. Through the looking-glass, and what Alice found there . pped riglit off, I said, because it was the righthand. * And how do you know it was the righthand, Mr. Carroll? the doll said. So I said, I think it must have been theright hand because the other « 6 -i , r • •• hand was (eft. In a letter to his littlebrother and sister, he givesa droll description of his attempt, in his first tutoring,to preserve a dignified dis-tance between himself and hisone pupil : I sit at the further end ofthe room; outside the door(which is shut) sits the scout;outside the outer door (alsoshut) sits the sub-scou
. Through the looking-glass, and what Alice found there . pped riglit off, I said, because it was the righthand. * And how do you know it was the righthand, Mr. Carroll? the doll said. So I said, I think it must have been theright hand because the other « 6 -i , r • •• hand was (eft. In a letter to his littlebrother and sister, he givesa droll description of his attempt, in his first tutoring,to preserve a dignified dis-tance between himself and hisone pupil : I sit at the further end ofthe room; outside the door(which is shut) sits the scout;outside the outer door (alsoshut) sits the sub-scout; half-way downstairs sits the sub-sub-scout; and downin the yard sits the pupil, The questions are shouted from one to theother, and the answers come back in the sameway—it is rather confusing till you are used toit. The lecture goes on something like this:— Tutor. What is twice three ?41 Scout. Whats a rice tree ? Sub-Scout. When is ice free ? Sub-sub-Scout. Whats a nice fee ? Pupil (timidly). Half a guinea ! Sub-sub-Scout. Cant forge any!. / 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
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