PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
Reading edition
No. 1.
HISTORICAL ENIGMA.
I am a celebrated document, and am composed of eleven letters.
My first was one of the decisive battles of the world, and was fought between the Greeks and Persians.
My second was a very great warrior, who could not govern himself, though he conquered the world.
My third was a humane physician who invented an instrument of cruelty.
My fourth was a great philosopher and mathematician.
My fifth came over in the Mayflower.
My sixth was a young hero celebrated by an English poetess.
My seventh was a blind poet whom seven cities claimed for their own.
My eighth was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
My ninth was a great artist.
My tenth is a distinguished living poet.
My eleventh met a disgraceful death in the Revolutionary war.
Susan Nipper.
No. 2.
TWO EASY DIAMONDS.
1.—Centrals.—A famous battle in the Revolution.
1. A letter. 2. A weapon. 3. A sort of knife. 4. Spectral. 5. The conclusion. 6. A letter.
W. D. M.
2.—1. A letter. 2. Devoured. 3. Orbs of light. 4. A period. 5. A letter.
E. W.
No. 3.
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
The whole, of 14 letters, is a city in Europe.
My 8, 2, 7 is a weight.
My 14, 6, 8, 11, 10 is an American city.
My 1, 6, 3, 5, 2, 3 is a Chinese city.
My 12, 9, 4, 5, 2, 13 is a small fire-arm.
Damon and Pythias.