Excerpt from Amusements in Mathematics In-issuing this new volume Of my Mathematical Puzzles, Of which some have appeared in the periodical press and others are given here for the first time, I must acknowledge the encouragement that I have received from many unknown correspondents, at home and abroad, who have expressed a desire to have the problems in a collected form, with some Of the solutions given at greater length than is possible in magazines and newspapers. Though I have included a few Old puzzles that have interested the world for generations, where I felt that there was something new to be said about them, the problems are in the main original. It is true that some Of these have become widely known through the press, and it is possible that the reader may be glad to know their source. On the question Of Mathematical Puzzles in general there is, perhaps. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.