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Robert Kemp Philp
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63.
Metagram,
a
riddle
in
which
the
change
of
the
initial
letter
produces
a
series
of
words
of
different
meanings;
from
meta,
implying
change,
and
gramma,
a
letter.
Thus:
I
cover
your
head;
change
my
head,
and
I
set
you
to
sleep;
change
it
again
and
again,
and
with
every
change
comes
a
new
idea.--Cap,
Nap,
Gap,
Sap,
Hap,
Map,
Lap,
Pap,
Rap,
Tap.
This
kind
of
riddle
is
also
known
as
word-capping.
[GUNPOWDER
MADE
BY
A
MONK
AT
COLOGNE
A.D.1330.]
64.
Palindrome,
from
the
Greek
palin-dromos,
running
back
again.
This
is
a
word,
sentence,
or
verse
that
reads
the
same
both
forwards
and
backwards--as,
madam,
level,
reviver;
live
on
no
evil;
love
your
treasure
and
treasure
your
love;
you
provoked
Harry
before
Harry
provoked
you;
servants
respect
masters
when
masters
respect
servants.
Numerous
examples
of
Palindrome
or
reciprocal
word-twisting
exist
in
Latin
and
French;
but
in
English
it
is
difficult
to
get
a
sentence
which
will
be
exactly
the
same
when
read
either
way.
The
best
example
is
the
sentence
which,
referring
to
the
first
banishment
of
the
Great
Napoleon,
makes
him
say,
as
to
his
power
to
conquer
Europe:
"Able
was
I
ere
I
saw
Elba."
65.
Puzzles
vary
much.
One
of
the
simplest
that
we
know
is
this:
Take
away
half
of
thirteen
and
let
eight
remain.
Write
XIII
on
a
slate,
or
on
a
piece
of
paper--rub
out
the
lower
half
of
the
figures,
and
VIII
will
remain.
Upon
the
principle
of
the
square-words,
riddlers
form
Diagonals,
Diamonds,
Pyramids,
Crosses,
Stars,
&c.
These
specimens
will
show
their
peculiarities:
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
