... some white, others blue, and others yellow or pink. The biggest of all is the Royal Victoria Water-lily, which comes from South America, and is named after Queen Victoria, the grandmother of King George (Fig. 3). It has great pink flowers, and huge round ...

... Editress each month, as long as the corn- chalks. Petition lasts. The portraits given in the July number were : John Knox, Queen Victoria, Charles Dickens, Jacques Cartier, Joan of Arc, Admiral Sturdee. SCRIPTURE KNOWLEDGE COMPETITION Tell in your own words ...

... amusing story is told by Lord Frederick Hamilton in his book Days before Yesterday, connected witif his presentation to Queen Victoria, whom in his boyish fancy he expected to see reigning on a golden throne. He made his bow, and went on bowing till ...

... Daughter Spring one day. But Mother Nature.shook her head: Oh no, my dear, just April May. She was Never Taught. THE late Queen Victoria had a keen sense of personal dignity and a sense of humour somewhat less keen. Although she enjoyed a joke, she did not ...

... Kings and Queens. Kings and Queens. T S the lesson going hard ? asked Aunt Kate, looking up from her sewing by the open fire. It is not going at all, said Barbara. It has come to a perfect standstill. I no sooner get an Edward all learned than I ...

... Our Prize List. The correct names were :—Joan, May, Margaret, Laura, Dorothy, Millicent, Victoria, Catherine, Helen, Mary, Elizabeth, Lily, Daisy, Frances, Rosemary, and Sheila. , DRAWING AND COLOURING COMPETITION (A). i. F. M. Dodds, Clifford Chambers ...

... painted boys and girls at school, and the pictures from which our illustrations have been copied were painted in the early Queen Victoria's reign. They can be seen in the Guildhall Art Gallery in London. re 4 ' A ' . • 7 1 • . . , . , . 06 I 4 6 ,,,, • , ...