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Collections Spotlight: Puzzles

December 18, 2024December 18, 2024

The Library’s collections are chock full of puzzles that will delight, and possibly confound, but certainly entertain people all ages. Enjoy!

The Adventures of General Beauregard and His Charger–In Four Parts 1861

The Star Games, Tricks and Puzzles 1893

The Mother Goose Puzzle Book 1904

The Puzzle Solver’s Guide and Handbook 1914

Some Phases of the Psychology of Puzzle Learning 1915

Foster’s Circle-word Puzzles 1924

Picture Puzzles with Answers 1924

Putnam’s French Cross-word Puzzle Book 1925

Word-change Puzzles 1927

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