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He showed me a book ''<u>PUZZLES OLD AND NEW</u>'' by Professor <br> | He showed me a book ''<u>PUZZLES OLD AND NEW</u>'' by Professor <br> | ||
Hoffman which had a wealth of puzzles, including a <br> | Hoffman which had a wealth of puzzles, including a <br> | ||
<u>SNAKE PUZZLE</u> which has similarities to my <u>THE WORM TURNS</u>. <br> | |||
The former has a small piece with a picture of a bird <br> | |||
and (I believe) 10 snake pieces of different sizes and slope <br> | |||
of end cut. Object is to plcae the tail and the bird down <br> | |||
and then build the snake so that the jaws end up around <br> | |||
the bird. <br> | |||
Martin thinks that I might be able to find this and other <br> | |||
puzzle books at <br> | |||
{<u>Al Flosso</u> (Martinka Magic Shop) <br> | |||
{304 W. 34th St. (1 Flight up) <br> | |||
{BR 9 - 6079 <br> | |||
Martin has been in correspondence with a puzzle collector <br> | |||
in Toronto, Canada. He has the largest puzzle collection <br> | |||
in the world, more than twice as big as the one that <br> | |||
Martin once wrote up in his column (who died some time <br> | |||
ago - Martin doesn't know what happened to the collection). <br> | |||
The fellow in Toronto was on a series of TV shows <s>and</s> <br> | |||
(cont. 11/26) | |||