Our Corner, Ed. by A. Besant (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ... If I my third to you should own, The value of it's quickly gone. 4. A very ancient land indeed, The cradle of a modern creed. 5. Of Grecian games my fifth the name, To which our present ones how tame 6. A mighty horse my last o'erthrew, Bat not as horses often do. Zekiel Homespcx. ANAGRAM. The most appropriate anagram for Charles Bradlacgh, M.P. BOUTS-RIMES. Any metre. Final words: May, pray, hay, dine, pine, sign. ENIGMA. In wealth I abound; in water I stand; As a fencer I'm valued all over the land; At Venice I'm famous; by farmers I'm prized; Respected by law, yet by huntsmen despised; Consternation and ruin ensue when I break, And the beasts of the forest advantage on't take. ANSWERS. Double Acrostic. Biic-i-BiiC 0 T T O R U Obstruction U N I T G A T T I H o s E S P E C I E S Light 8: Scriptures and Superstitions are accepted. Anagram. The following are good: Say I seem ill, ma'am.--J. W. R.; Old Tom. A liar maims my jewels. (Alluding to the Home Secretary's slander.)--Shreds. I am ill, weary, mes amis.--Auld Reekie. (In the last, I is used for J.) Squared Words. Milton Milton Poet Poet Ibarra Ideate Oude Oath Latini L E S R I A Eden Etna Triral Taviot Tend Than Ornate Otiose Nailed Neater Total Marks Possible, 34.--Shreds, 34; Auld Reekie, 34; Eirene, 26; Winton, 24; Hannibal, 20; Old Tom, 18; Cceur de Lion, 17; Utile, 16; Zekiel Homespun, 16. PRIZES. The total number of marks possible was 92. The highest number gained was 77, by B. Allen (" Shreds"), barred by previous success. Next comes G. Burton (" Winton "), with 70, who takes the first prize of One Guinea. E. D. Fryer ("Utile") and A. Kettock ('-Auld Reekie") follow with 66 and 60 respectively, but are both barred. The second prize, of Half-a-Guinea, goes to R...