Canterbury Puzzl

The Canterbury Puzzles, and Other Curious Problems

Name: The Canterbury Puzzles, and Other Curious Problems
Author: Dudeney, Henry Ernest, 1857-1930

作者：Dudeney, Henry Ernest, 1857-1930
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THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES
PRESS OPINIONS ON "THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES."
THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES
First Edition, 1907
THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES
And Other Curious Problems
HENRY ERNEST DUDENEY
CONTENTS
PREFACE 9
INTRODUCTION 11
THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES 23
PUZZLING TIMES AT SOLVAMHALL CASTLE 58
THE MERRY MONKS OF RIDDLEWELL 68
THE STRANGE ESCAPE OF THE KING'S JESTER 78
THE SQUIRE'S CHRISTMAS PUZZLE PARTY 86
ADVENTURES OF THE PUZZLE CLUB 94
THE PROFESSOR'S PUZZLES 110
MISCELLANEOUS PUZZLES 118
SOLUTIONS 163
INDEX 251
PREFACE
HENRY E. DUDENEY.
INTRODUCTION
THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES
1.--_The Reve's Puzzle._
2.--_The Pardoner's Puzzle._
3.--_The Miller's Puzzle._
4.--_The Knight's Puzzle._
5--_The Wife of Bath's Riddles._
6.--_The Host's Puzzle._
7.--_The Clerk of Oxenford's Puzzle._
8.--_The Tapiser's Puzzle._
9.--_The Carpenter's Puzzle._
10.--_The Puzzle of the Squire's Yeoman._
11.--_The Nun's Puzzle._
12.--_The Merchant's Puzzle._
13.--_The Man of Law's Puzzle._
14.--_The Weaver's Puzzle._
15.--_The Cook's Puzzle._
16.--_The Sompnour's Puzzle._
17.--_The Monk's Puzzle._
18.--_The Shipman's Puzzle._
19.--_The Puzzle of the Prioress._
20.--_The Puzzle of the Doctor of Physic._
21.--_The Ploughman's Puzzle._
22.--_The Franklin's Puzzle._
23.--_The Squire's Puzzle._
24.--_The Friar's Puzzle._
25.--_The Parson's Puzzle._
26.--_The Haberdasher's Puzzle._
27.--_The Dyer's Puzzle._
28.--_The Great Dispute between the Friar and the Sompnour._
29.--_Chaucer's Puzzle._
30.--_The Puzzle of the Canon's Yeoman._
31.--_The Manciple's Puzzle._
PUZZLING TIMES AT SOLVAMHALL CASTLE
32.--_The Game of Bandy-Ball._
33.--_Tilting at the Ring._
34.--_The Noble Demoiselle._
35.--_The Archery Butt._
36.--_The Donjon Keep Window._
37.--_The Crescent and the Cross._
38.--_The Amulet._
39.--_The Snail on the Flagstaff._
40.--_Lady Isabel's Casket._
THE MERRY MONKS OF RIDDLEWELL
THEIR QUAINT PUZZLES AND ENIGMAS.
41.--_The Riddle of the Fish-pond._
42.--_The Riddle of the Pilgrims._
PLAN OF DORMITORY.
43.--_The Riddle of the Tiled Hearth._
44.--_The Riddle of the Sack Wine._
45.--_The Riddle of the Cellarer._
46.--_The Riddle of the Crusaders._
47.--_The Riddle of St. Edmondsbury._
48.--_The Riddle of the Frogs' Ring._
THE STRANGE ESCAPE OF THE KING'S JESTER.
49.--_The Mysterious Rope._
50.--_The Underground Maze._
51.--_The Secret Lock._
52.--_Crossing the Moat._
53.--_The Royal Gardens._
54.--_Bridging the Ditch._
THE SQUIRE'S CHRISTMAS PUZZLE PARTY
55.--_The Three Teacups._
56.--_The Eleven Pennies._
57.--_The Christmas Geese._
58.--_The Chalked Numbers._
59.--_Tasting the Plum Puddings._
60.--_Under the Mistletoe Bough._
61.--_The Silver Cubes._
Adventures of the Puzzle Club
62.--_The Ambiguous Photograph._
63.--_The Cornish Cliff Mystery._
64.--_The Runaway Motor-Car._
65.--_The Mystery of Ravensdene Park._
66.--_The Buried Treasure._
THE PROFESSOR'S PUZZLES
67.--_The Coinage Puzzle._
68.--_The Postage Stamps Puzzles._
69.--_The Frogs and Tumblers._
70.--_Romeo and Juliet._
71.--_Romeo's Second Journey._
72.--_The Frogs who would a-wooing go._
MISCELLANEOUS PUZZLES
73.--_The Game of Kayles._
74.--_The Broken Chessboard._
75.--_The Spider and the Fly._
76.--_The Perplexed Cellarman._
77.--_Making a Flag._
78.--_Catching the Hogs._
79.--_The Thirty-one Game._
80.--_The Chinese Railways._
81.--_The Eight Clowns._
82.--_The Wizard's Arithmetic._
83.--_The Ribbon Problem._
84.--_The Japanese Ladies and the Carpet._
85.--_Captain Longbow and the Bears._
86.--_The English Tour._
87.--_The Chifu-Chemulpo Puzzle._
88.--_The Eccentric Market-woman._
89.--_The Primrose Puzzle._
90.--_The Round Table._
91.--_The Five Tea Tins._
92.--_The Four Porkers._
93.--_The Number Blocks._
94.--_Foxes and Geese._
95.--_Robinson Crusoe's Table._
96.--_The Fifteen Orchards._
97.--_The Perplexed Plumber._
98.--_The Nelson Column._
99.--_The Two Errand Boys._
100.--_On the Ramsgate Sands._
101.--_The Three Motor-Cars._
102.--_A Reversible Magic Square._
103.--_The Tube Railway._
104.--_The Skipper and the Sea-Serpent._
105.--_The Dorcas Society._
106.--_The Adventurous Snail._
107.--_The Four Princes._
108.--_Plato and the Nines._
109.--_Noughts and Crosses._
110.--_Ovid's Game._
111.--_The Farmer's Oxen._
112.--_The Great Grangemoor Mystery._
113.--_Cutting a Wood Block._
114.--_The Tramps and the Biscuits._
SOLUTIONS
THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES
1.--_The Reve's Puzzle._
Write out the following table to any required length:--
2.--_The Pardoner's Puzzle._
See No. 320, "The Rook's Tour," in _A. in M._
3.--_The Miller's Puzzle._
4.--_The Knight's Puzzle._
5.--_The Wife of Bath's Riddles._
6.--_The Host's Puzzle._
7.--_Clerk of Oxenford's Puzzle._
8.--_The Tapiser's Puzzle._
9.--_The Carpenter's Puzzle._
10.--_The Puzzle of the Squire's Yeoman._
11.--_The Nun's Puzzle._
12.--_The Merchant's Puzzle._
13.--_The Man of Law's Puzzle._
14.--_The Weaver's Puzzle._
15.--_The Cook's Puzzle._
16.--_The Sompnour's Puzzle._
17.--_The Monk's Puzzle._
18.--_The Shipman's Puzzle._
19.--_The Puzzle of the Prioress._
See also p. 31 in _A. in M._
20.--_The Puzzle of the Doctor of Physic._
Some years ago I published a solution for the case of
21.--_The Ploughman's Puzzle._
22.--_The Franklin's Puzzle._
23.--_The Squire's Puzzle._
24.--_The Friar's Puzzle._
25.--_The Parson's Puzzle._
26.--_The Haberdasher's Puzzle._
27.--_The Dyer's Puzzle._
For further solution, see No. 358 in _A. in M._
28.--_The Great Dispute between the Friar and the Sompnour._
29.--_Chaucer's Puzzle._
30.--_The Puzzle of the Canon's Yeoman._
See also Nos. 256, 257, and 258 in _A. in M._
31.--_The Manciple's Puzzle._
PUZZLING TIMES AT SOLVAMHALL CASTLE
32.--_The Game of Bandy-Ball._
33.--_Tilting at the Ring._
34.--_The Noble Demoiselle._
35.--_The Archery Butt._
36.--_The Donjon Keep Window._
37.--_The Crescent and the Cross._
38.--_The Amulet._
39.--_The Snail on the Flagstaff._
40.--_Lady Isabel's Casket._
THE MERRY MONKS OF RIDDLEWELL
41.--_The Riddle of the Fish-pond._
4 to 7, 8 to 11, 12 to 3, 2 to 5, 6 to 9, 10 to 1.
42.--_The Riddle of the Pilgrims._
43.--_The Riddle of the Tiled Hearth._
44.--_The Riddle of the Sack of Wine._
45.--_The Riddle of the Cellarer._
46.--_The Riddle of the Crusaders._
47.--_The Riddle of St. Edmondsbury._
Or we may put the factors this way:--
48.--_The Riddle of the Frogs' Ring._
THE STRANGE ESCAPE OF THE KING'S JESTER
49.--_The Mysterious Rope._
50.--_The Underground Maze._
See the article, "Mazes, and How to Thread Them," _in A. in M._
51.--_The Secret Lock._
52.--_Crossing the Moat._
53.--_The Royal Gardens._
See "The Languishing Maiden," in _A. in M._
54.--_Bridging the Ditch._
THE SQUIRE'S CHRISTMAS PUZZLE PARTY
55.--_The Three Teacups._
56.--_The Eleven Pennies._
57.--_The Christmas Geese._
58.--_The Chalked Numbers._
59.--_Tasting the Plum Puddings._
60.--_Under the Mistletoe Bough._
61.--_The Silver Cubes._
THE ADVENTURES OF THE PUZZLE CLUB
62.--_The Ambiguous Photograph._
63.--_The Cornish Cliff Mystery._
64.--_The Runaway Motor-Car._
65.--_The Mystery of Ravensdene Park._
66.--_The Buried Treasure._
THE PROFESSOR'S PUZZLES
67.--_The Coinage Puzzle._
68.--_The Postage Stamps Puzzles._
69.--_The Frogs and Tumblers._
70.--_Romeo and Juliet._
71.--_Romeo's Second Journey._
72.--_The Frogs who would a-wooing go._
73.--_The Game of Kayles._
74.--_The Broken Chessboard._
Compare with Nos. 293 and 294 in _A. in M._
75.--_The Spider and the Fly._
76.--_The Perplexed Cellarman._
77.--_Making a Flag._
It will be found interesting to compare this with No. 154 in _A. in M._
78.--_Catching the Hogs._
79.--_The Thirty-one Game._
80.--_The Chinese Railways._
81.--_The Eight Clowns._
82.--_The Wizard's Arithmetic._
83.--_The Ribbon Problem._
84.--_The Japanese Ladies and the Carpet._
85.--_Captain Longbow and the Bears._
86.--_The English Tour._
87.--_The Chifu-Chemulpo Puzzle._
88.--_The Eccentric Market-woman._
89.--_The Primrose Puzzle._
Compare with No. 226 in _A. in M._
90.--_The Round Table._
Here is the way of arranging the seven men:--
91.--_The Five Tea Tins._
92.--_The Four Porkers._
93.--_The Number Blocks._
94.--_Foxes and Geese._
95.--_Robinson Crusoe's Table._
96.--_The Fifteen Orchards._
97.--_The Perplexed Plumber._
98.--_The Nelson Column._
99.--_The Two Errand Boys._
100.--_On the Ramsgate Sands._
101.--_The Three Motor-Cars._
102.--_A Reversible Magic Square._
103.--_The Tube Railway._
104.--_The Skipper and the Sea-Serpent._
105.--_The Dorcas Society._
106.--_The Adventurous Snail._
107.--_The Four Princes._
The answer to our puzzle in smallest possible numbers is as follows:--
108.--_Plato and the Nines._
The following is the simple solution of the three nines puzzle:--
109.--_Noughts and Crosses._
110.--_Ovid's Game._
111.--_The Farmer's Oxen._
112.--_The Great Grangemoor Mystery._
113.--_Cutting a Wood Block._
114.--_The Tramps and the Biscuits._
INDEX