Chapter 25: Looking Eastward

PREFACE.

SYLVIE AND BRUNO By Lewis Carroll With Forty-Six Illustrations CONTENTS CHAPTER I. LESS BREAD! MORE TAXES! 1 II. L’AMIE INCONNUE 16 III. BIRTHDAY-PRESENTS 29 IV. A CUNNING CONSPIRACY 43 V. A BEGGAR’S PALACE 56 VI. THE MAGIC LOCKET 73 VII. THE BARON’S EMBASSY 87 VIII. A RIDE ON A LION 100 IX. A JESTER AND A BEAR 113 X. THE OTHER PROFESSOR 129 XI. PETER AND PAUL 143 XII. A MUSICAL GARDENER 156 XIII. A VISIT TO DOGLAND 171 XIV. FAIRY-SYLVIE 187 XV. BRUNO’S REVENGE 207 XVI. A CHANGED CROCODILE 222 XVII. THE THREE BADGERS 234 XVIII. QUEER STREET, NUMBER FORTY 255 XIX. HOW TO MAKE A PHLIZZ 271 XX. LIGHT COME, LIGHT GO 287 XXI. THROUGH THE IVORY DOOR 304 XXII. CROSSING THE LINE 325 XXIII. AN OUTLANDISH WATCH 345 XXIV. THE FROGS’ BIRTHDAY-TREAT 361 XXV. LOOKING EASTWARD 383 Index 396

SYLVIE AND BRUNO (CONCLUDED) By Lewis Carroll With Forty-Six Illustrations By Harry Furniss CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. BRUNO’S LESSONS 1 II. LOVE’S CURFEW 20 III. STREAKS OF DAWN 36 IV. THE DOG-KING 52 V. MATILDA JANE 67 VI. WILLIE’S WIFE 82 VII. FORTUNATUS’ PURSE 96 VIII. IN A SHADY PLACE 110 IX. THE FAREWELL-PARTY 128 X. JABBERING AND JAM 147 XI. THE MAN IN THE MOON 162 XII. FAIRY-MUSIC 175 XIII. WHAT TOTTLES MEANT 194 XIV. BRUNO’S PICNIC 212 XV. THE LITTLE FOXES 233 XVI. BEYOND THESE VOICES 247 XVII. TO THE RESCUE! 262 XVIII. A NEWSPAPER-CUTTING 282 XIX. A FAIRY-DUET 287 XX. GAMMON AND SPINACH 310 XXI. THE PROFESSOR’S LECTURE 329 XXII. THE BANQUET 346 XXIII. THE PIG-TALE 363 XXIV. THE BEGGAR’S RETURN 381 XXV. LIFE OUT OF DEATH 400 General Index 413 List of Works 426 ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. I. THE MARCH-UP 3 VISITING THE PROFESSOR 11 BOOTS FOR HORIZONTAL WEATHER 15 A PORTABLE PLUNGE-BATH 24 REMOVAL OF UGGUG 41 ‘WHAT A GAME!’ 48 ‘DRINK THIS!’ 53 ‘COME, YOU BE OFF!’ 62 THE GARDENER 66 A BEGGAR’S PALACE 72 THE CRIMSON LOCKET 77 ‘HE THOUGHT HE SAW A BUFFALO’ 79 ‘IT WAS A HIPPOPOTAMUS’ 91 THE MAP OF FAIRYLAND 96 ‘HE THOUGHT HE SAW A KANGAROO’ 106 THE MOUSE-LION 108 ‘HAMMER IT IN!’ 115 A BEAR WITHOUT A HEAD 117 ‘COME UP, BRUIN!’ 123 THE OTHER PROFESSOR 135 ‘HOW CHEERFULLY THE BOND HE SIGNED!’ 144 ‘POOR PETER SHUDDERED IN DESPAIR’ 147 ‘SUCH BOOTS AS THESE YOU SELDOM SEE’ 150 ‘I WILL LEND YOU FIFTY MORE!’ 154 ‘HE THOUGHT HE SAW AN ALBATROSS’ 165 THE MASTIFF-SENTINEL 172 THE DOG-KING 176 FAIRY-SYLVIE 193 BRUNO’S REVENGE 213 FAIRIES RESTING 226 A CHANGED CROCODILE 229 A LECTURE ON ART 240 ‘THREE BADGERS ON A MOSSY STONE’ 247 ‘THE FATHER-BADGER, WRITHING IN A CAVE’ 249 ‘THOSE AGED ONES WAXED GAY’ 252 ‘HOW PERFECTLY ISOCHRONOUS!’ 268 THE LAME CHILD 280 ‘IT WENT IN TWO HALVES’ 285 FIVE O’CLOCK TEA 296 ‘WHAT’S THE MATTER, DARLING?’ 307 THE DEAD HARE 321 CROSSING THE LINE 341 ‘THE PUG-DOG SAT UP’ 351 THE QUEEN’S BABY 363 THE FROGS’ BIRTHDAY-TREAT 373 ‘HE WRENCHED OUT THAT CROCODILE’S TOOF!’ 380 ‘LOOK EASTWARD!’ 395 ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. II. SYLVIE’S TRUANT-PUPIL 8 KING FISHER’S WOOING 15 ‘SPEND IT ALL FOR MINNIE’ 22 ‘ARE NOT THOSE ORCHISES?’ 50 A ROYAL THIEF-TAKER 62 ‘SUMMAT WRONG WI’ MY SPECTACLES!’ 64 BESSIE’S SONG 75 THE RESCUE OF WILLIE 83 WILLIE’S WIFE 88 FORTUNATUS’ PURSE 103 ‘I AM SITTING AT YOUR FEET’ 119 MEIN HERR’S FAIRY-FRIENDS 163 ‘HOW CALL YOU THE OPERA?’ 178 SCHOLAR-HUNTING: THE PURSUED 188 SCHOLAR-HUNTING: THE PURSUERS 189 THE EGG-MERCHANT 197 STARTING FOR BRUNO’S PICNIC 230 ‘ENTER THE LION’ 236 ‘WHIHUAUCH! WHIHUAUCH!’ 242 ‘NEVER!’ YELLED TOTTLES 248 BRUNO’S BED-TIME 265 ‘LONG CEREMONIOUS CALLS’ 266 THE VOICES 267 ‘HIS SOUL SHALL BE SAD FOR THE SPIDER’ 268 LORDS OF THE CREATION 271 ‘WILL YOU NOT SPARE ME?’ 277 IN THE CHURCH-YARD 291 A FAIRY-DUET 304 THE OTHER PROFESSOR FOUND 317 ‘HER IMPERIAL HIGHNESS IS SURPRISED!’ 326 ‘HE THOUGHT HE SAW AN ELEPHANT’ 335 AN EXPLOSION 345 ‘A CANNOT SHAK’ HANDS WI’ THEE!’ 350 THE OTHER PROFESSOR’S FALL 352 ‘TEACHING TIGRESSES TO SMILE’ 365 ‘HORRID WAS THAT PIG’S DESPAIR!’ 367 THE FATAL JUMP 369 ‘BATHING CROCODILES IN CREAM’ 371 ‘THAT PIG LAY STILL AS ANY STONE’ 372 ‘STILL HE SITS IN MISERIE’ 373 ‘BLESSED BY HAPPY STAGS’ 377 THE OLD BEGGAR’S RETURN 382 ‘PORCUPINE!’ 388 ‘GOOD-NIGHT, PROFESSOR!’ 398 ‘HIS WIFE KNELT DOWN AT HIS SIDE’ 404 THE BLUE LOCKET 409 ‘IT IS LOVE!’ 411

PHANTASMAGORIA AND OTHER POEMS By Lewis Carroll Illustrations By Arthur B. Frost CONTENTS

PAGE

Phantasmagoria, in Seven Cantos:—

I.

The Trystyng

1

II.

Hys Fyve Rules

10

III.

Scarmoges

18

IV.

Hys Nouryture

26

V.

Byckerment

34

VI.

Dyscomfyture

44

VII.

Sad Souvenaunce

53

Echoes

58

A Sea Dirge

59

Ye Carpette Knyghte

64

Hiawatha’s Photographing

66

Melancholetta

78

A Valentine

84

The Three Voices:—

The First Voice

87

The Second Voice

98

The Third Voice

109

p. viiiTèma Con Variaziòni

118

A Game of Fives

120

Poeta fit, non nascitur

123

Size and Tears

131

Atalanta in Camden-Town

136

The Lang Coortin’

140

Four Riddles

152

Fame’s Penny-Trumpet

163

THE GAME OF LOGIC By Lewis Carroll

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. NEW LAMPS FOR OLD.
1. Propositions . . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
2. Syllogisms . . . . . . . . 20
3. Fallacies . . . . . . . . 32

II. CROSS QUESTIONS.
1. Elementary . . . . . . . . 37
2. Half of Smaller Diagram. Propositions
to be represented . . . . . 40
3. Do. Symbols to be interpreted. . 42
4. Smaller Diagram. Propositions to be
represented . . . . . . . 44
5. Do. Symbols to be interpreted. . 46
6. Larger Diagram. Propositions to be
represented . . . . . . . 48
7. Both Diagrams to be employed . . 51

III. CROOKED ANSWERS.
1. Elementary . . . . . . . . 55
2. Half of Smaller Diagram. Propositions
represented . . . . . . . 59
3. Do. Symbols interpreted . . . 61
4. Smaller Diagram. Propositions
represented. 62
5. Do. Symbols interpreted . . . 65
6. Larger Diagram. Propositions
represented. 67
7. Both Diagrams employed . . . . 72

IV. HIT OR MISS . . . . . . . . . 85

A TANGLED TALE By Lewis Carroll CONTENTS KNOT PAGE I. Excelsior 1 II. Eligible Apartments 4 III. Mad Mathesis 13 IV. The Dead Reckoning 19 V. Oughts and Crosses 27 VI. Her Radiancy 34 VII. Petty Cash 43 VIII. De Omnibus Rebus 52 IX. A Serpent with Corners 58 X. Chelsea Buns 66

Answers to Knot I. 77
" " II. 84
" " III. 90
" " IV. 96
" " V. 102
" " VI. 106
" " VII. 112
" " VIII. 132
" " IX. 135
" " X. 142

RHYME? AND REASON? By Lewis Carroll WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

CONTENTS. PAGE Phantasmagoria, in Seven Cantos:— I. The Trystyng 1 II. Hys Fyve Rules 10 III. Scarmoges 18 IV. Hys Nouryture 26 V. Byckerment 34 VI. Dyscomfyture 44 VII. Sad Souvenaunce 53 Echoes 58 A Sea Dirge 59 Ye Carpette Knyghte 64 Hiawatha’s Photographing 66 Melancholetta 78 A Valentine 84 The Three Voices: The First Voice 87 The Second Voice 98 The Third Voice 109 Tèma Con Variazióni 118 A Game of Fives 120 Poeta fit, non nascitur 123 The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony in Eight Fits:— I. The Landing 134 II. The Bellman’s Speech 142 III. The Baker’s Tale 148 IV. The Hunting 153 V. The Beaver’s Lesson 159 VI. The Barrister’s Dream 167 VII. The Banker’s Fate 173 VIII. The Vanishing 177 Size and Tears 181 Atalanta in Camden Town 186 The Lang Coortin’ 190 Four Riddles 202 Fame’s Penny-Trumpet 211

THREE SUNSETS AND OTHER POEMS By Lewis Carroll WITH TWELVE FAIRY-FANCIES By E. Gertrude Thomson CONTENTS PAGE THREE SUNSETS 1 THE PATH OF ROSES 8 THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH 15 SOLITUDE 23 FAR AWAY 26 BEATRICE 29 STOLEN WATERS 34 THE WILLOW-TREE 42 ONLY A WOMAN’S HAIR 44 THE SAILOR’S WIFE 48 AFTER THREE DAYS 53 FACES IN THE FIRE 59 A LESSON IN LATIN 63 PUCK LOST AND FOUND 64 A SONG OF LOVE 67 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FAIRIES AND NAUTILUS Front. FAIRIES IN BOAT 7 FAIRIES AND BOWER 14 SLEEPING FAIRIES 22 FAIRY RIDING ON CRAY-FISH 28 FAIRIES AND SQUIRREL 33 FAIRIES AND JONQUILS 41 FAIRIES AND FROG 47 FAIRY ON MUSHROOM 52 FAIRIES RIDING ON FISH 58 FAIRY AND WASP 62 FAIRIES UNDER MUSHROOM 66

EIGHT OR NINE WISE WORDS ABOUT LETTER-WRITING By Lewis Carroll

CONTENTS Page. On Stamp-Cases 5 How to begin a Letter 9 How to go on with a Letter 12 How to end a Letter 21 On registering Correspondence 23