you come to it on counting up to nine, and the conditions are fulfilled.
No. XCV.--A BUSINESS ANAGRAM
This smart advertisement of a polish known as “Old Dutch Cleanser”
appeared in an American paper:--
[Illustration:
Cleans
Scrubs
Scours
Polishes
Old Dutch Cleanser]
If the eyes of the proprietor should fall upon this column, he will be
surprised to find that his catch words _Cleans_, _Scrubs_, _Scours_,
_Polishes_, can be recast into a perfect anagram, singularly appropriate
to the powder advertised.
The opening words of the anagram are “O rub on, sir.”--Can our solvers
complete the sentence?
No. XCVI.--A NEW CHESS PUZZLE
By Henry E. Dudeney.
Replace all these 51 pieces on the chessboard, so that no Queen attacks
another Queen, no Rook another Rook, no Bishop another Bishop, and no
Knight another Knight.
╔═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╗
║ Q │#Q#│ Q │#Q#│ Q │#Q#│ Q │#Q#║
╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢
║###│ B │#B#│ B │#B#│ B │#B#│ ║
╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢
║ │#B#│ │###│ │###│ B │###║
╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢
║###│ B │#B#│ B │#B#│ B │#B#│ ║
╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢
║ R │#R#│ R │#R#│ R │#R#│ R │#R#║
╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢
║###│ N │#N#│ N │#N#│ N │###│ ║
╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢
║ N │#N#│ N │#N#│ N │#N#│ N │#N#║
╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢
║#N#│ N │#N#│ N │#N#│ N │#N#│ N ║
╚═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╝
No account is to be taken of the intervening pieces, but each type of
piece is to be considered as if it stood alone upon the board.
No. XCVII.--A GOOD KNIGHT’S TOUR
Here is a beautifully symmetrical specimen of the Knight’s tour:--
[Illustration]
No. XCVIII.--A KNIGHT’S TOUR
Here is another beautifully symmetrical Knight’s tour:--
[Illustration]
It starts from the corner square, and the second half of the course has
dotted lines.
79. MISSING WORDS
He ...... himself much on his skill,
In many a burglary tried;
But when he ...... open the till
There was only a ...... inside.
The missing words are spelt with the same six letters.
No. XCIX.--A KNIGHT’S TOUR
Here is quite a curious pattern described by another Knight’s tour:--
[Illustration]
80. AN ENIGMA
Three-fourths of me an act display,
Three-fourths a bed for man;
Three-fourths have legs that cannot stray,
Three-fourths have legs that can.
I have a back without a spine;
An arm without a bone is mine.
81. A CHARADE
My first is the French for my second,
My whole a narcotic is reckoned.
No. C.--A GOOD PATTERN
Here is a very symmetrical Knight’s tour, in which half of the moves are
indicated by dotted, and half by unbroken lines:--
[Illustration]
82. PALINDROME WORDS
The letters of this sentence “Arrive to vote at it,” can be so recast as
to form two palindrome words, or words that read alike from either end.
What are they?
No. CI.--A KNIGHT’S TOUR
Here is another specimen of the Knight’s tour, which is beautifully
symmetrical--
[Illustration]
Half of the course is marked with dotted lines.
83. AN ENIGMA
Sweet till I lose my head,
Sweet-hearted then I show;
Decapitate again, I spread,
And cannot be below.
Served so once more, I am not dead,
But with fresh beauty glow.
No. CII.--A KNIGHT’S POETIC TOUR
On the board below a verse of eight lines runs on the course of a
Knight’s move from square to square:--
╔══════╤══════╤══════╤══════╤══════╤══════╤══════╤══════╗
║ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ║
║ sor │ to │ king │ good │ say │ luck │ loy │ eth ║
╟──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────╢
║ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ║
║ and │ moth │ a │ soon │ dis │ our │ to │ bad ║
╟──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────╢
║ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ║
║ place│ ry │church│ his │ force│ is │ hat │ al ║
╟──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────╢
║ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ║
║ er │ queen│ him │ wight│ he │ to │ may │ truth║
╟──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────╢
║ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ║
║ man │ his │ and │ and │ chess│ es │knight│ op’s ║
╟──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────╢
║ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ║
║ a │ sneer│ the │ and │ un │ lawn │ of │ tates║
╟──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────╢
║ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ║
║ cas │ that │ at │ less │ pawn │ no │ bish │ lant ║
╟──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────╢
║ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ║
║ eth │ faith│ tles │ hath │ the │ gal │ in │ love ║
╚══════╧══════╧══════╧══════╧══════╧══════╧══════╧══════╝
Can you disentangle the little poem?
84. TOMMY’S MONEY BOX
“Dad,” said little Tommy, “give me as much as I have in my purse, and I
will put a shilling in my money-box.” This was done, and the process was
repeated for three more days. How much had Tommy originally in his
purse, which was now quite empty?
No. CIII.--THE MANX RABBITS
This is the way to draw three rabbits so that they have but three ears
among them all:--
[Illustration]
85. AN ENIGMA
Two articles of English make,
And three from foreign source.
All these together you must take
Where dramas run their course.
No. CIV.--SCORING A CENTURY
On this table is shown in ten different ways how exactly 100 can be
arrived at by the use of the nine digits, each appearing only once.
╔══════╤══════╤══════╤══════╤══════╤══════╤══════╤══════╤══════╗
║ 1 │ 2 │ 3 │ 4 │ 5 │ 6 │ 7 │ 8 │ 9 ║
╟──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────╢
║ 1 │ 1 │ 4 │ 95³⁄₇│ 56 │ 98 │ 6 │ 15 │ 15 ║
║ 3 │ 45 │ 53 │4¹⁶⁄₂₈│ 34 │ 1 │ 2 │ 2 │ 36 ║
║ 5 │ 7 │ 6 │ │ 7 │ ³⁄₆ │ -- │ 79 │ 47 ║
║ 8 │ 9 │ 8 │ │ 1 │ ²⁷⁄₅₄│ 8 │ ⁸⁄₄ │ -- ║
║ 9 │ -- │ -- │ │ -- │ │ 9 │ ⁶⁄₃ │ 98 ║
║ -- │ 62 │ 71 │ │ 98 │ │ 1 │ │ 2 ║
║ 26 │ 38 │ 29 │ │ 2 │ │ 3 │ │ ║
║ 74 │ │ │ │ │ │ 4 │ │ ║
║ │ │ │ │ │ │ 75 │ │ ║
╟──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────╢
║ 100 │ 100 │ 100 │ 100 │ 100 │ 100 │ 100 │ 100 │ 100 ║
╠══════╧══════╧══════╧══════╧══════╧══════╧══════╧══════╧══════╣
║9 × 8 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 100. ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
86. IF WE COULD CHOOSE
“If it were possible, I should choose,” said young Hopeful, “a life
double as long.”
“Yes,” said old Sobersides, “and you might turn it to better account if
it was also begun old.”
How did their actual words bear this out?
No. CV.--SEEING THROUGH A VEIL
On a piece of clear tracing paper draw with pen and ink a close network
of lines, such as is shown in this diagram, near enough together to
conceal type of ordinary size.
[Illustration]
Place this on the page of a book, and challenge any one to read a
sentence, or even a word, through it, saying that you can do so easily.
How can you succeed?
87. A CHARADE
Lop head and tail, and you will find
I have both tail and head.
Or if for spirits you’ve a mind
Set my tail first instead.
Life, as “a vapour full of woes,”
With many a darker page,
My whole in picture will disclose,
For “all the world’s a stage!”
No. CVI.--THE PAPER RINGS
In the diagram a strip of paper is shown (1), with its ends simply
gummed together; (2), with a single twist; and (3), with a double twist.
Can you decide, without actual experiment, what will be the result in
each case if these are cut completely round, as is indicated by the
dotted lines?
[Illustration]
88. MISSING WORDS
A glowing ........ window, graced
With ........ that true art has traced.
89. ANSWER BY ANAGRAM
How do the actual letters of these words in their union prove that
anæsthetics are “blessed in pain?”
No. CVII.--THE MAGIC BUTTONS
Make two parallel cuts with a penknife along the centre of a slip of
leather or other material, and below them a hole of the same width. Pass
a piece of string under the slit, and through the hole, and tie two
buttons, each much larger than the hole, to the ends of the string.
[Illustration]
How can the string be released without removing either of the buttons?
No. CVIII.--THE CAPTIVE SCISSORS
Fasten a pair of scissors securely with a piece of string to some
convenient article, as is shown in this diagram:--
[Illustration]
Can you release them without cutting or unfastening the string?
90. A BURIED QUOTATION
“What sin was it, sonny?” said an American negress to her lover, when
she sat on his best hat, which was flattened. Wearily he heard her
musical laugh, and arose to go. His hobby was botany, but not hers, for
she was then a merry girl. “Bother the flowers! I would prefer this
mellow pine-apple, Leonidas,” she said; “I guess we Ethiopians just love
fruit!”
No. CIX.--A PRIMITIVE TRAP
This diagram represents in the simplest outline a primitive wolf-trap.
[Illustration]
The dotted line is a gate opening into a circular enclosure. How was the
trap set and the wolf caught?
91. LADIES AT A SALE
They .... the dress with grip so keen
That half the .... gives way;
And home return with purses lean
To .... of “bargain-day!”
What are the missing words?
No. CX.--A SPINNING NEEDLE
To balance a needle on the head of a pin, push the pin into the cork of
a wine bottle, and the needle into a separate cork.
[Illustration]
With the aid of three forks, as is shown in the picture, the needle may
be balanced and spun round on the head of the pin.
92. MISSING WORDS
Air--“_Three fishers went sailing_.”
Three ...... went sailing out into the west,
Out into the west as the sun sank low;
Each thought as they ...... of the lad she loved best,
For they all had ......, and each had a beau.
But seas will rise, and spirits will sink,
And they all were too ill of ...... to think,
So these ...... ...... back moaning.
Each missing word has the same six letters.
No. CXI.--AFTER DINNER
This diagram shows how, as an after-dinner trick, four similar
wineglasses can be placed on the table
[Illustration]
so that the centres of the lowest parts of their stems are equidistant
from each other.
93. A CHARADE
Lurking in riddles oft my first is found;
My second should in ample stores abound,
Or help to make the sweetest songster heard.
Peculiar, and quite proper, is my third.
My whole has found with England’s monarch grace,
The verdant home of many a goodly race.
No. CXII.--SECOND SIGHT
Ask any one, with this diagram to work upon, to think of any number
between 5 and 15, and, while your back is turned, to count up to it,
beginning at the lowest step, and saying one, two, three, four, and so
on, as each step of cards or single card is reached in the direction
indicated by the arrow. When the number thought of has been thus arrived
at, tell him to stop, and beginning afresh on that card, to count one,
two, three, etc., _backwards_, this time _skipping over the double six_
and the 3 steps until he again reaches the number thought of, and
notices which card he has touched last.
[Illustration]
How can you, without having seen any of his movements, at once find that
card?
No. CXIII.--AN AFTER DINNER TRICK
Cut a wedge out of an apple, as is indicated in the diagram, and make
six gashes as is shown.
[Illustration]
When this has been done, challenge anyone to divide the apple into six
pieces by only two straight cuts, so that there shall be one of the
gashes in each piece.
94. ALIKE TO THE EYE
Accent my head,
An opening I appear
In other fashions said
I charm all far and near.
No. CXIV.--A TOY BOOMERANG
Cut out in cardboard a boomerang as nearly as possible of the size and
pattern given here:--
[Illustration: BOOMERANG]
Place it flat on the back of the first three fingers of the left hand,
sloping them upward; then flick it smartly with the second finger of the
right hand. It will fly off and return to your lap. Try it.
95. LONDON BY ANAGRAM
Here are two simple sentences:--
A lamp shines out for thee.
Win me best by tears.
Can you recast the letters, so that they form the names of two of the
most important buildings in London?
96. HEARD ON THE BRIGHTON BEACH
It was low tide; two children were throwing pebbles into the sea, and
sending their excited collie in pursuit of them. The Puzzle Editor, who
was on holiday, quickened perhaps by the salt air, bethought him of this
appropriate riddle:--What is the difference between that dog and a
hungry man?
No. CXV.--IN THE GRIP OF A RADISH
Cut a radish in half, press the lower surface firmly against a plate, as
is shown in the diagram:--
[Illustration]
and you can lift the plate, to which it clings as closely as a boy’s wet
leather disc to the pavement.
97. FIND THE ANIMAL
A part of me in rain,
A part in hail must be,
A part belongs to pain,
A part in bones we see,
A part in gleaming gold,
A part in common copper.
A part in peace behold,
A part in any topper;
Two parts are heard in sound,
And in our finals found.
No. CXVI.--ELASTIC PAPER
The countryman who cut one hole in his door for the cat and another for
the kitten would find it difficult to pass a penny through a hole the
size of a shilling cut in a stout piece of paper.
This diagram shows how easily it can be done:--
[Illustration]
Fold the paper across the centre of the hole, place the penny in the
fold, and bend the lower corners of the paper upwards. This elongates
the opening, and the coin falls through.
98. A SMART ENIGMA
Men commonly say I am clever,
Book-learning I never could boast;
Yet I turn the leaves inside the cover,
And when I am found I am lost.
99. MISSING WORDS
.... is like a ..... or what is most
Comparative, a ..... is like a . ...;
For when their substances in liquor sink
Both properly are said to be in drink.
One of the letters of the two short words is used twice in the longer
word.
No. CXVII.--THE NIMBLE SIXPENCE
Place a sixpence on the tablecloth, and over it set a tumbler, as is
shown in the picture below.
[Illustration]
How can you pocket the sixpence without removing the glass, or having it
removed?
100. A PIED PROVERB
~abdeefiinnnoopprrrsssttuw~
101. SELF-DEFINED
A wordy warfare waged with wit,
In youth its joys none need descry;
But where our elders take to it
Its name points loss of dignity.
No. CXVIII.--HOW TO DRAW A SPIRAL
How can you draw such a spiral as this with very simple appliances?
[Illustration]
This spiral is drawn rapidly without removing the pencil from the paper.
102. FIND THE HERO
My first’s in garb, but not in dress;
My next’s in praise, but not in bliss;
My third’s in man, but not in miss;
My fourth’s in we.
My fifth’s in boar, but not in hog;
My sixth’s in cat, but not in dog;
My next’s in calm, but not in fog;
My eighth’s in we.
My ninth’s in rope, but not in twine;
My tenth’s in light, but not in shine;
My next’s in four, but not in nine;
My twelfth’s in we.
No. CXIX.--FOR HANDY FINGERS
Take a piece of stout paper or thin cardboard, about 10 in. by 8 in.,
and cut it as is shown below, removing the parts that are shaded in the
diagram.
[Illustration]
If you hold this between a plain wall, or other surface, and a strong
light, you will, with a little practice, be able to cast a shadow
similar to one or other of these Madonna heads, which will vary in
intensity and expression with the positions of the paper and the light.
No. CXX.--THE FOUR KINGS
This excellent and easy little card trick will commend itself for
fireside use in the long evenings.
Take the four Kings from a pack, and two other cards. Hold the Kings
thus, in the form of a fan--
[Illustration]
hiding the two other cards behind the King of Diamonds.
After showing them, place the six cards at the bottom of the pack. Now
move the lowest card to the top, and the two next cards to any part of
the pack, apparently leaving but one King at the bottom. Ask some one to
cut the pack, and all the Kings will be found together. Some appropriate
patter will help the effect.
103. PROVERB BY ANAGRAM
Can you recast this sentence--
A defeat whose test is very sure--
so that the same letters form an appropriate proverb?
No. CXXI.--DOMINO SQUARE
Its cells add up in columns and rows to 22, and those of the corner
squares add up to 10 and 12 respectively.
┌───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┐
│ 6 │ 2 2 │ 0 6 │ 5 1 │
├ ┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤
│ 1 │ 5 │ 4 │ │ 3 │ 3 │ 6 │
├───┼ ┼ ┤ ├ ┼ ┼ ┤
│ 3 │ 3 │ 4 │ │ 3 │ 4 │ 5 │
├ ┼───┴───┘ └───┴───┼───┤
│ 0 │ │ 0 │
├───┼───┬───┐ ┌───┬───┼ ┤
│ 2 4 │ 6 │ │ 5 4 │ 1 │
├───┼───┼ ┤ ├───┼───┼───┤
│ 4 │ 2 │ 6 │ │ 2 5 │ 3 │
├ ┼ ┼───┼───┼───┼───┼ ┤
│ 6 │ 6 │ 0 0 │ 3 1 │ 6 │
└───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘
104. PHONETIC MISSING WORDS
’Tis ..... that no one takes a .....
To .... a .... of ....s;
A .... may often take a ....
To .... away the ....s.
No. CXXII.--THE TALKING HEAD
This, though quite an old illusion, may be a mystery to some of our
readers, so we give it a place among our many curiosities.
[Illustration]
The table is placed on the middle of a platform, well away from the
background, and the head, which is very much alive, is prepared to
answer questions, or to whistle, or to sing, at the will of the
audience. “How it is done” will be explained.
105. A QUEER OBSTACLE
I’m in everyone’s way,
Yet no one I stop.
My four horns each day
Horizontally play,
And my head is nailed on at the top.
No. CXXIII.--A GENERAL OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
[Illustration]
With a little ingenuity, and by slightly warming the wax, and shredding
the matches for some effects, all sorts of comical figures can be
contrived, similar in character to this dignified general on his
high-stepping charger.
106. AN OLD ENIGMA
(By a former Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin.)
Take five from five, and then
Put fifty in the middle;
Twice ten times five times ten
Will finish off my riddle,
And bring it to your ken
As fit as any fiddle!
No. CXXIV.--ANOTHER BOOMERANG
Cut out in cardboard a cross similar to that shown in this diagram:--
[Illustration]
Place one of its limbs under the thumbnail of the left hand, and give
the next projecting limb a sharp flick with the middle finger of the
right hand. The little boomerang will fly sharply forward, and
invariably return rapidly on its tracks. Try it.
107. PHONETIC GAPS
Can you fill these gaps with words of similar sound?
No ..... will ..... before the wind
A ..... will ... before it;
We cannot .... the ...., or find
That earthly powers ..... o’er it.
The gaps in line 1 take words that sound alike; so do those in line 2;
and so do the other three in lines 3 and 4.
No. CXXV.--A PICTURE CHARADE
Can you fill in the missing words so as to complete this picture
charade?
[Illustration]
My first may .... candle ...,
My second then ..... ..;
My whole in ..... moves .....
....... an oar or ...
108. SOUND SENSE
We seem to sound a note of lavish bounty;
Reverse us, and we indicate a county.
109. A CRYPTOGRAM
~FTHNMLKBRNGSLLCTTN~
~LLSKMTMXTTLLTSTHN!~
Can you so deal with this as to form a rhyming couplet?
No. CXXVI.--WALNUTS AND COBS
_A good after dinner trick_
Place four walnuts and four cobnuts in a row, as indicated on the
diagram.
[Illustration]
Now, moving always two that stand together, transfer them to some other
positions along the line, and in four such moves leave them so that the
large and small nuts range alternately. It may, of course, be done with
large and small coins, or with other things that are at hand.
110. A BURIED PROVERB
Yet I see them all! on golden wings that fly
Old memories steal anew;
With a tear, with a sigh, with an old, old cry
They return in ghostly hue!
111. DOUBLETS
Here is another exercise in Doublets, from Lewis Carroll’s book on the
subject:--
Turn ELM into OAK by seven links, introducing the name of another tree
as one of them.
No. CXXVII.--A PICTURE RIDDLE
Can you read in this picture the question of our riddle?
[Illustration]
112. TWO POSERS
1.
My dear Mr Bird,
We are giving a ball;
First second we third,
Pray give us your all.
2.
Second, I did my first and last,
Till I became my whole;
And told the tale of my repast,
A sad and greedy soul.
No. CXXVIII.--BUY A BROOM
Here is an excellent example of how a characteristic figure may be
contrived by shredding, warming, and uniting a few wax matches:--
[Illustration]
Many similar figures can be made by handy fingers.
113. A CHARADE
My whole, industrious, wends his way
His daily task to meet;
Behead, transpose, and lo! a sound
Of music soft and sweet;
Behead again, I make my way
With swiftness past belief;
Again, and where the fields are gay
My bounty brings relief.
No. CXXIX.--JEU DE PARQUET
(_For the children_)
An old book, published more than 100 years ago, gives the following
samples of patterns which may be formed with very simple materials:--
[Illustration]
All that is needed for this pastime is a set of 128 coloured triangles,
64 of each colour, with which an endless variety of patterns can be
arranged by the exercise of taste and ingenuity.
114. LINES BY AN OLD OXBRIDGE DON
’Tis an absurdity to say
Women should try for a B.A.
To College honours forward looking;
They’d best confine themselves to cooking!
How could a Girton girl retort, using the same words?
115. LESS AND MORE
Eight letters (start with b)
Three syllables contain;
Take one away, and see
Four syllables remain!
116. BURIED BEASTS
Can you dig out nineteen beasts that are buried in these lines?--
Ireland’s lot heals slowly. Troubles came long ago--at times in
battalions--to attack and harass her. Ambitious democrats now
countermine famous enthusiasts nearly akin to heroes. Anarchy enables
cowards to sow hot terror and all amazement.
117. PALINDROMIC VERSE
Can you recast the following sentences so that their words form a verse
of four lines, which makes good sense, with lines that rhyme
alternately, when read from either end?:--
Fading slowly day dies, mournful winds sigh, Stars are waking brightly;
owlet holding high revel flies hooting, breaking nightly silence.
118. AN ANAGRAM IN THE MAKING
“The Observatory at Greenwich, in England,” has been turned into an
excellent anagram, which starts--_On landing here begin_--Can you
complete it?
119. AN ENIGMA
No man at all am I
And, if you turn me round,
To hear my warning cry
Not any men are found.
120. ASK A SAILOR
How can our sailors fare the best
When times are harder?
How do they greet with merry jest
An empty larder?
121. AN ENIGMA
I lose my head when I am here,
Transpose me I am three;
Look in a book, you find me there,
And with me her and he.
122. MISSING WORDS
Jack did ....... that he could square
The circle to a .......;
His friends ....... that a brain so rare
Required attention ........
The missing words are spelt with the same seven letters.
123. A HUMAN PRODIGY
My father is my son,
And I’m my mother’s mother;
My daughter and sister are one,
I’m grandam to my brother!
How was this?
124. A CHARADE
Catch my first with nimble wit,
Add a simple word;
Then my whole may help a bit
Opportunely heard.
125. A PARADOX
My mate and I from home did start,
Some little space we were apart.
When we had run a mile or more
We kept our distance, as before;
Shade of Colenso! could this be,
When twice as fast as I ran he?
126. AN ENIGMA
(_From Lewis Carroll’s Papers_.)
A monument all men agree
Am I in all sincerity,
Half cat, half hindrance made.
If head and tail removed should be,
Then most of all you strengthen me.
Replace my head, the stand you see
On which my tail is laid.
127. A CHARADE
I’m known to the poorest and worst,
And my worth by a child may be reckoned;
The least thing in nature is double my first,
And my whole is just half of my second.
128. WHAT IS IT?
My first without its head and tail
Is one and undivided;
My second shows its teeth, is frail,
And as a rule one-sided.
The two to hold my first avail,
My busy toil provided.
129. BURIED TOWNS
In each of these sentences a town is buried:--
His sister played the piano while we sang.
I saw Nell out here last evening.
The general rode a large black mare.
I have ordered a cab at half-past one.
Meet me in the lane at half-past nine.
Can you dig them out?
130. A GOOD ANAGRAM
“The leaning tower of Pisa, in Tuscany, Italy.” The first seven words of
its anagram are “A funny spot in a sweet city.” Can you complete the
anagram by adding four more appropriate words?
131. MISSING WORDS
When they found that catacomb
Near the ....... at Rome
’Twas the ....... discussion of the season;
But the ....... effect
Of the skeletons select
Deprived the poor Professor of his reason!
132. A CHARADE
My first is pretence,
My second a dandy;
When fogs are most dense
My whole will be handy.
133. A DECISIVE ANAGRAM
Can you prove by anagram that, whatever may be true of other plays
accredited to Shakespeare, Bacon had certainly no hand in “Much Ado
About Nothinge,” if we adopt the old spelling of the final word?
134. RATHER OBSCURE
Use all your wits to guess my all,
Can any guess it right?
Transposed, and never seen at all,
It still is felt in sight.
Behead, transpose, then let it be,
And you at last a clue may see.
135. SHUFFLE THE LETTERS
Can you recast “Insanitary” and “Sanitary Reform” so as to form two very
appropriate anagrams?
136. A CHARADE