Hoffmann, Professor, 1839-1919 · London : Frederick Warne · leaf 64
Fig. 63. appearance the box is as shown in Fig. 63. It bears on thelid the head of a sphinx, from which it takes its name. No. XXXVIII.—The Puzzle Snuff-box. This is a very old puzzle, but as good as it is old. It is aneat little box, of the appearance shown in Fig. 64; air-tight, and in every… … Fig. 64. be the outline of a lid, but it sinks flush with, the surface ofthe box, and the neophyte, after pulling and pressing inevery conceivable direction, is half inclined to believe thathe is the victim of a sell, and that the box never wasintended to be opened at all. The owner, however,…
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