Answer: aCoffin, bfee, ccoffee.
We will now give a few puzzles founded on one or more of the previous examples; but our young readers will find that "Retailings" offer a much wider range of words from which to select than do "Decapitations." More fun, however, will be obtained by combining the two. The word transpose is used in some books instead of retail; but transpositions, properly so-called, will be treated later on:—
Complete, I am common,
Beheaded, I am a ceremony,
Retailed, I am a head-dress.
Answer: Trite, rite, tire.
Complete, I am a servant,
Beheaded, I am an apartment,
Retailed, I am an extensive waste.
Answer: Groom, room, moor.