"How you have frightened me!" said nurse, sitting down in her rockingchair, with a very white face. "To think of your hanging on the swing in that way! I do L "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 hope that you will not to see you very dangerous "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. But every day the little girls and carriage. 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.] 199 Hubert J. Walton AGE 6 200 Florence E. West, Forest Hill.. 12 201 Sophy Royaards, Utrecht .. 13 202 Edith M. Mason, Chelsea 12 13 203 Leslie C. Thorne, Invern ssTer. L. 204 Maude H. Facey, Abergavenny 13 205 Geraldine H. Frank in, Cork.... 206 Victoria 1. Franklin Cork 207 Beatrice 1 ittle, Northallerton 208 Frances D. Little 239 Margaret D. Ferguson, Alyth.. 210 Katherine M. Ferguson 211 Ethel M. Mackennal Bowden 212 Ethel E. M. Montague, St Peter's Park 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 13 11 AGE 311 John J. Norman, St. John's 313 Ernest R. F. Wintle 1319 Archibald Murd, U. Holloway 16 321 Howard Hurd, U. Holloway AGE 5 422 Florence L. Thomas, W.Br'mpton 10 533 Wilfred M. K. Webb 13 424 Charles H. Chubb, Soho Sq., L. 13 425 Arthur E. Chubb 15 426 Frank W. Jennings, FitzroySq., L. 12 430 Elizabeth Bowles, Fitzroy Sq., L. 17 433 George Rolph, Rathbone PL, L. 14 325 George M. Gillett Camden Rd., L. 11 436 Ethel M. B. Spencer 10 326 Sarah M. B. Gillett 13 327 Annie Crowe, Brighton..... 13 328 Agnes M. R. Oakes, Downham.. 14 331 David B. Lawson, Coupar... 332 Hilda Fox, Gainsborough. 10 333 Effie Sedgfield, Poole. 10 14 273 John B. Grant, Westb. Park.. L. 12 224 Katherine A. R. Fox, L'pool.... 11 225 Mabel F. Haycock, Shrewsbury 13 226 Ad line F.M. Cary, Eccles St., L. $27 Nellie Woodrow, Brighton 228 Eln H. Butters, Guernsey 10 334 Frances G. Harding. Sherborne 335 Gertrude A. Harding 337 Henry J. Russell 14 340 Sophía A. Hill :: 12 341 James A. Theobald, Finchley 229 Hilda M. Marten, Stourbridge.. 13 342 Ethel M. Gaite, Nunhead 23) Ernst F. Newey, Edgb isten 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 ** 13 343 Agnes B. Gaite 12 344 Amy F. Gaite 14 345 Fanny Green, Salterton .. 11 346 Beatrice M. Kido, Gipsy Hill.... 16 348 Hilda Twentyman, Wol'hampton 13 457 Frances E. L.Cuthbertson, Stoke 11 349 John B. Martin, St. Johns....... 14 350 Ada M. Martin 15 351 Ada L. Barber, Halifax 19 354 Ellen Crone, Brighton 9 Newington. 13 458 Kathleen L. Dawson, Anerley 12 459 Charles H. Stuck, Clapham... 13 353 Kate D. Parsons, King's Lynn .. 15 451 Charles R. Peacock, Cardiff 2.2 George K. Archbold, Norwich 13 355 Eldred A. Miles, Liverpool 213 Nora Lees-, Hampstead 241 Mary F. Leese 215 Jessie Lease ** 246 jessie W. Coombs, Croydon 247 Eth 1 M. Coombs 248 Ernst J. Meadows, Gt Grimsby 249 Helen Horsfell, Stoney Stratford 250 Ina 1. Ha 'den. Horncastle 10 356 Percy M. Miles 13 357 Lucy E. Ratcliffe. Blandford... 12 13 14 358 Wiliam A. Sawtell, ell, Grimsby 359 Flora B. Obbard, Bournemouth 15 361 Gertrude M. Ramsay, Brighton 17 362 Jessie Goodchild, Haverhill 12 364 Charles H. Salisbury, Wel's 13 365 Catherine S. Dixon, Montreux, 11 Switzerland. 10 462 Florence M. Davis, Tamworth 13 463 Mary J. Farrington, Nantwich 539 Ernest E. P. Tindall 9 512 Florence Sells 15 545 Annie F. Bishop 14 546 Emily M. Hughes 10 547 Geoffrey Hughes 548 Arthur Hughes 14 549 Claude Fox 11550 Percy Barnes 10 552 Mary S. Gedge 15 553 Augusta L. Gedge 14 554 Leonard R. Barnes 15 555 Florence Barnes 12 577 James Maclean 16 465 Herbert W. Perks, Woodbridge 16 9466 Jessie G. Anstey, Truro 11 467 Agnes E. Foreman, (ranbrook 11 9 15 468 Beatrice M. Reynolds, Wanst ad 14 13 471 Margaret P. Pridham, Blagdon.. 15 472 Maud C. Fisher, Peckham 473 Ernest K. Denison, Leeds 10 474 John W. Denison 12 13 578 Bessie G. Smart 579 Isabella Mackinlay 80 Charles Mackinlay 581 Charlotte Paterson 582 John S. Fraser 583 Beatrice Simpson 534 Ida Simpson 13 585 Lizzie A. Simpson 14 587 Gilbert K. Cassels 13 366 Lucy E. Rookledge, York 10 475 Frederick W. Hockerday, Sthwark 16 6 368 George S. Padley 10 369 Charles R. Maxwell 370 Kate I. Parkin, Doncaster..... 12 371 Marion Gibbings, Leytonstone 11 372 Alice M. Orrah, Huddersfield 14 373 Isabel Orrah 12 374 Mary Spicer, Eastbourne 12 375 Amy L. Slater, Daventry 7 10 376 Lily EMSlater, Daventry 377 Claud M. M. Hutchinson, Kens'ton 15 378 Winifrid M. L. Hutchinson 13 3.9 Percy Z. Milledge, Weymouth 13 477 Katherine M. Holloway, Hereford 14 588 Mary H. Cassels 589 Warner W. Grigor 590 Francis Gellatly 11 591 Nellie Guthrie 12 479 David L. Rutherford, Portobello 7 12 480 Jane G. K. Grant, Sou hsea 10 481 Charles Jones, Hadleigh Ter., L. 12 9 11 10 9 10 1093 James Walker 11 486 Walter Burr, Ashford Pl., L. 11 488 Fanny West, Camberwell. 11 380 Howard L. Ingram, Claphaın .. 15 489 Beatrice Dale, Bromborough 12 382 Florence M. Dundas, Barnet.... Hid 13 394 Helen D. Gundry 12 490 Annie D. Anderson, Fiachley 13 601 William C. Sturrock 14 551 Clarissa K. E. Gedge 14 " 12 II 9 11 556 Janet Barnes 8 13 557 Beatrice J. Massey 13 14556 Amy L. Kelsey 14 9 447 Edgar W. B. Green, Brighton 12 559 Edward L. Kelsey 24 448 Blanche M. C. Tetley, Highnam 6 563 Ada Meakin, Walthamstow 9 13 449 Ernest Trevor, Shifnal 16 561 Edna F. Meakin 12 12 450 Adelaide J. Longridge, Jersey 13 562 Amy S. Meakin 16 14 503 Florence E. Button, Redhill 16 12 452 Mary A. Gill 11 564 Nina E. Button 13 8 453 John I. Gill 14 454 Richard Gill 13 566 Edward Penfo'd Reigate 10 567 Constance M. Morgan Redhill.. 8 568 Charles Morgan 13 569 Edward Morgan 10 570 Arthur Sells, Caterham 13 14 571 Fiances Sells, Caterham 9 II 572 CLIFFORD CRAWFORD, Edin burgh 8 573 David Ritchie, Edinburgh 14 9 574 Lilly Campbell 16 15 575 Percy Balgarnie 8 14 576 Mabel Balgarnie 11 603 Marion Ritchie 14 604 Annie Ritchie 12 605 Ella Speirs 10 493 Wiliam J. Ahier, Falmouth 6 606 Lizzie Speirs 14 11 607 Myra Evans 13 12 608 Flossie Simmins 11 11 497 Mabel T. Gordon 609 Janie Robertson 15 610 Bessie Robertson 6 388 Eleanor F. Atthill, Dublin. 16 498 Ethel E. Morrison, Wakefield. 11 611 Jane Gibb 14 12 612 Christian Gibb 278 Eva H. Tracy, Cheltenham 179 Gergina Campbell, Liverpool.. 20 Wilham Morgan, Drha u pt Eth Ibert Reekes, Hadley 282 Ida F. Reekes 283 Gertrude L. Nation, Plymouth 2841 ewis W Nation 285 Ada E. Nation 28% Alfred H. Baves, GoldhawkRd., L 13 390 Kate F. Thomas, West Brompton 14 500 Edith L. Dawson, Stamford 10 613 Amy Sangster 17 391 Minnie B. Cox, Landport. 13 501 Effie E. Dawson 12 393 Elizabeth M. Burges, Worthing 12 395 Irene M.NG. Trenerry, Bristol 13 396 Florence Barley, S. Hackney.... 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 39) Muriel A. Bury, Lincoln 291 Jane F. Barker, Fristol 29: Charlotte F. Barker Mary E. A. Moore, Woolwich 294 William R. Moore 295 Emily B. A. Sandys, Derby 206 Charlotte M. Raven, Braintree.. 297 Edith M Raven 503 Elizabeth M. Moore 14 616 Rose Sangster 502 Caroline M. Moore, Waltham Cross 15 615 Edith Sangster 17 617 Daisy Crawford 505 Margaret E. Cornford, Godalming 8 618 Jessie Crawford 16 507 Dorothy C. L. Stubbs, Broseley.. Henry W. Fox, Warwick rick Sq..L... 10 509 George C. Neech, Willesden 14 511 Elizabeth Seeth 12 512 Sarah A. Seeth, 12 403 Norman L. Richards, Tavistock 15 513 Georgina Seeth 13 10 405 Fthel G. Jones, Tunbridge V Wells 12 13 514 Myra B. Lavie, Westminster το 408 Philip A. Meyer Harrogate... II 7 619 Arthur Crawford 14 670 Gerald W. Crawford 9 621 Minnie T. Crawford 16 622 Grace Guthrie 13 623 Florence A. Manning, Bristol 6 625 Katherine Yonge, Yealmpton. 13 627 Frances Brook, Meltham 14 6.8 Annie C. Edwards, Leicester 8 6.9 Ruth H. Brook, Meltham 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 30 Herbert W. Rende 1, Wood Green 9 412 Alfred M. Lawrence. Exeter 9521 James E. B. Meakin 301 Ethel W. Dickinson. Newbury.. 16 413 Gertrude A. Dutton, Leamington 14 523 Harold B. Meakin 11 414 Herbert St. J. Mash, Tollington 524 Ethilda B. Meakin 15 14 632 Ethel F. M. Blair, Worcester .. 12 8 10 16 .. 14 421 Annie McClelland, Glasgow 17 532 Catherine E. Keen :: 13 645 Alice C. Peele 75 Rebecca Hensman, Nhampton.. 13 416 Marguerite N. M.Didier, Gironde 36 Juliet Hensman 14 417 Flora A. MacLeod Minsterley.. 9 528 W. A. N. Wright 37 Bertram R. Norman, St. John's 8 418 Ade'in M. Evans, Manchester.. 38 Maude F. Moody, Dalston 13 419 Irah I. Wing, Torquay Anni: Warren, Haverstock Hill.. 15 420 Edith Dobson, Abingdon II 13 16 13 .. 13 15 624 Eleanor M. Hydes Sheffield. 16 Edith A. Heslop, B Bristol 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' 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.) First Prize (One Guinea Book) with Officer's Medal of the 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 : I 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. 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. Witness [of Signature] [Date] [Full name] [Address] (Age.....) 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. |