42. A GOOD ANAGRAM

CONFESSIONS OF AN OPIUM EATER.

The same letters recast spell—

If so, man, refuse poison at once!

43. A TOUR DE FORCE

The following curiosity, constructed some years ago for prize purposes by the Editor, shows how, in word or letter juggling, difficulties can be overcome:—

A sentence in which each letter of the alphabet is used exactly twice:

“XLV gruff nymphs jerk XLV jaws,” quoth wag B. Dick, Q.C., to Ben Dizzy, M.P.

44. THE MISSING LINK

If anagrams count, our “ancestor” was not a monkey but a Norse cat!