"Marie Antoinette—Tear it, men; I atone."
"Selina, Countess of Huntingdon—See, sound faith clings to no nun."
"James Watt—Wait steam (the 'J' being converted into 'I')."
"Lord Palmerston—So droll, pert man."
"William Ewart Gladstone—A man to wield great wills."
"Leon Gambetta—Able man to get."
"Florence Nightingale—Cling on, feeling heart."
"The Marquis of Lansdowne—Landowner, oft squeamish."
"Alfred Tennyson, poet laureate—Neat sonnet or deep tearful lay."
It will be noticed that several of the examples that we have given are particularly apt, anagramatically describing some special feature in connection with the person selected for experiment.