The Squire’s Christmas Puzzle Party
How the Various Tricks Were Done
The record of one of Squire Davidge’s annual “Puzzle Parties,” made by the old gentleman’s young lady relative, who had often spent a merry Christmas at Stoke Courcy Hall, does not contain the solutions of the mysteries. So I will give my own answers to the puzzles and try to make them as clear as possible to those who may be more or less novices in such matters.