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  2. Pastime Page. CHESS.

    All communications on chess, solutions of problems, correspondence, &c., to be marked "Chess," and to be addressed to the " CHESS EDITOR, " ...

    Article : 29 words
  3. ANSWEES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    H.Barlow—Will not take proceedings if you send Mr. F.'s four letters as agreed. Editor BRITISH CHESS MAGAZINE—May number to hand with thanks. ...

    Article : 71 words
  4. AN ESTIMATE OF CHESS.

    We will venture to assert, that after mathematics, logics, arithmetic, and perhaps one or two other sciences, we are not acquainted with anythirig that more strengthens the mind than chess. Were it ...

    Article : 140 words
  5. CONUNDRUMS (ORIGINAL).

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 250 words
  6. PROBLEM,

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 47 words
  7. The Maiden's Prayer.

    She rose from her delicious sleep, And put away her soft, brown hair, And in a tone as low and deep As love's first whisper, breathed a prayer; ...

    Article : 258 words
  8. Puzzles, Enigmas, &c. PICTORIAL PUZZLE,

    By Exile (Dubbo). I was first in summer's eve Upon the grassy wold, Nought had I o'er which to grieve, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 879 words
  9. ANSWERS TO PUZZLES ENIGMAS,—JUNE 19.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 353 words
  10. SOLUTIONS OF PROBLEMS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 82 words
  11. Facts and Fancies.

    Aristic.—A Finished Drawing—When the tooth is out. Due at Michaelmas—Geese. Cardy-Mums—Old ladies at whist. ...

    Article : 268 words
  12. CHESS ODDITIES.

    A person, who appropriately signs his lotter " A Duffer," has written at great length to the CANTERBURY TIMES, severely criticising Steinitz's analysis in the INTERNATIONAL. But the AUSTRALASIAN ...

    Article : 50 words
  13. THE WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP SOLUTION TOURNEY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 418 words
  14. ANSWERS TO PICTORIAL PUZZLE, JUNE 19.

    There's' a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. ...

    Article : 26 words
  15. ANSWERS TO CONUNDRUMS, JUNE 19.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 113 words
  16. PHILOSOPHY ON THE HALF-SHELL. '

    Full many a plant within the garden patch Is born to grow and die and be forgotten; Full many an egg that old hen tries to hatch Brings nary chick—because the egg is rotten, ...

    Article : 55 words
  17. THE CITY EDITOR.

    A man that gathers the news, my boy, And does it all to amuse, my boy; A man of wit, And tact and grit— ...

    Article : 107 words
  18. TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 617 words
  19. M'SHODDEIGH'S MISTAKE.

    "You have a distinguished company," remarked old M'Shoddeigh, who was the first to make his appearance at a select dinner given by his city friend. "Distinguished!" said the host. " They ...

    Article : 67 words
  20. THE NAPOLEONS AS CHESSPLAYERS.

    At the Cafe de la Regence in Paris, Napoleon the Great, when First Consul, very often used to play chess. He opened his games badly; and if his opponent took too long time for consideration, he ...

    Article : 370 words
  21. A NIGHTCAP.

    "It is the hour of midnight, and the headpf the family, slightly elevated, is sitting on the bedroom floor, making frantic efforts to pull his wile's improver over his ears. At length, after a special ...

    Article : 82 words
  22. AN AFTER-THOUGHT.

    A woman who started to jump into the river and drown herself suddenly remembered that she had left the cat in the pantry, and hurried back home. She afterward said, "The idea of my struggling in ...

    Article : 72 words
  23. The Corner.

    It is certain that, nine times out of ten, we are nearer the truth in thinking well of persons than ill. Human nature is a tree hearing good as well as evil, but our eyes are wide open to the latter and half ...

    Article : 77 words
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