382. Because it contains valuable articles, wood-cuts, etc.
NEW YORK: THOMAS O'KANE, PUBLISHER, 130 NASSAU STREET.
In presenting to the public this NEW BOOK OF PUZZLES, I must present my thanks for the many kind expressions received in regard to those already published. It has been compiled during my leisure moments of the past season, for the benefit of the numerous readers of MERRY'S MUSEUM, and contains, in a compact form, many of the Puzzles, Enigmas, Hieroglyphics, etc., which have appeared in the MUSEUM, together with many new ones; and is presented with the hope that it may be the means of interesting the young folks around their own fireside homes, rather than seek amusement elsewhere.
3. My first is (in sound) what my second often does; my whole is a turning-point.
4. My first is found in every country of the globe; my second is what we all should be; my whole is the same as my first.
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6. Entire, I am a period of time; behead me, I am an article of food; again behead me, and I am used for food.
7. Entire, I am an emblem of beauty; behead me, and I am a powerful liquid; curtail me, and I am a preposition; replace my head, and I am a useful article.
10. What is the only word in the English language that can be written without pen, pencil, chalk, or any other pigment?
11. I am composed of 9 letters. In me may be found: 1, a title; 2, a metal; 3, a weight; 4, a coin; 5, one of the Merry cousins; 6, part of a wheel; 7, neat; 8, an adverb; 9 and 10, two prepositions. My whole is a place in New York State.
12. Entire, I am a country; curtail me, and I am an inhabitant of the same; behead and transpose, and I am to prevent.
My first is seen in pillared halls, Where kings and princes dwell; 'Tis found in every woodland vale, In every sunny dell. Upon the yellow sandy beach, The ocean billows roar, My next--you'll find it in the foam, Rippling upon the shore. Within the dark and gloomy cave, Hid from the sun's bright glare, Precious jewels line the walls, And my third is always there. My fourth and last is found in France, But never seen in Spain; It has always been in England's clime, In every monarch's reign. My whole from Jupiter's court on high, Descends to cheer the earth; Without his presence there would be Of happiness a dearth.