【内容提要】
本书是一本数学趣题经典，是由Sam Loyd精心编撰.每道趣题都需要数学来解答谜题，有简单也有复杂.有些谜题是经过长时间古老漫长的时间形成的，具有浪漫色彩和神秘色彩.本书不仅具有趣味性还有很高的教学意义，通过学习找到乐趣，并通过乐趣加深学习.
【目 录】
SANTOS-DUMONT /1
RAILROAD LINGO /2
A HAT PUZZLE /3
DIVIDING HIS FLOCKS BY SAM LOYD /5
THE LUCKY BOYS /6
ARCHIMEDES AND THE CROWN /7
SAM LOYD’S HOD CARRIER’S PROBLEM /9
WORDS，EMPTY WORDS /10
SUMMER TOURISTS /12
DICKERING AT MANILLA /14
TABBY AND SPORT /16
SPRING /17
MARTIAL LAW IN GOATTOWN/19
A PROBLEM IN CHANCES /22
THE COMICAL DOG /23
AT THE RUINS /25
LORD MACAULAY'S LAST RIDDLE /25
BECALMD /27
OUTWITTING THE WEIGHING MACHINE THE PRICE OF EGGS /29
THE YOUNG CARPENTER'S PUZZLE / 31
FRESHMAN IMPERTINECE / 33
SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE OF TOM THE PIPER'S SOM / 40
AESOP'S FABLES UP TO DATE / 43
THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM /45
SAM LOYD’S PUZZLE OF FIDO'S AGE / 47
CRISS-CROSS PUZZLE /50
THETOWEROFHANOI/55
PUZZLE OF AN ECCENTRIC WILL /59
PICTORIAL ARITHMETICAL /62
THE JUGGLER /67
THE MILLER'S PROBLEM /68
T,HE BUILDING OF SOLOMON'S TEMPL / 69
INFANTRY DRILL / 72
TWO MEN AND A DITCH / 75
SAILING UNDER F ALSE COLORS / 78
RIP VAN WINKLE PUZZLE / 80
A TRIP THROUGH THE DICTIONARY / 85
THE GOOSE PUZZLE / 86
THE 14-15 PUZZLE / 87
THE THREE CATS /94
WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD /96
A STUDY IN EGGS /98
THE ARCHITECT'S PUZZLE /101
MERRY GO ROUND PUZZLE /103
SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE OF THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN
SHOE /105
PUZZLE OF THE LETTER CARRIER'S R0UTE /105
ITHE DICE GAMES /106
THE RECESS HOUR /108
THE THREE NAPKINS /111
TWENTY-PALINDROMES /111
FOUR KINDS OF SOUND /113
A CRYPTOGRAM /114
SUBSTITUTION PUZZLE /117
SAM LOYD'S CREDIT CHECK PUZZLE /119
TRADING IN THEPHILIPPINES/123
PUZZLING PRATTLE /126
HIDDEN CITIES AND RIVERS /127
THEBATTLEOF THE FOUR OAKS /130
SWITCH BOARD PROBLEM /132
SAM LOYD'S EGG PUZZLE /136
PUZZLE OF THE RED SPADE /137
PLA YING THE SYSTEMS /140
IN ANCIENTGREECE/143
THE BOY'S AGE /145
CRIMINAL CLASSES /146
A MAZE PUZZLE /148