWER TO NATURAL HISTORY WANTING WORDS (VOL. XV., p. 64).

FIRST PRIZE ANSWER.

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The thunder-bolts come quick and fast, as if from the hand of some invisible giant, lighting up the landscape, showing the flooded land, and the verdant tropical growth.

To return to the prominent figure in the picture. He stands there, startled for a moment by the unexpected interruption; then, with mingled fury, fear, and ferocity depicted in his countenance, he pours forth a roar almost equal to the thunder itself.

Now let us look a little closer into the general life of the lion. He is found in Africa, on the continent of Asia, in India, Persia, and Arabia. There are several kinds, of which the African species are:-1. The lion of Barbary, distinguished by a deep, yellowish-brown fur and large mane. 2. The lion of Senegal, which is yellower, and has not so thick a mane as the lion of Barbary. 3. The Cape lion, of which there are two races, one yellow, the other brown. Besides these, there is also a black-maned race. The Asiatic varieties are:-1. The Bengal lion, which has a very large mane. 2. The Persian, which is distinguished by the pale colour of its fur. 3. The maneless lion of Surjerat, which has only a strip of hair down the centre of the back of its neck, and has a much shorter tail; but as if to make up for that, it has a much larger tuft on the end of it.

The lion is about eight feet in length, his tail is about four feet, and his height about four feet and a half, and there is something strikingly grand in his appearance, and in the prodigious strength compressed into so small a space.

Unlike some wild beasts, he does not run his prey to the ground; but, like a true hunter, commences stalking it, and, when near enough, with a spring of about fifteen or twenty feet, he comes down upon his victim. A story is told of a man, while busy stalking a rhinoceros, chancing to glance behind, he found that a lion was stalking him. He escaped by springing up a tree.

If he gets small prey the lion generally throws it over his shoulders, and marches off; and if large prey, he drags it along, which sometimes is no small weight. Indeed, he is even known to have dragged off a good-sized heifer.

hereby undertake, as far as it lies in my power, to be kind to every living creature that is useful and not harmful to

man.

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[Full name]

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The lion is of that great family, the Felina, or cat tribe, which walk on their toes. Even our purring pussy may be styled a lion on a small scale.

Those thunder-storms, such as we have in the picture, and which frequently occur with so great violence in Africa, seem to excite the lion very much. Without his usual stealthiness, he rushes at his terror-stricken prey, and, with a bound, brings it to the ground.

So much for the lion. Let us now return to the unhappy victim, lying at his feet. It is one of those very numerous kinds of antelopes, of which there are about seventy species.

The antelope differs from the deer chiefly in having permanent horns. One kind very common in Southern Africa is the Spring-bok, which gets its name from a habit it has of springing a considerable height in the air when alarmed. It is the most graceful and the swiftest of antelopes.

The gazelle is another, which is remarkable for its large, mild, lustrous, black eyes, which have been very much praised by the poets.

Another remarkable species is the chamois, which inhabits the Alps, the Pyrenees, the Carpathian and Grecian mountains, and the mountain-chains of Caucasus and Taurus. It is most difficult to hunt, as its seeing, hearing, and smelling are very acute, and on account of its utmost security on the slightest ledge or dizzying crag. JOHN D. F. GILCHRIST. (Aged 15.)

Carvenom, Anstruther, Fife, N.B.

Certified by ANDREW GILCHRIST, Father.

LIST OF HONOUR.

First Prize (One Guinea Book), with Officer's Medal of the " Little Folks" Legion of Honour:-JOHN D. F. GILCHRIST (15), Carvenom, Anstruther, Fife, N.B. Second Prise (Seven-Shilling-and-Sixpenny Book), with Officer's Medal:-ERNEST K. DENISON (93), 4, Woodville Grove, Bagby Fields, Leeds. Honourable Mention, with Member's Medal:-KATHLEEN C. E. REIGELS (10), 15, Devonshire Place, High Harrogate, Yorkshire; MARY SYMONDS (15), Weald Place, Epping, Essex; JESSIE BURROW (94), 6, Queen's Road, Norwich; JANET BROWNE (14), Brampton Place, Bexley Heath, Kent (for description in verse); FLORENCE H. TAIT (13), 79, Bennerley Road, Wandsworth Common, London; EDWIN OWEN (10), The Vomero, Leigh Road, Clifton, Bristol; EDITH KEW (13), The Elms, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth; MARTHA E. JOWETT (15), Thackley Road, Idle, near Leeds; ALICE M. M. FRENCH (14), 3. Hanover Terrace, Cumberland Road, Bristol; MARIE DE TRÉCESSON (12), Château de Courboissy, par Charny, Yonne, France.

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