Enquire within upon everything by Robert Kemp Philp

are riddles somewhat of the nature of the Logogriph, which _see_. In the first, the omission of the successive initials produces new words, as--Prelate, Relate, Elate, Late, Ate. In the curtailment the last letter of the word is taken away with a similar result, as--Patent, Paten, Pate, Pat, Pa. Of like kind are the riddles known as variations, mutilations, reverses, and counterchanges. A good example of the last-named is this: Charge, Chester, Charge: on, Stanley, on! Were the last words of Marmion. Had I but been in Stanley's place, When Marmion urged him to the chase, A tear might come on every face. The answer is onion--On, I, on. [MOCK NOT A COBBLER FOR HIS BLACK THUMB.]