The Canterbury Puzzles and Other Curious Problems
By Henry Ernest Dudeney
Length4h 13m
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Henry Ernest Dudeney (1857–1930) was an English author and mathematician who specialised in logic puzzles and mathematical games. He is known as one of the country's foremost creators of puzzles. The Canterbury Puzzles and Other Curious Problems is a 1907 mathematical puzzle book by Henry Dudeney. The first part of the book features a series of puzzles based on the characters from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffery Chaucer. The ebook contains illustrations, explanations and answers to each puzzle and is still actual in testing your mathematical skills and your capacity of problem solving. HISTORICAL PRESS OPINIONS ON "THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES": "It is a book of remarkable ingenuity and interest."—Educational Times. "The most ingenious brain in England ... a fascinating new book."—Evening News. "A capital book of posers."—Daily News. "The Puzzles ... reach the limit of ingenuity and intricacy; and it is well for the sanity of his readers that the author gives a list of solutions at the end of the book."—Observer. "A book that will provide much entertainment for Christmas gatherings ... ingenious puzzles and problems invented by 'Sphinx,' the Puzzle King."—The Captain. "Mr. Dudeney, whose reputation is world-wide as the puzzle and problem maker of the age ... sure to find a wide circulation ... as attractive in appearance as its contents are fascinating."—English Mechanic and World of Science. "An exceedingly ingenious constructor and solver of fascinating puzzles, mathematical and otherwise."—School Guardian. "A book which ought to be highly popular ... it is all mighty ingenious, and very intelligently put before the reader."—Sheffield Telegraph. "It is matter for delight that Mr. Henry E. Dudeney has collected into a volume those mysterious puzzles of his which have appeared in many journals ... contains quite a number of ingenious new mental problems ... a valuable introduction."—The Lady. "For the long winter evenings Mr.
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1PRESS OPINIONS ON "THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES."
7666.—The Buried Treasure.
2THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES
77THE PROFESSOR'S PUZZLES
3PREFACE
7867.—The Coinage Puzzle.
4INTRODUCTION
7968.—The Postage Stamps Puzzles.
5THE CANTERBURY PUZZLES
8069.—The Frogs and Tumblers.
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61.—The Reve's Puzzle.
8170.—Romeo and Juliet.
72.—The Pardoner's Puzzle.
8271.—Romeo's Second Journey.
83.—The Miller's Puzzle.
8372.—The Frogs who would a-wooing go.
94.—The Knight's Puzzle.
84MISCELLANEOUS PUZZLES
105.—The Wife of Bath's Riddles.
8573.—The Game of Kayles.
116.—The Host's Puzzle.
8674.—The Broken Chessboard.
127.—The Clerk of Oxenford's Puzzle.
8775.—The Spider and the Fly.
138.—The Tapiser's Puzzle.
8876.—The Perplexed Cellarman.
149.—The Carpenter's Puzzle.
8977.—Making a Flag.
1510.—The Puzzle of the Squire's Yeoman.
9078.—Catching the Hogs.
1611.—The Nun's Puzzle.
9179.—The Thirty-one Game.
1712.—The Merchant's Puzzle.
9280.—The Chinese Railways.
1813.—The Man of Law's Puzzle.
9381.—The Eight Clowns.
1914.—The Weaver's Puzzle.
9482.—The Wizard's Arithmetic.
2015.—The Cook's Puzzle.
9583.—The Ribbon Problem.
2116.—The Sompnour's Puzzle.
9684.—The Japanese Ladies and the Carpet.
2217.—The Monk's Puzzle.
9785.—Captain Longbow and the Bears.
2318.—The Shipman's Puzzle.
9886.—The English Tour.
2419.—The Puzzle of the Prioress.
9987.—The Chifu-Chemulpo Puzzle.
2520.—The Puzzle of the Doctor of Physic.
10088.—The Eccentric Market-woman.
2621.—The Ploughman's Puzzle.
10189.—The Primrose Puzzle.
2722.—The Franklin's Puzzle.
10290.—The Round Table.
2823.—The Squire's Puzzle.
10391.—The Five Tea Tins.
2924.—The Friar's Puzzle.
10492.—The Four Porkers.
3025.—The Parson's Puzzle.
10593.—The Number Blocks.
3126.—The Haberdasher's Puzzle.
10694.—Foxes and Geese.
3227.—The Dyer's Puzzle.
10795.—Robinson Crusoe's Table.
3328.—The Great Dispute between the Friar and the Sompnour.
10896.—The Fifteen Orchards.
3429.—Chaucer's Puzzle.
10997.—The Perplexed Plumber.
3530.—The Puzzle of the Canon's Yeoman.
11098.—The Nelson Column.
3631.—The Manciple's Puzzle.
11199.—The Two Errand Boys.
37PUZZLING TIMES AT SOLVAMHALL CASTLE
112100.—On the Ramsgate Sands.
3832.—The Game of Bandy-Ball.
113101.—The Three Motor-Cars.
3933.—Tilting at the Ring.
114102.—A Reversible Magic Square.
4034.—The Noble Demoiselle.
115103.—The Tube Railway.
4135.—The Archery Butt.
116104.—The Skipper and the Sea-Serpent.
4236.—The Donjon Keep Window.
117105.—The Dorcas Society.
4337.—The Crescent and the Cross.
118106.—The Adventurous Snail.
4438.—The Amulet.
119107.—The Four Princes.
4539.—The Snail on the Flagstaff.
120108.—Plato and the Nines.
4640.—Lady Isabel's Casket.
121109.—Noughts and Crosses.
47THE MERRY MONKS OF RIDDLEWELL
122110.—Ovid's Game.
4841.—The Riddle of the Fish-pond.
123111.—The Farmer's Oxen.
4942.—The Riddle of the Pilgrims.
124112.—The Great Grangemoor Mystery.
5043.—The Riddle of the Tiled Hearth.
125113.—Cutting a Wood Block.
5144.—The Riddle of the Sack Wine.
126114.—The Tramps and the Biscuits.
5245.—The Riddle of the Cellarer.
127SOLUTIONS
5346.—The Riddle of the Crusaders.
1281.—The Reve's Puzzle.
5447.—The Riddle of St. Edmondsbury.
1292.—The Pardoner's Puzzle.
5548.—The Riddle of the Frogs' Ring.
1303.—The Miller's Puzzle.
56THE STRANGE ESCAPE OF THE KING'S JESTER.
1314.—The Knight's Puzzle.
5749.—The Mysterious Rope.
1325.—The Wife of Bath's Riddles.
5850.—The Underground Maze.
1336.—The Host's Puzzle.
5951.—The Secret Lock.
1347.—Clerk of Oxenford's Puzzle.
6052.—Crossing the Moat.
1358.—The Tapiser's Puzzle.
6153.—The Royal Gardens.
1369.—The Carpenter's Puzzle.
6254.—Bridging the Ditch.
13710.—The Puzzle of the Squire's Yeoman.
63THE SQUIRE'S CHRISTMAS PUZZLE PARTY
13811.—The Nun's Puzzle.
6455.—The Three Teacups.
13912.—The Merchant's Puzzle.
6556.—The Eleven Pennies.
14013.—The Man of Law's Puzzle.
6657.—The Christmas Geese.
14114.—The Weaver's Puzzle.
6758.—The Chalked Numbers.
14215.—The Cook's Puzzle.
6859.—Tasting the Plum Puddings.
14316.—The Sompnour's Puzzle.
6960.—Under the Mistletoe Bough.
14417.—The Monk's Puzzle.
7061.—The Silver Cubes.
14518.—The Shipman's Puzzle.
71Adventures of the Puzzle Club
14619.—The Puzzle of the Prioress.
7262.—The Ambiguous Photograph.
14720.—The Puzzle of the Doctor of Physic.
7363.—The Cornish Cliff Mystery.
14821.—The Ploughman's Puzzle.
7464.—The Runaway Motor-Car.
14922.—The Franklin's Puzzle.
7565.—The Mystery of Ravensdene Park.
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