The Santa Claus' Book of Games and Puzzles / A Collection of Riddles, Charades, Enigmas, Rebuses, Anagrams, Labyrinths, Acrostics, etc. With a Hieroglyphic Preface
COLLECTION OF RIDDLES, CHARADES, ENIGMAS, REBUSES, ANAGRAMS, LABYRINTHS, ACROSTICS, Etc.
WITH A HIEROGLYPHIC PREFACE.
OVER ONE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS.
NEW YORK: JOHN H. TINGLEY, 152 1 ⁄ 2 FULTON STREET. 1864.
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.
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CONTENTS.
PREFACE.
PUZZLES.
LABYRINTH NO. 1.
CHARADES.
LABYRINTH NO. 2.
RIDDLES.
REBUSES.
ENIGMAS
LABYRINTH NO. 3.
ACROSTICS.
DECAPITATIONS.
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.
TEA-TABLE.
BEVERAGES.
DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS.
FLOWER GARDEN.
LABYRINTH NO. 4.
CUTTINGS FOR PLANTING.
ANAGRAMS.
PLACES IN THE U. S.
DISTINGUISHED GREEKS.
NAMES IN ROM. HIST.
SCRIPTURAL NAMES.
CONUNDRUMS.
LABYRINTH NO. 5.
SOLUTION TO THE PREFACE.
SOLUTIONS TO THE PUZZLES.
SOLUTIONS TO THE CHARADES.
SOLUTIONS TO THE RIDDLES.
SOLUTIONS TO THE REBUSSES.
SOLUTIONS TO THE ENIGMAS.
SOLUTIONS TO THE ACROSTICS.
SOLUTIONS TO THE DECAPITATIONS.
SOLUTIONS TO THE NAMES.
SOLUTIONS TO THE CUTTINGS.
SOLUTIONS TO THE ANAGRAMS.
SOLUTIONS TO THE CONUNDRUMS.
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