This book is indeed a puzzle book, intended to amuse the readers as they try to deduce the right answer to the various challenges that line this book's pages. From riddles to sudoku-style puzzles, the author truly knows his craft and those seeking brain teasers to tickle the mind would be delighted to discover this book.

"Twentieth Century Culture and Deportment" by Maud C. Cooke is an etiquette book that allowed readers the chance to be prepared for a number of engagements. Starting with what it means to embody etiquette, the book goes on to give tips regarding conversation, gifts, children, bars, and more. Through Cooke's thorough lessons, this book was a valued reference for audiences around the world who wished to fit in with society.

Step into the mind of a visionary and explore a world that never was but could have been. Written in the 1880s, '1931: A Glance at the Twentieth Century' takes readers on a journey to the year 1931, as imagined by author Henry Hartshorne. In this glimpse into an alternate reality, Hartshorne presents a world that is both familiar and strange, with technology and society having evolved in unexpected ways. From transportation to communication, from politics to culture, this work of speculative fiction offers a thought-provoking and entertaining look at what might have been.

Twentieth Century Inventions: A Forecast by George Sutherland is about various inventions and processes powered by natural and artificial power, including ships, trains, warfare, and music. Excerpt: "Twenty years ago the author started a career in technological journalism by writing descriptions of what he regarded as the most promising inventions which had been displayed in international exhibitions then recently held. From that time until the present it has been his constant duty and practice to take note of the advance of inventive science as applied to industrial improvement—to watch it as an organic growth, not only from a philosophical but also from a practical, point of view."