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Number the letters consecutively 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, and then work a sum in addition, substituting these numbers for the letter with which they correspond.

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23. A LOGOGRAPH

Touch me not, I’m firm and sure;
Behead, I’m used by rich and poor;
In house and cottage, hut and hall,
I stand of service to them all.
Behead again, in time of need
I tell that strength and skill succeed.

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No. XL.—ANAGRAMS SQUARED

Shake up the sixteen letters of these four words, and recast them into four other words:—

S E E K
S L A B
L E E K
M O A N

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