I owned a translation of this book as a kid and had no luck (there was no way of knowing, pre-Internet, that the riddle had already been solved). Many years later I got the 1982 paperback English edition, which contained the solution as described by the author. It turns out that the crucial clue had been mangled by the translators.

This spawned SO MANY IMITATORS. My favorite was "The Secret", which was both a puzzle and a field guide to the fairies of the modern world.

Goodreads has a list of some of the imitators: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/84575.Picture_Puzzle_Boo...

Here's a good read for more details:

https://www.filfre.net/2016/05/kit-williamss-golden-hare-par...

My favorite article on this:

http://hazlitt.net/feature/goes-all-way-queen-puzzle-book-dr...

Previously on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10287038

While the topic of the article is the similar, the actual article is different. It could be a significant differentiator.

I might as well have written “The same topic previously on HN”. I just wanted to point people to the HN discussion on the same topic.

I loved reading this . Thank you