When the reins of power changed hands, it was found that the letters which form Gladstone also spell out exactly, “G. leads not,” while the name of his great rival and successor Disraeli itself announces, when recast, “I lead, sir!”
No. XLIX.—A CARD PROBLEM
Here is a pretty card problem, akin in its character and arrangement to a Magic Square.
Take from a pack of cards the four aces, kings, queens, and knaves, and arrange them so that in each horizontal, vertical, and diagonal row, each of the four suits and each of the four denominations shall be represented once, and only once.
IDEAL ANAGRAMS
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Ave Maria, gratiâ plena, Dominus tecum! Virgo serena, pia, munda et immaculata. Regia nata, evadens luctum amari pomi. Eva secunda, Agni immolati pura mater. Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee! A virgin calm, holy, pure and spotless. Of royal kin, free from the penalty of the bitter apple. A second Eve, pure mother of the slain Lamb. | ||
These wonderful anagrams need no word of praise. Constructed each of them with the same letters, the lines express with startling emphasis the character and special attributes of her whom they describe.
No. L.—TURF-CUTTING
I cut eight narrow strips of turf from my lawn, to form a double rose-border, with sides of the relative lengths shown in the diagram:—