“AND OUT AND LAUGHED THE POPINJAY”
“O HUSH THEE, GENTLE POPINJAY!”
“THE DOGGIE CEASED HIS NOISE”
[These consist of two Double Acrostics and two Charades.No. I. was written at the request of some young friends, who had gone to a ball at an Oxford Commemoration—and also as a specimen of what might be done by making the Double Acrostica connected poeminstead of what it has hitherto been, a string of disjointed stanzas, on every conceivable subject, and about as interesting to read straight through as a page of a Cyclopædia. The first two stanzas describe the two main words, and each subsequent stanza one of the cross “lights.”No. II. was written after seeing Miss Ellen Terry perform in the play of “Hamlet.” In this case the first stanza describes the two main words.No. III. was written after seeing Miss Marion Terry perform in Mr. Gilbert’s play of “Pygmalion and Galatea.” The three stanzas respectively describe “My First,” “My Second,” and “My Whole.”]
[These consist of two Double Acrostics and two Charades.
No. I. was written at the request of some young friends, who had gone to a ball at an Oxford Commemoration—and also as a specimen of what might be done by making the Double Acrostica connected poeminstead of what it has hitherto been, a string of disjointed stanzas, on every conceivable subject, and about as interesting to read straight through as a page of a Cyclopædia. The first two stanzas describe the two main words, and each subsequent stanza one of the cross “lights.”
No. II. was written after seeing Miss Ellen Terry perform in the play of “Hamlet.” In this case the first stanza describes the two main words.
No. III. was written after seeing Miss Marion Terry perform in Mr. Gilbert’s play of “Pygmalion and Galatea.” The three stanzas respectively describe “My First,” “My Second,” and “My Whole.”]
[Affectionately dedicated to all “original researchers” who pant for “endowment.”]
“GO, THRONG EACH OTHER’S DRAWING-ROOMS”
THE END.
[TURN OVER.
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WORKS BY LEWIS CARROLL.ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. With Forty-two Illustrations byTenniel. Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt edges, price 6s.Seventy-first Thousand.TRANSLATIONS OF THE SAME—into French, byHenri Bué—into German, byAntonie Zimmermann—and into Italian, byT. Pietrocòla Rossetti—withTenniel’sIllustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt edges, price 6s.each.THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS, AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE. With Fifty Illustrations byTenniel. Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt edges, price 6s.Fifty-second Thousand.RHYME? AND REASON? With Sixty-five Illustrations byArthur B. Frost, and Nine byHenry Holiday. (This book is a reprint, with a few additions, of the comic portion of “Phantasmagoria and other Poems,” and of “The Hunting of the Snark.” Mr. Frost’s pictures are new.) Crown 8vo, cloth, coloured edges, price 7s.N.B. In selling the above-mentioned books to the Trade, Messrs. Macmillan and Co. will abate 2d.in the shilling (no odd copies), and allow 5 per cent. discount for payment within six months, and 10 per cent. for cash. In selling them to the Public (for cash only) they will allow 10 per cent. discount.Mr. Lewis Carroll, having been requested to allow “An Easter Greeting” (a leaflet, addressed to children, and frequently given with his books) to be sold separately, has arranged with Messrs. HARRISON, of 59, Pall Mall, who will supply a single copy for 1d., or 12 for 9d., or 100 for 5s.MACMILLAN & CO., LONDON.LONDON: R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS.
ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. With Forty-two Illustrations byTenniel. Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt edges, price 6s.Seventy-first Thousand.
TRANSLATIONS OF THE SAME—into French, byHenri Bué—into German, byAntonie Zimmermann—and into Italian, byT. Pietrocòla Rossetti—withTenniel’sIllustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt edges, price 6s.each.
THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS, AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE. With Fifty Illustrations byTenniel. Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt edges, price 6s.Fifty-second Thousand.
RHYME? AND REASON? With Sixty-five Illustrations byArthur B. Frost, and Nine byHenry Holiday. (This book is a reprint, with a few additions, of the comic portion of “Phantasmagoria and other Poems,” and of “The Hunting of the Snark.” Mr. Frost’s pictures are new.) Crown 8vo, cloth, coloured edges, price 7s.
N.B. In selling the above-mentioned books to the Trade, Messrs. Macmillan and Co. will abate 2d.in the shilling (no odd copies), and allow 5 per cent. discount for payment within six months, and 10 per cent. for cash. In selling them to the Public (for cash only) they will allow 10 per cent. discount.
Mr. Lewis Carroll, having been requested to allow “An Easter Greeting” (a leaflet, addressed to children, and frequently given with his books) to be sold separately, has arranged with Messrs. HARRISON, of 59, Pall Mall, who will supply a single copy for 1d., or 12 for 9d., or 100 for 5s.
MACMILLAN & CO., LONDON.
LONDON: R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS.
Footnote:
[1]This office was usually undertaken by the Boots, who found in it a refuge from the Baker’s constant complaints about the insufficient blacking of his three pair of boots.