Footnotes
[1] Reminichia—overhanging the water—the Indian name of a bluff at the entrance of a certain Minnesota city.
[2] Full of delights: blessed.
[3] The book was written in good faith, and was published for the benefit of the Syracuse University.
[4] Emerson, in his “Parnassus,” and the Atlantic Monthly for April, 1875, accredit “A Colusion between A Water-Snaik and A Aligater,” to G. H. Derby (“John Phenix”). It was contributed by “K. N. Pepper” to the Knickerbocker Magazine, in 1854.
Transcriber’s Notes
Inconsistent word hyphenation and spelling have been regularized.
Apparent typographical errors have been corrected.
Hyperlinks are provided from each puzzle or riddle to its solution (“Answer”) and from the solution back to the puzzle (“Back to puzzle”).
Depending on the device, software and font used to read this text, not all elements may display as intended.
In the [printer’s short-hand poem] on [page 119], the “{” character was originally depicted facing upwards.
The illusion [“Seeing is Believing: Seeing is Deceiving”] on [Page 97] may not work with every font. Therefore, right-side-up and upside-down text lines from the original work have been inserted as additional illustrations below the text.
The [word pyramid] on [Page 132] may not make the expected shape with every font, and therefore the pyramid from the original text has been added as a additional illustration under the text pyramid.