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Title: Alice's Adventures in WonderlandAuthor: Lewis CarrollContributor: Austin DobsonIllustrator: Arthur RackhamRelease date: May 19, 2009 [eBook #28885]Most recently updated: January 5, 2021Language: EnglishCredits: Produced by Jana Srna, Emmy and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file wasproduced from images generously made available by theUniversity of Florida Digital Collections.)
Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Author: Lewis CarrollContributor: Austin DobsonIllustrator: Arthur Rackham
Author: Lewis Carroll
Contributor: Austin Dobson
Illustrator: Arthur Rackham
Release date: May 19, 2009 [eBook #28885]Most recently updated: January 5, 2021
Language: English
Credits: Produced by Jana Srna, Emmy and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file wasproduced from images generously made available by theUniversity of Florida Digital Collections.)
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Endpapers
"Alice"
Title page
Printed in England
'Tis two score years sinceCarroll'sart,With topsy-turvy magic,SentAlicewondering through a partHalf-comic and half-tragic.EnchantingAlice! Black-and-whiteHas made your deeds perennial;And naught save "Chaos and old Night"Can part you now fromTenniel;But still you are a Type, and basedIn Truth, likeLearandHamlet;And Types may be re-draped to tasteIn cloth-of-gold or camlet.Here comes afresh Costumier, then;That Taste may gain a wrinkleFrom him who drew with such deft penThe rags ofRip Van Winkle!
AUSTIN DOBSON.
All in the golden afternoonFull leisurely we glide;For both our oars, with little skill,By little arms are plied,While little hands make vain pretenceOur wanderings to guide.Ah, cruel Three! In such an hour,Beneath such dreamy weather,To beg a tale of breath too weakTo stir the tiniest feather!Yet what can one poor voice availAgainst three tongues together?Imperious Prima flashes forthHer edict "to begin it"—In gentler tone Secunda hopes"There will be nonsense in it!"—While Tertia interrupts the taleNotmorethan once a minute.Anon, to sudden silence won,In fancy they pursueThe dream-child moving through a landOf wonders wild and new,In friendly chat with bird or beast—And half believe it true.And ever, as the story drainedThe wells of fancy dry.And faintly strove that weary oneTo put the subject by,"The rest next time—" "Itisnext time!"The happy voices cry.Thus grew the tale of Wonderland:Thus slowly, one by one,Its quaint events were hammered out—And now the tale is done,And home we steer, a merry crew,Beneath the setting sun.Alice! a childish story take,And with a gentle handLay it where Childhood's dreams are twinedIn Memory's mystic band,Like pilgrim's wither'd wreath of flowersPluck'd in a far-off land.
Book spinePAGEI.Down the Rabbit-hole1II.The Pool of Tears13III.A Caucus-race and a Long Tale24IV.The Rabbit sends in a Little Bill35V.Advice from a Caterpillar49VI.Pig and Pepper64VII.A Mad Tea-party82VIII.The Queen's Croquet-ground96IX.The Mock Turtle's Story111X.The Lobster Quadrille126XI.Who Stole the Tarts?139XII.Alice's Evidence150
PAGEI.Down the Rabbit-hole1II.The Pool of Tears13III.A Caucus-race and a Long Tale24IV.The Rabbit sends in a Little Bill35V.Advice from a Caterpillar49VI.Pig and Pepper64VII.A Mad Tea-party82VIII.The Queen's Croquet-ground96IX.The Mock Turtle's Story111X.The Lobster Quadrille126XI.Who Stole the Tarts?139XII.Alice's Evidence150
To face pageAliceFrontispieceThe Pool of Tears22They all crowded round it panting and asking, "But who has won?"28"Why, Mary Ann, what are you doing out here?"36Advice from a Caterpillar50An unusually large saucepan flew close by it, and very nearly carried it off70It grunted again so violently that she looked down into its face in some alarm74A Mad Tea-Party84The Queen turned angrily away from him and said to the Knave, "Turn them over"100The Queen never left off quarrelling with the other players, and shouting "Off with his head!" or, "Off with her head!"116The Mock Turtle drew a long breath and said, "That's very curious"132Who stole the Tarts?140At this the whole pack rose up into the air, and came flying down upon her158
Alice
The Pool of Tears
They all crowded round it panting and asking, "But who has won?"
"Why, Mary Ann, what are you doing out here?"
Advice from a Caterpillar
An unusually large saucepan flew close by it, and very nearly carried it off
It grunted again so violently that she looked down into its face in some alarm
A Mad Tea-Party
The Queen turned angrily away from him and said to the Knave, "Turn them over"
The Queen never left off quarrelling with the other players, and shouting "Off with his head!" or, "Off with her head!"
The Mock Turtle drew a long breath and said, "That's very curious"
Who stole the Tarts?
At this the whole pack rose up into the air, and came flying down upon her