,libraries47 ,,eight ,,or ,,nine ,,wise ,,words ,,about ,letter-,writing ,,by ,,lewis ,,carroll ,,emberlin ,,and ,,son #d1 ,,magdalen ,,street ,,oxford ,,first ,,published #ahij4 ,contents4 ,,page4 ,on ,stamp-,cases #e ,how to begin a ,letter #i ,how to go on with a ,letter #ab ,how to end a ,letter #ba ,on registering ,correspondence #bc ,sec4 #a4 ,on ,stamp-,cases4 ,some ,american writer has said the snakes in this district may be divided into one species--the venomous4 ,the same principle applies here4 ,postage-,stamp-,cases may be divided into one species1 the ,wonderland4 ,imitations of it will soon appear1 no doubt3 but they cannot include the two ,pictorial ,surprises1 which are copyright4 ,you don't see why ,i call them ',surprises'8 ,well1 take the ,case in your left-hand1 and regard it attentively4 ,you see ,alice nursing the ,duchess's ,baby8 7,an entirely new combination1 by the way3 it doesn't occur in the book47 ,now1 with your right thumb and forefinger1 lay hold of the little book1 and suddenly pull it out4 ,the ,baby has turned into a ,pig6 ,if that doesn't surprise you1 why1 ,i suppose you wouldn't be surprised if your own ,mother-in-law suddenly turned into a ,gyroscope6 ,this ,case is not intended to carry about in your pocket4 ,far from it4 ,people seldom want any other ,stamps1 on an emergency1 than ,penny-,stamps for ,letters1 ,sixpenny-,stamps for ,telegrams1 and a bit of ,stamp-edging for cut fingers 7it makes capital sticking-plaster1 and will stand three or four washings1 cautiously conducted73 and all these are easily carried in a purse or pocketbook4 ,no1 this is meant to haunt your envelope-case1 or wherever you keep your writing-materials4 ,what made me invent it was the constantly wanting ,stamps of other values1 for foreign ,letters1 ,parcel ,post1 c41 and finding it very bothersome to get at the kind ,i wanted in a hurry4 ,since ,i have possessed a ,wonderland ,stamp ,case1 ,life has been bright and peaceful1 and ,i have used no other4 ,i believe the ,queen's laundress uses no other4 ,each of the pockets will hold #f stamps1 comfortably4 ,i would recommend you to arrange the #f1 before putting them in1 something like a bouquet1 making them lean to the right and to the left alternately3 thus there will always be a free corner to get hold of1 so as to take them out1 quickly and easily1 one by one3 otherwise you will find them apt to come out two or three at a time4 ,according to my experience1 the #e;d41 #i;d41 and #as4 ,stamps are hardly ever wanted1 though ,i have constantly to replenish all the other pockets4 ,if your experience agrees with mine1 you may find it convenient to keep only a couple 7say7 of each of these #c kinds1 in the #as4 pocket1 and to fill the other #b pockets with extra #a;d4 stamps4 ,sec4 #b4 ,how to begin a ,letter4 ,if the ,letter is to be in answer to another1 begin by getting out that other letter and reading it through1 in order to refresh your memory1 as to what it is you have to answer1 and as to your correspondent's present address 7otherwise you will be sending your letter to his regular address in ,london1 though he has been careful in writing to give you his ,torquay address in full74 ,next1 ,address and ,stamp the ,envelope4 ,what6 ,before writing the ,letter8 ,most certainly4 ,and ,i'll tell you what will happen if you don't4 ,you will go on writing till the last moment1 and just in the middle of the last sentence1 you will become aware that 'time's up6' ,then comes the hurried wind-up--the wildly-scrawled signature--the hastily-fastened envelope1 which comes open in the post--the address1 a mere hieroglyphic--the horrible discovery that you've forgotten to replenish your ,stamp-,case--the frantic appeal1 to every one in the house1 to lend you a ,stamp--the headlong rush to the ,post ,office1 arriving1 hot and gasping1 just after the box has closed--and finally1 a week afterwards1 the return of the ,letter1 from the ,dead-,letter ,office1 marked address illegible6 ,next1 put your own address1 in full1 at the top of the note-sheet4 ,it is an aggravating thing----,i speak from bitter experience----when a friend1 staying at some new address1 heads his letter ,dover1 simply1 assuming that you can get the rest of the address from his previous letter1 which perhaps you have destroyed4 ,next1 put the date in full4 ,it is another aggravating thing1 when you wish1 years afterwards1 to arrange a series of letters1 to find them dated ,feb4 #ag1 ,aug4 #b1 without any year to guide you as to which comes first4 ,and never1 never1 dear ,madam 7,n4,b4 this remark is addressed to ladies only3 no man would ever do such a thing71 put ,wednesday1 simply1 as the date6 ,that way madness lies4 ,sec4 #c4 ,how to go on with a ,letter4 ,here is a golden ,rule to begin with4 ,write legibly4 ,the average temper of the human race would be perceptibly sweetened1 if everybody obeyed this ,rule6 ,a great deal of the bad writing in the world comes simply from writing too quickly4 ,of course you reply1 ,i do it to save time4 ,a very good object1 no doubt3 but what right have you to do it at your friend's expense8 ,isn't his time as valuable as yours8 ,years ago1 ,i used to receive letters from a friend----and very interesting letters too----written in one of the most atrocious hands ever invented4 ,it generally took me about a week to read one of his letters6 ,i used to carry it about in my pocket1 and take it out at leisure times1 to puzzle over the riddles which composed it----holding it in different positions1 and at different distances1 till at last the meaning of some hopeless scrawl would flash upon me1 when ,i at once wrote down the ,english under it2 and1 when several had been thus guessed1 the context would help one with the others1 till at last the whole series of hieroglyphics was deciphered4 ,if all one's friends wrote like that1 ,life would be entirely spent in reading their letters6 ,this ,rule applies1 specially1 to names of people or places----and most specially to foreign names4 ,i got a letter once1 containing some ,russian names1 written in the same hasty scramble in which people often write yours sincerely4 ,the context1 of course1 didn't help in the least3 and one spelling was just as likely as another1 so far as ,i knew3 it was necessary to write and tell my friend that ,i couldn't read any of them6 ,my second ,rule is1 don't fill more than a page and a half with apologies for not having written sooner6 ,the best subject1 to begin with1 is your friend's last letter4 ,write with the letter open before you4 ,answer his questions1 and make any remarks his letter suggests4 ,then go on to what you want to say yourself4 ,this arrangement is more courteous1 and pleasanter for the reader1 than to fill the letter with your own invaluable remarks1 and then hastily answer your friend's questions in a postscript4 ,your friend is much more likely to enjoy your wit1 after his own anxiety for information has been satisfied4 ,in referring to anything your friend has said in his letter1 it is best to quote the exact words1 and not to give a summary of them in your words4 ,a's impression1 of what ,b has said1 expressed in ,a's words1 will never convey to ,b the meaning of his own words4 ,this is specially necessary when some point has arisen as to which the two correspondents do not quite agree4 ,there ought to be no opening for such writing as ,you are quite mistaken in thinking ,i said so-and-so4 ,it was not in the least my meaning1 c41 c41 which tends to make a correspondence last for a lifetime4 ,a few more ,rules may fitly be given here1 for correspondence that has unfortunately become controversial4 ,one is1 don't repeat yourself4 ,when once you have said your say1 fully and clearly1 on a certain point1 and have failed to convince your friend1 drop that subject3 to repeat your arguments1 all over again1 will simply lead to his doing the same2 and so you will go on1 like a ,circulating ,decimal4 ,did you ever know a ,circulating ,decimal come to an end8 ,another ,rule is1 when you have written a letter that you feel may possibly irritate your friend1 however necessary you may have felt it to so express yourself1 put it aside till the next day4 ,then read it over again1 and fancy it addressed to yourself4 ,this will often lead to your writing it all over again1 taking out a lot of the vinegar and pepper1 and putting in honey instead1 and thus making a much more palatable dish of it6 ,if1 when you have done your best to write inoffensively1 you still feel that it will probably lead to further controversy1 keep a copy of it4 ,there is very little use1 months afterwards1 in pleading ,i am almost sure ,i never expressed myself as you say3 to the best of my recollection ,i said so-and-so4 ,far better to be able to write ,i did not express myself so3 these are the words ,i used4 ,my fifth ,rule is1 if your friend makes a severe remark1 either leave it unnoticed1 or make your reply distinctly less severe3 and if he makes a friendly remark1 tending towards 'making up' the little difference that has arisen between you1 let your reply be distinctly more friendly4 ,if1 in picking a quarrel1 each party declined to go more than three-eighths of the way1 and if1 in making friends1 each was ready to go five-eighths of the way--why1 there would be more reconciliations than quarrels6 ,which is like the ,irishman's remonstrance to his gad-about daughter--,shure1 you're always goin' out6 ,you go out three times1 for wanst that you come in6 ,my sixth ,rule 7and my last remark about controversial correspondence7 is1 don't try to have the last word6 ,how many a controversy would be nipped in the bud1 if each was anxious to let the other have the last word6 ,never mind how telling a rejoinder you leave unuttered3 never mind your friend's supposing that you are silent from lack of anything to say3 let the thing drop1 as soon as it is possible without discourtesy3 remember 'speech is silvern1 but silence is golden'6 7,n4,b4--,if you are a gentleman1 and your friend a lady1 this ,rule is superfluous3 you won't get the last word67 ,my seventh ,rule is1 if it should ever occur to you to write1 jestingly1 in dispraise of your friend1 be sure you exaggerate enough to make the jesting obvious3 a word spoken in jest1 but taken as earnest1 may lead to very serious consequences4 ,i have known it to lead to the breaking-off of a friendship4 ,suppose1 for instance1 you wish to remind your friend of a sovereign you have lent him1 which he has forgotten to repay--you might quite mean the words ,i mention it1 as you seem to have a conveniently bad memory for debts1 in jest3 yet there would be nothing to wonder at if he took offence at that way of putting it4 ,but1 suppose you wrote ,long observation of your career1 as a pickpocket and a burglar1 has convinced me that my one lingering hope1 for recovering that sovereign ,i lent you1 is to say ',pay up1 or ,i'll summons yer6' he would indeed be a matter-of-fact friend if he took that as seriously meant6 ,my eighth ,rule4 ,when you say1 in your letter1 ,i enclose cheque for ,l#e1 or ,i enclose ,john's letter for you to see1 leave off writing for a moment--go and get the document referred to--and put it into the envelope4 ,otherwise1 you are pretty certain to find it lying about1 after the ,post has gone6 ,my ninth ,rule4 ,when you get to the end of a note-sheet1 and find you have more to say1 take another piece of paper--a whole sheet1 or a scrap1 as the case may demand3 but1 whatever you do1 don't cross6 ,remember the old proverb ',cross-writing makes cross reading'4 ,the old proverb8 you say1 enquiringly4 ,how old8 ,well1 not so very ancient1 ,i must confess4 ,in fact1 ,i'm afraid ,i invented it while writing this paragraph6 ,still1 you know1 'old' is a comparative term4 ,i think you would be quite justified in addressing a chicken1 just out of the shell1 as ,old boy61 when compared with another chicken1 that was only half-out6 ,sec4 #d4 ,how to end a ,letter4 ,if doubtful whether to end with 'yours faithfully'1 or 'yours truly'1 or 'yours most truly'1 c4 7there are at least a dozen varieties1 before you reach 'yours affectionately'71 refer to your correspondent's last letter1 and make your winding-up at least as friendly as his2 in fact1 even if a shade more friendly1 it will do no harm6 ,a ,postscript is a very useful invention3 but it is not meant 7as so many ladies suppose7 to contain the real gist of the letter3 it serves rather to throw into the shade any little matter we do not wish to make a fuss about4 ,for example1 your friend had promised to execute a commission for you in town1 but forgot it1 thereby putting you to great inconvenience3 and he now writes to apologize for his negligence4 ,it would be cruel1 and needlessly crushing1 to make it the main subject of your reply4 ,how much more gracefully it comes in thus6 ,p4,s4 ,don't distress yourself any more about having omitted that little matter in town4 ,i won't deny that it did put my plans out a little1 at the time3 but it's all right now4 ,i often forget things1 myself3 and 'those who live in glass-houses1 mustn't throw stones'1 you know6 ,when you take your letters to the ,post1 carry them in your hand4 ,if you put them in your pocket you will take a long country-walk 7,i speak from experience71 passing the ,post-,office twice1 going and returning1 and1 when you get home1 will find them still in your pocket4 ,sec4 #e4 ,on registering ,correspondence4 ,let me recommend you to keep a record of ,letters ,received and ,sent4 ,i have kept one for many years1 and have found it of the greatest possible service1 in many ways3 it secures my answering ,letters1 however long they have to wait2 it enables me to refer1 for my own guidance1 to the details of previous correspondence1 though the actual ,letters may have been destroyed long ago2 and1 most valuable feature of all1 if any difficulty arises1 years afterwards1 in connection with a half-forgotten correspondence1 it enables me to say1 with confidence1 ,i did not tell you that he was 'an invaluable servant in every way'1 and that you couldn't 'trust him too much'4 ,i have a precis of my letter4 ,what ,i said was 'he is a valuable servant in many ways1 but don't trust him too much'4 ,so1 if he's cheated you1 you really must not hold me responsible for it6 ,i will now give you a few simple ,rules for making1 and keeping1 a ,letter-,register4 ,get a blank book1 containing 7say7 #bjj leaves1 about #d inches wide and #g high4 ,it should be well fastened into its cover1 as it will have to be opened and shut hundreds of times4 ,have a line ruled1 in red ink1 down each margin of every page1 an inch off the edge 7the margin should be wide enough to contain a number of #e digits1 easily3 ,i manage with a #c_/d inch margin3 but1 unless you write very small you will find an inch more comfortable74 ,write a precis of each ,letter1 received or sent1 in chronological order4 ,let the entry of a 'received' ,letter reach from the left-hand edge to the right-hand marginal line2 and the entry of a 'sent' ,letter from the left-hand marginal line to the right-hand edge4 ,thus the two kinds will be quite distinct1 and you can easily hunt through the 'received' ,letters by themselves1 without being bothered with the 'sent' ,letters2 and vice versa4 ,use the right-hand pages only3 and1 when you come to the end of the book1 turn it upside-down1 and begin at the other end1 still using right-hand pages4 ,you will find this much more comfortable than using left-hand pages4 ,you will find it convenient to write1 at the top of every sheet of a 'received' ,letter1 its ,register-,number in full4 ,i will now give a few 7ideal7 specimen pages of my ,letter-,register1 and make a few remarks on them3 after which ,i think you will find it easy enough to manage one for yourself4 #bibag _/#ij4 ------- 7#bag7 ,ap4 #a 7,tu47 ,jones1 ,mrs4 am #bgeah sendg1 as present from self and ,mr4 ,j41 a white elephant4 #bbe ---------------------------------------- - 7#bah7 do4 ,wilkins ,co4 bill1 for#bhgdc grand piano1 ,l#age #ajs4 #f;d4 pd#bba1 #b ---------------------------------------- - 7#bai7 do4 ,scareham1 ,h4 writes from ',grand ,hotel1 ,monte ,carlo' asking to borrow ,l#ej for a few weeks 767 symbol ---------------------------------------- --------- symbol7#bbj7 do4 ,scareham1 ,h4 would like to know object1 for wh loan is asked1 and security offered4 ---------------------------------------- -- #bah7bba7 ,ap4 #c4 ,wilkins ,co4 in pre- vious letter1 now before me1 you undertook to supply one for ,l#abj3 #bdf;decling to pay more4 ---------------------------------------- -- #bcead7bbb7 do4 ,cheetham ,sharp4 have #bah written #bba--;enclosing previous let- #bbhter--is law on my side8 ---------------------------------------- ------- 7#bbc7 ,ap4 #d4 ,manager1 ,goods ,statn1 ,g4 ,n4,r4 ,white ,elephant arrived1 ad- dressed to you--send for it at once-- 'very savage'4 #bbf ---------------------------------------- --------- #bibbe _/#ij4 ------ #bag7bbe7 ,ap4 #d4 7,f7 ,jones1 ,mrs4 thanks1 but no room for it at present1 amsend- #bcj;ing it to ,zoological ,gardens4 ---------------------------------------- - #bbc7bbf7 do4 ,manager1 ,goods ,statn1 ,g4 ,n4 ,r4 please deliver1 to bearerof this note1 case containg ,white ,ele-phant addressed to me4 ---------------------------------------- -- 7#bbg7 do4 ,director ,zool4 ,garde ns4 7en- #bbc closing above note to ,r4 ,w4 ,manager7 call for valuable animal1 presented to #bbi;,gardens4 ---------------------------------------- --------- 7#bbh7 ,ap4 #h4 ,cheetham ,sharp4 you#bbb misquote enclosed letter1 limit named is ,l#ahj4 #bcg ---------------------------------------- -------- 7#bbi7 ,ap4 #i4 ,director1 ,zoo4 ,gardens4#bbg case delivered to us contained #a doz4 #bcj ,port--consumed at ,directors' ,ban- quet--many thanks4 ---------------------------------------- --------- #bbe7bcj7 do4 ,t ,jones1 ,mrs4 why call a symboldoz4 of ,port a ',white ,elephant'8 ---------------------------------------- --------- 7#bca7 do4 ,t ,jones1 ,mrs4 'it was a symbol joke'4 ---------------------------------------- --------- #bibcc _/#ij4 ------- 7#bcc7 ,ap4 #aj4 7,th7 ,page ,co4orderg ,macaulay's ,essays and ,jane ,eyre #bdb7;cheap edtn74 ---------------------------------------- --------- 7#bcd7 do4 ,aunt ,jemima--invitg for #b or #c days after the #aeth4 #bcf ---------------------------------------- - 7#bce7 do4 ,lon4 and ,west4 ,bk4 have recevd ,l#bej1 pd to yr ,acct fm ,parkins ,co4 ,calcutta en ---------------------------------------- --------- #bcd7bcf7 do4 ,aunt ,jemima--cannot possibly come this month1 willwrite #bciwhen able4 ---------------------------------------- -- #bbh7bcg7 ,ap4 #aa4 ,cheetham and ,co4 re- #bdjturn letter enclosed to you4 x ---------------------------------------- -- 7#bch7 do4 ,morton1 ,philip4 ,could you lend me ,browning's ',dramatis ,per- #bdesonae' for a day or #b8 ---------------------------------------- --------- 7#bci7 ,ap4 #ad4 ,aunt ,jemima1 leav- #bcf ing house at end of month 3 address '#acf1 ,royal ,avenue1 ,bath4' ---------------------------------------- - 7#bdj7 ,ap4 #ae4 ,cheetham and ,co41 #bcg returngletter as reqd1 bill #f_/f_/h4 #bdd ---------------------------------------- --------- #bibdb _/#ij4 ------- 7#bdb7 ,ap4 #ae4 7,tu7 ,page ,co4 bill #bcc for books1 as ordered1 #ae_/f ---------------------------------------- - 7#bdc7 do4 pilcrow do4 books #bdg ---------------------------------------- --------- #bdj7bdd7 do4 ,cheetham and ,co4 can un- #bdh;derstand the #f_/h--what is ,l#f;for8 ---------------------------------------- --------- 7#bde7 ,ap4 #ag4 pilcrow ,morton1 ,p4 ',dra- #bch matis ,personae'1 as asked for4 retd #bdi ---------------------------------------- --------- #bba7bdf7 do4 ,wilkins and ,co4 with #bej;bill1 #age_/aj_/f1 and ch4 for do4 en ---------------------------------------- -- #bdc7bdg7 do4 ,page and ,co4 bill1 #ae_/f1 postal symbol#ajgbeh for #ae_/- and#f stps4 ---------------------------------------- --------- 7#bdh7 ,ap4 #ah4 ,cheetham and ,co4 it #bdd was a 'clerical error' 767 ---------------------------------------- --------- #bde7bdi7 ,ap4 #ai4 ,morton1 ,p4 returng ,browning with many thanks4 ---------------------------------------- --------- 7#bej7 do4 ,wilkins and ,co4 receptd #bdf bill4 ---------------------------------------- --------- ,i begin each page by putting1 at the top left-hand corner1 the next entry-number ,i am going to use1 in full 7the last #c digits of each entry-number are enough afterwards72 and ,i put the date of the year1 at the top1 in the centre4 ,i begin each entry with the last #c digits of the entry-number1 enclosed in an oval 7this is difficult to reproduce in print1 so ,i have put round-parentheses here74 ,then1 for the first entry in each page1 ,i put the day of the month and the day of the week3 afterwards1 'do4' is enough for the month-day1 till it changes3 ,i do not repeat the week-day4 ,next1 if the entry is not a letter1 ,i put a symbol for 'parcel' 7see ,nos4 #bdc1 #bde7 or 'telegram' 7see ,nos4 #bcj1 #bca7 as the case may be4 ,next1 the name of the person1 underlined 7indicated here by italics74 ,if an entry needs special further attention1 ,i put at the end3 and1 when it has been attended to1 ,i fill in the appropriate symbol1 e4g4 in ,no4 #bah1 it showed that the bill had to be paid2 in ,no4 #bbb1 that an answer was really needed 7the 'x' means 'attended to'72 in ,no4 #bcd1 that ,i owed the old lady a visit2 in ,no4 #bce1 that the item had to be entered in my account book2 in ,no4 #bcf1 that ,i must not forget to write2 in ,no4 #bci1 that the address had to be entered in my address-book2 in ,no4 #bde1 that the book had to be returned4 ,i give each entry the space of #b lines1 whether it fills them or not1 in order to have room for references4 ,and1 at the foot of each page ,i leave #b or #c lines blank 7often useful afterwards for entering omitted ,letters7 and miss one or #b numbers before ,i begin the next page4 ,at any odd moments of leisure1 ,i 'make up' the entry-book1 in various ways1 as follows3-- 7#a7 ,i draw a second line1 at the right-hand end of the 'received' entries1 and at the left-hand end of the 'sent' entries4 ,this ,i usually do pretty well 'up to date'4 ,in my ,register the first line is red1 the second blue3 here ,i distinguish them by making the first thin1 and the second thick4 7#b7 ,beginning with the last entry1 and going backwards1 ,i read over the names till ,i recognise one as having occurred already3 ,i then link the two entries together1 by giving the one1 that comes first in chronological order1 a 'foot-reference' 7see ,nos4 #bag1 #bbe74 ,i do not keep this 'up-to-date'1 but leave it till there are #d or #e pages to be done4 ,i work back till ,i come among entries that are all supplied with 'foot-references'1 when ,i once more glance through the last few pages1 to see if there are any entries not yet supplied with head-references3 their predecessors may need a special search4 ,if an entry is connected1 in subject1 with another under a different name1 ,i link them by cross-references1 distinguished from the head- and foot-references by being written further from the marginal line 7see ,no4 #bbi74 ,when #b consecutive entries have the same name1 and are both of the same kind 7i4e4 both 'received' or both 'sent'7 ,i bracket them 7see ,nos4 #bdb1 #bdc72 if of different kinds1 ,i link them with the symbol used for ,nos4 #bai1 #bbj4 7#c7 ,beginning at the earliest entry not yet done with1 and going forwards1 ,i cross out every entry that has got a head- and foot-reference1 and is done with1 by continuing the extra line through it 7see ,nos4 #bba1 #bbc1 #bbe74 ,thus1 wherever a break occurs in this extra line1 it shows there is some matter still needing attention4 ,i do not keep this anything like 'up to date'1 but leave it till there are #cj or #dj pages to look through at a time4 ,when the first page in the volume is thus completely crossed out1 ,i put a mark at the foot of the page to indicate this2 and so with pages #b1 #c1 c4 ,hence1 whenever ,i do this part of the 'making up'1 ,i need not begin at the beginning of the volume1 but only at the earliest page that has not got this mark4 ,all this looks very complicated1 when stated at full length3 but you will find it perfectly simple1 when you have had a little practice1 and will come to regard the 'making-up' as a pleasant occupation for a rainy day1 or at any time that you feel disinclined for more severe mental work4 ,in the ,game of ,whist1 ,hoyle gives us one golden ,rule1 ,when in doubt1 win the trick--,i find that ,rule admirable for real life3 when in doubt what to do1 ,i 'make-up' my ,letter-,register6 ,,the ,,end4 ,works by ,lewis ,carroll4 ,,published ,,by ,,macmillan ,,co41 ,ltd41 ,,london4 ,alice's ,adventures in ,wonderland4 ,with ,forty-two ,illustrations by ,,tenniel4 7,first published in #ahfe47 ,crown #hvo1 cloth1 gilt edges1 price #fs4 net4 ,ninetieth ,thousand4 ,the same2 ,people's ,edition4 7,first published in #ahhg47 ,crown #hvo1 cloth1 price #bs4 #f;d4 net4 ,one hundred and forty-third ,thousand4 ,the same2 ,illustrated ,pocket ,classics for the ,young4 ,fcap4 #hvo1 cloth1 with full gilt back and gilt top1 #bs4 net4 ,limp leather1 with full gilt back and gilt edges1 #cs4 net4 ,the same4 #hvo1 sewed1 #f;d42 cloth1 #as4 ,the same2 ,miniature ,edition4 ,pott #hvo1 #as4 net4 ,the same2 ,little ,folks' ,edition4 ,square #afmo4 ,with ,coloured ,illustrations4 #as4 net4 ,aventures d',alice au pays des ,merveilles4 ,traduit de l',anglais par ,,henry ,,bue4 ,ouvrage illustre de #db ,vignettes par ,,john ,,tenniel4 7,first published in #ahfi47 ,crown #hvo1 cloth1 gilt edges1 price #fs4 net4 ,second ,thousand4 ,le ,avventure d',alice nel paese delle ,meraviglie4 ,tradotte dall' ,inglese da ,t4 ,,pietrocola-,,rossetti4 ,con #db ,vignette di ,,giovanni ,,tenniel4 7,first published in #ahgb47 ,crown #hvo1 cloth1 gilt edges1 price #fs4 net4 ,alice's ,adventures ,under ,ground4 ,being a ,facsimile of the original ,,ms4 ,book1 which was afterwards developed into ,alice's ,adventures in ,wonderland4 ,with ,thirty-seven ,illustrations by the ,author4 7,begun1 ,july1 #ahfb2 finished1 ,feb41 #ahfc2 first published1 in facsimile1 in #ahhf47 ,crown #hvo1 cloth1 gilt edges1 price #ds4 net4 ,fourth ,thousand4 ,through the ,looking-,glass2 and what ,alice found there4 ,with ,fifty ,illustrations by ,,tenniel4 7,first published in #ahga47 ,crown #hvo1 cloth1 gilt edges1 price #fs4 net4 ,sixty-third ,thousand4 ,the same2 ,people's ,edition4 7,first published in #ahhg47 ,crown #hvo1 cloth1 price #bs4 #f;d4 net4 ,eighty-fourth ,thousand4 ,the same2 ,illustrated ,pocket ,classics for the ,young4 ,fcap4 #hvo1 cloth1 with full gilt back and gilt top1 #bs4 net4 ,limp leather1 with full gilt back and gilt edges1 #cs4 net4 ,the same4 #hvo1 sewed1 #f;d42 cloth #as4 ,the same2 ,little ,folks' ,edition4 ,square #afmo4 ,with ,coloured ,illustrations4 #as4 #f;d4 net4 ,alice's ,adventures in ,wonderland2 and ,through the ,looking-,glass2 ,people's ,editions4 ,both ,books together in ,one ,volume4 7,first published in #ahhg47 ,crown #hvo1 cloth1 price #ds4 #f;d4 net4 ,the ,hunting of the ,snark4 ,an ,agony in ,eight ,fits4 ,with ,nine ,illustrations1 and two large gilt designs on cover1 by ,,henry ,,holiday4 7,first published in #ahgf47 ,crown #hvo1 cloth1 gilt edges1 price #ds4 #f;d4 net4 ,twenty-third ,thousand4 ,rhyme8 and ,reason8 ,with ,sixty-five ,illustrations by ,,arthur ,b4 ,,frost1 and ,nine by ,,henry ,,holiday4 7,first published in #ahhc1 being a reprint1 with a few additions1 of the comic portions of ,phantasmagoria1 and other ,poems1 published in #ahfi1 and of ,the ,hunting of the ,snark1 published in #ahgf47 ,crown #hvo1 cloth1 gilt edges1 price #fs4 net4 ,eighth ,thousand4 ,sylvie and ,bruno concluded4 ,with ,forty-six ,illustrations by ,,harry ,,furniss4 7,first published in #ahic47 ,fifth ,thousand4 ,crown #hvo1 cloth1 gilt edges1 price #gs4 #f;d4 net4 ,people's ,edition1 #bs4 #f;d4 net4 ,n4,b4--,this book contains #daa pages4 ,the ,story of ,sylvie and ,bruno1 ,in ,one ,volume4 ,with ,illustrations by ,,harry ,,furniss4 ,crown #hvo1 #cs4 #f;d4 net4 ,three ,sunsets1 and other ,poems4 ,with ,twelve ,illustrations by ,e4 ,,gertrude ,,thomson4 ,fcap4 #dto1 cloth1 gilt edges1 price #ds4 net4 ,n4,b4--,this is a reprint1 with a few additions1 of the serious portion of ,phantasmagoria1 and other ,poems1 published in #ahfi4 ,works by ,lewis ,carroll4 ,,published ,,by ,,chatto ,,windus1 #aaa ,,st4 ,,martin',s ,,lane1 ,,london1 ,w4,c4 ,price #as4 net1 boards2 #bs4 net1 bound in leather4 ,,feeding ,,the ,,mind4 ,a lecture delivered in #ahhd4 ,with ,preface by ,,william ,h4 ,,draper4 ,,always ,,in ,,stock ,,at ,,emberlin ,,son1 ,,oxford4 ,,postage ,,one ,,penny4 ,,advice ,,to ,,writers4 ,buy ,,the ,,wonderland ,,case ,,for ,,postage-,,stamps1 invented by ,,lewis ,,carroll1 ,october #bi1 #ahhh1 size #d inches by #c1 containing #ab separate pockets for stamps of different values1 #b ,coloured ,pictorial ,surprises taken from ,alice in ,wonderland1 and #h or #i ,wise ,words about ,letter-,writing4 ,it is published by ,messrs4 ,,emberlin ,,son1 #d ,magdalen ,street1 ,oxford4 ,price #as4 ,n4,b4--,if ordered by ,post1 an additional payment will be required1 to cover cost of postage1 as follows3-- ,one1 two1 three1 or four copies1 #a;d4 ,five to fourteen do41 #c;d4 ,each subsequent fourteen or fraction thereof1 #a;d4 ,the ,wonderland ,illustration ,postage-,stamp ,case ,,published ,,by ,,emberlin ,,and ,,son1 #d1 ,,magdalen ,,street1 ,,oxford4 ,illustration 7,,post ,,free1 #ac;d47 ,,price ,,one ,,shilling ,illustration ,illustration ,illustration ,invented by ,illustration ,lewis ,carroll ,,mdccclxxxix ,transcriber's ,notes3 ,passages in italics are indicated by italics4 ,the original text includes an intention blank space that is represented in this text version as 4