Charades; Charlotte McDowall from her affectionate friend Eliza Kennedy : a manuscript codex listing a collection of charades, and their answers, circa 1815.

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Charades; Charlotte McDowall from her affectionate friend Eliza Kennedy : a manuscript codex listing a collection of charades, and their answers, circa 1815.

Charades; Charlotte McDowall from her affectionate friend Eliza Kennedy : a manuscript codex listing a collection of charades, and their answers, circa 1815.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/754864913

180 riddles and their answers in a clear hand, with a further 17 in a variety of hands. Most of the answers are a single word, while the questions vary considerably in length. No. 138 explains that a pretty lady is like an oatcake "because she is often toasted". Two charades refer to Nelson - "Like Nelson I have been at sea...", and the other relating to the Battle of the Nile. One example, to Napoleon, and another has a decorative initial letter with a man hung from the gallows from within a letter 'D'. [From dealer description].

1 volume (54 pages)

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives