Part 2
How can we decide by anagram whether this is a fancy portrait of “William or dear Jack?”
[Illustration]
Shake up and recast the words in inverted commas.
15. AN OLD ENIGMA
Can our readers solve this enigma, which was published in 1811, and to which no answer seems to be known?
I’m one among a numerous host, And very useful in my post; There’s not a house in all the land Without me properly can stand. Though men disputed long ago Whether I did exist or no, Once more some thousands have been slain Because they could not me attain.
No. XXIV.--A PICTURE PUZZLE
Take this picture in connection with the lines below it, and find out what it represents.
[Illustration]
Begin with the end of my first, then you will find out the rest; For it all will appeal to your thirst, Or point to a ponderous guest.
No. XXV.--AN ANXIOUS POSE
His wife, who chanced to see Jiggers at the trying moment here depicted, said that he seemed to be in a “sad pet.”
[Illustration]
How was this literally true?
No. XXVI.--TOSS NEITHER HEAD NOR TAIL
Never was a cow so troublesome at milking-time.
[Illustration]
Our picture was taken at the moment when Farmer Hayseed was exclaiming, as he held on behind, “See, we hold this cow’s horns and tail!”
The same letters, recast by anagram, form this sentence spoken by his foreman--
“She cannot toss, ... .... .... .. ..”
Can you fill in the five missing words?
16. ANAGRAM PROVERBS
These grave lips chatter no ill.
or
Elephants, all to richest giver!
Can you recast the letters of these sentences so that either of them forms the same homely proverb, to which the first anagram is most akin?
No. XXVII.--ACTION AND PASSION
This very resolute horse and his anxious driver take quite different views of the situation shown in this picture.
[Illustration]
We can fancy that the fast trotter, if he could be endowed with speech, would say, “I’m a train’d stepper!”
Can you take these same letters, and recast them into a sentence which would seem to express the driver’s point of view?
17. A SHORT CHARADE
My first of rudeness has a sound; The rest is in a city found; My whole to win its way is bound.
No. XXVIII.--A FEAT WITHOUT ARMS
In this picture a clever artist who has no arms is seen calmly painting with his feet.
[Illustration]
One onlooker says to another, “Why, now I see this fine artist has no hand!” The other replies in a sentence which contains exactly the same letters:
“He draws in any fashion .... ... ... ... .”
Can you fill in the four missing words?
No. XXIX.--NOT TAKING ANY
“This is a wine bottle, dear, on a lure,” said a crafty fisher of men to his better half, who was helping him, as he showed her this illustration of their aims.
[Illustration: 1834 PORT]
She knew, however, that the fish he sought to catch was not to be tempted in this way, and she replied in words spelt with exactly the same letters, “And see, he will not .... .. ... ....!”
Can you fill in the four missing words?
No. XXX.--MUSIC HATH CHARMS
This sturdy musical enthusiast, as he settled himself upon his chair, said, “What shall I play?” and some one replied, “Any strains of Beethoven, he charms all!”
[Illustration]
This suggestion, however, was not acceptable, and he, as he struck up a piece after his own heart, exclaimed, in a sentence composed of exactly the same letters--
“Nay, for this ’cello ...... .... . ......!”
Can you supply the missing words?
No. XXXI
This picture represents a parsnip lying across a sturdy swede.
[Illustration]
Can you so readjust them that they seem to suggest a successful dramatist of the day? We give this broad hint by anagram--
“Here is our parsnip on swede.”
ANAGRAM
_Wise and superior person he!_
No. XXXII.--A GOOD LETTER PUZZLE
Can you fill the places of these 21 asterisks with only three different letters, arranging them so that they spell a common English word in twelve different directions?
● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
18. A BURIED POTENTATE
My first is in cake, but not in bun; My second in light, but not in sun; My third is in night, but not in day; My fourth is in game, but not in play; My fifth is in head, but not in tail, My sixth is in wind, but not in sail; My seventh in wrong, but not in right, My eighth is in battle, but not in fight; My ninth is in sword, but not in knife, My tenth is in lady, but not in wife; My whole is a monarch at war with strife.
No. XXXIII.--ANAGRAM ARITHMETIC
First form a short sentence with the ten letters that are above the line in this diagram:--
S B R E Y D O T U O ------- O E E =======
Next number the letters of the sentence consecutively 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, and then work out a sum in addition with these numbers substituted for the letters with which they correspond.
No. XXXIV.--A BUNCH OF FLOWERS
Find within these borders twelve specimens of flowers and foliage:--
╔═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╗ ║ 1 │ 2 │ 3 │ 4 │ 5 │ 6 │ 7 ║ ║ L│ L│ B│ H│ P│ E│ F║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ 8 │ 9 │10 │11 │12 │13 │14 ║ ║ L│ Y│ E│ L│ O│ R│ N║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║15 │16 │17 │18 │19 │20 │21 ║ ║ I│ V│ B│ R│ I│ V│ K║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║22 │23 │24 │25 │26 │27 │28 ║ ║ A│ L│ E│ T│ O│ N│ I║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║29 │30 │31 │32 │33 │34 │35 ║ ║ C│ N│ A│ S│ U│ L│ P║ ╚═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╝
Move in any direction one square at a time, and so spell out their names, using the same square only once in each case.
19. A CHARADE
My first except when it is old Is never seen or heard; When it is heard the sound is tolled Out of a Jewish beard. My next was in Imperial Rome, It was her power and might; Then you had but to write _you wish_, And straightway ’twas in sight.
My whole was Frank Of royal rank.
No. XXXV.--ON A BLACKBOARD
To test the powers of his young pupils, Dr Puzzlewitz set the following little problem on his blackboard:--
┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ ┃ ┃ ┃ A - B = 4 ┃ ┃ ┃ ┃ A ÷ B = 4 ┃ ┃ ┃ ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
What are the values of A and of B, when 4 is the result of dividing A by B, or of subtracting B from A?
20. RECAST
How great in olden days my power! Oft have I saved a castle tower From war’s invading tide. Transpose me, and how great my fall! I am then the smallest of the small, That nothing can divide.
21. WORD-BUILDING
This compact Enigma take, All apart its letters shake. Let your 6, 3, 5 be high, Like 5, 1, 2 do or die. Who 4, 6, 5, 1 enjoys More than 5, 6, 2 by boys? While 5, 3, 2, 1 are mine, May 4, 6, 3, 2 be thine. 4, 1, 5 is rich and rare, 6, 5, 1, 2 ends my prayer.
The figures indicate the position of the letters, which spell new words, in the original six-letter word.
No. XXXVI.--SQUARING A DIAMOND
Can you fill in the empty cells with letters, so that they form English words which read alike from top to bottom and from left to right?
┌───┐ │ s │ ┌───┼───┼───┐ │ │ │ │ ┌───┼───┼───┼───┼───┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ ┌───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┐ │ s │ │ │ u │ │ │ s │ └───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┘ │ │ │ │ │ │ └───┼───┼───┼───┼───┘ │ │ │ │ └───┼───┼───┘ │ s │ └───┘
22. AN ENIGMA
“Charles the First walked and talked, Half an hour after his head was cut off.” _Old Couplet_.
Cut off my head, I’m every inch a King, A warrior formed to deal a heavy blow. Halve what remains, my second is a thing Which nothing but my third can e’er make go. My third will vary as you take your line. This less than human, that way all divine!
No. XXXVII.
Taking the letters as arranged on this diagram for a starting point, can you place in some of the unoccupied cells five more of A, five of E, five of I, and five of O, making eight in all of each letter, so that in no case shall the same vowel be in the same row, column, or diagonal?
╔═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╗ ║ | | | | | | | ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ | | | | | | | ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ | | A | I | E | O | | ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ | | O | | | A | | ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ | | I | | | E | | ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ | | E | O | A | I | | ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ | | | | | | | ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ | | | | | | | ║ ╚═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╝
Each vowel is to be regarded without any reference to the other vowels, and, of course, only one may be placed in a cell.
No. XXXVIII.--AN ANAGRAM SQUARE
Mix together the letters which form the eight words on this draught board--
╔═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╗ ║###│ V │###│ O │###│ T │###│ E ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ W │###│ O │###│ V │###│ E │###║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║###│ P │###│ R │###│ O │###│ W ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ C │###│ A │###│ L │###│ L │###║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║###│ S │###│ T │###│ E │###│ W ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ N │###│ E │###│ W │###│ S │###║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║###│ C │###│ O │###│ R │###│ E ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ N │###│ A │###│ P │###│ E │###║ ╚═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╝
and recast them so that they form eight fresh words, which when placed in proper order on the white squares, are a word square in which each word reads alike from left to right, or from top to bottom. The first of the fresh words is CROW.
No. XXXIX.--ARITHMETIC BY ANAGRAM
Form a short sentence with the letters above the line in this diagram:--
D U E H E D A P S T ───── D E A ═════
Number the letters consecutively 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, and then work a sum in addition, substituting these numbers for the letter with which they correspond.
23. A LOGOGRAPH
Touch me not, I’m firm and sure; Behead, I’m used by rich and poor; In house and cottage, hut and hall, I stand of service to them all. Behead again, in time of need I tell that strength and skill succeed.
No. XL.--ANAGRAMS SQUARED
Shake up the sixteen letters of these four words, and recast them into four other words:--
╔═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╗ ║###│ S │###│ E │###│ E │###│ K ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ S │###│ L │###│ A │###│ B │###║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║###│ L │###│ E │###│ E │###│ K ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ M │###│ O │###│ A │###│ N │###║ ╚═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╝
These fresh words, placed on the white squares, must read alike from side to side, and zigzag from top to bottom. The first word is MASK.
24. A SINGLE ACROSTIC
What river is that, where it is found, Which Pope says does with eels abound? What Scottish lake, by high hills bounded, Is with bright birch and oak surrounded? What stream is said in Devon to run Into the sea near Otterton? What bay on Cuba’s distant coast Is justly deemed its pride and boast? The initials of these names will show A Scotch reformer, who, we know, Flourished three hundred years ago.
No. XLI.--A WORD SQUARE BY ANAGRAM
Take the letters which form the words in these sixteen cells--
╔═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╗ ║ A │ F │ A │ R ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ T │ A │ S │ K ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ S │ E │ A │ T ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ L │ E │ A │ L ║ ╚═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╝
and recast them so that they form a perfect word square.
25. A CHARADE
My whole may be a mother, not a dad, So former may, or latter; But twist my tail, and I become as mad As any hatter!
Behead me, and behold I am a man, Who never was called mister; Cut off my tail, and instantly I can Become a sister!
No. XLII.--QUITE A NOVELTY
There are five English words in this square:--
╔═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╗ ║ c │ h │ e │ s │ s ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ g │ r │ e │ e │ d ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ c │ a │ n │ e │ s ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ r │ e │ a │ r │ s ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ c │ h │ e │ e │ r ║ ╚═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╝
Can you shake up their letters, and recast them into five other words which form a perfect word square, and read alike from top to bottom and from left to right? The first fresh word is CRESS.
No. XLIII.--HIDDEN PROVERBS
Five familiar proverbs are hidden in this square of 169 letters,
R E N O W N E D T H A N W S Y O U R C A K E A N D A S T E T O B E F E A R H R E A R K S S P O I L E A F L E O O H E R S N T D V O O T M O T L I N O H T E U N O S C A L A G M E H I R S N I Y G O R S O B A T S E N G N E N O T S R N P A I A O A M O O T S O A E W R C D E V I L A H T D A S O U O Y N O I L D A E C A T C I V R E H H T A H E Z
The proverbs are arranged in a regular sequence.
26. RINGING SWEET CHANGES
We are familiar with the anagram that so charmingly points to the ministrations on the battle-field of Florence Nightingale--_Flit on, cheering angel_--but it is not so well known that her name can also be recast with an appropriate wish for her continuance in our loving memory. Can you frame this?
No. XLIV.--A CLEVER CRYPTOGRAM
A French sentence of 100 letters in twenty-two words is concealed in these 100 cells.
╔═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╤═══╗ ║ D │ L │ A │ N │ N │ E │ S │ M │ P │ A ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ L │ I │ R │ D │ L │ E │ E │ M │ L │ H ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ I │ L │ U │ E │ E │ A │ I │ N │ T │ J ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ C │ U │ R │ S │ E │ M │ N │ T │ U │ P ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ E │ U │ É │ S │ N │ P │ R │ E │ O │ S ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ O │ L │ I │ É │ D │ X │ S │ M │ A │ N ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ U │ D │ E │ A │ E │ É │ I │ X │ N │ T ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ T │ E │ T │ P │ E │ D │ N │ U │ Q │ E ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ B │ U │ U │ U │ F │ L │ I │ J │ I │ N ║ ╟───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───╢ ║ Z │ U │ E │ J │ I │ O │ E │ U │ N │ R ║ ╚═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╧═══╝
It can be deciphered by means of a cardboard mask of similar size, with circular holes cut out in some of its cells. This is placed squarely over the diagram, turned round in four successive positions. And thus the sequence of letters is found, and falls into words.
No. XLV.--SAM LOYD’S PONY PUZZLE
The instant popularity of this clever puzzle was amazing, and its sale is said to have run into millions years ago in America.
[Illustration: The Pony Puzzle]
Cut the pony into six pieces, as is indicated in the picture, and rearrange these so that they show a trotting horse.
27. A REBUS
I am a man I rate you a beast You know me.
Can you put this into shape?
No. XLVI.--A CLEVER PUZZLE
Here is another of Sam Loyd’s famous trick pictures:--
[Illustration]
Can you rearrange the parts to show jockeys and horses in racing trim?
28. A CHARADE
(_With Latin parts._)
My first, thou knowest, was in ancient Rome, Rome’s fate my next, and one that all may dread. Long may it be before that fate shall come, And sever with my whole thy life’s last thread!
No. XLVII.--A NICE BALANCE
This boy is sure that if he takes his time, and watches his opportunity, he will be able to reach and secure with his mouth the sugar on the chair. Will he?
[Illustration]
29. BURIED POETS
The names of eight famous British poets are buried in these lines--that is to say, the letters that spell the names form in their proper order parts of different words:--
The sun is darting rays of gold Upon the moor, enchanting spot, Whose purpled heights, by Ronald loved, Up open to his shepherd cot.
And sundry denizens of air Are flying--aye, each to his nest; And eager make at such an hour All haste to reach the mansions blest.
Can you dig them up?
No. XLVIII.--LEAF-FROG
Here are six little hoptoads, as our cousins across the water call them, three white and three black, going in opposite directions. A frog may jump, one, two, or three steps, but no two may be together at any time.
[Illustration]
In how few jumps can the black frogs be seated to the left of their white brothers? It is obvious that one of the white frogs must jump first to the stool marked 1.
30. AN ENIGMA
This multiplies me, I declare, Though it reduces one; A sty is foul if it is there, By it a deed is done.
31. MISSING WORDS
Lennie ...... the words he read, Studying ...... fable; Lennie’s mother ...... the bread, Sophy ...... the table. “Work while you are ......,” they said “...... while you are able!”
No. XLIX.--DIGITS IN THE FIDGETS
A very curious old print, of which this might well be the title, was picked up on a bookstall. This picture shows clever designs for two of the digits:
[Illustration:
1
_Se Pierot or Lun, A Figure of One._
2
_Again he’s to view, A Figure of Two._]
32. A CHARADE
When I write with my first in my second, My whole is quite sure to be in. Divided afresh, there is reckoned A wit, or a something that’s thin. Prefix a letter, and, as dear as paint, You see the name of an old English Saint.
No. L.--DIGITS IN THE FIDGETS
Here is the second pair of this queer company:--
[Illustration:
3
_Now ’tis plain you may see, He’s a Figure of Three._
4
_Behold him once more, A Figure of Four._]
33. ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER
My first, though half a noisy bird, To a slight noise may turn; My second twist, a stately word, And it will bend we learn.
34. AN ENIGMA
To half of ten add one, Then half a score. When this is duly done Almost ten more. This can be good for none, But trial sore.
No. LI.--DIGITS IN THE FIDGETS
Here is the third pair of these quaint characters:--
[Illustration:
5
_Now here we contrive To make him a Five_
6
_He’s a Six here complete, With his hands to his feet_.]
35. A BURIED PROVERB
A proverb of eight words is buried here:--
I fancy this Tory outcry, this weary outrageous attempt to show illegality, is as a cat chasing snow-flakes. I must be forgiven if I shun his example.
36. MISSING WORDS
Quick ....... in action, now timid, now bold, Like ....... of ropes far too rotten to hold, ....... a ....... ....... and disasters For a State that ....... not incapable masters.
The six missing words are spelt with the same seven letters.
No. LII.--DIGITS IN THE FIDGETS
Here is another pair of these quaint figures:--
[Illustration:
7
_With some alteration, A Seven’s his station._
8
_Here not being strait, He forms a good eight._]
37. A CHARADE
My first as an heir, My second a snare, My whole is the offspring of fancy, Which I sent on its way Last Valentine’s Day, As a token of love to my Nancy.
38. A LOVER’S VOW
My love shall never know my first, Shall never be my second; It shall my all, come best, come worst, Be surely reckoned.
No. LIII.--DIGITS IN THE FIDGETS
Here is the final pair:--
[Illustration:
9
_While drinking his Wine, He appears like a nine._
0
_Nine Forms having past He’s a Cypher at last._]
39. AN ENIGMA
I am a letter, and a word, I am a tree, I am a name, Cut me in pieces with a sword, You and your act would be the same. Thrice you must leave the aspirate in doubt, And use it twice if you would find me out.
40. ANSWER BY ANAGRAM
If you “resist disasters,” how may this affect one of your home circle?
No. LIV.--A FREAK OF FIGURES
1 × 8 + 1 = 9 12 × 8 + 2 = 98 123 × 8 + 3 = 987 1234 × 8 + 4 = 9876 12345 × 8 + 5 = 98765 123456 × 8 + 6 = 987654 1234567 × 8 + 7 = 9876543 12345678 × 8 + 8 = 98765432 123456789 × 8 + 9 = 987654321
41. A CHARADE
My first the rainbow shows When in rich hues it glows. My next has vowels three; My third was once a tree. My fourth begins the year, My whole the past makes clear.
42. ASK A SCHOOLBOY
If you tell a schoolboy that the longest side of a triangular field measures 100 rods, and that each of the other sides measures 50 rods, and ask him to estimate the value of its grass at £1 per acre, how should he answer?
43. A WHOLE LESS THAN ITS PART
Less than my last, my whole has place Between my first and second: Second has body, arms and face; First is by inches reckoned.
No. LV.--SPINNING WHEELS
What is the smallest number of straight lines which can be drawn within this square so as to enclose each of the wheels within separate boundaries?
[Illustration]
While solving this, rotate the paper in your hand, and see the wheels spin.
44. A HISTORICAL CHARADE
My first at early morn the camp alarms, And at its sound the soldier springs to arms; My second nowadays fair ladies scorn, Though in less dainty days it oft was worn. My whole, a battle fought on Scottish ground, With victory the rebel forces crowned.
No. LVI.--FOUR QUARTERS AMONG FIVE