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61. Lipogram from leipein, to leave out, and gramma, a letter--is a riddle in which a name or sentence is written without its vowels, as: Thprffthpddngsthtng, The proof of the pudding is in the eating. Whnhnorslst ts--rlftd, Dths bt--sr rtrt fm nfmy. "When honour's lost 'tis a relief to die, Death's but a sure retreat from infamy." This riddle sometimes appears as a proverb. "Fear's the white feather all cowards wear." ----s' th wht fthr ll cwrds---- 62. Logogriph. This is a riddle (logos, a word, and griphos, a riddle) in which a word is made to undergo several changes. These changes are brought about by the addition, subtraction, omission, or substitution of a letter or letters. The following, by the late Lord Macaulay, is an excellent example: "Cut off my head, how singular I act: Cut off my tail, and plural I appear. Cut off my head and tail--most curious fact, Although my middle's left, there's nothing there! What is my head cut off?--a sounding sea! What is my tail cut off?--a flowing river! Amid their mingling deaths I fearless play Parent of softest sounds, though mute for ever!" The answer is cod. Cut off its head and it is od (odd, singular); its tail, and it is Co., plural, for company; head and tail, and it is o, nothing. Its head is a sounding C (sea), its tail a flowing D (river Dee), and amid their depths the cod may fearless play, parent of softest sounds yet mute for ever.