The anagram is a word or words formed by the transposition of the letters of a sentence or word: e.g., live becomes the Anagram evil. Anagrams were in use among the ancient Greeks, Romans, etc., and many that have been recorded are curiously suggestive. Following are a few of the historic anagrams:

Charles James Stuart, (James I.) Claims Arthur's Seat.

Dame Eleanor Davies (prophetess in the reign of Charles I.) Never so mad a ladie.

Horatio Nelson. Honor est a Nilo.

Marie Touchet (mistress of Charles IX ). Je charme tout (made by Henri IV.)

Pilate's question, Quid est Veritas? Est vir qui adest.

Sir Roger Charles Doughty Tichborne, Baronet. You horrid butcher, Orton biggest rascal here.

Douglas Jerrold: Sure, a droll dog.

Thomas Moore: Homo amor est.

Edgar Allan Poe: A long peal, read.

John Ruskin: No ink rush.

United States: In te Deus stat.

James Watt: Wait, steam.

William Ewart Gladstone: A man to wield great wills.

William Shakespeare: I ask me has Will a peer.