"A Will o' the wisp, ever pursued but never overtaken."
"A false coin, passed off as happiness."
"The leader of folly."
"The sure accompaniment of wisdom."
Many of the above definitions will be recognised as well-known quotations.
Other subjects may be started, such as:—Progress—Rivalry—Nonsense—Nothing—Thanks—Regards—Vanity—Ridiculous, and the game may be varied by combining several of these, and forming sentences in which each word shall have its due place, as "Vanity is a disease which preys upon all the good qualities in the human system, reduces them to an aspect ridiculous in the extreme, and precludes all ideas of mental progress," or, "Nothing gives pleasure in successful rivalry, if the victory is not honestly won."
INVERSIONS.
Change of order, a turning backward, is the dictionary meaning of this term, and clearly explains the method by which this simple puzzle is constructed.
"Inversions" belong to the same genus as the Logogram, which has been fully described, but have their own peculiarities, as the following examples will plainly show:—