Merry's Book of Puzzles by J. N. Stearns
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"Merry's Book of Puzzles" by J. N. Stearns is a playful collection of riddles, conundrums, and other brain teasers likely written in the late 19th century. The work aims to amuse and engage young readers with delightful and thought-provoking challenges, promoting intellectual exercise through humor and wit. The opening of the book introduces a cheerful tone through the preface, where the editor, Robert Merry, expresses the goal of bringing joy and laughter
to children's lives through puzzles. He aims to instruct and entertain, balancing fun and educational content. The beginning then presents a variety of puzzles, ranging from riddles about young ladies and arrows to questions about peculiar properties of objects, sparking curiosity and inviting readers to engage in playful deduction. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Stearns, J. N. (John Newton), 1829-1895 |
|---|---|
| Title | Merry's Book of Puzzles |
| Credits |
Produced by Chris Curnow, Lesley Halamek, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure |
| Subject | Puzzles |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 53847 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-53847-1 |
| Release Date | Dec 31, 2016 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 762 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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