50. A HAPPY THOUGHT
Sir Charles Napier’s witty despatch, “Peccavi!” “I have Scinde!” is familiar to us. Not so well known is the happy phrase attributed to Sir Colin Campbell, “Nunc sum fortunatus!” “I am in Lucknow!”
51. A CLEVER TRIPLE ANAGRAM
Owen, the Welsh epigrammatist, composed this very clever Latin line:—
In verbis, ubi res postulat, esto brevis.
(“In words, where the matter requires it, be brief.”)
The words in italics are spelt with the same six letters.
52. CAN SUCH THINGS BE?
Take a long strip of paper, say 9 in. by 2 in., which will have, of course, an upper and an under surface and two edges along its length. How can you arrange this strip, by quite a simple method so that it will have only one surface and one edge?