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White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War

White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War

by Herman Melville

White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War is the fifth book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1850. The book is based on the author's fourteen months service in the United States Navy The novel takes its title from the outer garment that the eponymous main character fashions for himself on board ship, with materials..

The Hunting of the Snark -  An Agony in Eight Fits

The Hunting of the Snark - An Agony in Eight Fits

by Lewis Carroll

The Hunting of the Snark (An Agony in 8 Fits) is a poem written by English writer Lewis Carroll. It is typically categorized as a nonsense poem. Written from 1874 to 1876, the poem borrows the setting, some creatures, and eight portmanteau words from Carroll's earlier poem "Jabberwocky" in his children's novel Through the Looking-Glass (1871). As f..

A Tangled Tale

A Tangled Tale

by Lewis Carroll

Tangled Tale is a collection of 10 brief humorous stories by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), published serially between April 1880 and March 1885 in The Monthly Packet magazine. Arthur B. Frost added illustrations when the series was printed in book form. The stories, or Knots as Carroll calls them, present mathematical problems. In a lat..

Phantasmagoria and Other Poems

Phantasmagoria and Other Poems

by Lewis Carroll

Phantasmagoria is a poem written by Lewis Carroll and first published in 1869 as the opening poem of a collection of verse by Carroll entitled Phantasmagoria and Other Poems. The collection was also published under the name Rhyme? And Reason? It is Lewis Carroll's longest poem. Both the poem and the collection were illustrated by A. B. Frost...

Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing

Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing

by Lewis Carroll

Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing is an essay by Lewis Carroll on useful tips for composing, writing, mailing, and recording letters. The essay was published in 1890 by Emberlin and Son as a hardcover booklet consisting of 35 pages of text, followed by four pages of advertising, three pages of illustration, a stamp holder, and an illust..

Feeding the Mind

Feeding the Mind

by Lewis Carroll

Feeding the Mind is a note on his books written by Lewis Carroll himself. The history of this little sparkle from the pen of Lewis Carroll may soon be told. It was in October of the year 1884 that he came on a visit to a certain vicarage in Derbyshire, where he had promised, on the score of friendship, to do what was for him a most unusual favour—t..

Sylvie and Bruno

Sylvie and Bruno

by Lewis Carroll

Sylvie and Bruno, first published in 1889, and its second volume Sylvie and Bruno Concluded published in 1893, form the last novel by Lewis Carroll published during his lifetime. Both volumes were illustrated by Harry Furniss. The novel has two main plots: one set in the real world at the time the book was published (the Victorian era), the other i..

The Nursery "Alice"

The Nursery "Alice"

by Lewis Carroll

The Nursery "Alice"  is a shortened version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, adapted by the author himself for children "from nought to five". It includes 20 of John Tenniel's illustrations from the original book, redrawn, enlarged, coloured – and, in some cases, revised – by Tenniel himself. The book was published by Macm..