The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 380 pages of information about The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson).

The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 380 pages of information about The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson).

LEWIS CARROLL
From a photograph.

ELLEN TERRY
From a photograph by Lewis Carroll.

TOM TAYLOR
From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1863.

KATE TERRY
From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1865.

MISS E. GERTRUDE THOMSON
From a photograph.

DR. LIDDELL
From a photograph by Hill & Saunders.

“RESPONSIONS”
From a photograph by A.T.  Shrimpton.

H. FURNISS
From a photograph.

“BALBUS AND THE DRAGON”
From a crayon drawing by the Rev. H.C.  Gaye.

MEDLEY OF TENNIEL’S ILLUSTRATIONS IN “ALICE”
From an etching by Miss Whitehead.

FACSIMILE OF A LETTER FROM H. FURNISS TO LEWIS CARROLL,

DATED AUGUST 23, 1886

SYLVIE AND BRUNO
From a drawing by Henry Holiday.

FACSIMILE OF PROGRAMME OF “ALICE IN WONDERLAND” PRODUCED AT THE ROYAL GLOBE THEATRE, DECEMBER 26, 1888.

“THE MAD TEA PARTY”
From a photograph by Elliott and Fry.

THE LATE DUKE OF ALBANY
From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1875.

THE DEAN OF CHRIST CHURCH
From a photograph by Hill & Saunders.

THE MECHANICAL “HUMPTY DUMPTY”
From a photograph.

LEWIS CARROLL
From a photograph.

THE CHESTNUTS, GUILDFORD
From a photograph.

LEWIS CARROLL’S GRAVE
From a photograph.

LORINA AND ALICE LIDDELL
From a photograph by Lewis Carroll.

ALICE LIDDELL
From a photograph by Lewis Carroll.

XIE KITCHIN
From a photograph by Lewis Carroll.

XIE KITCHIN AS A CHINAMAN
From a photograph by Lewis Carroll.

ALICE AND THE DORMOUSE
From a photograph by Elliott and Fry.

FACSIMILE OF A “LOOKING-GLASS” LETTER FROM LEWIS CARROLL
TO MISS EDITH BALL

ARTHUR HUGHES AND HIS DAUGHTER AGNES
From a photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1863.

“WHAT I LOOK LIKE WHEN I’M LECTURING”
From a drawing by Lewis Carroll.

* * * * *

CHAPTER I

(1832-1850.)

Lewis Carroll’s forebears—­The Bishop of Elphin—­Murder of Captain Dodgson—­Daresbury—­Living in “Wonderland”—­Croft—­Boyish amusements—­His first school—­Latin verses—­A good report—­He goes to Rugby—­The Rectory Umbrella—­“A Lay of Sorrow.”

The Dodgsons appear to have been for a long time connected with the north of England, and until quite recently a branch of the family resided at Stubb Hall, near Barnard Castle.

In the early part of the last century a certain Rev. Christopher Dodgson held a living in Yorkshire.  His son, Charles, also took Holy Orders, and was for some time tutor to a son of the then Duke of Northumberland.  In 1762 his patron presented him to the living of Elsdon, in Northumberland, by no means a desirable cure, as Mr. Dodgson discovered.  The following extracts from his letters to various members of the Percy family are interesting as giving some idea of the life of a rural clergyman a hundred years ago: 

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