If any sceptic asks why the Book of Psalms should thus be turned to, the answer comes in the curious fact that the actual letters of the name William Shakespere, another of its different spellings, form this sentence as their anagram, and thus afford the necessary clue:—
“We are like his Psalm.”
A final point of interest is made when we notice that Shakespeare himself must have been just forty-six years old when the Psalms were re-translated.
59. MISSING WORDS
He said “You ———” when one lied,
He said “Don’t ———” when one hied,
His glass held ——— at his side,
He can ——— what he denied.
Each missing word is spelt with the same six letters.
No. XXXVII.—A KNIGHT’S TOUR
The letters on this board, if read aright in the order of a Knight’s moves at chess, will give a popular proverb.
| R | L | T | E | Y | L | R | O |
| Y | H | L | T | O | B | T | A |
| T | A | A | A | H | T | I | |
| E | L | E | I | N | E | O | |
| D | H | W | Y | E | S | Y | |
| R | T | E | S | D | B | W | |
| Y | N | E | S | N | D | A | E |
| H | A | A | A | W | I | D | E |