May I take this opportunity of calling attention to what I flatter myself was a successful piece of name-coining, at p. 42 of Vol. I. Does not the name 'Sibimet' fairly embody the character of the Sub-Warden? The gentle Reader has no doubt observed what a singularly useless article in a house a brazen trumpet is, if you simply leave it lying about, and never blow it!
Readers of the first Volume, who have amused themselves by trying to solve the two puzzles propounded at pp. xi., xii. of the Preface, may perhaps like to exercise their ingenuity in discovering which (if any) of the following parallelisms were intentional, and which (if any) accidental.
"Little Birds."Events, and Persons.
| Stanza | 1. | Banquet. |
| 2. | Chancellor. | |
| 3. | Empress and Spinach (II. 325). | |
| 4. | Warden's Return. | |
| 5. | Professor's Lecture (II. 339). | |
| 6. | Other Professor's song (I. 138). | |
| 7. | Petting of Uggug. | |
| 8. | Baron Doppelgeist. | |
| 9. | Jester and Bear (I. 119) Little Foxes. | |
| 10. | Bruno's Dinner-Bell; Little Foxes. |
I will publish the answer to this puzzle in the Preface to a little book of "Original Games and Puzzles," now in course of preparation.
