Code Games

by Norvin Pallas

A code book to keep for a lifetime--that's what this little book is! You can start at 8 or 10 or 12 or 14 -- here are puzzlers for everyone of every age. You can solve the ciphers and codes by yourself, test your skill against friends', send secret messages, use the trick passwords and key words to make sure your private activities stay private! Mr. Pallas, very happily, has gathered work from many sources -- Sherlock Holmes to the US Navy -- to put in this one book most of the different kinds of ciphers (systematic methods) and codes (random methods). The result is a collection that intrigues and puzzles, challenges and stimulates until you cannot resist trying your hand at solving a few ciphers. If you are mathematically inclined, you soon will be inventing your own. Greater familiarity with the English language and with number systems naturally follows from working and playing with these codes.

Genres: Childrens

111 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1971