PROBLEMS
Brush Up Your Wits. By Hubert Phillips. J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd. (2s 6d net.) Puzzles, riddles, problems have charmed mankind through the ages, and “Brush up Your Wits” will have a large circle of friends. The popularity of detective and mystery stories is in the unravelling of some tangled skein. “Brush Up Your Wits” contains the makings of hundreds of detective stories. Take one of the problems at random: A train is controlled by an enginedriver, a fireman, and a guard, whose names are Brown, Jones, and Robinson, not respectively. On the train are three passengers: Mr Brown, Mr Robinson, and Mr Jones. Mr Robinson lives at Leeds. The guard lives half-w’ay between Leeds and London. Mr Jones’s income is £4OO 2s Id per annum. The guard earns in a year exactly one-third of the income of his nearest neighbour, who is a passenger. The guard’s namesake lives in London. Brown beat the fireman at billiards. What is the name of the enginedriver? Become a detective, seeking the name of the engine-driver for some reason undisclosed. The clues are given. Obviously Brown is not the name of the fireman; but how to get further than that?
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21970, 19 December 1936, Page 17
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