The Canterbury Puzzles it could not afford to

it could not afford to take chances on haute couture

unreliable narrator

books on arithmetics

not tricks with the pencil or a few "effects" — be learned from a book

electricity

The Canterbury Puzzles it could not afford to"There is really a practical utility in puzzle solving," remarked English mathematician and puzzle creator Henry Dudeney. "Regular exercise is supposed to be as necessary for the brain as for the body. Many of us are very apt to suffer from mental cobwebs, and there is nothing equal to the solving of puzzles and problems for sweeping them away. They keep the brain alert, stimulate the imagination and develop the reasoning faculties." One of England's