Books with author Charles Wendell Townsend

They'll amaze, baffle, and challenge you! These puzzles aren't for the faint of heart, or the wimp who wants it easy. And there are hundreds of these devious dilemmas to drive your mind to its limits. Some use numbers, others logic, and still more are word games. And, each comes with an amusing drawing, too. Ready to have your brain teased? Then try this: arrange 15 matchsticks on the table so they form 8 complete squares, all the same size. No matches may be overlapped or broken, and no square may be formed inside another. Or, give this a shot: It's high noon in Dodge City and two gunslingers are ready to draw. Here's the highfalutin' language they use: "Draw, O Coward!" "Live not on evil."Can you figure out what's strange about those lines? If you guessed they're palindromes (phrases that spell the same thing forwards and backwards), you're the winner!

"There is mental entertainment, magic, math, and more in this collection of classic tricks and problems."-Student Library Journal. Although referring to Townsend's 'The World's Most Challenging Puzzles,' this quote is applicable to his entire puzzle cannon. If you enjoy pitting yourself against the most challenging puzzles in existence and are a glutton for punishment, then one or all of these books are for you. Take your pick among 'The World's Trickiest,' 'Most Perplexing,' 'Most Incredible,' 'Greatest,' 'Most Amazing,' 'Most Baffling,' 'Most Challenging,' and 'Best.' Choose from any of the eight, or all eight, and see how you stand up against Charles Barry Townsend-'the Professor of Perplexing Puzzles." 128 pages, 122 b/w illus., 5 3/4 x 8 1/4.

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Excerpt from The Birds of Essex County, MassachusettsIN the following pages will be found first, a brief description Of Essex County with a general view of its geology, flora, and faunal areas; then follow chapters on the regions and their birds, peculiar to a maritime county, namely, the ocean, the sand beaches, the sand dunes, and the salt marshes. There are also chapters on the fresh marshes and on the ponds and their birds. These are followed by Chapters on the records from lighthouses along the coast and on the ornithological history of Essex County.In the introduction to the Annotated List, the names of many ornitho logical workers are given who have generously contributed their notes and Observations, and to all of these I wish here to express my sincere thanks. Particularly I wish to thank Mr. William Brewster for the use of his collection and for the identification of doubtful specimens; Mr. Walter Deane for many kindnesses and for reviewing the botanical part of this list; Mr. W. A. Jeffries for his own notes and those of his brother, the late Dr. J. A. Jeffries; Mr. J. A. Farley for many valuable records, especially as regards the breeding of birds of prey; Dr. J. C. Phillips for his records from Wenham Lake; Mr. John Rob inson and Mr. John H. Sears for their kindness to me in the use Of the col lection of the Peabody Academy, at Salem; Mr. Ralph Hoffmann for much kindly help and criticism, and Dr. Glover M. Allen for his great assistance in revising manuscript and proof. I am also indebted to him for the map.I have attempted to make the Annotated List' as' complete and accurate as possible, and have banished to a doubtful list all birds about which there is the least question. In the case of most of the water birds the annotations are given fully from my own observations not only as to the habits of the birds but also as to their call notes and their recognition in the field, as these birds are so characteristic of a seashore region, and are so often slightly treated in the books. Of the land birds, a few only of the characteristic and interesting ones are treated at any length, such as the Horned Lark, American Crow, Snow Bunting, Lapland Longspur, Ipswich Sparrow, Sharp-tailed Sparrows, the Swal lows, and a few others. A Bibliography is given at the end of the memoir.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Sand Dunes in Winter Frontispiece 2. The Vendome Dune Overwhelmed by Sand IN 1915 23. The Vendome Dune in 1918 24. The Camp Grove in 1913 35. The Camp Grove in 1921 36. Cirque Dune Changing to the Desert Form 47. a nunatak in the dunes 58. Desert Dune of the Camp Grove from the 5N orth 59. Hudsonia in Blossom 810. Dusty Miller 811. The Dunes by Moonlight twenty minute exposure) 14 12. Beach Grass 14 13. Young Long-E ared Owl 28 14. Ancient Willow 28 15. Night Herons Nests 32 16. Night Heron s Nest with Eggs 32 17. Tracks of Deer Walking in Hard Sand .42 18. Tracks of Same Deer Running in Soft Sand 42 19. Deer Tracks in Hard Sand 43 20. Deer Tracks in Hard Sand 43 21. Deer Tracks in Soft Sand 43 22.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at

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