50. Anagrams are formed by the transposition of the letters of words or sentences, or names of persons, so as to produce a word, sentence, or verse, of pertinent or of widely different meaning. They are very difficult to discover, but are exceedingly striking when good. The following are some of the most remarkable:-
| Words | Transpositions |
| Catalogues | Got as a clue. |
| Elegant | Neat leg. |
| Impatient | Tim in a pet. |
| Immediately | I met my Delia. |
| Masquerade | Queen as mad. |
| Matrimony | Into my arm. |
| Melodrama | Made moral. |
| Midshipman | Mind his map. |
| Old England | Golden land. |
| Parishioners | I hire parsons. |
| Parliament | Partial men. |
| Penitentiary | Nay I repent. |
| Presbyterians | Best in prayer. |
| Radical Reform | Rare mad frolic. |
| Revolution | To love ruin. |
| Sir Robert Peel | Terrible poser. |
| Sweetheart | There we sat. |
| Telegraphs | Great helps. |