ION.

The Puzzles given in the present and the December numbers of LITTLE
FOLKS will, as announced, form the WINTER COMPETITION.

PRIZES.

In the WINTER COMPETITION there will be a First Prize of a Guinea
Volume; a Second Prize of a Half-Guinea Volume; a Third Prize of a
Five-Shilling Volume, awarded in Each Division, viz., the SENIOR
DIVISION for girls and boys between the ages of 14 and 16
(_inclusive_), and the JUNIOR DIVISION for those _under_ 14 years of
age. There will also be awards of Bronze Medals of the LITTLE FOLKS
Legion of Honour to the three next highest of the Competitors
following the Prize-winners in _each_ Division.

REGULATIONS.

Solutions of the Puzzles published in this number must reach the
Editor not later than November 8th (November 12th for Competitors
residing abroad), addressed as under:--

_The Editor of "Little Folks,"
La Belle Sauvage Yard,
Ludgate Hill,
London, E.C.
Answers to Puzzles.
Junior [or Senior] Division._

Solutions to Puzzles must be accompanied by certificates from a
Parent, Teacher, or other responsible person, stating that they are
_the sole and unaided work_ of the competitor. No assistance must be
given by any other person.

Competitors can be credited only under their own name.

The decision of the Editor of LITTLE FOLKS on all matters must be
considered final.

The names and addresses of Prize and Medal winners will be duly
published in LITTLE FOLKS.

GAME PUZZLE FOR NOVEMBER.

Rhyming couplets, working in first lines of nursery rhymes.

Few children are aware, until they actually try it, how easy it is to
make Rhyming Couplets; but now, any who may not have had exercise in
this amusement will have an opportunity of making a very interesting
game by carrying out the instructions given below.

First of all, Mamma or one of the elders will perhaps start the game
thus: Send one (or two, if preferred) out of the room, and then give
each player left in the room a word or words which they will have to
work into their rhyme. We will suppose the lines selected are--

"Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard."

In arranging the game, the easy words, such as _old_, _went_, _to_,
and _the_, should be given to the little ones, the other words to the
elders.

Now the Guesser (or Guessers) may return to the room and the game
commences--

"The old and young together go,"

says player No. 1. Now No. 2 has to make a line rhyming with "go,"
and bring