. Through the looking-glass, and what Alice found there . A BIOGRAPHICALSKETCH. LEWIS CARROLL ON the title page of Alices Adventures in Won-derland, Lewis Carroll appears as thename of the author; but, while to chil-dren he should always remain Lewis Carroll, hisreal name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He was born January 27, 1832, in a little villagecalled Daresbury, near Liverpool. His fatherwas rector of the parish, a trulyreligious man, well educated, andespecially interested in mathemat-ics. His mother was one of thesweetest and gentlest women thatever lived. She had eleven chil-dren, and

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. Through the looking-glass, and what Alice found there . A BIOGRAPHICALSKETCH. LEWIS CARROLL ON the title page of Alices Adventures in Won-derland, Lewis Carroll appears as thename of the author; but, while to chil-dren he should always remain Lewis Carroll, hisreal name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He was born January 27, 1832, in a little villagecalled Daresbury, near Liverpool. His fatherwas rector of the parish, a trulyreligious man, well educated, andespecially interested in mathemat-ics. His mother was one of thesweetest and gentlest women thatever lived. She had eleven chil-dren, and these children agree thatthey do not remember ever hearingher utter a harsh or impatient word. The parsonage was a quiet placeand the children lived much outof doors, making friends with theanimals, knowing their haunts andhabits, and finding interest even intoads, angleworms, and insects. When Charles was eleven years old the familymoved to Croft in Yorkshire. The rectory wasa tile-roofed, ivy-hung building with beautifulgardens and greenhouses, and here the children [173}

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