Chapter Rule for Court Circular of Original Games and Puzzles by Lewis Carroll

Links, so that the Chain is made up of two or more portions, so many marks are assigned to it as would have been assigned if each portion had been a separate Chain (e.g., a four-letter Doublet which has two Set Links, so that the Chain is made up of three portions, would have twenty-four marks assigned to it).

2. Each competitor, who completes the Chain with the least possible number of Links, will receive the full number of marks assigned; and each who uses more than the least possible number of Links will lose a mark for every additional Link.

3. Each competitor is required to send his three Chains, with his signature attached, written on one piece of paper.

4. The Editor of `Vanity Fair' will be glad to receive any suggestions, both as to words which it seems desirable to omit, and as to omitted words which it seems desirable to insert; but any word proposed for insertion or for omission should be exhibited as a Link between two other words.

5. Alterations will not be made in this Glossary during any competition, but will be duly announced before the commencement of a new competition, so that those who already possess copies will be able to correct them, and will not be obliged to buy a new edition.

Vanity Fair Office

13 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London.

DOUBLETS ALREADY SET
In `Vanity Fair'

PRELIMINARY DOUBLETS		Links
1879		Needed
March 29	Drive PIG into STY	4
	Raise FOUR to FIVE	6
	Make WHEAT into BREAD	6
April 5	Dip PEN into INK	5
	Touch CHIN with NOSE	5
	Change TEARS into SMILE	5
12	Change WET to DRY	3
	Make HARE into SOUP	6
	PITCH TENTS	5
FIRST COMPETITION
April 19	Cover EYE with LID	3
	Prove PITY to be GOOD	6
	STEAL COINS	7
April 26	Make EEL into PIE	3
	Turn POOR into RICH	5
	Prove RAVEN to be MISER	3
May 3	Change OAT to RYE	3
	Get WOOD from TREE	7
	Prove GRASS to be GREEN	7
10	Evolve MAIN from APE	5
	Change CAIN into ABEL	8
	Make FLOUR into BREAD	5
17	Make TEA HOT	3
	Run COMB into HAIR	6
	Prove a ROGUE to be a BEAST	10
24	Change ELM into OAK	7
	Combine ARMY and NAVY	7
	Place BEANS on SHELF	7
31	HOOK FISH	6
	QUELL a BRAVO	10
	Stow FURIES in BARREL	5
June 7	BUY an ASS	7
	Get COAL from MINE	5
	Pay COSTS in PENCE	9
14	Raise ONE to TWO	7
	Change BLUE to PINK	8
	Change BLACK to WHITE	6
21	Change FISH to BIRD	4
	Sell SHOES for CRUST	6
	Make KETTLE HOLDER	9
28	REST on SOFA	4
	Trace RIVER to SHORE	10
	CARESS PARENT	2
July 5	Change GRUB to MOTH	9
	Turn WITCH into FAIRY	12
	Make WINTER SUMMER	13
12	Save LAMB from LION	2
	Crown TIGER with ROSES	5
	Lay QUILT on SHEET	13
19	Put LOAF into OVEN	9
	Make BREAD into TOAST	6
	Put ROUGE on CHEEK	16
July 26	WHY NOT?	3
	MANY will FAIL	7
	to get
	PRIZES from CHOKER	9

SOLUTIONS OF DOUBLETS

PRELIMINARY DOUBLETS

March 29
	P I G	F O U R	W H E A T
	w i g	f o u l	c h e a t
	w a g	f o o l	c h e a p
	w a y	f o o t	c h e e p
	s a y	f o r t	c r e e p
	S T Y	f o r e	c r e e d
		f i r e	b r e e d
		F I V E	B R E A D
April 5
	P E N	N O S E	T E A R S
	e e n	n o t e	s e a r s
	e e l	c o t e	s t a r s
	e l l	c o r e	s t a r e
	i l l	c o r n	s t a l e
	i l k	c o i n	s t i l e
	I N K	C H I N	S M I L E
April 12
	W E T	H A R E	P I T C H
	b e t	h a r k	p i n c h
	b e y	h a c k	w i n c h
	d e y	s a c k	w e n c h
	D R Y	s o c k	t e n c h
		s o a k	t e n t h
		s o a p	T E N T S
		S O U P
FIRST COMPETITION	April 19
	E Y E	P I T Y	S T E A L
	d y e	p i t s	s t e e l
	d i e	p i n s	s t e e r
	d i d	f i n s	s h e e r
	L I D	f i n d	s h i e r
		f o n d	s h i e s
		f o o d	s h i n s
		G O O D	c h i n s
			C O I N S
April 26
	E E L	P O O R	R A V E N
	e e n	b o o r	r i v e n
	p e n	b o o k	r i s e n
	p i n	r o o k	r i s e r
	P I E	r o c k	M I S E R
		r i c k
		R I C H
May 3
	O A T	T R E E	G R A S S
	r a t	f r e e	c r a s s
	r o t	f l e e	c r e s s
	r o e	f l e d	t r e s s
	R Y E	f e e d	t r e e s
		w e e d	f r e e s
		w e l d	f r e e d
		w o l d	g r e e d
		W O O D	G R E E N
May 10
	A P E	C A I N	F L O U R
	a r e	c h i n	f l o o r
	e r e	s h i n	f l o o d
	e r r	s p i n	b l o o d
	e a r	s p u n	b r o o d
	m a r	s p u d	b r o a d
	M A N	s p e d	B R E A D
		a p e d
		a b e d
		A B E L
May 17
	T E A	C O M B	R O G U E
	s e a	c o m e	v o g u e
	s e t	h o m e	v a g u e
	s o t	h o l e	v a l u e
	H O T	h a l e	v a l v e
		h a l l	h a l v e
		h a i l	h e a v e
		H A I R	h e l v e
			l e a v e
			l e a s e
			l e a s t
			B E A S T
May 24
	E L M	A R M Y	B E A N S
	e l l	a r m s	b e a m s
	a l l	a i m s	s e a m s
	a i l	d i m s	s h a m s
	a i r	d a m s	s h a m e
	f i r	d a m e	s h a l e
	f a r	n a m e	s h a l l
	o a r	n a v e

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