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Here is one of many methods by which a Magic Square of the first twenty-five numbers can readily be made.

This is done by first placing the figures from 1 to 25 in diagonal rows, as is shown above, and then introducing the numbers that are outside the square into it, by moving each of them five places right, left, up, or down. A Magic Square is thus formed, the numbers of which add up to 65 in lines, columns and diagonals, and with the centre and any four corresponding numbers on the borders.