Everybody who intends joining in the game should know some simple song; it does not matter what the song is " Pop goes the Weasel," or "Four and twenty Blackbirds!"

All arrange themselves in single file like a row of soldiers, and begin marching round the room. The first person sings the first

line of a song; for instance

"Come into the garden, Maud."

The next time they march round, the second person also sings; let us suppose it to be

"Slap bang! here we are again!”

Then, the third time, the third person sings; and the fourth time, the fourth player; and so on, until all are singing, and all singing different songs, producing a strange medley, I can tell you, and a wonderful amount of noise.

The first person who laughs;

Or who leaves off singing;

Or who sings the same song as any other person;

Or who changes from one song to another;-pays a forfeit. The game continues until the leader gives the signal to leave off, by raising both arms. If he raises one arm, all the players suddenly stop singing; whoever does not, pays a forfeit; and on his waving his arm thrice above his head, all recommence singing at the exact part of the song where they were interrupted.

This Game is played by girls, and she who makes a mistake in it is decorated with a paper horn, a number of which must be prepared previously. All being seated in a circle, one of them turns to her neighbour, and begins the game by saying:

"Good morning, genteel lady, always genteel. I, a genteel lady, always genteel, come from a genteel lady, always genteel, to tell you that she owns an eagle."

The next then turns to her neighbour and says:

"Good morning, genteel lady, always genteel. I, a genteel lady, always genteel, come from a genteel lady, always genteel, to tell you that she owns an eagle with a golden beak."

Good morning, genteel lady, always genteel. I, a genteel lady, always genteel, come from a genteel lady, always genteel, to tell you that she owns an eagle with a golden beak and silver claws."

The next says :

Good morning, genteel lady, always genteel. I, a genteel lady, always genteel, come from a genteel lady, always genteel, to tell you that she owns an eagle with a golden beak, silver claws, and a lace skin."

The next says :

Good morning, genteel lady, always genteel. I, a genteel lady, always genteel, come from a genteel lady, always genteel, to tell you that she owns an eagle with a golden beak, silver claws, lace skin, and diamond eyes."

The last says :

Good morning, genteel lady, always genteel. I, a genteel lady, always genteel, come from a genteel lady, always genteel, to tell you that she owns an eagle with a golden beak, silver claws, lace skin, diamond eyes, and purple feathers."

The slightest mistake being punished with a paper horn, most of the heads are tolerably well decorated before the end of the game.

In this well-known Game the children sit on the floor in a circle, one of them pretending to be a Cobbler, while another stands outside with a slipper, and commences the game with the following dialogue:

He retires for a few moments, and then returns to inquire if it is done. He is put off till the next morning, and the next, and the next, till at last the Cobbler declares he has lost it. The slipper is then sent round the circle in all directions, the players passing it under them along the floor, and a regular hunt commences. In order that the owner outside may know where the slipper is, it is occasionally tapped on the floor, and then suddenly passed on to the right or left. When the slipper is found by the player who is hunting it, he with whom it is found takes the owner's place.

HUNT THE RING.

All the company sit in a circle holding a ribbon, which passes all round. A ring is slipped along the ribbon; and, while all hands are in motion, the Hunter in the centre must find where it is. The person with whom it is caught becomes

Hunter.