alphabet games using letter tiles

[Laurence Horn]

On Dec 23, 2011, at 2:25 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

> A correspondent on another list asks:
>
>> Does any one know a name for alphabet games during the 18th c in
>> which letter tiles  are used?
>> A couple are mentioned in Emma by Austen.    I imagine alphabets in
>> different forms were sold to help children learn theor letters and
>> first words. I, also, imagine that there were many games people
>> could play with such letter tiles. I need some sort of name  or
>> description of a game  in order to do further research.
>
> Can the august members of this list help?
> Joel
>
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Proto-anagrams, maybe?

LH

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