Lady Dover's Regency Riddles - 9780486854878

Dover Publications Inc.

Lady Dover's Regency RiddlesTons of 19th Century Brainteasers and Conundrums\nAuthor(s): J. Jones\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Dover Publications Inc, United States\nImprint: Dover Publications Inc.\nISBN-13: 9780486854878, 978-0486854878\nSynopsis\nBefore my birth I had a name, But soon as birth I lost the same; And when I'm laid within the tomb, I shall my father's name assume: I change my name three days together, Yet live but one in any weather. Lady Whistledown is no match for Lady Dover! Will you measure up or wilt in fear of her conundrums and charades? This exquisite collection of dozens of Regency Riddles, created by an anonymous talented scribbler, reproduces an 1822 book compiled by John Winter Jones [tel], an English librarian who became the first President of the Library Association in the United Kingdom. Divided into three sections, it includes riddles made up of short rhymes,\""charades,\""which are riddles with a simple three-line structure (my first isx, my last isx,.