Collections of Puzzles

[julien]

Hello everybody,

Lately I chanced upon a very rich collection of old books (5000 charades, American History, Cooking, etc ...), all being exceptionally good (this is from a private collection probably).

In a few minutes (or hours, it's already 8pm here, time to cook ) I'll make available on this site a very famous collection of old puzzles from Dudeney (The Canterbury Puzzles). You'll get the original stuff, with the original drawings and everything. I found this book very nice (even though it's all elementary, but it's meant to be for the general public) so I took the time to numerize it and hyperlink everything so that it becomes SEO-friendly. The result of optimization is a poor design, but everything has a cost !

I know there are quite a few mistakes within the pages, but well ... I'd say 95% is preserved.

Enjoy.

[julien]

I confirm that the collection of puzzles has been made available under the section Puzzles and Riddles of this site. I encourage potential readers to report any broken link (don't report unmatching images, I know quite a few images couldn't go through; maybe I'll do something about it, maybe not -rather not -).

[skipjack]

The Canterbury Puzzles (ISBN 0486425584) and Amusements In Mathematics (ISBN 0486204731) were published a few years ago in paperback form by Dover Publications. Some of the puzzles in the second book are so hard that nobody has any idea how Dudeney solved them.

[julien]

Haven't seen this second book ... I solved quite a few from another of his problems sets. I don't remember where they come from but they are featured on John Scholes' website (under the section undergraduate elementary if I remember well). I find The Canterbury Puzzles a very nice book - I must admit that the narrative part and the drawings play a big role -. Reminds me of Sam Loyd's work ...