Thomson--The drawing of children--A curious dream--"The Deserted Parks"--"Syzygies"--Circus children--Row-loving undergraduates--A letter to The Observer--Resignation of the Lectureship--He is elected Curator of the Common Room--Dream-music.
CHAPTER VI
(1883-1887)
"The Profits of Authorship"--"Rhyme? and Reason?"--The Common Room Cat--Visit to Jersey--Purity of elections--Parliamentary Representation--Various literary projects--Letters to Miss E. Rix--Being happy--"A Tangled Tale"--Religious arguments--The "Alice" Operetta--"Alice's Adventures Underground"--"The Game of Logic"--Mr. Harry Furniss.
CHAPTER VII
(1888-1891)
A systematic life--"Memoria Technica"--Mr. Dodgson's shyness--"A Lesson in Latin"--The "Wonderland" Stamp-Case--"Wise Words about Letter-Writing"--Princess Alice--"Sylvie and Bruno"--"The night cometh"--"The Nursery 'Alice'"--Coventry Patmore--Telepathy--Resignation of Dr. Liddell--A letter about Logic.
CHAPTER VIII
(1892-1896)
Mr. Dodgson resigns the Curatorship--Bazaars--He lectures to children--A mechanical "Humpty Dumpty"--A logical controversy--Albert Chevalier--"Sylvie and Bruno Concluded"--"Pillow Problems"--Mr. Dodgson's generosity--College services--Religious difficulties--A village sermon--Plans for the future--Reverence--"Symbolic Logic"
CHAPTER IX
(1897-1898)
Logic-lectures--Irreverent anecdotes--Tolerance of his religious views--A mathematical discovery--"The Little Minister"--Sir George Baden-Powell--Last illness--"Thy will be done"--"Wonderland" at last!--Letters from friends--"Three Sunsets"--"Of such is the kingdom of Heaven"
CHAPTER X
CHILD FRIENDS
Mr. Dodgson's fondness for children--Miss Isabel Standen--Puzzles--"Me and Myself"--A double acrostic--"Father William"--Of drinking healths--Kisses by post--Tired in the face--The unripe plum--Eccentricities--"Sylvie and Bruno"--"Mr. Dodgson is going on well"
CHAPTER XI
THE SAME--continued.
Books for children--"The Lost Plum-Cake"--"An Unexpected Guest"--Miss Isa Bowman--Interviews--"Matilda Jane"--Miss Edith Rix--Miss Kathleen Eschwege
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
FOOTNOTES
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
LEWIS CARROLL--Frontispiece From a photograph.
ARCHDEACON DODGSON AS A YOUNG MAN From a miniature, painted about 1826.
DARESBURY PARSONAGE, LEWIS CARROLL'S BIRTHPLACE From a photograph by Lewis Carroll.
LEWIS CARROLL, AGED 8 From a silhouette.
MRS. DODGSON, LEWIS CARROLL'S MOTHER From a silhouette.
CROFT RECTORY; ARCHDEACON DODGSON AND FAMILY IN FOREGROUND From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1856.
TOY STATION IN GARDEN AT CROFT From a photograph.
ARCHBISHOP TAIT From a photograph by Elliott and Fry.
"THE ONLY SISTER WHO WOULD WRITE TO HER BROTHER" From a drawing by Lewis Carroll.
"THE AGE OF INNOCENCE". From a drawing by Lewis Carroll.
"THE SCANTY MEAL" From a drawing by Lewis Carroll.
"THE FIRST EARRING" From a drawing by Lewis Carroll.
ILLUSTRATIONS TO "LAYS OF SORROW," NO. 2 From drawings by Lewis Carroll.
EXTERIOR OF CHRIST CHURCH From a photograph.
GRAVE OF ARCHDEACON AND MRS. DODGSON IN CROFT CHURCHYARD From a photograph.
LEWIS CARROLL, AGED 23 From a photograph.
ARCHDEACON DODGSON From a photograph.
ARCHBISHOP LONGLEY From a photograph by Lewis Carroll.
"ALAS! WHAT BOOTS--" From a drawing by Lewis Carroll.
ALFRED TENNYSON From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1857.
THE BISHOP OF LINCOLN From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1875.
BISHOP WILBERFORCE From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1860.
ALICE LIDDELL AS "THE BEGGAR-CHILD" From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1858.
SKETCH FROM ST. LEONARD'S CONCERT-ROOM From a drawing by Lewis Carroll.
GEORGE MACDONALD AND HIS DAUGHTER LILY From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1863.
MRS. ROSSETTI AND HER CHILDREN, DANTE GABRIEL, CHRISTINA, AND WILLIAM From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1863.
LORINA, ALICE, AND EDITH LIDDELL From a photograph by Lewis Carroll.
GEORGE MACDONALD From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1870.
J. SANT, R.A. From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1866.
HOLMAN HUNT From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1860.
SIR JOHN MILLAIS From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1865.
CHARLOTTE M. YONGE From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1866.
CANON LIDDON From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1867.
"INSTANCE OF HIEROGLYPHIC WRITING OF THE DATE 1867" From a sketch by Lewis Carroll.
SIR JOHN TENNIEL From a photograph by Bassano.
LEWIS CARROLL'S STUDY AT CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD From a photograph.
PROFESSOR FARADAY From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1860.
JUSTICE DENMAN From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1873.
LORD SALISBURY AND HIS TWO SONS From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1870.
FACSIMILE OF A LETTER FROM SIR JOHN TENNIEL TO LEWIS CARROLL, DATED JUNE 1, 1870
JOHN RUSKIN From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1875.
HENRY HOLIDAY IN HIS STUDIO From a photograph.
LEWIS CARROLL From a photograph.
ELLEN TERRY From a photograph by Lewis Carroll.
TOM TAYLOR From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1863.
KATE TERRY From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1865.
MISS E. GERTRUDE THOMSON From a photograph.
DR. LIDDELL From a photograph by Hill & Saunders.
"RESPONSIONS" From a photograph by A.T. Shrimpton.
H. FURNISS From a photograph.
"BALBUS AND THE DRAGON" From a crayon drawing by the Rev. H.C. Gaye.
MEDLEY OF TENNIEL'S ILLUSTRATIONS IN "ALICE" From an etching by Miss Whitehead.
FACSIMILE OF A LETTER FROM H. FURNISS TO LEWIS CARROLL,
DATED AUGUST 23, 1886
SYLVIE AND BRUNO From a drawing by Henry Holiday.
FACSIMILE OF PROGRAMME OF "ALICE IN WONDERLAND" PRODUCED AT THE ROYAL GLOBE THEATRE, DECEMBER 26, 1888.
"THE MAD TEA PARTY" From a photograph by Elliott and Fry.
THE LATE DUKE OF ALBANY From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1875.
THE DEAN OF CHRIST CHURCH From a photograph by Hill & Saunders.
THE MECHANICAL "HUMPTY DUMPTY" From a photograph.
LEWIS CARROLL From a photograph.
THE CHESTNUTS, GUILDFORD From a photograph.
LEWIS CARROLL'S GRAVE From a photograph.
LORINA AND ALICE LIDDELL From a photograph by Lewis Carroll.
ALICE LIDDELL From a photograph by Lewis Carroll.
XIE KITCHIN From a photograph by Lewis Carroll.
XIE KITCHIN AS A CHINAMAN From a photograph by Lewis Carroll.
ALICE AND THE DORMOUSE From a photograph by Elliott and Fry.
FACSIMILE OF A "LOOKING-GLASS" LETTER FROM LEWIS CARROLL TO MISS EDITH BALL
ARTHUR HUGHES AND HIS DAUGHTER AGNES From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1863.
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