are riddles somewhat of the nature of the Logogriph, which _see_.
In the first, the omission of the successive initials produces new
words, as--Prelate, Relate, Elate, Late, Ate. In the curtailment the
last letter of the word is taken away with a similar result,
as--Patent, Paten, Pate, Pat, Pa. Of like kind are the riddles known
as variations, mutilations, reverses, and counterchanges. A good
example of the last-named is this:
Charge, Chester, Charge: on, Stanley, on!
Were the last words of Marmion.
Had I but been in Stanley's place,
When Marmion urged him to the chase,
A tear might come on every face.
The answer is onion--On, I, on.
[MOCK NOT A COBBLER FOR HIS BLACK THUMB.]