Here is quite a simple method of arranging nine matches so that they represent three squares.

The figure also includes at its sides two equilateral triangles.

A ROYAL ANAGRAM

Victoria the First, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India. These letters also spell exactly:—

Fit for a bard I claim inspiréd strain:—
The sad and even tenor of a quiet reign.

POLITICAL ANAGRAMS

Here are two very perfect specimens:—

Earl Beaconsfield.
An able force is led,
or,
A free lance is bold.

No. LXXVIII.—A TRANSPARENCY