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| I | m | a | g | i | n | a | t | i | o | n. | —IMAGINATION. |
ARITHMOREMS.
The Arithmorem is, perhaps, the most modern of all riddles, and will, we anticipate, be a novelty to many of our readers. In its construction, figures are substituted for Roman numerals, and letters are added to complete the word it is desired to disguise. These letters, however, may be, and indeed should be, transposed out of their proper order, so that the solution of the riddle may be the more difficult. For example, "54 and e," written as follows, by substituting the Roman numerals LIV. for the figures 54, give LIVE. That is an Arithmorem in its first stage and simplest form. Our examples will illustrate its fuller development. It must, however, be understood that in the solution the words used are to be looked upon only as so many letters and treated accordingly, as is the case in anagrams.
| (1) | (a) | 602 and fee | (a handsome structure). |
| (b) | 201 „ orant | (a medicine to produce sleep). | |
| (c) | 1550 „ osage | (to be happy and joyous). | |
| (d) | 57 „ ten song | (a famous traveller). | |
| (e) | 151 „ egan | (partaking of a celestial nature). | |
| (f) | 56 „ stone | (an author or authoress). | |
| (g) | 556 „ e | (the incarnation of evil). |
The initials will name a country dear to all lovers of liberty and freedom:—
| Answer: | (a) | 602 = | D C I I | and | F E E, | or | Edifice. |
| 2 6 3 5 | 4 7 1 | ||||||
| (b) | 201 = | C C I | „ | O R A N T, | „ | Narcotic. | |
| 4 8 7 | 5 3 2 1 6 | ||||||
| (c) | 1550 = | M D L | „ | O S A G E, | „ | Gladsome. | |
| 7 4 2 | 6 5 3 1 8 | ||||||
| (d) | 57 = | L V I I | „ | T E N S O N G, | „ | Livingstone. | |
| 1 3 2 4 | 8 11 10 7 9 5 6 | ||||||
| (e) | 151 = | C L I | „ | E G A N, | „ | Angelic. | |
| 7 5 6 | 4 3 1 2 | ||||||
| (f) | 56 = | L V I | „ | S T O N E, | „ | Novelist. | |
| 5 3 6 | 7 8 2 1 4 | ||||||
| (g) | 556 = | D L V I | „ | E | „ | Devil. | |
| 1 5 3 4 | 2 | ||||||
| —ENGLAND. | |||||||
Arithmorems may be elaborated so as to partake of the nature of double acrostics, as in the next examples:—
| (2) | (a) | 751 | and | e pay one | (a book of reference). |
| (b) | 550 | „ | a no go | (a Venetian mode of conveyance). | |
| (c) | 100 | „ | thy ear | (an amateur sailor). | |
| (d) | 6 | „ | spoor | (a conditional stipulation). | |
| (e) | 1050 | „ | e satan | (an improvised juror). |
The initials and finals read downwards will name, the former the country from which the latter assisted a whole nation to emigrate:—