Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

Interview with Vidocq -- Remarkable Power of altering his Height -- A Bungler in picking Locks -- Mr. Hobbs's Lock and the Duke of Wellington -- Strong belief that certain Ciphers are inscrutable -- Davies Gilbert's Cipher -- The Author's Cipher both deciphered -- Classified Dictionaries of the English Language -- Anagrams -- Squaring Words -- Bishop not easily squared -- Lesser Dignitaries easier to work upon.

These two subjects are in truth much more nearly allied than might appear upon a superficial view of them. They are in fact closely connected with each other as small branches of the same vast subject of combinations.