There has been but one king crowned in England since the conquest. What king was he?James I. He was King of Scotland before he was King of England.
When Louis Philippe was deposed, why did he lose less than any of his subjects?Because, while he lost only a crown, they lost a sovereign.
Why is a portrait of Queen Elizabeth like a wager which is neither lost nor won?Because it is a drawn Bet.
What Egyptian official would a little boy mention if he were to call his mother to the window to see something wonderful?"Mammy, look!" (Mameluke).
What young ladies won the battle of Salamis?The Miss Tocles (Themistocles).
Who was the most wretched of all themurderers of Julius Cæsar?The miserable Cinna (sinner).
What is the difference between the Emperor of Russia and a beggar?One issues manifestoes; the other manifests toes without 'is shoes.
Why is the Emperor of Russia like a greedy schoolboy on Christmas Day?Because he's confounded Hung(a)ry, and longs for Turkey.
Why is chloroform like Mendelssohn?Because it is one of the great composers of modern times.
Why was William Tell like a post?Because they couldn't get a bough out of him.
The name of what character in history would a person mention in asking the servant to put coal on the fire?Philip the Great (fill up the grate).
Why are volunteers like Lord Nelson?Because the last thing he did was to die for his country, and that is about the last thing the volunteers intend doing.
Why did the population of Rome decrease just before the fall of the empire?Becausethe Romans had ceased to practice husbandry.
When Charles I was beheaded, of what dish did the executioner dine, and where?He took a chop at the King's Head.
Why ought Charles I to have preferred burning to decapitation?Because a hot steak (stake) is always preferable to a cold chop.
Why did the Highlanders do most execution at Waterloo?Because every man had one kilt before the battle began.
Why are the Royal Academicians the greatest swells ever known?Because Solomon, even in all his glory, was not R. A.'d (arrayed) like one of these.
What piece of music did the Romans, at the time of the early Christians, most enjoy?A stab at martyr (A Stabat Mater).
If a nice plump Member of Parliament were eaten uncooked by savages, why would he be like Louis Napoleon?Because he would be served as an M. P. raw (emperor).
Why is the list of celebrated musical composerslike a saucepan?Because it is incomplete without a Handel.
When was Napoleon I most shabbily dressed?When out at Elba (elbow).
What was once the most fashionable cap in Paris?The mob—without a crown.
In what respects were the governments of Algiers and Malta as different as light from darkness?The one was governed by deys, the other by knights.
Why is the Delaware River like an inkstand?Because Penn was the first man who entered it.
Why did Marcus Curtius leap into the gulf in Rome?Because he thought it a good opening for a young man.
What were the odds at the battle of Aliwal?They were six (Sikhs) and we (the English) one (won).
What Indian battle tried the metal (mettle) of the English soldiers?The battle of Assay(e).
Who is the first little boy mentioned by a single word in the history of England?Chap. I.
Who was the first postman?Cadmus. He carried letters from Phœnicia to Greece.
Where was Humboldt going when he was thirty-nine years old?Into his fortieth year.
What three letters give the name of a famous Roman general?C P O (Scipio).
Why did Louis Philippe omit to take his umbrella when he left Paris?Just as he left the rain (reign) was over.
Why are the English the worst judges of cattle in the world?Because the Pope sent them a bull and they thought it a bore (boar).
If you wish a very religious man to go to sleep, by what imperial name should you address him?Nap-holy-un (Napoleon).
Why is the palace of the Louvre the cheapest ever erected?Because it was built for one sovereign—and finished for another.
Why is it only natural that the memory of Guy Fawkes should be execrated?Because he was the inventor of parliamentary trains, and they are wretchedly slow.
Show that a simple typographical errorwas the cause of the defeats of the poor Austrians (1866).They sent for reserves, and got reverses.
Why is a worn-out shoe like ancient Greece?Because it once had a Solon (sole on).
Why should Columbus be classed among astronomers rather than among explorers?Because hediscovereda whole New World.
What's the difference between a middle-aged cooper and a trooper of the Middle Ages?The one is used to put a head on his cask, the other used to put a cask (casque) on his head.
What fruit is like a Guy Fawkes?A fig, for is it not an F I G (effigy)?
How is it England and Russia conjointly govern the ocean?Because England rules the waves, and Russia the serfs.
What was the difference between Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth?One was awonder, the other aTudor.
What Tory do the Whigs want on their side?Vic-tory.
It went before Queen Mary, it followedKing William to the end?The letter "m."
Who caught the fossil fishes?The geological fissures (fishers).
Why was the Shah of Persia, during his visit to England, the best card-player in the world?Because the swells gave up their clubs; workmen threw up their spades, and the ladies were within an ace of losing their hearts, when he came to show his diamonds.
Why was Martin Luther like a dyspeptic robin?The Diet of Wurms did not agree with him.
When was beef-tea introduced into England?When Henry VIII dissolved the Pope's bull.
Why could not Napoleon III insure his life?Because no man living was able to make out his policy.
What is the difference between two celebrated Saxon leaders of the fifth century and two others famous in these days?The former were Engist and Horsa, the latter are engines and horses.
What celebrated battle was fought in a dirty slum?The battle of A-gin-court.
What did Queen Elizabeth take her pills in?In cider (inside her).
What was Joan of Arc made of?Maid of Orleans.
What did they find under the Maine?A horse's neck.
What ought to be Sir Edwin Landseer's motto?Give a dog a good name and—hang him.
Some one mentioning that "columba" was the Latin for a "dove," it gave rise to the following: What is the difference between the Old World and the New?The former was discovered byColumba, who started from Noah; the latter by Columbus, who started from Ge-noa.
What is the difference between Kossuth and a half-starved countryman?One is a native of Hungary, the other is a hungry native.
Who may be said to have had the largest family in America?George Washington, for he was the father of his country.
Why does our army differ from the army of the Revolution?Because in one case the army is bound to defend Washington, in the other Washington was bound to defend the army.
Why is the Republican Party like a celebrated English ruler of the seventeenth century, "Oliver Cromwell, the Blacksmith"?Because it breaks asunder the chains of despotism and adds a link on (A. Lincoln) to history.
Why is an owl in the daylight like the President of the United States?Because he is a-blinkin' (Abe Lincoln).
Why is one of the new Treasury notes like a young lady's love letter?Because it is the acknowledgment of a loan made (lone maid)to which an unusual amount of interest is attached.
Why is the American Union a puzzle to the most profound astronomers?Because some of its "stars" have gone, and they cannot predict their return.
Why is General McClellan like the Established Church?Because he governs by Can(n)on Law.
Why is a diamond in a cup of cold water like the Union?Because it will not dissolve.
Why are the shot and shell of the blockading squadron like lovers' vows?Because they are intended for privateers (private ears).
Why are American greenbacks like the Jews?Because they are the product of Abraham, and no one knows if they will ever be redeemed.
Upon what guard do the New York Zouaves most desire to be put?Beaure-guard.
Why would the colors of our national ensign make a good dress for ladies?Because they are colors that won't run.
Why are our fashionable ladies like a certain class of the city employees?Because they may be seen by scores on a fair day sweeping the streets.
In what relation does the President of the United States stand to Adam?As second son, because his name is Abe L. (Abel).
Why is it impossible for the government to grant the request of our Southern brethren?Because children in arms are never left alone.
Why, when the rebels smite us upon the right cheek, should we refuse to turn towards them the left cheek also?Because they have too much "cheek" already.
Why is Major General McClellan like Charles Dickens?Because he is the author of "Great Expectations."
Why are Jeff Davis's letters of marque like secrets?Because they are for privateers (private ears).
Why was Cain an enemy of President Lincoln?Because he hated Abe L.
Why is our army like an entry clerk?Because it is ready to charge.
Why is President Lincoln like a mariner on a desolate shore?Because he looks to Seward (seaward).
How does the Copyright Law affect the war?It gives us the right toenter, according to act of Congress, all the rebel States.
Why cannot rebels ever dress well?Because they have proved, by deserting their flag, that they have no eye for colors.
Why was the capture of Fort Hatteras like an English nobleman's mansion?Because there was a Butler engaged in it.
Why will Americans have more cause to remember the letter S than any other letter in the alphabet?Because it is the beginning of secession and the end of Jeff Davis.
Why should it not be loyal for a Union lady to accept a token of regard from a lover at the present time?Because it would be receiving a Beauregard (beau-regard).
Why is the rebellion like the world?Because it is coming to an end.
Why has Massachusetts done more towards the war loan than any other State?Because she has sent even her Banks.
Why are two lovers pledged to each other like the Federal Army before Washington?Because they have lately had an engagement and go in strong for the Union.
Why is a hen looking into a rotten pumpkin like the Southern Confederacy?Because she is trying to see seed (secede).
Why is the city of Washington like a despairing old maid?Because she has looked long and in vain for a Beauregard.
What one sentence expresses the wish of both the Southern Confederacy and the United States government?Let us alone (a loan).
What route should our army take at the present?The rout of the enemy.
Why is a man just knighted like a nutmeg?Because he's grated.
Why are lamps like the Thames?Because they have lighters.
Why is a sedan chair like the world?Because it's between two poles.
What is the most favorable season to have your letters from India?The season which brings the monsoon.
How do you know that the Queen approves of the penny postage?Because she gives her countenance to it.
Why is the old elm on Boston Common like the ladies of Boston?Because they are well hooped.
How long should a lady's crinoline be made?A little over two feet.
Why are ladies who wear large crinolines ugly?Because they are not even passable.
Why are washerwomen unreasonable?They expect soft water when it rains hard.
Why are they the greatest of coquettes?They wring men's ruffled bosoms.
What would happen if a colored waiter dropped a platter with a turkey upon it?The humiliation of Africa, the fall of Turkey, the destruction of China, and the overflowing of Greece.
What river is that which runs between two seas?The Thames—between Chel-sea and Batter-sea.
When is the river Thames good for the eyes?When it is high (eye) water.
Which are the lightest men—Scotchmen, Irishmen, or Englishmen?In Ireland there are men of Cork; in Scotland men of Ayr; but in England, on the Thames, there are lighter men.
What city of the world do artists make the most drawings of?Cork.
What islands would form a cheerful luncheonparty?Friendly, Society, a Sandwich, and Madeira.
Which one of the United States is the largest and most popular?The state of matrimony.
Why is a young man engaged to a young lady like a man sailing for a port in France?Because he is bound to Havre (have her).
How many young ladies does it take to reach from New York to Philadelphia?About one hundred, because a Miss is as good as a mile.
Why is Great Britain like Palestine?Because it's the Holy Land (whole island).
If a man and his wife go to Europe together, what is the difference in their mode of traveling?He goes abroad, and she goes along.
Why are the Germans like quinine and gentian?Because they are two-tonics (Teutonics).
What is the mostdifficultriver on which to get a boat?Arno, because there Arno boats there.
Why should we pity the young Esquimaux?Because each one of them is born to blubber,—and ever to be-wail fishing, and walking with his snows frozen.
Why was the country of Phœnicia like an automobile?Because it had a Tyre on its border.
Why is the Empress of the French always in bad company?Because she is ever surrounded by Paris-ites.
What sea would a man like most to be in on a wet day?Adriatic (a dry attic).
How many Spanish noblemen does it take to make an Englishman run?Ten-dons.
What's the difference between an Irishman frozen to death and a Highlander on a mountain-peak in January?One is kilt with the cold, and the other cold with the kilt.
What county of England, if you dislike it extremely, would you run the chance of being stifled in?If you hate Suffolk, you would, very naturally, Suffolk-hate when in it (suffocate).
Two Spaniards went up in a balloon. The balloon burst. What nationality were they while coming down?The one came down aRussian (a-rushing); the other caught on a telegraph wire and came down a Pole.
When is a tradesman at the seaside, though in London?When he comes from Dover toDeal.
How many cows' tails would it take to reach from Boston to New York?One, if it was long enough.
What is more foolish than sending coals to Newcastle?Sending milk to Cowes.
Why is the map of Turkey like a frying-pan?Because it has Greece (grease) at the bottom.
Why is the steeple of St. Paul's Church, London, like Ireland?Because there is a bell fast in it (Belfast).
What part of a bag of grain is like a Russian soldier?A coarse-sack (Cossack).
Why is a drunkard hesitating to sign the pledge like a skeptical Hindoo?Because he is in doubt whether to give up his jug or not (Juggernaut).
Why is a dissipated young man like Berlin, the capital of Germany?Because he is always on a Spree.
What nation is it which, when allied to us, becomes the very home of despair?Tar-tar-us.
Where ought children who bite their fingers to be sent?To gnaw-thumb-erland (Northumberland).
Why is a short man struggling to kiss a tall woman like an Irishman going up Vesuvius?Because, sure, he's trying to get at the mouth of the crater.
What is the greatest miracle ever worked in Ireland?Waking the dead.
Why is a Welshman like a beggar?Owing to the Menai Straits through which he goes.
For what reason ought a Frenchman who speaks imperfect English and an Englishman who is equally unacquainted with French never to converse together?To prevent their using bad language.
Why is Ireland likely to become rich?Because the capital is always Dublin (doubling).
What two letters make a county in Massachusetts?S X (Essex).
Why is the wick of a candle like Athens?It is in the midst of grease (Greece).
Why is China a desirable country for a man to select a wife in?Because he can make up his mind from pickin' to choose Ann (Pekin to Chusan).
What is the difference between the North and South Pole?All the difference in the world.
What part of Spain does your cat, sleeping by herself on the hearth-rug, resemble?Cat-alone-here (Catalonia).
Why is Westminster Abbey like a hearth?Because the ashes of the great (grate) lie there.
Why are corn and potatoes like Chinese idols?Because they have ears which cannot hear, and eyes which cannot see.
Which one of the Seven Wonders of the World are railway engines like?The coal-horses of roads (Colossus of Rhodes).
Why may we doubt the existence of the Giants' Causeway?There are so many sham-rocks in Ireland, this may be one of them.
What is the difference between a certain part of Africa and the shade of Hamlet's father stalking in winter?One is the Gold Coast, the other the cold ghost.
Why is love like the Erie Canal?It's an internal transport.
Why is New York City like a flash light?It has a Battery.
When is a tourist in Ireland like a donkey?When he is going to Bray.
Why is a nabob like a beggar?He is an India gent (indigent).
Why is wit like a Chinese lady's foot?Because brevity is the sole (soul) of it.
What is a man like who is in the middle of the Thames and can't swim?Like to be drowned.
Why is the Hudson River like a shoe?Because it is a great place for tows (toes).
Why is a pleasure trip to Egypt fit only for very old gentlemen?Because it is a see-Nile (senile) thing to do.
What soap is hardest?Cast-steel (Castile).
Why is the Bank of England like a thrush?Because it often changes its notes.
Why is Canada like courtship?Because it borders on the United States.
Who were the original bog-trotters?The Fen-ians.
Why is a ship in a stream like a nail?Because it is often driven into Deal.
Why is Paris like the letter F?Because it is the capital of France.
Why is the Brooklyn Bridge like merit?Because it is very often passed over.
Why do so many people in China travel on foot?Because there is but one coach in China (Cochin China).
What American poet may be considered equal to three-fifths of the poets ancient and modern?Poe.
The names of which two Greek poems will you mention on alluding to their author's peculiar manner and indisposition?Homer's Odd-I-see and Ill-I-add.
Why is an unskillful physician like Peleus' son, Achilles?Because both have "sent many souls to Hades ere their time."
What injury did the Lavinia of Thomson's "Seasons" do to young Palemon?She pulled his ears and trod on his corns.
If a tough beefsteak could speak, what English poet would it mention?Chaw-sir (Chaucer).
Was it John Byrom who, in comparing two celebrated musicians, said one was Tweedledum,the other only Tweedledee? If so, state which of these two names was the more difficult to write.Tweedledum, because he wrote the other with more e's (ease).
Why was it a mistake to imagine that Robinson Crusoe's island was uninhabited?Because the very first thing he saw upon landing was a great swell a pitchin' into a little "cove" on the shore.
What prescription is the best for a poet?A composing draught.
Why is an author the most wonderful man in the world?Because his tale (tail) comes out of his head.
Why was Bulwer more likely to get tired of novel-writing than Warren?Because Bulwer wrote "Night and Morning," Warren only "Now and Then."
What author would eye-glasses and spectacles mention to the world if they could only speak?Eusebius (you see by us).
Why is a wax candle like Dickens' last work?Because it's a cereal (serial) work.
When is a slug like a poem of Tennyson's?When it's in a garden ("Enoch Arden").
How do we know Lord Byron was good-tempered?Because he always kept his choler (collar) down.
How can you instantly convict one of error when stating who was the earliest poet?By mentioning one Prior.
What was the most melancholy fact in the history of Milton?That he could "recite" his poems, but not re-sight himself.
Why do we speak of poetic fire?Because if the ancient Scandinavians had their "Skalds," we have also had our Burns.
What English poet does a mummy resemble?Dryden (dried-'un).
What lady of the Dante family is most often spoken of?Ann-dante.
Why are baldheaded men in danger of dying?Because "Death loves a shining mark."
What poem of Hood's resembles a tremendous Roman nose?"The Bridge of Sighs" (the bridge of size).
Why was Dickens a greater writer than Shakespeare?Shakespeare wrote well, but Dickens wrote Weller.
What proof have we that Cowper was in debt?He "oh'd for a lodge in some vast wilderness."
Why should the poet have expected the woodman to "spare that tree?"Because he thought he was a good feller (fellow).
Why are the relics of the departed like a man whose pocket has been robbed and the thief escaped?Because they have both felt "the touch of a vanished hand."
When is a pie like a poet?When it's Browning.
What best describes and most impedes a Pilgrim's Progress?Bunyan (bunion).
Why are Addison's works like a looking-glass?Because in them we see the "Spectator."
Was Othello thinking of his wife when he killed her?No, 's mother.
What toe would you rather kiss than the Pope's?Mrs. Beecher S-towe.
Who was the first whistler, and what tune did he whistle?The wind,—"Over the Hills and Far Away."
Who wrote most, Dickens or Bulwer?Dickens. He wrote "All the Year Round," while Bulwer wrote "Night and Morning."
What countryman was Burns?A Scorchman.
What change of identity did the "Beggar's Opera" effect?It made Gay rich, and Rich gay.
When was the greatest destruction of poultry?When King Claudius of Denmark "did murder most foul."
Why are the abbreviations of degrees tacked on to a man's name?To show that he is a man of letters.
"Why," asked Moore, the poet, "is love like a potato?"Because it shoots from the eyes, "and," added Byron, "gets less by pairing."
If Falstaff had been musical what instrument would he have chosen after dinner?The sackbut.
Why is it almost certain that Shakespeare was a broker?Because no man has furnished so many stock quotations.
Why is a statistician like a writer of oneof the Six Best Sellers?Because he is the author of well-figured fiction.
Why are Parliamentary reports called "Blue Books?"Because they are never re(a)d.
Why is an architect like a newspaper writer?Because he gets so much "per column" for his work.
Why was Blackstone like an Irish vegetable?Because he was a common tatur (commentator).
Is there any bird which can recite the "Lays of Ancient Rome?"Yes, certainly, Macaw-lays.
Why cannot the Irish perform the play of "Hamlet?"Because they cannot help making "Aphalia" (a failure) of the heroine.
What was Othello's occupation in Venice?That of a lawyer, because he was attorney-general (a tawny general).
If you took off your boot and put your foot in the fire, what opera of Verdi's would it instantly make you?Rigoletto (wriggle-a-toe).
Why are unsuccessful contestants for aprize like Shakespeare?Because they have made "Much Ado About Nothing."
What is the difference between living "in marble halls" and aboard ship?In the former you have "vassals and serfs at your side," and in the latter you have vessels and surfs at your side.
Why is it quite reasonable that Dickens' later plots should be complicated?Because one of his earlier works was all of a twist (Oliver Twist).
Why have the inhabitants of the city of Boston less need of foreign bards than those of any other city?Because they can always find poetry in their own "Holmes."
Why is a competent lawyer like a bloodstone set in jet?Because he is deep read (red) in Blackstone.
A slang expression.Dickens.
A brighter and a smarter one.Whittier.
Put a grain 'twixt an ant and a bee, and a well-beloved poet you'll see.Bryant.
It comes from a pig.Bacon.
II.Mark Twain.
A ten-footer whose name begins with fifty.Longfellow.
Part of a lady's wearing apparel used long ago.Spencer.
What is an oyster heap likely to become?Shelley.
It is worn on the head.Hood.
A worker in precious metals.Goldsmith.
What is the value of a word?Wordsworth.
A domestic animal.Lamb.
He mends and repairs.Cooper.
Many people would like to kiss him.Pope.
It pertains to a monastery.Abbott.
A domestic servant.Cook.
Which is the better playwright, William Shakespeare or Brinsley Sheridan?Willis.
Part of a fish.Finley.
What the children delight in at the seashore.Sands.
What word is it of only three syllables which combines in it twenty-six letters?Alphabet.
Which word in the English language contains the greatest number of letters?Disproportionableness.
What is the best bet ever made?The alphabet.
When were there only two vowels?In the days of No-a, before U and I were born.
When will there be but twenty-five letters in the alphabet?When U and I are one.
Why is U the gayest letter in the alphabet?Because it is always in fun.
Why is T the happiest letter in the alphabet?Because it is next to you.
Which are the two hottest letters in the alphabet?K N (cayenne).
Why is O the most charitable letter in the alphabet?Because it is found oftener than any other letter d-o-ing g-oo-d.
Why is the letter T like matrimony?It is the end of quiet and the beginning of trouble.
Why is a farmer surprised at the letter G?It converts oats into goats.
When was B the first letter of the alphabet?In the days of No-a.
What step must I take to remove A from the alphabet?B-head it.
Why is A like a honeysuckle?Because a "B" follows it.
Why is the letter W like a scandal?Because it makes ill will.
Why are two t's like hops?Because they make beer better.
Spell enemy in three letters.No, not N M E; it's F O E.
Spell auburn locks in two letters.S and Y.
Spell brandy in three letters.B R and Y, and O D V.
What must you add to nine to make it six?S, for IX with S is six.
If you asked the alphabet to come to dinner, which letters could not accept your kind invitation till later in the evening?The last six, as they couldn't come till after T.
How can you tell a girl of the name of Ellen that she is everything that is delightful in eight letters?U-r-a-bu-t-l-n.
What is that which occurs twice in a moment and not once in a thousand years?The letter M.
Why is A like twelve o'clock?Because it's the middle of day.
Why is a false friend like the letter P?Because, though always first in pity, he is ever last in help.
Why is the letter P like a Roman emperor?Because it's near O (Nero).
Why is a fish-hook like the letter F?Because it will make an eel feel.
What letter is that which is invisible, but never out of sight?I.
How would you express in two letters thatyou were twice the bulk of your companion?I W (I double you).
What two Christian names read the same both ways?Hannah and Anna.
Why is the Isthmus of Suez like the first U in cucumber?Because it's between two seas (c's).
What word is there of eight letters which has five of them the same?Oroonoko.
Why is O the noisiest of all vowels?Because you cannot make a horrid loud noise without it, whilst all the others are inaudible.
What word contains the five vowels in their order?Facetious.
Why is I the luckiest of all the vowels?Because it is in the center of bliss, whilst E is in hell, and all the others are in purgatory.
What must all the letters of the alphabet be in order to possess infinite sagacity?Wise (y's).
Y y u r y y u b i c u r y y for me.Too wise you are, two wise you be; I see you are too wise for me.
What are those things, which, though theyappear twice in every day, and twice in every week, yet are only seen twice in a year?Vowels.
What letter in the alphabet is necessary to make a shoe?The last.
What word of six letters admits of five successive elisions, leaving at each abbreviation a well-known word?Brandy—brand—bran—ran—an—a.
Name two English words, one of which, being of one syllable only, shall contain more letters than the other of five syllables?Strength—Ideality.
Why is a glass-blower the most likely person to set the alphabet off at a gallop?Because he can make a D-canter.
What word of six letters contains six words besides itself, without transposing a letter?Herein—he—her—here—ere—rein—in.
Is there a word in the English language which contains all the vowels?Yes, unquestionably.
Why is quizzing like the letter D on horseback?It is deriding (D riding).
When did "Chicago" begin with a "C"and end with an "e"?Chicago always began with a "C" and end always began with an "e."
There is an English word of more than two letters, of which la is the middle, is the beginning, and is the end, though there is but one "a" and one "l" in the word. What is it?Island, of which "la" is the middle, "is" the beginning, "and" is the end.
What word is there of five letters, that, by taking two away, leaves but one?Stone.
What word of one syllable, if you take two letters from it, remains a word of two syllables?Plague; ague.
Why is the letter E a gloomy and discontented vowel?Because, though never out of health and pocket, it never appears in spirits.
Why are the fourteenth and fifteenth letters of the alphabet of more importance than the others?Because we cannot get ON well without them.
Why is the letter D like a squalling child?Because it makes ma mad.
What river is ever without a beginning and ending?S-ever-n.
Which is the coldest river?The Ice is (Isis).
What word of ten letters can be spelled with five?XPDNC (expediency).
What word of four syllables represents Sin riding on a little animal?Synonymous (Sin on a mouse).
Why is an island like the letter T?Because it is in the midst of water (wa-t-er).
Like what four letters of the alphabet is a honey-producing insect when in small health?Like A B C D (a bee seedy).
Why is the letter S like a sewing-machine?Because it makes needles needless.
Why is an uncomfortable seat like comfort?Because it is devoid of e's (ease).
What two letters do boys delight in to the annoyance of their elders?Two t's (to tease).
What single word would you put down for $40 borrowed from you?XL lent (excellent).
What letter is the pleasantest to a deaf woman?A, because it makes her hear.
What word is it, which, by changing a single letter, becomes its own opposite?United, untied.
Why should the male sex avoid the letter A?Because it makes men mean.
Why is a schoolmistress like the letter C?Because she forms lasses into classes.
Why is the letter W like a maid of honor?Because it is always in waiting.
Spell an interrogation with one letter.Y (why?).
Why is the letter T like an amphibious animal?Because it lives both in earth and water.
Why is the nose on your face like the v in civility?Because it's between two eyes (i's).
Take away one letter from me, and like Macbeth I murder; take away two, and I probably shall die, if my whole does not save me.Kill-ill-skill.
There is a word of three syllables, fromwhich if you take away five letters a male will remain; if you take away four, a female will be conspicuous; if you take away three, a great man will appear; and the whole word shows what Joan of Arc was?He, her, hero, heroine.
What letter in the Dutch alphabet will name an English lady of title?A Dutch-S.
Why is the letter D like a hoop of gold?Because we can't be wed without it.
Why is the letter K like a pig's tail?Because it is the end of pork.
How do you spell "blind pig" in two letters?P G, pig without an I.
Why is a horse like the letter O?Because Gee makes it Go.
Why is the figure 9 like a peacock?It is nothing without its tail.
When is the letter L like a piece of unparalleled generosity?When it enables a lady to make over a lover.
Why is the letter F like a cow's tail?It is the end of beef.
Describe a suit of old clothes in two letters?C D (seedy).
Make five less by adding to it.V, IV.
Why is the letter S like a pert repartee?Because it begins and ends in sauciness.
What small animal is turned into a larger one by beheading it?Fox—ox.
Why are sidewalks in winter like music?If you don't C sharp, you will B flat.
Why is a pensive widow like the letter X?Because she's never inconsolable.
What two letters express the most agreeable people in the world?U and I.
How does the letter Y work an impossibility?It makes a lad into a lady.
Tie a cross to a monkey and the animal will be transposed into a point.Add X to ape, and you obtain apex.
Why is the letter N like a pig?Because it makes a sty nasty.
Why is it that I cannot spell Cupid?When I get to C U (see you) I forget everything else.
Why is the letter B like a fire?Because it makes oil boil.
Why is the letter R a profitable letter?Because it makes ice into rice.
Why is the letter T like Easter?Because it's the last of Lent.
When does a blacksmith make a row in the alphabet?When he makes a poke-R and shove-L.
What did the old woman say when she looked into the empty flour barrel?O I C U R M T.
Why did Noah object to the letter D?Because it made the ark dark.
Why are stars like an old barn?Because there are r, a, t, s in both.
What are the worst letters of recommendation?I O U.
Why is the letter D like a sailor?It follows the C (sea).
If I were in the sun and you out of it, what would the sun become?Sin.
I am neither flesh, fish, nor fowl, yet I frequently stand upon one leg; if you behead me I stand upon two; if you again decapitate me I stand upon four. I shall think you arerelated to me if you do not now recognize me.Glass—lass—ass.
Three letters three rivers proclaim.Ex, Wye, Dee.Three letters an ode give to fame.L E G (elegy).Three letters an attribute name.N R G (energy).Three letters a compliment claim.U X L (You excel).
The beginning of eternity,The end of time and space,The beginning of every end,The end of every race.Letter E.
One letter's a tree?U (yew).One means to agree?A (aye).One is to drink?T (tea).One a bird, think?J (jay).
Now of letters that rhymeYou must guess them in time;One is an insect busy all day?B (bee).One is a river that wends on its way?D (Dee).One is a slang word it is best not to say?G (Gee).These two letters are not at all hard?E Z (easy).These letters form a literary composition?S A (essay).These letters will decompose?D K (decay).These letters form a material to wear?P K (pique).These letters do the best of all?X L (excel).These letters form a tree?L M (elm).The meaning of these letters is not full?M T (empty).