Russell K., Carter P. Victorian Conundrums: A 19th Century Puzzler

Michael O'Mara Books, 1998. — 172 p.It is a long dark winter's afternoon, a power failure has left you with no television or radio but in the soft glow of an oil lamp, you, your friends and family do not suffer a moment’s boredom! Why? Because these nineteenth century posers were invented for just such an occasion!
Victorian Conundrums is packed with fiendish puzzles, erudite anagrams and teasing riddles which would have taxed even the deductive powers of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes.
The Victorians used all their imagination and ingenuity to create a wealth of classic conundrums and brain teasers that still confound and astound today. Queen Victoria loved anagrams but even she was flummoxed by the following:
ABONETY.
How many apples was Lewis Carroll dreaming of when he wrote the following riddle?
Dreaming of apples on a wall,
And dreaming often, dear,
I dreamed that, if I counted all,
How many would appear?
Victorian Conundrums is an entertaining and educational collection of the puzzles that amused Her Majesty and foxed our forefathers!Cover
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Title
Puzzles
Rank and File
Solitaire
Doublet 1
Word Play
Nine in a Row
Relatively Speaking
Forty-Five
Cask of Wine
Cups and Saucers
Division Sum
Boys and Girls
Four Integers
Catching a Thief
Filling a Bath
Beheadment Riddle
Counters
Fowl Calculations
Victorian Anagrams
The Linoleum Puzzle
Grandmother’s Birthday
Little Tommy Tittletat
Quiet Veronica
Phalanx
Eight Eights
Ages Teaser
Magic Prime
Ring the Bell
Tomatoes
Rebus Conundrum
Mixed Fraction
Three Animals
The Two Young Entrepreneurs
Palindromes
The Magic Hexagon
The Urban Riddle
Striking Clock
Three Classics
Doublet II
Tall Tree Story
Backwards and Forwards
Children’s Cakes
Simple Addition
Strange Subtraction
Old Pals
Magic Word Square
The Eiffel Tower
Grandpa’s Party
Pennies
Two Fractions
Ten Trees
Was it a cat I saw
The Five Pennies
Treasure Trail
Counters
Doublet III
Piece of Cheese
Squares
Counterfeit Coin
Double Acrostic
The By-Election
Bag of Potatoes
Local Yokel
Century Puzzle
Anagram Sing Song
Frankenstein’s Creation
Anagram Phrases
Yarborough
The Hands of the Clock
Geographical Perplexity
Painting the Lampposts
Double Digits
Rebus Poetry
Strike Out the Dots
Sands of Time
Ten Words
Gold Coin
Two Coins
Round Table
Matches
Cross-Country Race
Pyramid
Country House
Golf
Goddesses
Palindrome
Water Lily
River Crossing
Blyth’s Paradox
Mars
Lewis Carroll
Palindrome
Doublet IV
Saying
Groups
Bits and Pieces
No Vowels
Victorian Word Search
Honeycomb
Number Rhyme
Land
Sharks
The Carpenter’s Apprentice
Hungry Goat
Ages
Customs
Census-Taker
Pirates
Counter
Horse Racing
Creatures
Squares and Triangles
Daughters
Farmers
Rats
Travellers
Footmen
Trains
Casino
Sacks
Station
Garden
Doublet V
Flutes
Hexagram
Farmers
Riddle
Prisoner
Common
Triangle
Double Palindromes
Stuck Up
Abracadabra
Groups
Magic Square
Pairs
Bits and Pieces
Magic Square
Words
Letters
Pairing
Victorian Word Search
Knight’s Move
Tricky
Charlotte
Arab
House Number
Barrel
Anagrams
Month
Octahedral Dice
Children
Murderer in the Mansion
The Village Hall
Poems
Spider’s Web
Answers