The Strand Problems Book: A Modern Anthology of Perplexities and Tantalizers; Mathematical, Literary, Geographical, Word, Letter, Playing-card Puzzles; Anagrams, Acrostics, Codes, etc.

All the World loves a problem. A new angle or an unexpected twist is a challenge which no Man — and Man, of course, embraces Woman here — can resist. This volume contains the pick of the puzzles which have appeared during recent years in Tantalus’s column of "Literary Competitions" in John o’ London’s Weekly, and on the “Perplexities” pages of The Strand Magazine, together with some new material. The Word Problems have been arranged in some sort of order for the benefit of those who have a preference for a particular kind of puzzle. In the Inferential and Mathematical Section the problems have been carefully arranged in No Sort of Order at All — "Pick where you like" is the slogan. Solutions have been made as full as space would allow; at all events, we have tried, while striving after brevity, to avoid obscurity. Cover Inside Flaps Title Foreword Contents Inferential and Mathematical Problems 1. Pamela’s Abbrev: Corresp: 10. As the Crow Flies 20. Bolonian Bachelors 30. Greyhound Racing 40. A Tricky Trip 50. How Many Shoes? 60. Hidden Treasure 70. Ages Past and Present 80. Revolving Coins 90. Farmers’ Wives 95. Tea Boxes Word and Letter Problems Shuffled Letters Word Squares Expanding and Contracting Words Expanding and Contracting Anagrams Reversible Words Anagrammatic Acrostics Miscellaneous Unpunctuated Sentences Solutions Inferential and Mathematical Problems Word and Letter Problems