, extreme, and

stichos

, order or line. The acrostic was formerly in vogue for valentine and love verses. When employed as a riddle it is called a

Rebus

, which

[see]

.

48. Acrostics (Double)

This very fashionable riddle is a double Rebus, the initial and final letters of a word or words selected making two names or two words. The usual plan is to first suggest the foundation words, and then to describe the separate words, whose initials and finals furnish the answer to the question. Thus: