The Master of Mysteries: Being an Account of the Problems Solved By Astro, Seer of Secrets, and His Love Affair With Valeska Wynne, His Assistant (Classic Reprint)

Astro put The Great Cryptogram back upon his book-shelf among the other attempts to solve the immortal Shakespeare-B acon controversy. Valeska, he said, turning to his pretty assistant, its queer that there appears to be no other book containing a secret message except the Shakespeare folios, isnt it! It seems to me that I have heard it said that Chatterton had a cipher in one of his books, though; thats the only other one I know of. Strange more authors havent done it! Why? Valeska asked, looking up from her catalogue. Why should a writer put anything in that cant go plainly in the body of the book, or, at least, in an introduction? For many reasons: He may be ashamed of the book, or have some other reason for not acknowledging its authorship. It may describe his friends too accurately. It may reveal important secrets. Even if his name does appear on the title page, I can imagine of a number of secret messages he might want to insert for the benefit of those able to understand it. Perhaps it has often been done, Valeska suggested. One wouldnt know, unless one had a reason to suspect the existence of such a thing and then one would have to be clever enough to read the cipher. Astro thought it over.
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