The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Santa-Claus Book of Games and Puzzles, by John H. Tingley.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by
JOHN H. TINGLEY,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
Hieroglyphic Preface,	v
Puzzles,	9
Charades,	22
Riddles,	42
Rebuses,	51
Enigmas,	69
Acrostics,	78
Decapitations,	81
Names of Places Enigmatically Expressed,	87
Cuttings for Planting,	94
Anagrams,	98
Conundrums,	104
Labyrinths,	21, 41, 77, 93, 108

PREFACE.

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PUZZLES.

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What two words, of eight letters each, one an adjective, the other a verb, will exactly resolve themselves into each other?

Take five from five, and in its place put twice five hundred and fifty. What musical instrument will it name?

Lay a ten-cent piece upon the table-cloth, between two half-dollars, and place a tumbler upon the larger coins, The puzzle is to remove the ten-cent piece without displacing either of the half-dollars, or the glass. You are not allowed to touch the ten-cent piece, either with your hands or anything else, nor must you blow it away!

Add four lines to these apparently dead dogs, which shall give them the appearance of running away.

Find a word containing six letters, or less, and out of it produce all the parts of speech.

I am a word of five letters. My first minus my fifth will leave my second; my fifth divided by my first will produce my fourth; and five times my first added to five times my fifth will make my third; my whole is funny.

Out of what two words (comprising ten letters in all) can you get the eight personal pronouns?

You will observe that the D is not quite perfect. There is a little notch in it. The answer is found in Hamlet.

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Get a piece of writing-paper, and cut the pattern of a miniature horse-shoe: divide the figure into six pieces, by only two straight cuts with a pair of scissors. The paper must not be bent or creased.

Find the original word of eight letters in which each separate word of the following sentence may be found.

Des two things matching one another, blunts definite article, edge of tavern powdered earth a grain.

Purchase for obtain repleteness of tavern men impaneled to weigh evidence, we exhibit sixty minutes selves one more exalted twice one them.

There are more than twenty-nine different articles in my garden, each of which is a family surname. Who will name them?

I am a verb, a small word of six letters; something that every one should strive to do. But I am a very comprehensive little word, for in me may be found—

A boy having some marbles, wished to divide them with his companions: he gave half of them to one boy, who returned him 8; half of them to another boy, who returned him 4; three quarters of them to another boy, who returned him 4; he had 8 left: how many had he at first?

What two letters of the alphabet will express the name of a river in one of the Southern States?

What word is that of five letters, which, if the two first letters are taken away, leaves only one?

LABYRINTH NO. 1.

CHARADES.

My first is the name of a fowl,
An emblem of modesty known;
My second has coloring power,
And grows ’neath a tropical sun.

My third is a mourning array,
That’s worn in an Orient clime,
And reminds of those regions of day
Beyond the confines of time.

My fourth in the spring-time is gay,
And comes with the note of the bird;
In autumn, leaves forest and spray,
And goes when no music is heard.
[23]

My fifth takes the place of my fourth,
When leaves are in autumn time sere;
But when winter comes on, with its dearth,
This too will in turn disappear.

My sixth is a fruit of one zone,
And name of a prince who sped
In triumph to England’s proud throne,
In place of a king who had fled.

My seventh’s in the meteor’s blaze
That lights up the star-spangled sky,
And glows in the twilight’s maze,
And the clouds in their golden dye.

My whole in beauty far outvies
The richest robe a prince e’er wore,
A signet gleaming in the skies,
A covenant for evermore.

My first and last are just the same,
And would you know my second,
’Mong children’s first abbreviates
You’ll oftenest find it reckoned.
My first and last are always seen,
A common preposition,
And here methinks they love to meet
For tasteful coalition.
My second, infants spell the word,
Ere they can lisp another;
’Tis name of one still dearer far
Than sister or than brother.
[24]

My whole, a luscious, pulpy fruit,
In garden oft found growing,
Is either with a yellow dress,
Or richest red robe glowing.
’Tis in its prime, when wheat and rye
Are ripening for the sickle,
And ready then for present use,
Or yet to dry and pickle.
Few fruits in our cold northern clime,
Than this is more inviting;
You surely know its name, even while
Its praises I’m reciting.

My first is the chief of delights
That boys from their cradles desire;
Its shrill crack more musical far
To them than Apollo’s sweet lyre,
[25] Except when applied with masterly art,
To root out the evil that lurks in the heart.

My second the Bible commends
To the rich, the wise, and the great,
With eloquence pleadeth their cause,
And blesseth their lowly estate;
They are ever with us, without search are found,
The more we give to them, the more we abound.

When the rich man lies down in the grave,
He takes not his riches away,
And anxious expectants cluster around,
To hear what my third has to say:
Its mandate is law, and if it sore pinches
The fawning false friend, then vainly he flinches.

My whole is a sombre brown bird,
That sadly each night trills his lay;
And each passer-by stops to hear
What this bird of eve has to say.
As ever he sings the same plaintive song,
Who that has e’er heard him will guess on this long?

My first, although not giving grace
To ev’ry living creature,
Is yet upon the human face,
A most important feature.

On some it has a classic mien,
Fair Grecian or bold Roman;
On some ’tis flat, on some I ween
’Twould answer for a gnomon!

The water fowl which swims the pond,
Or bathes in ocean briny,
The dove that coos her ditty fond,
My first doth have, yet tiny.
[26]

My second is a vowel plain;
My third an exclamation,
Upon the music scale again
It holdeth goodly station.

My whole, ah, look in yonder sky,
And you will see it gleaming,
Less clear, perchance, because more shy,
Than stars so brilliant beaming.

The telescope will make how bright
Its timid, shrinking beauties!
And bring to mortal ken, the light
Of its revolving duties.

My first is a short sleep. My second is a relation. My whole is an article in daily use.

Did’st ever go to singing-school,
And hear the master try
To sound the notes upon the scale,
From lowest to most high?
Then have you heard my first, the best,
Fall sweetly on your ear,
’Tis strange that with such company
My second should appear.

My second ne’er in gentle mood,
Is full of ire and hate,
Oh, let none who shall glance this o’er,
Be found in such a state.
’Tis only for the lunatic,
Bereft of reason’s light,
Thus to profane his nature by
So sorrowful a sight.

My whole is an illusion vain,
Yet perfect as untrue;
It doth the real object seem,
But double on the view.
By its strange spell the water seems
As if ’twere hung in air,
The desert traveler knows full well
Its vision false as fair.

My first is what young ladies aim at in their movements, and what Christians pray for.

My second is what in winter we see little of, and what no young man likes to be considered.

My third is what every woman should be before she is won, and what we should be badly off without during this cold weather.

In stillness of midnight, the cry of my first
On ear of the sleeper affrighted will burst;
The bells peal their loudest each moment of time,
As if life depended on even one chime.
[36] Oh, then is my first in his terror arrayed,
When anger burns fiercely, he may not be stayed.
Again round the hearth-stone are happy hearts met,
From gray-headed sire to the lisping young pet.
The flame doth grow warmer, and brighter the light;
How cheering it maketh the winter’s cold night!
So changeth my first, as the hawk to the dove,
His aspect is here one of comfort and love.

My second, bound neither to inland or coast,
Is one ’mong the many, a numberless host;
Full transient his being; he cometh in spring,
And chill winds of autumn his requiem sing.
Though said to be useful, I frankly confess,
My wish has been often his music were less.
Though peaceful his temper, I can not deny
That rarely by nature he’s suffered to die.
A foe doth he find in the duster and brush,
E’en flowerets allure, his existence to crush;
Like warfare with bodkin Domitian begun,
Hence gathering much of the fame which he won.

My whole doth love best to be out in the night,
And flatters himself on his furnishing light;
Dear Luna is nothing of comfort to him,
For brighter his glory when hers is most dim.
Two lamps he doth carry, and brilliant they are,
As beams which were stolen from eye of a star.
His joy is to frisk from the sunset to dawn;
When morn comes, the pride of his beauty is gone!
In tropical climates he oft’nest doth dwell,
He lighteth the savage—hast never heard tell?
’Tis growing quite dark; oh, I wish he were nigh;
Perchance he would give me his lamps to see by.

My first is a name appropriated to a certain class of foreigners. It is also a nickname.

My first is a timid and gentle creature,
Restless and bright her glancing eye,
Quick to discern the approach of danger,
Swift from her covert to spring and fly.
Oft in the cool of the dewy morning,
Startled amid her calm retreat,
She heareth the shrill-toned sound of warning,
And bounds away on frantic feet,
While close her fierce pursuers follow,
Through brush and brake, o’er hill and hollow.
[39]

My second telleth of holy seasons,
And calleth the multitude to prayers;
On festivals speaketh right joyously,
When all a face of gladness wears;
Having at times, too, a voice of sorrow,
Speaking in deep and solemn tone,
Telling how faithless is false to-morrow,
To those who weep for the dear ones gone;
Yet feeling itself nor grief nor gladness,
Responsive ever to mirth or sadness.

My whole is a beautiful, modest flower,
Shaking its bells to the summer wind,
Peeping out coyly from lonely places,
Which footsteps of children love to find,
Dreaming they hear in the purple blossoms
Fairy-like tones of the olden time:
Fondly thinking the sweet bells are ringing,
With a soft, low, musical chime,
Their golden curls and innocent bosoms,
They fill with the graceful, drooping blossoms.

LABYRINTH NO. 2.

RIDDLES.

I am originally a descendant of rags, but, in spite of my mean origin, I boast one of the most numerous families in the world. I wear the countenance of a man, varying in complexion from crimson to azure; and twice two stars are my companions. But, although of such dignity, besides having my face disfigured, I am continually spit upon, and trodden under foot by all mankind, who seem to value me only for my good looks—without them, I am despised. I am diminutive in size, and my days are few, but I am well known, and constantly sought after.

In Eden first, nigh the forbidden tree,
Found I my germ, as man his destiny;
Down in the depths of hell I had my birth;
I tortures there invented spread o’er Earth.
The man who strives for Fame’s approving nod,
I strike him on the face, he lies a clod.
I walk the public halls, and cheeks turn pale;
The speaker hears me, and his heart doth fail.
[45]

The young debutant on histrionic boards
Hath grace or ruin as my mood accords.
When two great powers (both vital friends of man
And both his enemies) in battle stand,
When over, under in their rage they roll;
Nor ever cease the fight, without control
Then am I found, and in the expiring sigh
The vanquished wrestler utters, then I die.

There is a certain natural production neither animal, vegetable, nor mineral. It generally exists from two to six feet above the surface of the earth. It has neither length, breadth, nor substance. It is neither male nor female, but commonly exists between both. It is often spoken of in the Old Testament, and strongly recommended in the New; and serves equally the purposes of treachery and fidelity.

I am a word in very common use. You will find me more than once upon almost or quite every page, whether a monosyllable, or dissyllable, or a polysyllable is to be found out; but this much is told: my first and last letter is the same; and my first three and my last three spell the same word. A useful article this of personal decoration. My interior is remarkable. Viewed one way, you laugh; viewed another, you sigh. I am an etymological stumble, and a novice hardly ever knows where to find me. To a Frenchman and a German I am an abhorrence. They never learn me so as even to call my name.

I’m swift as a shadow; I’m slow as a snail;
I fly like the storm-cloud impelled by the gale;
I sail with the mariner o’er the wide sea,
And traverse the shore with the bird and the bee.
I travel by day, and I travel by night,
And rarely from mortals I pass out of sight.
I dwell in the palace of nobles and kings,
But scorn not the cot where the poor mother sings;
But though I abide with the lowliest poor,
I ne’er have been turned from the rich man’s door.
I’m seen in the moon, when it waxes and wanes,
In the sun, too, at times when nature complains.
I’m courted much under shady bowers,
And welcomed at midnight or noonday hours.
I fly round the world each passing day,
And yet I’m as idle as a boy at play;
Nor do I repose at the set of the sun,
But wing my way by the light of the moon.
By day and by night I enter the door
Of high and of low, of rich and of poor;
And yet with a step so noiseless I come,
I’m not an intruder abroad or at home.
[48] All deeds of darkness I ever eschew,
Though many such deeds I am forced to view
And now, since so often my features are seen,
Unless you can guess me, you surely are green.

I was born in the fields; taken from thence at an early age, I was made to assume my present form, and sold as a slave into the family of a wealthy merchant. While I was young, and comely, my life was comparatively easy; the modest Lucy would take me by the hand, and with her I would roam over the richly-carpeted mansion; and many a service I have rendered her. One morning, quite early, before the rest of the family were up, Lucy was standing by the window; I was leaning against her shoulder, when she uttered a slight scream. I jumped, and came near falling, but she caught hold of me, and pointing towards the window, showed me the cause of her terror. One well-aimed blow of mine felled the intruder to the earth, and the footman coming in just then, gave him the[49] finishing touch. But, alas! my days of pleasant servitude were drawing near a close. Lucy became dissatisfied with me, and in a fit of pique, handed me over to the cook, by whom I was hustled hither and thither, wherever her fancy dictated. She was a careless woman, and one day, while I was doing all I could to serve her, she actually pushed me into the fire! Snatching me out as quickly as possible, she plunged me into a bucket of cold water; but I was disfigured and crippled for life, and disabled from further service. The cook at length declared she would no longer give me house-room, and one bitter cold night, turned me out into the street, without a stitch of clothing. I have never murmured when called upon to work; yet here I lie, neglected, unheeded, and uncared for.

But why should I complain? am I the only one shunned and forsaken, when no longer able to minister to the wants or pleasures of the world?

REBUSES.

My first may be divided into three parts. It may belong to one of the senses; it may be almost a lake; or it may represent 100.

My second may likewise be divided into three parts. It may have something to do with myself; it may be a part of myself; or it may represent 1.

My third may be divided into two parts. It may be either a river, or represent 500.

The whole was the title of one who surprised Europe by the brilliancy of his military exploits.

A fragment, an article of dress, a noise, an animal, a fruit, and a part of the body. The initials of these spell my whole, out of which I hope you will always keep.

In an every-day word (with but six letters in it)
You will find a few things which are worthy attention;
I will give you a clue, and I think in a minute
You’ll not find it much trouble those few things to mention.
Take four of the letters, and if they’re placed rightly,
They one drop of liquid will bring to your view;
Cut off the last letter, and then see what nightly
Is drank by the many, and not by the few.

Now mix up the letters, and four more take out;
To make what all animals always possess.
[53] Many more I could name; but I haven’t a doubt
You are ready this moment my riddle to guess.
So the name of the whole, now, is all I require—
It’s what every woman should always have by her.

Entire I’m a useful quadruped; remove my first, and I become a species of grain; replace my first, and remove my last, and I am a city famed for its inquisition.

Entire I am very useful in machines; take away my first letter, and I am a part of the body; take away my first and second, and I am a species of snake.

Add to an article, in every-day use, a letter, and it becomes another useful article; with a third letter it becomes a girl’s name, and with a fourth letter another name; with a fifth letter it becomes an historical record, and with a sixth letter it is much the same thing, only more so.

My fourth is the initial of the name of a man that King David used rather badly.

My whole is two monosyllables that publishers often say to their subscribers, and like to have them respond to.

Entire, I am a reptile. Behead me, and I become an article much used by carpenters. Take away another letter, and I shall not be well.

Entire I am a vegetable. Cut off my tail, and I am a small insect. Put on my tail, and take away my third letter, and I am what gamblers often do.

What eight words of four letters will resolve themselves into four different words each?

I am the name of something felt, but never seen. Take away my third letter, and you have an utensil much used in pastry-cooking. Reverse it, and you have something quite refreshing on summer afternoons. Take away my second, and you have a very important article in a lady’s toilet. Take away my first and third, and you have a rather indefinite article.

Entire I am polite. My fifth multiplied by the sum of my second and fourth, produces my first. My second and third multiplied by my fifth, is twice my first.

It is a compound word, and belongs to the mineral, and sometimes vegetable kingdom. The whole word is used to contain the first. There are six letters in the first, and two vowels. The last word spelled backward, is a toy that boys play with. The first two letters of the last word is the name of a river in Europe. The first word spelled differently, but pronounced the same, is a substance of which an important article of food is made.

Entire I am a bird. Take away my last two, and I am a bird. Behead me and cut off my tail, and I signify perpetuity. Cut off my first two, and I am an exclamation!

What city is there, whose name, if transposed, will give you a name considered very disgraceful in the time of the revolutionary war; transposed again, you have a term applied to one not very proficient.

In full dress, I am considered finished; take off my cap, and I am a number; put on my cap and take off my shoes, and I am a title.

I am something which fishermen use. Behead me, and I become food for horses. Put on my head and cut off my tail, and I am a large serpent.

Entire, I am one drop of liquid; behead me, and I become a part of the human frame; put on my head and cut off my tail, and I am a plant.

I am a pronominal adjective; behead me and I am personal pronoun; again behead me and I am a verb.

Unbroken I am a term sometimes applied to the atmosphere; remove my first, and I am a king famed in tragedy; remove my first and second, I am a part of the human body; remove my first, second, and third, and I am a city mentioned in the Bible; remove my first and last, and I am an inclosure.

What preposition by prefixing a letter is what we do every day; by prefixing another, is what we have in summer; by prefixing yet another, is a kind of grain?

Entire I often cause great pain; beheaded I am boisterous; curtailed you see a heathen deity; transposed I describe a course.

What wicked deed is that which, read backward, gives what is generally the cause of it?

What two consonants and one vowel can be so arranged as to spell the name of an animal, a name applied to a particular class of men, and a word expressing human ability?

I am a word of evil import. Without my hat I am almost as bad; place my wig at my feet, I am no better; my last two letters make me slightly ill, and with my second, fourth, and fifth letters transposed, I am utterly false.

It is a compound word, calling to mind social pleasures. The subject of a pretty Scotch song, and the place in the family most missed by the absent. The first four letters form the name of a cruel master. Take my second, third, and fourth, and it is a wicked passion. The last four letters form a part of the animal body. Put the fifth letter after the last three, and you will see a term used among the ancient Romans in regard to time. Transpose the first four, and it means prevailing. Transpose the last three, and, as a noun, it is anxiously watched by the gambler; and, as a verb, puts an end to earthly joys and sorrows. Remove the third letter, and the first, second, and fourth is an exclamation.

I am something very beautiful, which you can look at, but never touch: spell me backward, and I do a great deal of mischief.

Entire I am a pronoun in the second person. Take away my first letter, and I am a pronoun still, but in the first person; put on my first, and take away my last letter, and I am again a pronoun in the second person.

ENIGMAS

I am composed of twenty letters.

My 1, 2, 6, 7, is a star in the constellation Cetus.

My 6, 15, 10, 12, 3, is one of the signs of the Zodiac.

My 11, 6, 8, 4, is a star in Argo Navio.

My 6, 20, 13, 19, 11, 6, is a star in Gemina.

My 1, 6, 7, 16, 10, 5, is a star in Serpentarino.

My 1, 12, 15, 6, 17, 18, is a star in Andromeda.

My 9, 14, 8, is one of the constellations.

My whole is the name of one who rendered Astronomy no inconsiderable aid.

I am composed of 24 letters.

My 8, 3, 9, 21, is an accumulation.

My 16, 9, 1, 14, 23, is a machine.

My 2, 5, 4, 22, is a dear place.

My 6, 5, 5, 18, 11, 17, 6, is of the fowl species.

My 10, 7, 9, 1, is a resting-place.

My 21, 12, 9, 13, is a sort of turf.

My 19, 11, 15, 9, 4, is a vapor.

My 20, 3, 15, 24, is a germinating article.

My whole is an old proverb.

My 17, 16, 8, 19, 18, 1, 6, 18, 12, 20, 23, 7, is a little watchman, who always carries his lamp with him.

My whole is a pleasant, but rather profitless occupation, which you can express in 23 letters.

Two boys, one named 25, 13, 24, 19, 17, 15, and the other 6, 20, 21, 7, 8, 27, went to 27, 14, 17 their uncle 7—— one 15, 4, 13, 6, 14, 19. He had 6, 15, 21 fine 20, 21, 3, 5, 14, 9, but he forbid the 22, 8, 12, 27 to 19, 4, 24, 17, without his 1, 21, 13, 9, 14, 11, 6. But master 6. was a 1, 8, 3, 14, 22, 17, 5, 5 and 15, 4, 22, 24 boy, but his brother 25. was obedient to his uncle’s 15, 4, 27, 2, 14, 9. One 12, 10, 16, master 6. said to his brother, “Let’s 27, 8, 12, 12, 22, 14 the 20, 21, 19, 9, 17, 27, for we have a fine 1, 2, 10, 11, 1, 17. Uncle has gone to 6, 21, 15, 13.” “11, 21, indeed,” answered 7, 25, 27, 6, 14, 19, 25.; “20, 21, 15 can you 12, 21 what you 9, 18, 26? Has not uncle forbid us to 19, 23, 12, 17 them?” But master 6. did not 10, 6, 6, 14, 13, 24 to what his brother said. He took 21, 13, 17 of the 20, 21, 3, 5, 14, 27 and 19, 21, 24, 14—2, 23, 7, but was 6, 2, 3, 21, 15, 11 and severely hurt, and having disregarded his uncle’s 1, 21, 7, 7, 8, 11, 24, 27, he 22, 21, 9, 6 his good opinion and 22, 10, 26—23, 22, 22 for 6, 2, 19, 14, 14 weeks, and during the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27.

I am composed of 22 letters.

My 14, 16, 10, 7, was the founder of Kentucky.

My 11, 13, 16, 4, 8, 19, 1, is the Empire State of the South.

My 18, 3, 7, 6, 12, the cause of the late panic.

My 1, 15, 17, 6, 4, 21, 15, what young ladies love to be.

My 17, 10, 9, 21, 22, 20, what they ought to be.

My 2, 1, 20 is an animal.

My whole is a familiar proverb.

I am composed of 21 letters.

My 3, 2, 12, 16, is a fixed principle in the art of fencing.

My 13, 4, 10, 8, is a beverage.

My 19, 5, 7, 1, 16, is what nobody would wish to lose.

My 15, 20, 6, 16, 14, 8, is a relation.

My 17, 9, 21, 10, are animals.

My 18, 6, 14, is a great ally of experience.

My 11, 20, 7, is a fruit.

My whole is a proverb.

[74]

My 2, 7, 15, 9, 26, 10, was the name of an ambitious Roman, who was elected Consul six times.

My 8, 26, 17, 22, 14, 19, was the name of a man who was a great favorite with Queen Elizabeth.

My 8, 1, 24, 12, 6, 22, 16, 27, was the name of a Sicilian, who learned a lesson from Dionysius.

My 1, 18, 16, 4, 11, 15, 21, 24, 25, 5, 14, was the name of a brave English general, who received his death wound at the battle of Alexandria, on the 21st of March, 1801.

My whole is an event which occurred in Henry the Seventh’s reign, and materially affected the interests of this country.

Never be 8, 18, 35, 12, 28, and cruel to the 31, 38, 1, 5, 17, 7, 31, 26, 25, 19, 9, but be 33, 29, 26, 23, 3, 13, and 4, 5, 30, 11, 38, 33; if 10, 13,—16, 11, 32, 3, we may relieve, 36, 34, 38, 39 a 12, 2, 22, 21,—20, 15, 37,17, 27, by a mere 12, 24, 2, 6,—5, 14, sympathy.

I am composed of 6 letters.

My 1, 2, 4, is used by all ladies.

My 1, 3, 4, is used by all cooks.

My 1, 3, 2, 4, is felt by all people.

My 4, 2, 1, is understood in a musquito country.

My 4, 3, 1, is interfered with in the same.

My 6, 2, 4, is nearly as old as the world.

My 6, 5, 3, 1, is a valuable ally of the water cure system.

My whole promote much discord in domestic circles.

I am composed of 13 letters.

My 1, 13, 2, is the name of a female animal.

My 2, 5, 6, is a measure of length.

My 3, 4, 13, 6, is a musical instrument

My 8, 13, 7, 6, is a starting-place.

My 9, 12, 13, 5, is an image.

My 11 is a vowel.

My whole is the name of a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean.

I am composed of 23 letters.

My 3, 7, 19, 14, is part of a ship.

My 15, 16, 17, 18, 1, is what Eve was.

My 9, 2, 5, is a relation.

My 12, 10, 22, 23, 13, is a piece of poetry.

My 20, 21, 4, 11, is one drop of liquid.

My 6, 18, 8, 13, is a kind of wood.

My whole is a proverb.

A 27, 11, 22, 29, 24, 13 severely 27, 2, 28, 26, 12, 10, 30 by 9, 6, 11, 2, 8, 5, seeing a 1, 17, 4, 12, 21 of 18, 7, 15, 10, 2—27, 7, 11, 13, 15, 29, 25 on a 21, 11, 22, 13, supposed it to be 2, 10, 7, 17; 8, 24—30, 16, 26, 6, 11, 13, 1—30, 14, 18, 13—7, 5, it with all her might she struck against the board, and, breaking her 18, 11, 13, 22, fell 6, 3, 17, 27, 17, 10, 8, 21, 17, 20 to the 3, 19, 2, 9, 6—18, 6, 28, 2, 29. She was quickly taken by 23, 13, 10 of the 27, 4, 12, 26, 29, 2, 8 by. And must have thought 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30.

I am composed of 25 letters.

My 24, 14, 3, 2, 6, 12, was a distinguished Latin writer

My 16, 25, 24, 7, 23, 21, 6, 9, 5, is a class in Botany.

My 10, 15, 17, 9, 16, 7, is a lake in New York.

My 3, 5, 11, 8, 10, 20, is a city in China.

My 4, 9, 11, 24, 12, 4, 15, is a county in Kentucky.

My 1, 12, 8, 8, 25, 6, 19, 4, is a silly bird.

My 13, 4, 10, 6, 25, 20, 3, 19, is a city in Italy.

My 23, 7, 18, 10, 4, 22, 12, 20, was the name of a conqueror.

My whole is a document which first saw the light many years ago.

LABYRINTH NO. 3.

ACROSTICS.

DECAPITATIONS.

8. Behead a celebrated British admiral, and leave a British commander-in-chief and viscount.

9. Behead a primate of Scotland, and leave a consul of the U. S. A. to Tunis in 1797.

10. Behead an Irish author who wrote a work on Beauty, and leave an able and intrepid English admiral.

11. Behead an eminent Scotch physician and mathematician, and leave a learned German professor of Rhetoric.

20. Behead an iron hod, and leave an important character in one of Dickens’s works.

29. Behead a scion of the forest king,
And straight behold a very barber-ous thing.

30. Behead a youthful damsel, and you’ll find
A mate, perchance, more suited to your mind.

31. Behead a thing in every kitchen seen,
And what is left will puzzle you, I ween.

32. Behead an object gaunt, which Superstition dreads,
And lo! for all your pains, a hundred thousand heads.

33. Behead what tear-drops did in Beauty’s eyes,
And leave what Beauty did to cause their rise.

35. Behead an instrument of pleasant tone,[84]
And leave another one to minstrels known.

36. Behead a bird, one common as can be,
And leave one which we not as often see.

37. And when ye’ve done all this, like clever elves,
Forever still behead, but leave yourselves.

NAMES OF PLACES ENIGMATICALLY EXPRESSED.

NAMES OF PLACES IN CONNECTICUT.

NAMES OF PLACES IN ILLINOIS.

NAMES OF PLACES IN NORTH CAROLINA.

NAMES OF PLACES IN MAINE.

NAMES OF PLACES IN KENTUCKY.

PLACES IN WISCONSIN.

NAMES OF PLACES IN ASIA.

NAMES OF PLACES IN ENGLAND.

NAMES OF PLACES IN FLORIDA.

NAMES OF BIRDS.

LIST OF FISH.

NAMES OF BIRDS.

BATTLES OF ENGLAND.

96. To select from others, a letter of the alphabet, and a place for wild beasts.

TEA-TABLE.

104. A Latin word signifying earth, and an important article in a lady’s toilet.

BEVERAGES.

DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS.

FLOWER GARDEN.

LABYRINTH NO. 4.

CUTTINGS FOR PLANTING.

This may be made an amusing game; as the query for each flower may be frequently varied: and it will require no great amount of ingenuity to originate new questions.

ANAGRAMS.

Properly to enjoy this amusement, it is necessary to be provided with a box of letters, from which may be selected those forming the anagram. Place the letters on a book or table, and continue to transpose them until the original word is discovered. A whole room full of people may be entertained in this manner.

PLACES IN THE U. S.

DISTINGUISHED GREEKS.

NAMES IN ROM. HIST.

SCRIPTURAL NAMES.

CONUNDRUMS.

33. When we ask the cities of Europe what novelists are called, which one replies?

42. Why is an old woman who can not work, like a young woman who can work, and does work?

LABYRINTH NO. 5.

SOLUTION TO THE PREFACE.

The enigma is of such ancient and respectable origin, that I shall ask no one to excuse me for offering this book to the public. Enigmatical questions are frequent in the Scriptures, and in olden times often contained a great deal of valuable information.

I intend, my dear young friends, to combine instruction with amusement; and do not fear but what my expectations will be sufficiently realized.

Right well, I know, little lads and lasses, you can not fail to be delighted when I am making such efforts in your behalf; so, heartily shaking you all by the hand,

SOLUTIONS TO THE PUZZLES.

5. Isaiah Bebee, you are too cross, and your ideas are too empty to amuse any one; you are too epicurean to exercise your energies; nothing excuses, nothing extenuates your excesses, for you ought to be wiser.

6. Opium and beer, effeminacy and tears, are usually enemies to energy, and ought to be especially odious to you, dear Ellen.

7. Oh! Emily, benign and effeminate, before you extenuate any excess, see a wise Deity.

10. Cicero’s orations are superior to any orations of other Roman orators extant.

19. By gently and frequently scratching the table-cloth within three or four inches of the tumbler, the coin will creep from under.

22. A great many of our difficulties may be overcome by assiduity and proper diligence. Mischief lurks under dissimulation.

23. Draw a horizontal line from the shoulders of one dog to the tail of the other, and from the fore legs of one to the hind legs of the other.

24. Hasten. (a, an, hat, he, neat, eat, then, at, than, ah!) There are other words out of which may be made all the parts of speech.

36. With one cut take off the toe, which will leave three pieces of paper; place these one upon another, and again cut them through.

43. Please (plea, sale, peas, sap, leap, sleep, seal, lease, lee, sea, see, rest.)

SOLUTIONS TO THE CHARADES.

SOLUTIONS TO THE RIDDLES.

SOLUTIONS TO THE REBUSSES.

SOLUTIONS TO THE ENIGMAS.

7. Two boys, one named Andrew and the other Thomas, went to see their Uncle M—— one winter. He had two fine horses, but he forbid the lads to ride without his consent. But Master T. was a careless and wild boy, but his brother A. was obedient to his uncle’s wishes. One day, Master T. said to his brother, “Let’s saddle the horses, for we have a fine chance. Uncle has gone to town.” “No, indeed,” answered Master A.; “how can you do what you say? Has not uncle forbid us to ride them?” But Master T. did not attend to what his brother said. He took one of the horses and rode him, but was thrown and severely hurt; and having disregarded his uncle’s commands, he lost his good opinion, and lay ill for three weeks, and during the Christmas and New Year Holidays.

SOLUTIONS TO THE ACROSTICS.

SOLUTIONS TO THE DECAPITATIONS.

SOLUTIONS TO THE NAMES.

SOLUTIONS TO THE CUTTINGS.

SOLUTIONS TO THE ANAGRAMS.

SOLUTIONS TO THE CONUNDRUMS.

JOHN H. TINGLEY,

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BOOKS AND STATIONERY,
Very Cheap for Cash.
AND
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Game of Familiar Quotations,
In neat case, price 50 cents.

New Game of Authors,
In neat case, price 50 cents.

Game of Great Events,
In neat case, price 50 cents.

Game of Red, White and Blue,
In neat case, price 50 cents.

Game of Battles North and South,
In neat case, price 50 cents.

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Transcriber’s Notes

This text follows the original printed work; inconsistent and unusual spelling have been retained, except as mentioned below.

The riddle number provides a link to the answer; the answer number links back to the riddle.

Depending on the hard- and software used to read this text, not all elements may display as intended.

Changes made:
page iii: page number 5 changed to v
page 10: for writing os changed to for writing es; testament a drain changed to testament drain; XIOU88 changed to X10U88 (nr. 5);
page 12: ro yreg changed to ro yrag
page 18: earth agrain changed to earth a grain
page 32: Athough a part changed to Although a part
page 72: punctuation corrected to conform with the solution
page 73: whole is a proverb changed to My whole is a proverb
page 83: Bead a tool changed to Behead a tool
page 110: on the ample book changed to in the ample book; They can not find changed to They cannot find

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654	is that	421	does.
321		2
333		842

A great many of our difficulties	may be	dissimulation
by assiduity and proper diligence.	come	mischief lurks.