. Through the looking-glass, and what Alice found there . / om > 1 . is Carroll A Biographical Sketch 189 Sub-Scout. Ho for Jinny ! Scout. Dont be a ninny. Tutor (looks offended, but tries another question) He sent the children acrostics on their names,telling them that the first letters of lines ofpoetry sometimes spell words. These were fre-quently written on the fly-leaf of books whichhe gave them, and often contained reference. Alice and the Caterpillar. from a draining by Lewis Carroll to some familiar subject. (See Notes, page 180,Alice in Wonderland^) In fact, no pains was toogreat t
. Through the looking-glass, and what Alice found there . / om > 1 . is Carroll A Biographical Sketch 189 Sub-Scout. Ho for Jinny ! Scout. Dont be a ninny. Tutor (looks offended, but tries another question) He sent the children acrostics on their names,telling them that the first letters of lines ofpoetry sometimes spell words. These were fre-quently written on the fly-leaf of books whichhe gave them, and often contained reference. Alice and the Caterpillar. from a draining by Lewis Carroll to some familiar subject. (See Notes, page 180,Alice in Wonderland^) In fact, no pains was toogreat to bestow upon children. Alice in Wonderland grew out of one of thesedelightful child companionships. Lewis Carrollused to make frequent excursions with the threechildren of Dr. Liddell, Dean of Christ Church,sometimes over the fields, sometimes on the river. A Biographical Sketch The beginning of the ever delightful story wasmade July 4, 1862, on one of their river trips. Inthe verses at the beginning of the book, LewisCarroll tells ho\v the story grew. Aliee Liddellwas Seeimda, Prima was her elder sister,and Tertia the younger. Aliee Liddell in writing about the story says,Sometimes to tease us -and perhaps beingreally tired- -Mr. I)dgsn would stop suddenlyand say, And thats all till next time. Ah, butit is next time! would be the exclamation fromall three; and after some persuasion the storywould start afresh
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