Conundrums, Riddles and Puzzles

by Dean Rivers

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The preface describes a conundrum as a form of puzzle whose answer is usually a play upon words similar to a pun. The compiler says the volume draws its chosen conundrums from those in actual use among people described as belonging to refined and cultured society. A question about when to read the book of nature answers by connecting the opening and turning of leaves with spring and autumn.

A riddle about a very old lost umbrella calls the umbrella as good as new when found because the answer plays on its being recovered. A railway puzzle gives instructions for moving a locomotive between cars and a siding, including detaching the locomotive and reconnecting it with cars.