Pp. 108-109: Curious arithmetical question. 9 on each side, changed from a total of 24 to 20, 28, 32. Prob. 32, pp. 209-210. Uses a novel figure -- take a 3 x 3 square and draw the 1 x 1 cells in each corner, then diagonally connect the interior vertices of these to form an X in the central cell. This gives 8 cells -- the four squares at the corners and four pentagonal shapes along the edges. (See Wehman, p. 22.) 15 on each side, beginning with 40, reduced to 36. = New Sphinx, c1840, p. 139.
The Boy's Own Book. The wine merchant and his clerk. 1828: 412; 1828 2: 418; 1829 (US): 211; 1855: 565; 1868: 669. 32 bottles, reducing to 20.
The Riddler. 1835. The wine merchant and his clerk, pp. 4-5. Identical to Boy's Own Book.
Crambrook. 1843. P. 10, no. 23: The Blind Abbess and her Nuns, a laughable trick.
Magician's Own Book. 1857.
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