nd interesting. Write the
particulars of it in full, and mail them to HARPER'S ROUND TABLE, New
York, not later than December 15, 1895. Competition is open to
everybody.

A full list of all prizes will be sent to all who ask for it.

Prizes for Music Compositions.

Four prizes are offered by HARPER'S ROUND TABLE for music compositions,
competition open to everybody. The two first prizes are $5 each, in
money; the two second, fifty engraved visiting-cards, winners' names,
with copper plate for future use. Compositions must be plainly written
on music paper, and forwarded not later than December 15, 1895.

The following, "A Thanksgiving Song," requires a hymn composition, with
the four parts--soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. Here is the first verse:

"For sowing and reaping, for cold and for heat.
For sweets of the flowers, and gold of the wheat,
For ships in the harbors, for sails on the sea,
O Father in heaven, our songs rise to Thee."

The other one requires the soprano, or tune, and piano accompaniment.
Here is the first verse:

"We have an echo in our house,
An echo three years old,
With dimpled cheeks and wistful eyes,
And hair of sunny gold."

The concluding verses of both these poems will be found in _Little
Knights and Ladies_, by Margaret E. Sangster. Verses here given are
sufficient for this competition, but those who may want the concluding
verses can procure the book from any bookseller; price, $1. Messrs.
HARPER & BROTHERS are the publishers, and will send the volume,
postpaid, on receipt of the price. Put your name and address on the back
of the competition, and say whether you are over or under eighteen years
of age. There are no other conditions.

Kinks.

No. 106.--A STUDY IN FLOWERS.

Tell me the name of the fatherly flower (1),
And of that which expresses permission, not power (2),
Of the flower you'd wish, had you broken your arm (3),
Of the one coming fresh from the dairy and farm (4),
Of the church-going flower, in gorgeous attire (5),
And the plant you may use if the cow runs drier (6);
The darling Billy (7), and the reverend John (8),
The grass beloved by every one (9),
The flower that bids you for money to wed (10),
And that which you often put on your head (11),
The flower composed entirely of hair (12),
And that both a dude and a beast somewhat rare (13),
The dark-eyed maid (14), and the tattered tar (15),
The pil