ADDIE W. P.--The quotation you wish is probably this: "Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it." It occurs in Shakspeare"s play of _Macbeth_, act first, scene fourth.
GEORGE O. D.--We are very sorry you are so unfortunate, and trust the weekly visit of _Young People_ will continue to brighten the monotony of your illness.
W. T. DOTY.--The incident you mention must be taken as an exception to a general rule, as the personal observation of many students of natural history establishes the statement to which you demur.
ETHEL S. M.--Either spelling of the word is correct. The form you object to is more often used by American writers than the one you found in your English history.
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Many of these answers are given in very neat operations in figures.
Answers to Mathematical Puzzles in No. 10:
No. 5.--While selling their apples separately the boys received an average price of two and one-twelfth cents per apple. The boy who sold the whole lot together received only two cents per apple, losing one-twelfth of a cent on each. This loss on sixty apples amounted to five cents.
No. 6.--Mother"s age, sixty-five; oldest daughter"s, thirty; second daughter"s, twenty; youngest daughter"s, fifteen.
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