transparent, and set it to dry, when it will be fit for painting. The colours are the usual oils, and there is nothing in the process particular. The back of this painting is generally washed with plaster of Paris.

I have informed little girls how to do a variety of these things, in which little skill and no practice is required; but I hope they will remember that these things are for amusement only. If they wish to become good painters, they must never indulge themselves in tracing what they have to copy; and they must study well the rules concerning distances and proportions. Sometimes you may wish to copy something that cannot be traced; sometimes it will be necessary to draw objects larger or smaller than your copy—and what can you do then, if you know nothing about proportions? The power of copying correctly from nature is the most desirable of all accomplishments; and in order to do this, you must have a knowledge of perspective, and practise in pencil drawing.

Theorem painting is very pretty; but she who learns nothing else, is no more of an artist, than the one who winds up a musical snuff-box is a musician.

FANS.

Very beautiful fans may be made with little trouble, in imitation of the ivory fans. Cut the stick of stiff, white cardboard exactly in the shape of those used for ivory. Make a slit about as deep as your nail, in the middle of each stick at the top. Through these slits pass coloured taste, in the same manner you see it done in ivory fans. Glue the taste on the left side of the slit in one stick; pass it through the slit in the next stick, fasten it on the right side, and cut it off. In this way they will all be joined in pairs; then begin at the other end of your fan, and join these couples all together by the same process. A careful examination of an ivory fan will be of more assistance then the best description in the world. Fasten the bottom with a rivet, like other fans. Paint upon one side, just above or below the ribbon, a wreath of flowers; on the other side a wreath of shells; paint your ribbon in spots, or stripes, on one side, and leave it plain on the other; your fan will then have the remarkable property of showing four different sides, according to the manner in which you unfurl it

PUZZLES, RIDDLES, CHARADES.

Perhaps some of my little readers will complain that there are not puzzles enough in this book; others will say there are too many; some will complain that they are old, and others that they are too difficult. All I can say is, that I have done the best I could to please them; I have made as many new ones as I have wit to make; and I have preferred old ones that are good, to new ones that were silly. To those who have a contempt for this species of amusement, I will reply in the words of Mrs. Barbauld: " Finding out riddles is the same kind of exercise for the mind, which running, and leaping, and wrestling are to the body. They are of no use in themselves; they are not work, but play; but they prepare the body, and make it alert and active for anything it may be called upon to perform. So does the finding out good riddles give quickness of thought, and a facility for turning about a problem every way, and viewing it in every possible light."

The observing reader will perceive that there are several species of puzzles, distinct from each other, and known by marks peculiar to them. Puzzles and enigmas are general

terms, applied to those which come under no particular class A Conundrum is founded on a comparison between two things resembling each other in sound, but not in sense; thus ;— Why is a nail driven into timber, like a very old man 2 Ans. because it is in firm {infirm). A Riddle describes the various powers and qualities of an object in the most puzzling way possible; thus an andiron is said to stand upon three feet, to run upon none, to bear heavy burdens, to dwell in a warm climate, &c. A riddle can be translated into another language, but charades, anagrams, &c. cannot be. A Charade is made of a word divided into syllables, and each syllable described separately, thus: My first marks time, my second spends it, and my whole tells it. Watch-man.

A Rebus is composed of initials, instead of syllables, thus: The first letter of a weight, the beginning of what little girls will be, and the first letter of a musical instrument, make a unmusical bird. Ounce, woman, lute very O-w-1.

A Logogriph is where the letters of any particular word are used to make other words, by being differently arranged. These is no need of using all the letters each time, and they may be used over and over again; but care must be taken to employ no letter that is not in the original word. Thus in the word pillory, may be found pill, rill, lip, oil, roll, lily, &c.

An Anagram is somewhat similar to a logogriph; but the letters are not used twice over. A phrase is taken, and the letters must all be used in another phrase made, by transposing the letters thus in the word potentates, you may find

just the same letters that make ten tea-pots. Observe no letter is added, none left out, and none used twice.

A Pun is like a conundrum: indeed, a conundrum is nothing but a pun, put in the form of a question. When a gentleman said of Mr. Hook, "Hook and I are often together," he made a very good pun. (Hook and eye.)

Of late, pictured puns have been quite fashionable. Here is a sample.