Skip to content

Opening book details…

Can I read The unknown Lewis Carroll : eight major works and many minor on EtoBox?

The unknown Lewis Carroll : eight major works and many minor by Carroll, Lewis Pseud.(Dogdson, Charles Lutwidge) Collingwood, Stuart D.ed is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The unknown Lewis Carroll : eight major works and many minor about?

Although Lewis Carroll's two great "Wonderland" fantasies were printed in large editions, most of his better humor, fantasy, and mathematical recreations appeared only in privately printed pamphlets of perhaps a hundred copies or so, which Carroll distributed to his friends. Most of this material is now extremely difficult to obtain, and reposes in the treasure rooms of larger libraries. S. Dodgson Collingwood, Carroll's nephew and authorized biographer, gathered together in this volume the best of this privately printed humor and recreation by Carroll, and edited it with explanatory introductions. This compendium volume contains the finest material from "The Rectory Umbrella" and "Misch-Masch," manuscript periodicals that Carroll issued, as well as the full texts of the following humorous and satirical works: "The New Method of Evaluation as Applied to Pi"; "The Dynamics of a Parti-cle"; "Facts, Figures, and Fancies"; "The New Belfry"; "The Vision of the Three T's"; and "The Blank Cheque." These are generally considered to be among Carroll's very best work. The editor has also picked up such mathematical recreations and games as are not available elsewhere. These include the fragm

Author
Carroll, Lewis Pseud.(Dogdson, Charles Lutwidge) Collingwood, Stuart D.ed
Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated
Published
1961
Language
EN
ISBN
9780486207322
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Humanities
Rating
5 / 5 (1 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-24

More by Carroll, Lewis Pseud.(Dogdson, Charles Lutwidge) Collingwood, Stuart D.ed

Browse all works by Carroll, Lewis Pseud.(Dogdson, Charles Lutwidge) Collingwood, Stuart D.ed

Similar books