"Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales," transformed into "P.C., her august race is lost. O fatal news."
The elder D'Israeli had a keen perception and a thorough appreciation of the points in a good anagram. If this is hereditary, the younger Disraeli, the late Prime Minister of England, no doubt appreciated the ingenuity of the opponent who converted his title into a stinging comment on the result of the general election of 1880:—
"The Earl of Beaconsfield—Self-fooled; can he bear it?"
The names of celebrated men and women of the present day, and those who have come down to us in the pages of history offer a wide field for the young riddler.
The following are samples, new and old, of this species of anagram, which we have collected from various sources, in the hope that they may incite our young friends to fresh exertions:—
"Louis Napoleon—Ape no lion, Soul."
"Lord Monteagle (he who gave information of the Gunpowder Plot)—Go, tell no dream."
"Horatio Nelson—Lo! nation's hero."
A better one than this was composed by Dr. Burney—
"Honor est a Nilo—His honor is from the Nile."