Curiousest Cryptograms

Work out puzzles and read at the same time in this third volume of Curious Cryptograms. This puzzle book of over 300 cryptograms, once solved, holds six stories, all intriguing and suspenseful. The complexity of the cryptograms is determined by the word choice and the sentence structure of each story, as well as by the length of the puzzle. Be prepared for the unexpected. The stories were selected from books published between 1872-1917. As you solve the puzzles, the stories are revealed, but don't let that stop you from working in whatever order you like. Solving these cryptograms is an entertaining means to an entertaining end. Two hints are provided for each cryptogram. Curiouser and curiouser ' cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English)... -Lewis Carroll. The word curiousest is not good English at all. Please pardon its use here as simply wordplay in keeping with the spirit of this curious trilogy. -A.G.