CHRISTMAS COMPETITION

t. Who or what were: a. Crompton's Mule.

b. Groppi's Horse.

c. Kirke's Lambs.

d. Hesilrige's Lobsters.

e. Poor Man's Oyster.

f. St. Cuthbert's Chickens.

g. Mexican Eagles.

h. Cobham's Cubs.

2. Of what books are these the last sentences:

a. I lingered round them, under that benign sky ; watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for sleepers in that quiet earth.

b. TO THE HAPPY FEW.

c. So that, when I stretched out my hand, I caught hold of the fille de chambre's d. And they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

e. Come, children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out.

f. Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead.

g. The oldest hath borne most: we that are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long.

3. How did the following meet their ends : a. Attila the Hun.

b. Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering.

c. Maria Marten.

d. Sherlock Holmes.

e. Count Dracula.

f. The second Mrs. Tanqueray.

g. Mme. Blanchard.

h. Prudence Courteney.

4. Who were : a. General Janvier.

b. Colonel of the Nuts

c. Commander of the Mantlepiece.

d. Captain of his soul.

e. This terrible cornet of horse.

f. The great Captain.

5. How many : a. Daughters hath the horse leech.

b. Haddocks eyes cost a halfpenny.

c. Low words oft creep in one dull line.

d. Children had Queen Anne.

e. Wealthy towns contend for Homer dead.

f. Tailors make a man.

g. Buckram men grew out of two.

6. On what London monuments do these inscriptions appear t a. His foe was folly and his weapon wit.

b. Erected by public subscription, the most numerous con- tributors being private soldiers.

c. Humanity, Devotion, Fortitude, Sacrifice. d. Saul hath slain his thousands, but David his ten thousands.

7. Who were: a. The Widow Wadman.

b. The Widow of Wading Street.

c. The Widow at Windsor.

d. The Widow Twankey.

e. The Black Widow.

f. " The Widow." 8. What were the professions of t a. Snug.

b. Melchizedek Harrington.

c. Mr. Murray Posh.

d. Jedediah Cleishbotham.

e. Pere Goriot.

f. Abhorson.

g. Diggory Venn.

9. Who worked on the staff of t a. The Jupiter.

b. La Vie Francaise.

c. Central Southern Syndicate.

d. The Pall Mall Gazette.

e. The Halland Warder and Stalwart.

to. Whose lovers were a. Fersen.

b. Koenigsmark.

c. Godoy.

d. Thomas Culpepper.

e. Potemkin.

H. Who lived at : a. Strathfieldsaye House.

b. No. 2, The Pines.

c. Dove Cottage.

d. Nether Stowey.

e. Houghton.

f. Hackwood.

g. Moor Park.

12. How were the following burned:

a. The White House in 1814.

b. The House of Commons in 1834.

c. The German Reichstag in 1933•

d. The Tuileries in 1871.

e. The Crystal Palace In 1936.

13. Who were: a. Gentleman Jim.

b. Gentleman Johnny.

c. The Gentleman Dancing-master.

d. The first gentleman of Europe.

e. The little gentleman in black velvet.

14. Who said: a. Con-found all presents wot eat! b. You shouldn't mate Jokes if it makes you so unhappy.

c. The full tide of human existence is at Charing-Cross. d. I don't know anything about music, but I do know what! I like.

e. The forms of nature approximate to the cylinder, the cube, and the cone.

f. I never could understand those damned dots.

g. What! Never upset in a gig?

h. The atrocious crime of being young I shall attempt neither to palliate nor deny.

i. See how these Christians love one another( 15. Who married: a. Lucie Manette.

b. Catherine Morland.

c. Sophia Primrose.

d. Diana Vernon.

e. Diana Merion.

f. Emily Gauntlet.

g. Eliza Doolittle.

The answers to this competition will be published in The Spectator of December 31st.