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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
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