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[The Double Acrostic, a form of puzzle which has lately become fashionable, is constructed thus:—Two words are selected having the same number of letters: these are supposed to be written in two parallel columns, and a series of words is then found (their length is immaterial) such that the first column may consist of their initial letters, and the second of their final letters. For instance, if the column-words selected were 'rose' and 'ring,' we might fill up thus:—

was an ancient city, stricken down With a strange frenzy, and for many a day They paced from morn to eve the noisy town, And danced the night away.