on the size of the physical book (around 7″ or 18 cm tall), the
boomerang’s width would be some 3″ or 7.5 cm.
Page 149, ... six single words: the solution provided gives five
single words.
Page 205, Solution IX: the table as printed lacks values for Opposite
pairs of short diagonals (of which there are four) and Such
combinations as 482, 484, 472, 470 (of which there ought to be two in
order to reach the given total).
Changes made
In the source document, jokes, riddles and puzzles may be split over
multiple pages (for example, Word Play 5 may be found on page 7 (first
part) and page 9 (second part)). In this e-text, the second part has
been re-combined with the first, and references to the separate first
and second parts have been deleted.
Some minor obvious typographical errors have been corrected silently.
Similarly, minor discrepancies (such as the number of blanks or
x
periods) have been rectified silently. Fractions (the forms x/y, ---
y
and x-y all occur in the source document) have (bar a single
exception) been standardised to x/y.
Unless they fitted better within the text paragraphs, illustrations,
verses, diagrams, etc. have been moved out of the text paragraphs. The
footnote has been moved to directly underneath the Word Play in which
it is referenced.
In some chessboard based riddles the symbol for knight has been
changed from Kt to N.
In some of the diagrams bold, italics or small capital mark-up of
individual words and letters has been removed due to the limited width
available. Large diagrams have been split to fit the available width.
Page 10: ... cut of my head; changed to ... cut off my head;
Page 62: ... thought myself happy to win her ... changed to ... I
thought myself happy to win her ... (cf. solution).
Page 84 and 260, Pictured Puzzle LXXXIV and solution: the examples
mentioned and the solution given have been transcribed as separate
elements, the 6 × 6 grid being too wide to be included.
Page 89: ... indentations do not effect ... changed to ...
indentations do not affect ....
Page 93: the logogriph has been laid out as in the solution on page
305.
Page 110-111: Word Play 92 in this text (Missing Words) was
erroneously numbered 93 (first part) and 39 (second part) in the
source document.
Page 130: “Tis an absurdity to say ... changed to ’Tis an absurdity to
say ....
Page 139: !” inserted after the dots cf. solution.
Page 144, Nr. 176, last line: space inserted between F and R in R FR
H; H T G changed to H T N G.
Page 152: ... his destination from these words.” changed to ... his
destination from these words?
Page 196: ... sa Majéste impériale ... changed to ...sa Majesté
impériale ...; ... a jamais! changed to ... à jamais!
Page 197-198: Odds and Ends 38 appears twice; the second one has been
renamed 38a.
Page 201: ... a flock of sheep in a fold enclosed by 10 hurdles ...
changed to ... a flock of sheep in a fold enclosed by 100 hurdles ....
Page 294: Number 34 inserted before first solution.
Page 309: _The Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey_ changed to
_The Houses of Parliament_ and _Westminster Abbey_.
Page 310: The words italics are spelt ... changed to The words in
italics are spelt ....
Page 379: vis inertiœ changed to vis inertiæ.