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I. EARLY ENGLISH WIT 1

II. MYTHOLOGICAL CONUNDRUMS 18

III. BIBLICAL CONUNDRUMS 20

IV. HISTORICAL CONUNDRUMS 30

V. CONUNDRUMS OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD 38

VI. GEOGRAPHICAL CONUNDRUMS 44

VII. LITERARY CONUNDRUMS 52

VIII. CONUNDRUMS OF THE ALPHABET 60

IX. GENERAL CONUNDRUMS 73

X. CHARADES, STORIES, AND CONTESTS 183