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Excerpt from Conundrums, Riddles and Puzzles: Containing One Thousand of the Latest and Best Conundrums, Gathered From Every Conceivable Source, and Comprising Many That Are Entirely New and Original
A taste for guessing puzzles and enigmas 18 co eval with the race. The early Greeks were ex tremely fond of such intellectual exercises, and they are found in the language of all ciwlized nations. One of the brightest forms of these puzzles is that of the conundrum, the answer of which is usually a play upon words similar to the pun. Each language has its own particular form of this kind of wit, but the English language, on account of its composite nature, is especially rich in such forms of wit and humor.
The compiler of this little volume has made a choice selection of conundrums from those in actual use among people belonging to refined and cultured society. They are classified under four principal heads - General Conundrums, Biblical Conundrums, Poetical Conundrums, and French Conundrums. Some of the most ingenious and interesting forms of wit will be found under each of these classes.
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