The Centleman's Journal
1872; Gale Group; Linguagem: English
Autores
Alex Ross, T. O'Flanagan, Stanley Bramali, William Mountford, R. P. Roberts, Geo. J. Bell, C. E. Kelly, Joey Brown,
ResumoFrontmatter: The Centleman's Journal. Essay: General Remarks, Misfortunes Never Come Singly, The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, Max and the Wolves, Draughts Second Tournament Games, At a Social Party, Where Humorous Definitions Was One of the Games in the Evening, the Question Was Put,"What Is Religion?", Our Exchange, Answers to Recreations for the Ingenious No. 13 (New Series).—Pages 24,25,26,27, Boys' History of the Franco-German War, British Birds' Eggs, Notes, Lately, an English Plough Was Introduced into One of the Provinces of India, and the Natives Were Taught Its Superiority over Their Own Clumsy Machinery, History of the British Army, Players Engaged, with Their Respective Opponents, Remarkable Impostures VI.—Elizabeth Canning, Holiday Rambles III.—Lynmouth and Ilfracombe, Lindisfarne, Shyness and Timidity in Horses, Experience of Animals, Recreations for the Ingenious Prizes for Competition, Consisting of Fifteen Handsomely-Bound Volumes, A Day's Fishing on the Thames, Behind the Curtain, The Old Gunner's Shot, A Daring Feat, A New Patent Rifle Is Called " the Harston Breech-Loader," the Invention of Mr. C. Greville Harston, Son of the Former Vicar of Sherborne, A Peculiar Situation, Queries and Replies Queries, The Temple of Diana, Our Competitive Examination The Names of the Prize Winners Are Printed in Small Capitals, Game LII The First Eight Moves as in the Preceding Game, Remarkable Conduct of a Horse, Self-Made Men, A Shepherd Once, to Prove the Quickness of His Dog, Who Was Lying before the Fire in the House in Which We Were Talking, Said to Me in the Middle of a Sentence Concerning Something Else,"I'm Thinking, Sir, the Cow Is in the Potatoes", Too Lazy to Stop Him, The Roman Sentinel, In Mexico the Custom Is, When a Duel Has Been Fought, to Erect a Cross on the Spot, and Everyone That Passes by Throws a Stone at the Cross, Honorary Distinction for Contributions, Draught Items, Visiting an African King, Pedestrianism, Not Long since a Man Walked into One of the Three Stores in a Western Town and Inquired of the Proprietor If He Had Any More Brandy like the Last He Got There, and Was Told He Had. Fiction, drama: Oddities of Human Character IX.—John Angell, The Rose of the Isle Chapter II, The Rose of the Isle Chapter I, The Rose of the Isle Chapter III. Poem, verse: To Glycera, Six Hidden Words "To the Editor of the Gentleman's Journal, Section CXXI.—Hidden Words Three Poets and Three Authors, Section CXIX.—Prize Enigmas, Section CXXIV.—Double Acrostics (Selected from Those Sent in Competition for the Prize), Section CXX.—Three Prize Verbal or Paradoxical Puzzles, Section CXVIII.—Prize Charades, Section CXXV.—Conundrums, Section CXXIII.—Enigmas (Selected from Those Sent in Competition for the Prize), On—On to Strife in Stern Array the Thundering Legions Swiftly Go, Section CXXII.—Charades (Selected from Those Sent in Competition for the Prize), Eleven Towns, Three Rivers, Three Lakes, and Three Islands. Puzzle, game: Chess Problems, Problem LXIII.—By the Editor, Solitaire First Hole's Opening, Games LI Played in Northamptonshire, January, 1872, Chess Games Game L, Problem LXIV, Chess Similes Inscribed to Charles a. Gilberg, Esq, Chess On Suicidal or Self-Mate Chess Problems, Awards of the Prizes.
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