The "Windsor" Double Acrostic, written by Queen Victoria for the amusement of her children. It may interest riddlers to know that Her Majesty and the late Prince Consort found much pleasure, and were exceedingly clever in the construction of this kind of riddle:—
1. A city in Italy. 2. A river in Germany. 3. A city in the United States. 4. A town in North America. 5. A town in Holland. 6. The Turkish name for Constantinople. 7. A town in Bothnia. 8. A city in Greece. 9. A circle on the globe.
Read the initials downwards, and they form a town in the North of England: the finals read upwards indicates what that town is famed for.
1. NapleS
2. ElbE
3. WashingtoN
4. CincinnatI
5. AmsterdaM
6. StambouL