The Santa Claus' Book of Games and Puzzles A Collection of Riddles, Charades, Enigmas, Rebuses, Anagrams, Labyrinths, Acrostics, etc. With a Hieroglyphic Preface

COLLECTION OF RIDDLES, CHARADES, ENIGMAS, REBUSES, ANAGRAMS, LABYRINTHS, ACROSTICS, ETC.

WITH A HIEROGLYPHIC PREFACE.

OVER ONE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS.

NEW YORK: JOHN H. TINGLEY, 152½ FULTON STREET.

1864.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by JOHN H. TINGLEY, In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.

CONTENTS.

PAGE HIEROGLYPHIC PREFACE, v PUZZLES, 9 CHARADES, 22 RIDDLES, 42 REBUSES, 51 ENIGMAS, 69 ACROSTICS, 78 DECAPITATIONS, 81 NAMES OF PLACES ENIGMATICALLY EXPRESSED, 87 CUTTINGS FOR PLANTING, 94 ANAGRAMS, 98 CONUNDRUMS, 104 LABYRINTHS, 21, 41, 77, 93, 108

PREFACE.

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