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ALICE'S ADVENTURESUNDER GROUND

BEING A FACSIMILE OF THE

ORIGINAL MS. BOOK

AFTERWARDS DEVELOPED INTO

" ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN

WONDERLAND"

BY



LEWIS CARROLL

WITH THIRTY-SEVEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR

PRICE FOUR SHILLINGS

London

MACMILLAN AND CO.

AND NEW YORK

1886



CONTENTS.

HAPTER PAGE

DOWN THE RABBIT-HOLE.

THE POOL OF TEARS

1

A LONG TALE. THE RABBITSENDS IN A LITTLE BILL

24

ADVICE FROM ACATERPILLAR

46

V.

THE QUEEN'S CROQUET-GROUND. THE MOCK

TURTLE'S STORY. THELOBSTER QUADRILLE. WHOSTOLE THE TARTS?

68





Chapter I

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sittingy her sister on the bank, and of having nothing too: once or twice she had peeped into the book her ster was reading, but it had no pictures or onversations in it, and where is the use of a book,

ought Alice, without pictures or conversations? Sohe was considering in her own mind, (as well ashe could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepynd stupid,) whether the pleasure of making a daisy-hain was worth the trouble of getting up and pickinge daisies, when a white rabbit with pink eyes ranose by her.

There was nothing very remarkable in that, nor d Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear e rabbit say to itself "dear, dear! I shall be toote!" (when she thought it over afterwards, itccurred to her that she ought to have wondered atis, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but

hen the rabbit actually took a watch out of itsaistcoat-pocket, looked at it, and then hurried on,lice started to her feet, for it flashed across her ind that she had never before seen a rabbit withther a waistcoat-pocket or a watch to take out of it,nd, full of curiosity, she hurried across the field after

and was just in time to see it pop down a largebbit-hole under the hedge. In a moment down went

lice after it, never once considering how in theorld she was to get out again.

The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for ome way, and then dipped suddenly down, souddenly, that Alice had not a moment to think about



opping herself, before she found herself fallingown what seemed a deep well. Either the well wasery deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty

time as she went down to look about her, and toonder what would happen next. First, she tried took down and make out what she was coming to,ut it was too dark to see anything: then, she looked

the sides of the well, and noticed that they wereed with cupboards and book-shelves: here andere were maps and pictures hung on pegs. Sheok a jar down off one of the shelves as sheassed: it was labelled "Orange Marmalade," but toer great disappointment it was empty: she did note to drop the jar, for fear of killing somebody

nderneath, so managed to put it into one of the

upboards as she fell past it.

"Well!" thought Alice to herself, "after such a falls this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs!ow brave they'll all think me at home! Why, Iouldn't say anything about it, even if I fell off the topthe house!" (which was most likely true.)

Down, down, down. Would the fall never comean end? "I wonder how many miles I've fallen by

is time?" she said aloud, "I must be gettingomewhere near the centre of the earth. Let me see:at would be four thousand miles down, I think—"or you see Alice had learnt several things of this

ort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and thoughs was not a very good opportunity of showing off

er knowledge, as there was no one to hear her, stillwas good practice to say it over,) "yes that's the

ght distance, but then what Longitude or Latitude-e shall I be in?" (Alice had no idea what Longitudeas, or Latitude either, but she thought they were



ce grand words to say.)

Presently she began again: "I wonder if I shalll right through the earth! How funny it'll be to come

ut among the people that walk with their headsownwards! But I shall have to ask them what the

ame of the country is, you know. Please, Ma'am, isis New Zealand or Australia?"—and she tried tourtsey as she spoke (fancy curtseying as you'reling through the air! do you think you couldanage it?) "and what an ignorant little girl she'llink me for asking! No, it'll never do to ask: perhaps

shall see it written up somewhere."

Down, down, down: there was nothing else too, so Alice soon began talking again. "Dinah williss me very much tonight, I should think!" (Dinahas the cat.) "I hope they'll remember her saucer of ilk at tea-time! Oh, dear Dinah, I wish I had youere! There are no mice in the air, I'm afraid, but youight catch a bat, and that's very like a mouse, you

now, my dear. But do cats eat bats, I wonder?" Andere Alice began to get rather sleepy, and kept onaying to herself, in a dreamy sort of way "do catsat bats? do cats eat bats?" and sometimes, "doats eat cats?" for, as she couldn't answer either uestion, it didn't much matter which way she put it.he felt that she was dozing off, and had just begun

dream that she was walking hand in hand with

nah, and was saying to her very earnestly, "Now,nah, my dear, tell me the truth. Did you ever eat a

at?" when suddenly, bump! bump! down she camepon a heap of sticks and shavings, and the fall wasver.



Alice was not a bit hurt, and jumped on to her et directly: she looked up, but it was all darkverhead; before her was another long passage,nd the white rabbit was still in sight, hurrying down

There was not a moment to be lost: away wentice like the wind, and just heard it say, as it turnedcorner, "my ears and whiskers, how late it's

etting!" She turned the corner after it, and instantlyund herself in a long, low hall, lit up by a row of mps which hung from the roof.

There were doors all round the hall, but they

ere all locked, and when Alice had been all roundand tried them all, she walked sadly down the

iddle, wondering how she was ever to get outgain: suddenly she came upon a little three-leggedble, all made of solid glass; there was nothing lyingpon it, but a tiny golden key, and Alice's first ideaas that it might belong to one of the doors of the



all, but alas! either the locks were too large, or theey too small, but at any rate it would open none of em. However, on the second time round, she camea low curtain, behind which was a door about

ghteen inches high: she tried the little key in theeyhole, and it fitted! Alice opened the door, andoked down a small passage, not larger than a rat-

ole, into the loveliest garden you ever saw. How shenged to get out of that dark hall, and wander aboutmong those beds of bright flowers and those cooluntains, but she could not even get her headrough the doorway, "and even if my head would gorough," thought poor Alice, "it would be very littlese without my shoulders. Oh, how I wish I could shutp like a telescope! I think I could, if I only knew how

begin." For, you see, so many out-of-the-wayngs had happened lately, that Alice began to think

ery few things indeed were really impossible.

There was nothing else to do, so she went backthe table, half hoping she might find another key

n it, or at any rate a book of rules for shutting up

eople like telescopes: this time there was a littleottle on it—"which certainly was not there before"aid Alice—and tied round the neck of the bottle waspaper label with the words DRINK ME beautifullyinted on it in large letters.

It was all very well to say "drink me," "but I'll lookst," said the wise little Alice, "and see whether theottle's marked "poison" or not," for Alice had readeveral nice little stories about children that goturnt, and eaten up by wild beasts, and other npleasant things, because they would notmember the simple rules their friends had givenem, such as, that, if you get into the fire, it will burn



ou, and that, if you cut your finger very deeply with anife, it generally bleeds, and she had never rgotten that, if you drink a bottle marked "poison,"is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or ter.

However, this bottle was not marked poison, soice tasted it, and finding it very nice, (it had, in fact,sort of mixed flavour of cherry-tart, custard, pine-

pple, roast turkey, toffy, and hot buttered toast,) sheery soon finished it off.

"What a curious feeling!" said Alice, "I must behutting up like a telescope."

It was so indeed: she was now only ten inchesgh, and her face brightened up as it occurred to

er that she was now the right size for going throughe little door into that lovely garden. First, however,

he waited for a few minutes to see whether she wasoing to shrink any further: she felt a little nervousbout this, "for it might end, you know," said Alice toerself, "in my going out altogether, like a candle,nd what should I be like then, I wonder?" and sheed to fancy what the flame of a candle is like after

e candle is blown out, for she could not remember aving ever seen one. However, nothing moreappened so she decided on going into the gardenonce, but, alas for poor Alice! when she got to the

oor, she found she had forgotten the little goldeney, and when she went back to the table for the key,he found she could not possibly reach it: she could



ee it plainly enough through the glass, and she trieder best to climb up one of the legs of the table, but itas too slippery, and when she had tired herself outth trying, the poor little thing sat down and cried.

"Come! there's no use in crying!" said Alice toerself rather sharply, "I advise you to leave off thisinute!" (she generally gave herself very good

dvice, and sometimes scolded herself so severelys to bring tears into her eyes, and once shemembered boxing her own ears for having been

nkind to herself in a game of croquet she wasaying with herself, for this curious child was verynd of pretending to be two people,) "but it's no useow," thought poor Alice, "to pretend to be twoeople! Why, there's hardly enough of me left toake one respectable person!"

Soon her eyes fell on a little ebony box lyingnder the table: she opened it, and found in it a verymall cake, on which was lying a card with the wordsAT ME beautifully printed on it in large letters. "I'll



at," said Alice, "and if it makes me larger, I canach the key, and if it makes me smaller, I caneep under the door, so either way I'll get into thearden, and I don't care which happens!"

She ate a little bit, and said anxiously to herself

which way? which way?" and laid her hand on thep of her head to feel which way it was growing, andas quite surprised to find that she remained theame size: to be sure this is what generally happenshen one eats cake, but Alice had got into the way

expecting nothing but out-of-the way things toappen, and it seemed quite dull and stupid for ngs to go on in the common way.

So she set to work, and very soon finished off e cake.

"Curiouser and curiouser!" cried Alice, (sheas so surprised that she quite forgot how to speakood English,) "now I'm opening out like the largestlescope that ever was! Goodbye, feet!" (for when

he looked down at her feet, they seemed almost outsight, they were getting so far off,) "oh, my poor le feet, I wonder who will put on your shoes and

ockings for you now, dears? I'm sure I can't! I shalle a great deal too far off to bother myself about you:ou must manage the best way you can—but I muste kind to them," thought Alice, "or perhaps theyon't walk the way I want to go! Let me see: I'll giveem a new pair of boots every Christmas."





And she went on planning to herself how sheould manage it "they must go by the carrier," sheought, "and how funny it'll seem, sending presentsone's own feet!

And how odd the directions will look!ALICE'SGHT FOOT, ESQ.

THE CARPET,

with ALICE'S LOVE

oh dear! what nonsense I am talking!"

Just at this moment, her head struck against theof of the hall: in fact, she was now rather more thanne feet high, and she at once took up the littleolden key, and hurried off to the garden door.

Poor Alice! it was as much as she could do,ng down on one side, to look through into the

arden with one eye, but to get through was moreopeless than ever: she sat down and cried again.

"You ought to be ashamed of yourself," said

ice, "a great girl like you," (she might well say this,)o cry in this way! Stop this instant, I tell you!" Buthe cried on all the same, shedding gallons of tears,ntil there was a large pool, about four inches deep,

round her, and reaching half way across the hall.fter a time, she heard a little pattering of feet in thestance, and dried her eyes to see what wasomin . It was the white rabbit comin back a ain



plendidly dressed, with a pair of white kid gloves inne hand, and a nosegay in the other. Alice wasady to ask help of any one, she felt so desperate,

nd as the rabbit passed her, she said, in a low,mid voice, "If you please, Sir—" the rabbit startedolently, looked up once into the roof of the hall, fromhich the voice seemed to come, and then dropped

e nosegay and the white kid gloves, and skurriedway into the darkness, as hard as it could go.

Alice took up the nosegay and gloves, andund the nosegay so delicious that she kept

melling at it all the time she went on talking toerself—"dear, dear! how queer everything is today!nd yesterday everything happened just as usual: Ionder if I was changed in the night? Let me think:as I the same when I got up this morning? I think Imember feeling rather different. But if I'm not the

ame, who in the world am I? Ah, that's the greatuzzle!" And she began thinking over all the childrenhe knew of the same age as herself, to see if sheould have been changed for any of them.



"I'm sure I'm not Gertrude," she said, "for her air goes in such long ringlets, and mine doesn't goringlets at all—and I'm sure I ca'n't be Florence, for

know all sorts of things, and she, oh! she knowsuch a very little! Besides, she's she, and I'm I, and—

h dear! how puzzling it all is! I'll try if I know all theings I used to know. Let me see: four times five iswelve, and four times six is thirteen, and four timeseven is fourteen—oh dear! I shall never get towenty at this rate! But the Multiplication Table don'tgnify—let's try Geography. London is the capital of ance, and Rome is the capital of Yorkshire, andaris—oh dear! dear! that's all wrong, I'm certain! I

ust have been changed for Florence! I'll try and sayHow doth the little,"" and she crossed her hands oner lap, and began, but her voice sounded hoarsend strange, and the words did not sound the sames they used to do:

"How doth the little crocodile

Improve its shining tail, And pour the waters of the NileOn every golden scale!"How cheerfully it seems to grin!How neatly spreads its claws! And welcomes little fishes inWith gently-smiling jaws!"

"I'm sure those are not the right words," saidoor Alice, and her eyes filled with tears as sheought "I must be Florence after all, and I shall havego and live in that poky little house, and have nextno toys to play with, and oh! ever so many lessonslearn! No! I've made up my mind about it: if I'm



orence, I'll stay down here! It'll be no use their utting their heads down and saying 'come up, dear!'shall only look up and say 'who am I then? answer e that first, and then, if I like being that person, I'll

ome up: if not, I'll stay down here till I'm somebodyse—but, oh dear!" cried Alice with a sudden bursttears, "I do wish they would put their heads down! I

m so tired of being all alone here!"

As she said this, she looked down at her hands,nd was surprised to find she had put on one of thebbit's little gloves while she was talking. "How can I

ave done that?" thought she, "I must be growingmall again." She got up and went to the table to

easure herself by it, and found that, as nearly ashe could guess, she was now about two feet high,nd was going on shrinking rapidly: soon she foundut that the reason of it was the nosegay she held iner hand: she dropped it hastily, just in time to saveerself from shrinking away altogether, and foundat she was now only three inches high.

"Now for the garden!" cried Alice, as sheurried back to the little door, but the little door wascked again, and the little gold key was lying on theass table as before, and "things are worse thanver!" thought the poor little girl, "for I never was asmall as this before, never! And I declare it's tooad, it is!"



At this moment her foot slipped, and splash!he was up to her chin in salt water. Her first idea

as that she had fallen into the sea: then shemembered that she was under ground, and she

oon made out that it was the pool of tears she hadept when she was nine feet high. "I wish I hadn'tied so much!" said Alice, as she swam about,ying to find her way out, "I shall be punished for itow, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears!ell! that'll be a queer thing, to be sure! However,

very thing is queer today." Very soon she sawomething splashing about in the pool near her: atst she thought it must be a walrus or appopotamus, but then she remembered how smallhe was herself, and soon made out that it was onlymouse, that had slipped in like herself.

"Would it be any use, now," thought Alice, "topeak to this mouse? The rabbit is something quiteut-of-the-way, no doubt, and so have I been, ever nce I came down here, but that is no reason whye mouse should not be able to talk. I think I may asell try."



So she began: "oh Mouse, do you know how toet out of this pool? I am very tired of swimmingbout here, oh Mouse!" The mouse looked at her ther inquisitively, and seemed to her to wink with

ne of its little eyes, but it said nothing.

"Perhaps it doesn't understand English,"ought Alice; "I daresay it's a French mouse, comever with William the Conqueror!" (for,with all her nowledge of history, Alice had no very clear notionow long ago anything had happened,) so sheegan again: "où est ma chatte?" which was the firstentence out of her French lesson-book. The mouseave a sudden jump in the pool, and seemed touiver with fright: "oh, I beg your pardon!" cried Aliceastily, afraid that she had hurt the poor animal'selings, "I quite forgot you didn't like cats!"

"Not like cats!" cried the mouse, in a shrill,



assionate voice, "would you like cats if you weree?"

"Well, perhaps not," said Alice in a soothingne, "don't be angry about it. And yet I wish I could

how you our cat Dinah: I think you'd take a fancy to

ats if you could only see her. She is such a dear uiet thing," said Alice, half to herself, as she swamzily about in the pool, "she sits purring so nicely bye fire, licking her paws and washing her face: and

he is such a nice soft thing to nurse, and she's suchcapital one for catching mice—oh! I beg your

ardon!" cried poor Alice again, for this time theouse was bristling all over, and she felt certain that

was really offended, "have I offended you?"

"Offended indeed!" cried the mouse, whoeemed to be positively trembling with rage, "our mily always hated cats! Nasty, low, vulgar things!on't talk to me about them any more!"

"I won't indeed!" said Alice, in a great hurry tohange the conversation, "are you—are you—fond—dogs?" The mouse did not answer, so Aliceent on eagerly: "there is such a nice little dog near ur house I should like to show you! A little bright-yed terrier, you know, with oh! such long curly brownair! And it'll fetch things when you throw them, and

l sit up and beg for its dinner, and all sorts of things—I ca'n't remember half of them—and it belongs to a

rmer, and he says it kills all the rats and—oh dear!"aid Alice sadly, "I'm afraid I've offended it again!"r the mouse was swimming away from her as hards it could go, and making quite a commotion in theool as it went.



So she called softly after it: "mouse dear! Doome back again, and we won't talk about cats andogs any more, if you don't like them!" When theouse heard this, it turned and swam slowly back toer: its face was quite pale, (with passion, Alice

ought,) and it said in a trembling low voice "let'set to the shore, and then I'll tell you my history, andou'll understand why it is I hate cats and dogs."

It was high time to go, for the pool was gettinguite full of birds and animals that had fallen into it.here was a Duck and a Dodo, a Lory and an

aglet, and several other curious creatures. Aliced the way, and the whole party swam to the shore.







Chapter II

They were indeed a curious looking party thatssembled on the bank—the birds with draggledathers, the animals with their fur clinging close toem—all dripping wet, cross, and uncomfortable.he first question of course was, how to get dry: they

ad a consultation about this, and Alice hardly felt at surprised at finding herself talking familiarly withe birds, as if she had known them all her life.deed, she had quite a long argument with the Lory,ho at last turned sulky, and would only say "I amder than you, and must know best," and this Aliceould not admit without knowing how old the Loryas, and as the Lory positively refused to tell its age,ere was nothing more to be said.

At last the mouse, who seemed to have someuthority among them, called out "sit down, all of you,nd attend to me! I'll soon make you dry enough!"hey all sat down at once, shivering, in a large ring,ice in the middle, with her eyes anxiously fixed one mouse, for she felt sure she would catch a bad

old if she did not get dry very soon.

"Ahem!" said the mouse, with a self-importantr, "are you all ready? This is the driest thing I know.lence all round, if you please!

"William the Conqueror, whose cause wasvoured by the pope, was soon submitted to by thenglish, who wanted leaders, and had been of lateuch accustomed to usurpation and conquest.dwin and Morcar, the earls of Mercia andorthumbria—"



"Ugh!" said the Lory with a shiver.

"I beg your pardon?" said the mouse, frowning,ut very politely, "did you speak?"

"Not I!" said the Lory hastily.

"I thought you did," said the mouse, "I proceed.dwin and Morcar, the earls of Mercia andorthumbria, declared for him; and even Stigand,e patriotic archbishop of Canterbury, found itdvisable to go with Edgar Atheling to meet Williamnd offer him the crown. William's conduct was atst moderate—how are you getting on now, dear?"

aid the mouse, turning to Alice as it spoke.

"As wet as ever," said poor Alice, "it doesn't

eem to dry me at all."

"In that case," said the Dodo solemnly, rising tos feet, "I move that the meeting adjourn, for the

mmediate adoption of more energetic remedies—"

"Speak English!" said the Duck, "I don't knowe meaning of half those long words, and what'sore, I don't believe you do either!" And the Duckuacked a comfortable laugh to itself. Some of theher birds tittered audibly.

"I only meant to say," said the Dodo in a rather



fended tone, "that I know of a house near here,here we could get the young lady and the rest of thearty dried, and then we could listen comfortably toe story which I think you were good enough toomise to tell us," bowing gravely to the mouse.

The mouse made no objection to this, and thehole party moved along the river bank, (for the poolad by this time began to flow out of the hall, and thedge of it was fringed with rushes and forget-me-ots,) in a slow procession, the Dodo leading theay. After a time the Dodo became impatient, and,aving the Duck to bring up the rest of the party,oved on at a quicker pace with Alice, the Lory, and

e Eaglet, and soon brought them to a little cottage,nd there they sat snugly by the fire, wrapped up inankets, until the rest of the party had arrived, andey were all dry again.

Then they all sat down again in a large ring one bank, and begged the mouse to begin his story.

"Mine is a long and a sad tale!" said the mouse,rning to Alice, and sighing.

"It is a long tail, certainly," said Alice, lookingown with wonder at the mouse's tail, which was

oiled nearly all round the party, "but why do you callsad?" and she went on puzzling about this as theouse went on speaking, so that her idea of the taleas something like this:





We lived beneath the matWarm and snug and fat

But one woe, & that

Was the cat!

To our joys

a clog, In

our eyes a

fog, On our

hearts a log

Was the dog!

When the

cat's away,

Then

the mice

will

play,

But, alas!

one day, (So they say)

Came the dog and



cat, Hunting

for a

rat,

Crushed

the mice

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"You are not attending!" said the mouse to Aliceeverely, "what are you thinking of?"

"I beg your pardon," said Alice very humbly,



ou had got to the fifth bend, I think?"

"I had not!" cried the mouse, sharply and veryngrily.

"A knot!" said Alice, always ready to makeerself useful, and looking anxiously about her, "oh,o let me help to undo it!"

"I shall do nothing of the sort!" said the mouse,etting up and walking away from the party, "yousult me by talking such nonsense!"

"I didn't mean it!" pleaded poor Alice, "butou're so easily offended, you know."

The mouse only growled in reply.

"Please come back and finish your story!" Alicealled after it, and the others all joined in choruses, please do!" but the mouse only shook its ears,

nd walked quickly away, and was soon out of sight.

"What a pity it wouldn't stay!" sighed the Lory,nd an old Crab took the opportunity of saying to itsaughter "Ah, my dear! let this be a lesson to youever to lose your temper!" "Hold your tongue, Ma!"aid the young Crab, a little snappishly, "you'renough to try the patience of an oyster!"

"I wish I had our Dinah here, I know I do!" said



ice aloud, addressing no one in particular, "she'doon fetch it back!"

"And who is Dinah, if I might venture to ask theuestion?" said the Lory.

Alice replied eagerly, for she was always readytalk about her pet, "Dinah's our cat. And she's

uch a capital one for catching mice, you can't think!nd oh! I wish you could see her after the birds!hy, she'll eat a little bird as soon as look at it!"

This answer caused a remarkable sensationmong the party: some of the birds hurried off atnce; one old magpie began wrapping itself up veryarefully, remarking "I really must be getting home:e night air does not suit my throat," and a canary

alled out in a trembling voice to its children "comeway from her, my dears, she's no fit company for



ou!" On various pretexts, they all moved off, andice was soon left alone.

She sat for some while sorrowful and silent, buthe was not long before she recovered her spirits,nd began talking to herself again as usual: "I do

sh some of them had stayed a little longer! and Ias getting to be such friends with them—really theory and I were almost like sisters! and so was thatear little Eaglet! And then the Duck and the Dodo!ow nicely the Duck sang to us as we came alongrough the water: and if the Dodo hadn't known theay to that nice little cottage, I don't know when wehould have got dry again—" and there is no

nowing how long she might have prattled on in thisay, if she had not suddenly caught the sound of attering feet.

It was the white rabbit, trotting slowly backgain, and looking anxiously about it as it went, as if



had lost something, and she heard it muttering toelf "the Marchioness! the Marchioness! oh my

ear paws! oh my fur and whiskers! She'll have mexecuted, as sure as ferrets are ferrets! Where can Iave dropped them, I wonder?" Alice guessed in aoment that it was looking for the nosegay and theair of white kid gloves, and she began hunting for

em, but they were now nowhere to be seen—verything seemed to have changed since her swimthe pool, and her walk along the river-bank with itsnge of rushes and forget-me-nots, and the glassble and the little door had vanished.

Soon the rabbit noticed Alice, as she stood

oking curiously about her, and at once said in auick angry tone, "why, Mary Ann! what are youoing out here? Go home this moment, and look ony dressing-table for my gloves and nosegay, andtch them here, as quick as you can run, do youear?" and Alice was so much frightened that shen off at once, without saying a word, in therection which the rabbit had pointed out.

She soon found herself in front of a neat littleouse, on the door of which was a bright brass plateth the name W. RABBIT, ESQ. She went in, and

urried upstairs, for fear she should meet the realary Ann and be turned out of the house before shead found the gloves: she knew that one pair hadeen lost in the hall, "but of course," thought Alice, "itas plenty more of them in its house. How queer iteems to be going messages for a rabbit! I supposenah'll be sending me messages next!" And she

egan fancying the sort of things that would happen:Miss Alice! come here directly and get ready for our walk!" "Coming in a minute, nurse! but I've got



watch this mousehole till Dinah comes back, andee that the mouse doesn't get out—" "only I don'tnk," Alice went on, "that they'd let Dinah stop in the

ouse, if it began ordering people about like that!"

By this time she had found her way into a tidy

le room, with a table in the window on which was aoking-glass and, (as Alice had hoped,) two or ree pairs of tiny white kid gloves: she took up aair of gloves, and was just going to leave the room,hen her eye fell upon a little bottle that stood near e looking-glass: there was no label on it this timeth the words "drink me," but nonetheless she

ncorked it and put it to her lips: "I know somethingteresting is sure to happen," she said to herself,whenever I eat or drink anything, so I'll see what thisottle does. I do hope it'll make me grow larger, for m quite tired of being such a tiny little thing!"

It did so indeed, and much sooner than she



xpected: before she had drunk half the bottle, sheund her head pressing against the ceiling, and sheooped to save her neck from being broken, andastily put down the bottle, saying to herself "that'suite enough—I hope I sha'n't grow any more—I wishhadn't drunk so much!"

Alas! it was too late: she went on growing andowing, and very soon had to kneel down: in

nother minute there was not room even for this, andhe tried the effect of lying down, with one elbowgainst the door, and the other arm curled round her ead. Still she went on growing, and as a last

source she put one arm out of the window, andne foot up the chimney, and said to herself "now Ian do no more—what will become of me?"

Luckily for Alice, the little magic bottle had now



ad its full effect, and she grew no larger; still it wasery uncomfortable, and as there seemed to be noort of chance of ever getting out of the room again,o wonder she felt unhappy. "It was much pleasanter

home," thought poor Alice, "when one wasn'tways growing larger and smaller, and beingdered about by mice and rabbits—I almost wish I

adn't gone down that rabbit-hole, and yet, and yet—s rather curious, you know, this sort of life. I doonder what can have happened to me! When Ised to read fairy-tales, I fancied that sort of thingever happened, and now here I am in the middle of ne! There out to be a book written about me, thatere ought! and when I grow up I'll write one—but I'mown up now" said she in a sorrowful tone, "at least

ere's no room to grow up any more here."

"But then," thought Alice, "shall I never get anyder than I am now? That'll be a comfort, one way—ever to be an old woman—but then—always to



ave lessons to learn! Oh, I shouldn't like that!"

"Oh, you foolish Alice!" she said again, "howan you learn lessons in here? Why, there's hardlyom for you, and no room at all for any lesson-ooks!"

And so she went on, taking first one side, anden the other, and making quite a conversation of ittogether, but after a few minutes she heard a voiceutside, which made her stop to listen.

"Mary Ann! Mary Ann!" said the voice, "fetch mey gloves this moment!" Then came a little patteringfeet on the stairs: Alice knew it was the rabbit

oming to look for her, and she trembled till shehook the house, quite forgetting that she was nowbout a thousand times as large as the rabbit, andad no reason to be afraid of it. Presently the rabbitame to the door, and tried to open it, but as it

pened inwards, and Alice's elbow was against it,e attempt proved a failure. Alice heard it say toelf "then I'll go round and get in at the window."

"That you wo'n't!" thought Alice, and, after aiting till she fancied she heard the rabbit, justnder the window, she suddenly spread out her

and, and made a snatch in the air. She did not getold of anything, but she heard a little shriek and all and a crash of breaking glass, from which she

oncluded that it was just possible it had fallen into aucumber-frame, or something of the sort.





ze? Why, it fills the whole window, don't you see?"

"Shure, it does, yer honour, but it's an arm for allat."

"Well, it's no business there: go and take itway!"

There was a long silence after this, and Aliceould only hear whispers now and then, such ashure I don't like it, yer honour, at all at all!" "do as Ill you, you coward!" and at last she spread out her

and again and made another snatch in the air. Thisme there were two little shrieks, and more breakingass—"what a number of cucumber-frames thereust be!" thought Alice, "I wonder what they'll doext! As for pulling me out of the window, I only wishey could! I'm sure I don't want to stop in here anynger!"

She waited for some time without hearingnything more: at last came a rumbling of little cart-heels, and the sound of a good many voices alllking together: she made out the words "where'se other ladder?—why, I hadn't to bring but one,ll's got the other—here, put 'em up at this corner—

o, tie 'em together first—they don't reach high

nough yet—oh, they'll do well enough, don't bearticular—here, Bill! catch hold of this rope—will theof bear?—mind that loose slate—oh, it's coming

own! heads below!—" (a loud crash) "now, who didat?—it was Bill, I fancy—who's to go down the

himney?—nay, I sha'n't! you do it!—that I won't then—Bill's got to go down—here, Bill! the master says



ou've to go down the chimney!"

"Oh, so Bill's got to come down the chimney,as he?" said Alice to herself, "why, they seem to putverything upon Bill! I wouldn't be in Bill's place for aood deal: the fireplace is a pretty tight one, but I

nk I can kick a little!"

She drew her foot as far down the chimney ashe could, and waited till she heard a little animalhe couldn't guess what sort it was) scratching and

crambling in the chimney close above her: then,aying to herself "this is Bill," she gave one sharp

ck, and waited again to see what would happenext.

The first thing was a general chorus of "thereoes Bill!" then the rabbit's voice alone "catch him,



ou by the hedge!" then silence, and then another onfusion of voices, "how was it, old fellow? whatappened to you? tell us all about it."

Last came a little feeble squeaking voice,hat's Bill" thought Alice,) which said "well, I hardly

now—I'm all of a fluster myself—something comesme like a Jack-in-the-box, and the next minute up Ioes like a rocket!" "And so you did, old fellow!"aid the other voices.

"We must burn the house down!" said the voicethe rabbit, and Alice called out as loud as she

ould "if you do, I'll set Dinah at you!" This causedence again, and while Alice was thinking "but howan I get Dinah here?" she found to her great delightat she was getting smaller: very soon she was ableget up out of the uncomfortable position in which

he had been lying, and in two or three minutes morehe was once more three inches high.

She ran out of the house as quick as she could,nd found quite a crowd of little animals waitingutside—guinea-pigs, white mice, squirrels, andBill" a little green lizard, that was being supported ine arms of one of the guinea-pigs, while another as giving it something out of a bottle. They all maderush at her the moment she appeared, but Alice

n her hardest, and soon found herself in a thickood.







Chapter III

"The first thing I've got to do," said Alice toerself, as she wandered about in the wood, "is toow to my right size, and the second thing is to findy way into that lovely garden. I think that will be theest plan."

It sounded an excellent plan, no doubt, and veryeatly and simply arranged: the only difficulty was,at she had not the smallest idea how to set aboutand while she was peering anxiously among the

ees round her, a little sharp bark just over her headade her look up in a great hurry.

An enormous puppy was looking down at her th large round eyes, and feebly stretching out one

aw, trying to reach her: "poor thing!" said Alice in aoaxing tone, and she tried hard to whistle to it, buthe was terribly alarmed all the while at the thoughtat it might be hungry, in which case it would

obably devour her in spite of all her coaxing.ardly knowing what she did, she picked up a littlet of stick, and held it out to the puppy: whereupone puppy jumped into the air off all its feet at once,nd with a yelp of delight rushed at the stick, andade believe to worry it then Alice dodged behind aeat thistle to keep herself from being run over, and,

e moment she appeared at the other side, theuppy made another dart at the stick, and tumbledead over heels in its hurry to get hold: then Alice,nking it was very like having a game of play with a

art-horse, and expecting every moment to beampled under its feet, ran round the thistle again:en the puppy begin a series of short charges at theck runnin a ver little wa forwards each time



nd a long way back, and barking hoarsely all thehile, till at last it sat down a good way off, panting,th its tongue hanging out of its mouth, and its great

yes half shut.

This seemed to Alice a good opportunity for

aking her escape. She set off at once, and ran tille puppy's bark sounded quite faint in the distance,nd till she was quite tired and out of breath.

"And yet what a dear little puppy it was!" saidAlice, as she leant against a buttercup to resterself, and fanned herself with her hat. "I should

ave liked teaching it tricks, if—if I'd only been theght size to do it! Oh! I'd nearly forgotten that I've got

grow up again! Let me see; how is it to beanaged? I suppose I ought to eat or drink

omething or other, but the great question is what?"

The great question certainly was, what? Alice

oked all round her at the flowers and the blades of ass but could not see anything that looked like the

ght thing to eat under the circumstances. There waslarge mushroom near her, about the same height

s herself, and when she had looked under it, and onoth sides of it, and behind it, it occurred to her took and see what was on the top of it.

She stretched herself up on tiptoe, and peepedver the edge of the mushroom, and her eyes

mmediately met those of a large blue caterpillar,hich was sitting with its arms folded, quietlymoking a long hookah, and taking not the leastotice of her or of anything else.



For some time they looked at each other inence: at last the caterpillar took the hookah out of

mouth, and languidly addressed her.

"Who are you?" said the caterpillar.

This was not an encouraging opening for aonversation: Alice replied rather shyly, "I—I hardly

now, sir, just at present—at least I know who I washen I got up this morning, but I think I must haveeen changed several times since that."

"What do you mean by that?" said theaterpillar, "explain yourself!"



"I ca'n't explain myself, I'm afraid, sir," saidice, "because I'm not myself, you see."

"I don't see," said the caterpillar.

"I'm afraid I can't put it more clearly," Aliceplied very politely, "for I ca'n't understand it myself,

nd really to be so many different sizes in one day isery confusing."

"It isn't," said the caterpillar.

"Well, perhaps you haven't found it so yet," saidice, "but when you have to turn into a chrysalis, you

now, and then after that into a butterfly, I should thinkl feel a little queer, don't you think so?"

"Not a bit," said the caterpillar.

"All I know is," said Alice, "it would feel queer toe."

"You!" said the caterpillar contemptuously, "whoe you?"

Which brought them back again to theeginning of the conversation: Alice felt a littleitated at the caterpillar making such very shortmarks, and she drew herself up and said very



avely "I think you ought to tell me who you are,st."

"Why?" said the caterpillar.

Here was another puzzling question: and asAlice had no reason ready, and the caterpillar eemed to be in a very bad temper, she turnedund and walked away.

"Come back!" the caterpillar called after her,ve something important to say!"

This sounded promising: Alice turned and cameack again.

"Keep your temper," said the caterpillar.

"Is that all?" said Alice, swallowing down her nger as well as she could.

"No," said the caterpillar.

Alice thought she might as well wait, as she hadothing else to do, and perhaps after all theaterpillar might tell her something worth hearing.or some minutes it puffed away at its hookahthout speaking, but at last it unfolded its arms, tooke hookah out of its mouth again, and said "so younk you're changed, do you?"



"Yes, sir," said Alice, "I ca'n't remember thengs I used to know—I've tried to say "How doth the

tle busy bee" and it came all different!"

"Try and repeat "You are old, father William","aid the caterpillar.

Alice folded her hands, and began:

1.

You are old, father William," the young man said,And your hair is exceedingly white:nd yet you incessantly stand on your head—o you think, at your age, it is right?"



2.

n my youth," father William replied to his son,feared it might injure the brainut now that I'm perfectly sure I have none,hy, I do it again and again."

3.

You are old," said the youth, "as I mentioned before,nd have grown most uncommonly fat:et you turned a back-somersault in at the door—

ray what is the reason of that?"

4.

n my youth," said the sage, as he shook his graycks,kept all my limbs very supple,



y the use of this ointment, five shillings the box—low me to sell you a couple."

5.

You are old," said the youth, "and your jaws are tooeakor anything tougher than suet:et you eat all the goose, with the bones and theeak—ray, how did you manage to do it?"

6.

n my youth," said the old man, "I took to the law,nd argued each case with my wife,nd the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw,as lasted the rest of my life."



7.

You are old," said the youth; "one would hardlyuppose

hat your eye was as steady as ever:et you balanced an eel on the end of your nose—hat made you so awfully clever?"

8.

have answered three questions, and that isnough,"

aid his father, "don't give yourself airs!o you think I can listen all day to such stuff?e off, or I'll kick you down stairs!"

"That is not said right," said the caterpillar.



"Not quite right, I'm afraid," said Alice timidly,ome of the words have got altered."

"It is wrong from beginning to end," said theaterpillar decidedly, and there was silence for someinutes: the caterpillar was the first to speak.

"What size do you want to be?" it asked.

"Oh, I'm not particular as to size," Alice hastilyplied, "only one doesn't like changing so often, you

now."

"Are you content now?" said the caterpillar.

"Well, I should like to be a little larger, sir, if yououldn't mind," said Alice, "three inches is such aretched height to be."

"It is a very good height indeed!" said theaterpillar loudly and angrily, rearing itself straight ups it spoke (it was exactly three inches high).

"But I'm not used to it!" pleaded poor Alice in a

teous tone, and she thought to herself "I wish theeatures wouldn't be so easily offended!"

"You'll get used to it in time," said the caterpillar,nd it put the hookah into its mouth, and beganmoking again.



This time Alice waited quietly until it chose topeak again: in a few minutes the caterpillar took theookah out of its mouth, and got down off theushroom, and crawled away into the grass, merelymarking as it went; "the top will make you grow

ler, and the stalk will make you grow shorter."

"The top of what? the stalk of what?" thoughtice.

"Of the mushroom," said the caterpillar, just as if

he had asked it aloud, and in another moment wasut of sight.

Alice remained looking thoughtfully at theushroom for a minute, and then picked it and

arefully broke it in two, taking the stalk in one hand,



nd the top in the other.

"Which does the stalk do?" she said, andbbled a little bit of it to try; the next moment she feltviolent blow on her chin: it had struck her foot!

She was a good deal frightened by this veryudden change, but as she did not shrink any further,nd had not dropped the top of the mushroom, shed not give up hope yet. There was hardly room topen her mouth, with her chin pressing against her ot, but she did it at last, and managed to bite off atle bit of the top of the mushroom.

"Come! my head's free at last!" said Alice in ane of delight, which changed into alarm in another oment, when she found that her shoulders were

owhere to be seen: she looked down upon anmmense length of neck, which seemed to rise like aalk out of a sea of green leaves that lay far belower.



"What can all that green stuff be?" said Alice,nd where have my shoulders got to? And oh! myoor hands! how is it I ca'n't see you?" She wasoving them about as she spoke, but no result

eemed to follow, except a little rustling among theaves. Then she tried to bring her head down to her ands, and was delighted to find that her neck would



end about easily in every direction, like a serpent.he had just succeeded in bending it down in aeautiful zig-zag, and was going to dive in amonge leaves, which she found to be the tops of theees of the wood she had been wandering in, whensharp hiss made her draw back: a large pigeon

ad flown into her face, and was violently beating her

th its wings.

"Serpent!" screamed the pigeon.

"I'm not a serpent!" said Alice indignantly, "lete alone!"

"I've tried every way!" the pigeon saidesperately, with a kind of sob: "nothing seems touit 'em!"



"I haven't the least idea what you mean," saidice.

"I've tried the roots of trees, and I've tried banks,nd I've tried hedges," the pigeon went on withouttending to her, "but them serpents! There's no

easing 'em!"

Alice was more and more puzzled, but sheought there was no use in saying anything till thegeon had finished.

"As if it wasn't trouble enough hatching theggs!" said the pigeon, "without being on the lookut for serpents, day and night! Why, I haven't had ank of sleep these three weeks!"

"I'm very sorry you've been annoyed," saidice, beginning to see its meaning.

"And just as I'd taken the highest tree in theood," said the pigeon raising its voice to a shriek,nd was just thinking I was free of 'em at last, theyust needs come down from the sky! Ugh!erpent!"

"But I'm not a serpent," said Alice, "I'm a—I'm a—"

"Well! What are you?" said the pigeon, "I seeou're trying to invent something."



"I—I'm a little girl," said Alice, rather doubtfully,s she remembered the number of changes she hadone through.

"A likely story indeed!" said the pigeon, "I've

een a good many of them in my time, but never oneth such a neck as yours! No, you're a serpent, Inow that well enough! I suppose you'll tell me nextat you never tasted an egg!"

" I have tasted eggs, certainly," said Alice, whoas a very truthful child, "but indeed I do'n't want any

yours. I do'n't like them raw."

"Well, be off, then!" said the pigeon, and settledown into its nest again. Alice crouched downmong the trees, as well as she could, as her neckept getting entangled among the branches, andeveral times she had to stop and untwist it. Soon

he remembered the pieces of mushroom which shell held in her hands, and set to work very carefully,bbling first at one and then at the other, andowing sometimes taller and sometimes shorter,

ntil she had succeeded in bringing herself down toer usual size.

It was so long since she had been of the rightze that it felt quite strange at first, but she got quitesed to it in a minute or two, and began talking toerself as usual: "well! there's half my plan doneow! How puzzling all these changes are! I'm never ure what I'm going to be, from one minute tonother! However, I've got to my right size again: the



ext thing is, to get into that beautiful garden—how isat to be done, I wonder?"

Just as she said this, she noticed that one of theees had a doorway leading right into it. "That's veryurious!" she thought, "but everything's curious

day: I may as well go in." And in she went.

Once more she found herself in the long hall,nd close to the little glass table: "now, I'll manageetter this time" she said to herself, and began byking the little golden key, and unlocking the door at led into the garden. Then she set to work eating

e pieces of mushroom till she was about fifteenches high: then she walked down the littleassage: and then—she found herself at last in theeautiful garden, among the bright flowerbeds ande cool fountains.







Chapter IV

A large rose tree stood near the entrance of thearden: the roses on it were white, but there wereree gardeners at it, busily painting them red. Thisice thought a very curious thing, and she went near watch them, and just as she came up she heard

ne of them say "look out, Five! Don't go splashingaint over me like that!"

"I couldn't help it," said Five in a sulky tone,Seven jogged my elbow."

On which Seven lifted up his head and saidhat's right, Five! Always lay the blame on others!"

"You'd better not talk!" said Five, "I heard theueen say only yesterday she thought of having youeheaded!"

"What for?" said the one who had spoken first.

"That's not your business, Two!" said Seven.

"Yes, it is his business!" said Five, "and I'll tell

m: it was for bringing in tulip-roots to the cookstead of potatoes."

Seven flung down his brush, and had just begunwell! Of all the unjust things—" when his eye fellpon Alice, and he stopped suddenly; the others





EARTS.

When the procession came opposite to Alice,ey all stopped and looked at her, and the Queen

aid severely "who is this?" She said it to the KnaveHearts, who only bowed and smiled in reply.

"Idiot!" said the Queen, turning up her nose, andsked Alice "what's your name?"

"My name is Alice, so please your Majesty,"aid Alice boldly, for she thought to herself "why,ey're only a pack of cards! I needn't be afraid of em!"

"Who are these?" said the Queen, pointing toe three gardeners lying round the rose tree, for, asey were lying on their faces, and the pattern on



eir backs was the same as the rest of the pack,he could not tell whether they were gardeners, or oldiers, or courtiers, or three of her own children.

"How should I know?" said Alice, surprised ater own courage, "it's no business of mine."

The Queen turned crimson with fury, and, after aring at her for a minute, began in a voice of under "off with her—"

"Nonsense!" said Alice, very loudly and

ecidedly, and the Queen was silent.

The King laid his hand upon her arm, and saidmidly "remember, my dear! She is only a child!"

The Queen turned angrily away from him, and

aid to the Knave "turn them over!"

The Knave did so, very carefully, with one foot.

"Get up!" said the Queen, in a shrill loud voice,nd the three gardeners instantly jumped up, andegan bowing to the King, the Queen, the Royalhildren, and everybody else.

"Leave off that!" screamed the Queen, "youake me giddy." And then, turning to the rose tree,

he went on "what have you been doing here?"



"May it please your Majesty," said Two veryumbly, going down on one knee as he spoke, "weere trying—"

"I see!" said the Queen, who had meantimeeen examining the roses, "off with their heads!" ande procession moved on, three of the soldiersmaining behind to execute the three unfortunate

ardeners, who ran to Alice for protection.

"You sha'n't be beheaded!" said Alice, and sheut them into her pocket: the three soldiers marched

nce round her, looking for them, and then quietlyarched off after the others.

"Are their heads off?" shouted the Queen.

"Their heads are gone," the soldiers shouted inply, "if it please your Majesty!"

"That's right!" shouted the Queen, "can you playoquet?"

The soldiers were silent, and looked at Alice, ase question was evidently meant for her.

"Yes!" shouted Alice at the top of her voice.

"Come on then!" roared the Queen, and Aliceoined the procession, wondering very much what



ould happen next.

"It's—it's a very fine day!" said a timid littleoice: she was walking by the white rabbit, who waseeping anxiously into her face.

"Very," said Alice, "where's the Marchioness?"

"Hush, hush!" said the rabbit in a low voice,he'll hear you. The Queen's the Marchioness: didn't

ou know that?"

"No, I didn't," said Alice, "what of?"

"Queen of Hearts," said the rabbit in a whisper,utting its mouth close to her ear, "and MarchionessMock Turtles."

"What are they?" said Alice, but there was nome for the answer, for they had reached theoquet-ground, and the game began instantly.

Alice thought she had never seen such aurious croquet-ground in all her life: it was all indges and furrows: the croquet-balls were liveedgehogs, the mallets live ostriches, and theoldiers had to double themselves up, and stand oneir feet and hands, to make the arches.



The chief difficulty which Alice found at first wasmanage her ostrich: she got its body tucked away,

omfortably enough, under her arm, with its legsanging down, but generally, just as she had got itseck straightened out nicely, and was going to give

blow with its head, it would twist itself round, andok up into her face, with such a puzzled expressionat she could not help bursting out laughing: andhen she had got its head down, and was going toegin again, it was very confusing to find that theedgehog had unrolled itself, and was in the act of awling away: besides all this, there was generally a

dge or a furrow in her way, wherever she wanted to

end the hedgehog to, and as the doubled-upoldiers were always getting up and walking off toher parts of the ground, Alice soon came to the

onclusion that it was a very difficult game indeed.



The players all played at once without waitingr turns, and quarrelled all the while at the tops of eir voices, and in a very few minutes the Queenas in a furious passion, and went stamping aboutnd shouting "off with his head!" of "off with her ead!" about once in a minute. All those whom sheentenced were taken into custody by the soldiers,ho of course had to leave off being arches to dos, so that, by the end of half an hour or so, there

ere no arches left, and all the players, except theng, the Queen, and Alice, were in custody, and

nder sentence of execution.

Then the Queen left off, quite out of breath, andaid to Alice "have you seen the Mock Turtle?"

"No," said Alice, "I don't even know what aock Turtle is."



"Come on then," said the Queen, "and it shalll you its history."

As they walked off together, Alice heard theng say in a low voice, to the company generally,ou are all pardoned."

"Come, that's a good thing!" thought Alice, whoad felt quite grieved at the number of executionshich the Queen had ordered.

They very soon came upon a Gryphon, which layst asleep in the sun: (if you don't know what aryphon is, look at the picture): "Up, lazy thing!" saide Queen, "and take this young lady to see theock Turtle, and to hear its history. I must go backnd see after some executions I ordered," and she

alked off, leaving Alice with the Gryphon. Alice didot quite like the look of the creature, but on thehole she thought it quite as safe to stay as to goter that savage Queen: so she waited.

The Gryphon sat up and rubbed its eyes: then itatched the Queen till she was out of si ht: then it



huckled. "What fun!" said the Gryphon, half to itself,alf to Alice.

"What is the fun?" said Alice.

"Why, she," said the Gryphon; "it's all her fancy,at: they never executes nobody, you know: comen!"

"Everybody says 'come on!' here," thought Alices she walked slowly after the Gryphon; "I never wasdered about so before in all my life—never!"

They had not gone far before they saw the Mockurtle in the distance, sitting sad and lonely on a littledge of rock, and, as they came nearer, Alice couldere it sighing as if its heart would break. She pitied

deeply: "what is its sorrow?" she asked theryphon, and the Gryphon answered, very nearly in

e same words as before, "it's all its fancy, that: itasn't got no sorrow, you know: come on!"



So they went up to the Mock Turtle, who lookedthem with large eyes full of tears, but said nothing.

"This here young lady" said the Gryphon, "wantsr to know your history, she do."

"I'll tell it," said the Mock Turtle, in a deep hollowne, "sit down, and don't speak till I've finished."

So they sat down, and no one spoke for someinutes: Alice thought to herself "I don't see how it

an ever finish, if it doesn't begin," but she waitedatiently.



"Once," said the Mock Turtle at last, with a deepgh, "I was a real Turtle."

These words were followed by a very longence, broken only by an occasional exclamation of jckrrh!" from the Gryphon, and the constant heavy

obbing of the Mock Turtle. Alice was very nearlyetting up and saying, "thank you, sir, for your teresting story," but she could not help thinkingere must be more to come, so she sat still and

aid nothing.

"When we were little," the Mock Turtle went on,ore calmly, though still sobbing a little now anden, "we went to school in the sea. The master wasn old Turtle—we used to call him Tortoise—"

"Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn'tne?" asked Alice.

"We called him Tortoise because he taught us,"aid the Mock Turtle angrily, "really you are veryull!"

"You ought to be ashamed of yourself for asking

uch a simple question," added the Gryphon, anden they both sat silent and looked at poor Alice,ho felt ready to sink into the earth: at last theryphon said to the Mock Turtle, "get on, old fellow!on't be all day!" and the Mock Turtle went on inese words:



"You may not have lived much under the sea—"haven't," said Alice,) "and perhaps you were

ever even introduced to a lobster—" (Alice begansay "I once tasted—" but hastily checked herself,

nd said "no, never," instead,) "so you can have noea what a delightful thing a Lobster Quadrille is!"

"No, indeed," said Alice, "what sort of a thing is?"

"Why," said the Gryphon, "you form into a lineong the sea shore—"

"Two lines!" cried the Mock Turtle, "seals,rtles, salmon, and so on—advance twice—"

"Each with a lobster as partner!" cried theryphon.





"Of course," the Mock Turtle said, "advancewice, set to partners—"

"Change lobsters, and retire in same order—"terrupted the Gryphon.

"Then, you know," continued the Mock Turtle,ou throw the—"

"The lobsters!" shouted the Gryphon, with aound into the air.

"As far out to sea as you can—"

"Swim after them!" screamed the Gryphon.

"Turn a somersault in the sea!" cried the Mockurtle, capering wildly about.

"Change lobsters again!" yelled the Gryphon ate top of its voice, "and then—"



"That's all," said the Mock Turtle, suddenlyopping its voice, and the two creatures, who hadeen jumping about like mad things all this time, satown again very sadly and quietly, and looked atice.

"It must be a very pretty dance," said Alice

midly.

"Would you like to see a little of it?" said theock Turtle.

"Very much indeed," said Alice.

"Come, let's try the first figure!" said the Mockurtle to the Gryphon, "we can do it without lobsters,ou know. Which shall sing?"

"Oh! you sing!" said the Gryphon, "I've forgotten





Beautiful Soup, so rich and green,aiting in a hot tureen!ho for such dainties would not stoop?

oup of the evening, beautiful Soup!oup of the evening, beautiful Soup!eau—ootiful Soo—oop!

eau—ootiful Soo—oop!oo—oop of the e—e—evening,eautiful beautiful Soup!

"Chorus again!" cried the Gryphon, and theock Turtle had just begun to repeat it, when a cry of he trial's beginning!" was heard in the distance.

"Come on!" cried the Gryphon, and, taking Alicey the hand, he hurried off, without waiting for thend of the song.

"What trial is it?" panted Alice as she ran, bute Gryphon only answered "come on!" and ran the

ster, and more and more faintly came, borne one breeze that followed them, the melancholy words:

Soo—oop of the e—e—evening,eautiful beautiful Soup!"

The King and Queen were seated on their rone when they arrived, with a great crowd

ssembled around them: the Knave was in custody:nd before the King stood the white rabbit, with aumpet in one hand, and a scroll of parchment in theher.





"Herald! read the accusation!" said the King.

On this the white rabbit blew three blasts on theumpet, and then unrolled the parchment scroll, andad as follows:

he Queen of Hearts she made some tartsl on a summer day:he Knave of Hearts he stole those tarts,nd took them quite away!"

"Now for the evidence," said the King, "and then

e sentence."

"No!" said the Queen, "first the sentence, anden the evidence!"



"Nonsense!" cried Alice, so loudly thatverybody jumped, "the idea of having the sentencest!"

"Hold your tongue!" said the Queen.

"I won't!" said Alice, "you're nothing but a packcards! Who cares for you?"

At this the whole pack rose up into the air, andame flying down upon her: she gave a little scream

fright, and tried to beat them off, and found herself ng on the bank, with her head in the lap of her ster, who was gently brushing away some leavesat had fluttered down from the trees on to her face.

"Wake up! Alice dear!" said her sister, "what a

ce long sleep you've had!"

"Oh, I've had such a curious dream!" said Alice,nd she told her sister all her Adventures Under round, as you have read them, and when she hadnished, her sister kissed her and said "it was aurious dream, dear, certainly! But now run in to your

a: it's getting late."

So Alice ran off, thinking while she ran (as wellhe might) what a wonderful dream it had been.



But her sister sat there some while longer,atching the setting sun, and thinking of little Alicend her Adventures, till she too began dreamingter a fashion, and this was her dream:

She saw an ancient city, and a quiet river nding near it along the plain, and up the streament slowly gliding a boat with a merry party of hildren on board—she could hear their voices andughter like music over the water—and among themas another little Alice, who sat listening with brightager eyes to a tale that was being told, and she

tened for the words of the tale, and lo! it was theeam of her own little sister. So the boat woundowly along, beneath the bright summer-day, with itserry crew and its music of voices and laughter, till it

assed round one of the many turnings of theream, and she saw it no more.

Then she thought, (in a dream within the dream,s it were,) how this same little Alice would, in theter-time, be herself a grown woman: and how sheould keep, through her riper years, the simple andving heart of her childhood: and how she wouldather around her other little children, and make their yes bright and eager with many a wonderful tale,erhaps even with these very adventures of the little

ice of long-ago: and how she would feel with alleir simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their mple joys, remembering her own child-life, and theappy summer days.





happy summer days.

THE END.



POSTSCRIPT.

The profits, if any, of this book will be given tohildren's Hospitals and Convalescent Homes for ick Children; and the accounts, down to June 30 each year, will be published in the St. James's

azette, on the second Tuesday of the following

ecember.

P.P.S.—The thought, so prettily expressed by e little boy, is also to be found in Longfellow's

Hiawatha," where he appeals to those who believe

That the feeble hands and helpless,

roping blindly in the darkness,ouch God's right hand in that darkness,nd are lifted up and strengthened ."



"Who will Riddle me the How andthe Why?"

So questions one of England's sweetest ngers. The "How?" has already been told, after ashion, in the verses prefixed to "Alice in

Wonderland"; and some other memories of that appy summer day are set down, for those whoare to see them, in this little book—the germ that as to grow into the published volume. But the

Why?" cannot, and need not, be put into words.hose for whom a child's mind is a sealed book,nd who see no divinity in a child's smile, would ad such words in vain: while for any one that has

ver loved one true child, no words are needed. For e will have known the awe that falls on one in theresence of a spirit fresh from God's hands, onhom no shadow of sin, and but the outermost nge of the shadow of sorrow, has yet fallen: he will ave felt the bitter contrast between the haunting elfishness that spoils his best deeds and the lifeat is but an overflowing love—for I think a child's

rst attitude to the world is a simple love for all ving things: and he will have learned that the best ork a man can do is when he works for love's sakenly, with no thought of name, or gain, or earthly ward. No deed of ours, I suppose, on this side the

rave, is really unselfish: yet if one can put forth all ne's powers in a task where nothing of reward isoped for but a little child's whispered thanks, and

e airy touch of a little child's pure lips, one seemscome somewhere near to this.

There was no idea of publication in my mind hen I wrote this little book : that was wholly anfterthought, pressed on me by the "perhaps too



artial friends" who always have to bear the blamehen a writer rushes into print: and I can truly say at no praise of theirs has ever given me oneundredth part of the pleasure it has been to think f the sick children in hospitals (where it has been aelight to me to send copies) forgetting, for a few right hours, their pain and weariness—perhaps

inking lovingly of the unknown writer of the tale—erhaps even putting up a childish prayer (and oh,ow much it needs!) for one who can but dimly ope to stand, some day, not quite out of sight of ose pure young faces, before the great whiterone. "I am very sure," writes a lady-visitor at aome for Sick Children, "that there will be many ving earnest prayers for you on Easter morning

om the children."

I would like to quote further from her letters, asmbodying a suggestion that may perhaps thusome to the notice of some one able and willing toarry it out.

"I want you to send me one of your Easter reetings for a very dear child who is dying at our ome. She is just fading away, and 'Alice' hasrightened some of the weary hours in her illness,nd I know that letter would be such a delight to her

—especially if you would put 'Minnie' at the top,nd she could know you had sent it for her. Shenows you, and would so value it.... She suffers souch that I long for what I know would so pleaseer." ... "Thank you very much for sending me thetter, and for writing Minnie's name.... I am quiteure that all these children will say a loving prayer r the 'Alice-man' on Easter Day: and I am suree letter will help the little ones to the real Easter



y. How I do wish that you, who have won the heartsnd confidence of so many children, would do for em what is so very near my heart, and yet what none will do, viz. write a book for children about Godnd themselves, which is not goody, and whichegins at the right end, about religion, to makeem see what it really is. I get quite miserable very

ften over the children I come across: hardly any of em have an idea of really knowing that God lovesem, or of loving and confiding in Him. They will ve and trust me, and be sure that I want them toe happy, and will not let them suffer more than isecessary: but as for going to Him in the same way,ey would never think of it. They are dreadfully fraid of Him, if they think of Him at all, which they

enerally only do when they have been naughty,nd they look on all connected with Him as very rave and dull: and, when they are full of fun and oroughly happy, I am sure they unconsciously ope He is not looking. I am sure I don't wonder ey think of Him in this way, for people never talk of im in connection with what makes their little livese brightest. If they are naughty, people put on

olemn faces, and say He is very angry or hocked, or something which frightens them: and,r the rest, He is talked about only in a way that akes them think of church and having to be quiet.s for being taught that all Joy and all Gladnessnd Brightness is His Joy—that He is wearying for em to be happy, and is not hard and stern, but

ways doing things to make their days brighter,nd caring for them so tenderly, and wanting themrun to Him with all their little joys and sorrows,

ey are not taught that. I do so long to make themust Him as they trust us, to feel that He will 'takeeir part' as they do with us in their little woes, and go to Him in their plays and enjoyments and not



nly when they say their prayers. I was quiterateful to one little dot, a short time ago, who said his mother 'when I am in bed, I put out my hand see if I can feel Jesus and my angel. I thought

erhaps in the dark they'd touch me, but they never ave yet.' I do so want them to want to go to Him,nd to feel how, if He is there, it must be happy."

Let me add—for I feel I have drifted into far tooerious a vein for a preface to a fairy-tale—theeliciously naïve remark of a very dear child-friend,hom I asked, after an acquaintance of two or threeays, if she had read 'Alice' and the 'Looking-lass.' "Oh yes," she replied readily, "I've read both

f them! And I think" (this more slowly and oughtfully) "I think 'Through the Looking-Glass' isore stupid than 'Alice's Adventures.' Don't youink so?" But this was a question I felt it would beardly discreet for me to enter upon.

LEWIS CARROLL.

Dec. 1886.

AN EASTER GREETING

TO

EVERY CHILD WHO LOVES



"Alice."

Dear Child,

Please to fancy, if you can, that you are

ading a real letter, from a real friend whom you ave seen, and whose voice you can seem toourself to hear wishing you, as I do now with all my eart, a happy Easter.

Do you know that delicious dreamy feeling hen one first wakes on a summer morning, with

e twitter of birds in the air, and the fresh breezeoming in at the open window—when, lying lazily ith eyes half shut, one sees as in a dream greenoughs waving, or waters rippling in a golden light?is a pleasure very near to sadness, bringing tearsone's eyes like a beautiful picture or poem. And not that a Mother's gentle hand that undraws your

urtains, and a Mother's sweet voice that summons

ou to rise? To rise and forget, in the bright unlight, the ugly dreams that frightened you sohen all was dark—to rise and enjoy another happy ay, first kneeling to thank that unseen Friend, whoends you the beautiful sun?

Are these strange words from a writer of such

les as "Alice"? And is this a strange letter to find a book of nonsense? It may be so. Some

erhaps may blame me for thus mixing together ings grave and gay; others may smile and think it dd that any one should speak of solemn things at l, except in church and on a Sunday: but I think—ay, I am sure—that some children will read this



ently and lovingly, and in the spirit in which I haveritten it.

For I do not believe God means us thus tovide life into two halves—to wear a grave face onunday, and to think it out-of-place to even so

uch as mention Him on a week-day. Do you think e cares to see only kneeling figures, and to hear nly tones of prayer—and that He does not alsove to see the lambs leaping in the sunlight, and hear the merry voices of the children, as they roll

mong the hay? Surely their innocent laughter iss sweet in His ears as the grandest anthem that ver rolled up from the "dim religious light" of some

olemn cathedral?

And if I have written anything to add to thoseores of innocent and healthy amusement that areid up in books for the children I love so well, it isurely something I may hope to look back uponithout shame and sorrow (as how much of life

ust then be recalled!) when my turn comes to walk rough the valley of shadows.

This Easter sun will rise on you, dear child,eling your "life in every limb," and eager to rushut into the fresh morning air —and many anaster-day will come and go, before it finds you

eble and gray-headed, creeping wearily out toask once more in the sunlight—but it is good,ven now, to think sometimes of that great morning hen the "Sun of Righteousness shall arise withealing in his wings."



Surely your gladness need not be the less for e thought that you will one day see a brighter awn than this—when lovelier sights will meet your yes than any waving trees or rippling waters—hen angel-hands shall undraw your curtains, and weeter tones than ever loving Mother breathed hall wake you to a new and glorious day—and

hen all the sadness, and the sin, that darkened e on this little earth, shall be forgotten like thereams of a night that is past!

Your affectionate friend ,

LEWIS CARROLL.

Easter, 1876.



CHRISTMAS GREETINGS.

[FROM A FAIRY TO A CHILD.]

Lady dear, if Fairies mayFor a moment lay asideCunning tricks and elfish play,

'Tis at happy Christmas-tide.We have heard the children say—Gentle children, whom we love—Long ago, on Christmas Day,Came a message from above.Still, as Christmas-tide comes round,They remember it again—Echo still the joyful sound

"Peace on earth, good-will to men!"Yet the hearts must childlike beWhere such heavenly guests abide:Unto children, in their glee, All the year is Christmas-tide!Thus, forgetting tricks and playFor a moment, Lady dear,We would wish you, if we may,Merry Christmas, glad New Year!

LEWIS CARROLL.

Christmas, 1867.



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Transcriber's Note:

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ALICE'S ADVENTURESUNDER GROUND

BEING A FACSIMILE OF THE

ORIGINAL MS. BOOK

AFTERWARDS DEVELOPED INTO

" ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN

WONDERLAND"

BY



LEWIS CARROLL

WITH THIRTY-SEVEN ILLUSTRATIONS

BY THE AUTHOR

PRICE FOUR SHILLINGS

London

MACMILLAN AND CO.

AND NEW YORK

1886



CONTENTS.

HAPTER PAGE

DOWN THE RABBIT-HOLE.THE POOL OF TEARS

1

A LONG TALE. THE RABBITSENDS IN A LITTLE BILL

24

ADVICE FROM ACATERPILLAR

46

V.

THE QUEEN'S CROQUET-GROUND. THE MOCKTURTLE'S STORY. THE

LOBSTER QUADRILLE. WHOSTOLE THE TARTS?

68





Chapter I

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sittingy her sister on the bank, and of having nothing too: once or twice she had peeped into the book her ster was reading, but it had no pictures or onversations in it, and where is the use of a book,

ought Alice, without pictures or conversations? Sohe was considering in her own mind, (as well ashe could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepynd stupid,) whether the pleasure of making a daisy-hain was worth the trouble of getting up and pickinge daisies, when a white rabbit with pink eyes ranose by her.

There was nothing very remarkable in that, nor d Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear e rabbit say to itself "dear, dear! I shall be toote!" (when she thought it over afterwards, itccurred to her that she ought to have wondered atis, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); buthen the rabbit actually took a watch out of itsaistcoat-pocket, looked at it, and then hurried on,lice started to her feet, for it flashed across her ind that she had never before seen a rabbit withther a waistcoat-pocket or a watch to take out of it,nd, full of curiosity, she hurried across the field after

and was just in time to see it pop down a largebbit-hole under the hedge. In a moment down went

lice after it, never once considering how in theorld she was to get out again.

The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for ome way, and then dipped suddenly down, souddenly, that Alice had not a moment to think abouto in herself before she found herself fallin



own what seemed a deep well. Either the well wasery deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty

time as she went down to look about her, and toonder what would happen next. First, she tried took down and make out what she was coming to,ut it was too dark to see anything: then, she looked

the sides of the well, and noticed that they were

ed with cupboards and book-shelves: here andere were maps and pictures hung on pegs. Sheok a jar down off one of the shelves as sheassed: it was labelled "Orange Marmalade," but toer great disappointment it was empty: she did note to drop the jar, for fear of killing somebody

nderneath, so managed to put it into one of theupboards as she fell past it.

"Well!" thought Alice to herself, "after such a falls this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs!ow brave they'll all think me at home! Why, Iouldn't say anything about it, even if I fell off the topthe house!" (which was most likely true.)

Down, down, down. Would the fall never comean end? "I wonder how many miles I've fallen by

is time?" she said aloud, "I must be gettingomewhere near the centre of the earth. Let me see:at would be four thousand miles down, I think—"or you see Alice had learnt several things of thisort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and thoughs was not a very good opportunity of showing off

er knowledge, as there was no one to hear her, stillwas good practice to say it over,) "yes that's the

ght distance, but then what Longitude or Latitude-e shall I be in?" (Alice had no idea what Longitudeas, or Latitude either, but she thought they werece grand words to say.)



Presently she began again: "I wonder if I shalll right through the earth! How funny it'll be to come

ut among the people that walk with their headsownwards! But I shall have to ask them what theame of the country is, you know. Please, Ma'am, is

is New Zealand or Australia?"—and she tried tourtsey as she spoke (fancy curtseying as you'reling through the air! do you think you couldanage it?) "and what an ignorant little girl she'llink me for asking! No, it'll never do to ask: perhaps

shall see it written up somewhere."

Down, down, down: there was nothing else too, so Alice soon began talking again. "Dinah williss me very much tonight, I should think!" (Dinahas the cat.) "I hope they'll remember her saucer of ilk at tea-time! Oh, dear Dinah, I wish I had youere! There are no mice in the air, I'm afraid, but youight catch a bat, and that's very like a mouse, you

now, my dear. But do cats eat bats, I wonder?" And

ere Alice began to get rather sleepy, and kept onaying to herself, in a dreamy sort of way "do catsat bats? do cats eat bats?" and sometimes, "doats eat cats?" for, as she couldn't answer either uestion, it didn't much matter which way she put it.he felt that she was dozing off, and had just begun

dream that she was walking hand in hand withnah, and was saying to her very earnestly, "Now,nah, my dear, tell me the truth. Did you ever eat a

at?" when suddenly, bump! bump! down she camepon a heap of sticks and shavings, and the fall wasver.

Alice was not a bit hurt, and jumped on to her



et directly: she looked up, but it was all darkverhead; before her was another long passage,nd the white rabbit was still in sight, hurrying down

There was not a moment to be lost: away wentice like the wind, and just heard it say, as it turnedcorner, "my ears and whiskers, how late it's

etting!" She turned the corner after it, and instantly

und herself in a long, low hall, lit up by a row of mps which hung from the roof.

There were doors all round the hall, but theyere all locked, and when Alice had been all round

and tried them all, she walked sadly down theiddle, wondering how she was ever to get outgain: suddenly she came upon a little three-leggedble, all made of solid glass; there was nothing lyingpon it, but a tiny golden key, and Alice's first ideaas that it might belong to one of the doors of theall, but alas! either the locks were too large, or the





nife, it generally bleeds, and she had never rgotten that, if you drink a bottle marked "poison,"is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or ter.

However, this bottle was not marked poison, so

ice tasted it, and finding it very nice, (it had, in fact,sort of mixed flavour of cherry-tart, custard, pine-pple, roast turkey, toffy, and hot buttered toast,) sheery soon finished it off.

"What a curious feeling!" said Alice, "I must behutting up like a telescope."

It was so indeed: she was now only ten inchesgh, and her face brightened up as it occurred toer that she was now the right size for going through

e little door into that lovely garden. First, however,he waited for a few minutes to see whether she wasoing to shrink any further: she felt a little nervousbout this, "for it might end, you know," said Alice toerself, "in my going out altogether, like a candle,nd what should I be like then, I wonder?" and sheed to fancy what the flame of a candle is like after e candle is blown out, for she could not remember

aving ever seen one. However, nothing moreappened so she decided on going into the gardenonce, but, alas for poor Alice! when she got to the

oor, she found she had forgotten the little goldeney, and when she went back to the table for the key,he found she could not possibly reach it: she couldee it plainly enough through the glass, and she tried



er best to climb up one of the legs of the table, but itas too slippery, and when she had tired herself outth trying, the poor little thing sat down and cried.

"Come! there's no use in crying!" said Alice toerself rather sharply, "I advise you to leave off thisinute!" (she generally gave herself very gooddvice, and sometimes scolded herself so severely

s to bring tears into her eyes, and once shemembered boxing her own ears for having been

nkind to herself in a game of croquet she wasaying with herself, for this curious child was verynd of pretending to be two people,) "but it's no useow," thought poor Alice, "to pretend to be twoeople! Why, there's hardly enough of me left toake one respectable person!"

Soon her eyes fell on a little ebony box lyingnder the table: she opened it, and found in it a verymall cake, on which was lying a card with the wordsAT ME beautifully printed on it in large letters. "I'llat," said Alice, "and if it makes me larger, I can



ach the key, and if it makes me smaller, I caneep under the door, so either way I'll get into thearden, and I don't care which happens!"

She ate a little bit, and said anxiously to herself which way? which way?" and laid her hand on the

p of her head to feel which way it was growing, andas quite surprised to find that she remained theame size: to be sure this is what generally happenshen one eats cake, but Alice had got into the way

expecting nothing but out-of-the way things toappen, and it seemed quite dull and stupid for ngs to go on in the common way.

So she set to work, and very soon finished off e cake.

"Curiouser and curiouser!" cried Alice, (sheas so surprised that she quite forgot how to speakood English,) "now I'm opening out like the largestlescope that ever was! Goodbye, feet!" (for when

he looked down at her feet, they seemed almost outsight, they were getting so far off,) "oh, my poor le feet, I wonder who will put on your shoes andockings for you now, dears? I'm sure I can't! I shall

e a great deal too far off to bother myself about you:ou must manage the best way you can—but I muste kind to them," thought Alice, "or perhaps theyon't walk the way I want to go! Let me see: I'll giveem a new pair of boots every Christmas."





And she went on planning to herself how sheould manage it "they must go by the carrier," sheought, "and how funny it'll seem, sending presentsone's own feet!

And how odd the directions will look!ALICE'SGHT FOOT, ESQ.

THE CARPET,

with ALICE'S LOVE

oh dear! what nonsense I am talking!"

Just at this moment, her head struck against theof of the hall: in fact, she was now rather more thanne feet high, and she at once took up the littleolden key, and hurried off to the garden door.

Poor Alice! it was as much as she could do,ng down on one side, to look through into the

arden with one eye, but to get through was moreopeless than ever: she sat down and cried again.

"You ought to be ashamed of yourself," saidice, "a great girl like you," (she might well say this,)

o cry in this way! Stop this instant, I tell you!" Buthe cried on all the same, shedding gallons of tears,ntil there was a large pool, about four inches deep,

round her, and reaching half way across the hall.fter a time, she heard a little pattering of feet in thestance, and dried her eyes to see what wasoming. It was the white rabbit coming back again,

lendidl dressed with a air of white kid loves in



ne hand, and a nosegay in the other. Alice wasady to ask help of any one, she felt so desperate,

nd as the rabbit passed her, she said, in a low,mid voice, "If you please, Sir—" the rabbit startedolently, looked up once into the roof of the hall, fromhich the voice seemed to come, and then droppede nosegay and the white kid gloves, and skurried

way into the darkness, as hard as it could go.

Alice took up the nosegay and gloves, andund the nosegay so delicious that she kept

melling at it all the time she went on talking toerself—"dear, dear! how queer everything is today!nd yesterday everything happened just as usual: Ionder if I was changed in the night? Let me think:as I the same when I got up this morning? I think Imember feeling rather different. But if I'm not the

ame, who in the world am I? Ah, that's the greatuzzle!" And she began thinking over all the childrenhe knew of the same age as herself, to see if sheould have been changed for any of them.



"I'm sure I'm not Gertrude," she said, "for her air goes in such long ringlets, and mine doesn't goringlets at all—and I'm sure I ca'n't be Florence, for

know all sorts of things, and she, oh! she knowsuch a very little! Besides, she's she, and I'm I, and—h dear! how puzzling it all is! I'll try if I know all theings I used to know. Let me see: four times five is

welve, and four times six is thirteen, and four timeseven is fourteen—oh dear! I shall never get towenty at this rate! But the Multiplication Table don'tgnify—let's try Geography. London is the capital of ance, and Rome is the capital of Yorkshire, andaris—oh dear! dear! that's all wrong, I'm certain! Iust have been changed for Florence! I'll try and say

How doth the little,"" and she crossed her hands oner lap, and began, but her voice sounded hoarsend strange, and the words did not sound the sames they used to do:

How doth the little crocodilemprove its shining tail,nd pour the waters of the Nile

n every golden scale!How cheerfully it seems to grin!ow neatly spreads its claws!nd welcomes little fishes inith gently-smiling jaws!"

"I'm sure those are not the right words," saidoor Alice, and her eyes filled with tears as she

ought "I must be Florence after all, and I shall havego and live in that poky little house, and have nextno toys to play with, and oh! ever so many lessonslearn! No! I've made up my mind about it: if I'm

orence, I'll stay down here! It'll be no use their utting their heads down and saying 'come up, dear!'shall only look up and say 'who am I then? answer



e that first, and then, if I like being that person, I'llome up: if not, I'll stay down here till I'm somebodyse—but, oh dear!" cried Alice with a sudden bursttears, "I do wish they would put their heads down! I

m so tired of being all alone here!"

As she said this, she looked down at her hands,nd was surprised to find she had put on one of thebbit's little gloves while she was talking. "How can I

ave done that?" thought she, "I must be growingmall again." She got up and went to the table toeasure herself by it, and found that, as nearly as

he could guess, she was now about two feet high,nd was going on shrinking rapidly: soon she found

ut that the reason of it was the nosegay she held iner hand: she dropped it hastily, just in time to saveerself from shrinking away altogether, and foundat she was now only three inches high.

"Now for the garden!" cried Alice, as sheurried back to the little door, but the little door was

cked again, and the little gold key was lying on theass table as before, and "things are worse thanver!" thought the poor little girl, "for I never was asmall as this before, never! And I declare it's tooad, it is!"



At this moment her foot slipped, and splash!he was up to her chin in salt water. Her first idea

as that she had fallen into the sea: then shemembered that she was under ground, and she

oon made out that it was the pool of tears she hadept when she was nine feet high. "I wish I hadn'tied so much!" said Alice, as she swam about,ying to find her way out, "I shall be punished for itow, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears!ell! that'll be a queer thing, to be sure! However,

very thing is queer today." Very soon she sawomething splashing about in the pool near her: atst she thought it must be a walrus or appopotamus, but then she remembered how smallhe was herself, and soon made out that it was onlymouse, that had slipped in like herself.

"Would it be any use, now," thought Alice, "topeak to this mouse? The rabbit is something quiteut-of-the-way, no doubt, and so have I been, ever nce I came down here, but that is no reason whye mouse should not be able to talk. I think I may asell try."



So she began: "oh Mouse, do you know how toet out of this pool? I am very tired of swimmingbout here, oh Mouse!" The mouse looked at her ther inquisitively, and seemed to her to wink with

ne of its little eyes, but it said nothing.

"Perhaps it doesn't understand English,"ought Alice; "I daresay it's a French mouse, comever with William the Conqueror!" (for,with all her nowledge of history, Alice had no very clear notionow long ago anything had happened,) so sheegan again: "où est ma chatte?" which was the firstentence out of her French lesson-book. The mouseave a sudden jump in the pool, and seemed touiver with fright: "oh, I beg your pardon!" cried Aliceastily, afraid that she had hurt the poor animal'selings, "I quite forgot you didn't like cats!"

"Not like cats!" cried the mouse, in a shrill,



assionate voice, "would you like cats if you weree?"

"Well, perhaps not," said Alice in a soothingne, "don't be angry about it. And yet I wish I could

how you our cat Dinah: I think you'd take a fancy to

ats if you could only see her. She is such a dear uiet thing," said Alice, half to herself, as she swamzily about in the pool, "she sits purring so nicely bye fire, licking her paws and washing her face: and

he is such a nice soft thing to nurse, and she's suchcapital one for catching mice—oh! I beg your

ardon!" cried poor Alice again, for this time theouse was bristling all over, and she felt certain that

was really offended, "have I offended you?"

"Offended indeed!" cried the mouse, whoeemed to be positively trembling with rage, "our mily always hated cats! Nasty, low, vulgar things!on't talk to me about them any more!"

"I won't indeed!" said Alice, in a great hurry tohange the conversation, "are you—are you—fond—dogs?" The mouse did not answer, so Aliceent on eagerly: "there is such a nice little dog near ur house I should like to show you! A little bright-yed terrier, you know, with oh! such long curly brownair! And it'll fetch things when you throw them, and

l sit up and beg for its dinner, and all sorts of things—I ca'n't remember half of them—and it belongs to a

rmer, and he says it kills all the rats and—oh dear!"aid Alice sadly, "I'm afraid I've offended it again!"r the mouse was swimming away from her as hards it could go, and making quite a commotion in theool as it went.



So she called softly after it: "mouse dear! Doome back again, and we won't talk about cats andogs any more, if you don't like them!" When theouse heard this, it turned and swam slowly back toer: its face was quite pale, (with passion, Alice

ought,) and it said in a trembling low voice "let'set to the shore, and then I'll tell you my history, andou'll understand why it is I hate cats and dogs."

It was high time to go, for the pool was gettinguite full of birds and animals that had fallen into it.here was a Duck and a Dodo, a Lory and an

aglet, and several other curious creatures. Aliced the way, and the whole party swam to the shore.







Chapter II

They were indeed a curious looking party thatssembled on the bank—the birds with draggledathers, the animals with their fur clinging close toem—all dripping wet, cross, and uncomfortable.he first question of course was, how to get dry: they

ad a consultation about this, and Alice hardly felt at surprised at finding herself talking familiarly withe birds, as if she had known them all her life.deed, she had quite a long argument with the Lory,ho at last turned sulky, and would only say "I amder than you, and must know best," and this Aliceould not admit without knowing how old the Loryas, and as the Lory positively refused to tell its age,ere was nothing more to be said.

At last the mouse, who seemed to have someuthority among them, called out "sit down, all of you,nd attend to me! I'll soon make you dry enough!"hey all sat down at once, shivering, in a large ring,ice in the middle, with her eyes anxiously fixed one mouse, for she felt sure she would catch a bad

old if she did not get dry very soon.

"Ahem!" said the mouse, with a self-importantr, "are you all ready? This is the driest thing I know.lence all round, if you please!

"William the Conqueror, whose cause wasvoured by the pope, was soon submitted to by thenglish, who wanted leaders, and had been of lateuch accustomed to usurpation and conquest.dwin and Morcar, the earls of Mercia andorthumbria—"



"Ugh!" said the Lory with a shiver.

"I beg your pardon?" said the mouse, frowning,ut very politely, "did you speak?"

"Not I!" said the Lory hastily.

"I thought you did," said the mouse, "I proceed.dwin and Morcar, the earls of Mercia andorthumbria, declared for him; and even Stigand,e patriotic archbishop of Canterbury, found itdvisable to go with Edgar Atheling to meet Williamnd offer him the crown. William's conduct was atst moderate—how are you getting on now, dear?"

aid the mouse, turning to Alice as it spoke.

"As wet as ever," said poor Alice, "it doesn't

eem to dry me at all."

"In that case," said the Dodo solemnly, rising tos feet, "I move that the meeting adjourn, for the

mmediate adoption of more energetic remedies—"

"Speak English!" said the Duck, "I don't knowe meaning of half those long words, and what'sore, I don't believe you do either!" And the Duckuacked a comfortable laugh to itself. Some of theher birds tittered audibly.

"I only meant to say," said the Dodo in a rather



fended tone, "that I know of a house near here,here we could get the young lady and the rest of thearty dried, and then we could listen comfortably toe story which I think you were good enough toomise to tell us," bowing gravely to the mouse.

The mouse made no objection to this, and thehole party moved along the river bank, (for the poolad by this time began to flow out of the hall, and thedge of it was fringed with rushes and forget-me-ots,) in a slow procession, the Dodo leading theay. After a time the Dodo became impatient, and,aving the Duck to bring up the rest of the party,oved on at a quicker pace with Alice, the Lory, and

e Eaglet, and soon brought them to a little cottage,nd there they sat snugly by the fire, wrapped up inankets, until the rest of the party had arrived, andey were all dry again.

Then they all sat down again in a large ring one bank, and begged the mouse to begin his story.

"Mine is a long and a sad tale!" said the mouse,rning to Alice, and sighing.

"It is a long tail, certainly," said Alice, lookingown with wonder at the mouse's tail, which was

oiled nearly all round the party, "but why do you callsad?" and she went on puzzling about this as theouse went on speaking, so that her idea of the taleas something like this:





We lived beneath the matWarm and snug and fat

But one woe, & that

Was the cat!

To our joys

a clog, In

our eyes a

fog, On our

hearts a log

Was the dog!

When the

cat's away,

Then

the mice

will

play,

But, alas!

one day, (So they say)

Came the dog and



cat, Hunting

for a

rat,

Crushed

the mice

all flat;

Each

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as

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"You are not attending!" said the mouse to Aliceeverely, "what are you thinking of?"

"I beg your pardon," said Alice very humbly,



ou had got to the fifth bend, I think?"

"I had not!" cried the mouse, sharply and veryngrily.

"A knot!" said Alice, always ready to makeerself useful, and looking anxiously about her, "oh,o let me help to undo it!"

"I shall do nothing of the sort!" said the mouse,etting up and walking away from the party, "yousult me by talking such nonsense!"

"I didn't mean it!" pleaded poor Alice, "butou're so easily offended, you know."

The mouse only growled in reply.

"Please come back and finish your story!" Alicealled after it, and the others all joined in choruses, please do!" but the mouse only shook its ears,

nd walked quickly away, and was soon out of sight.

"What a pity it wouldn't stay!" sighed the Lory,nd an old Crab took the opportunity of saying to itsaughter "Ah, my dear! let this be a lesson to youever to lose your temper!" "Hold your tongue, Ma!"aid the young Crab, a little snappishly, "you'renough to try the patience of an oyster!"

"I wish I had our Dinah here, I know I do!" said



ice aloud, addressing no one in particular, "she'doon fetch it back!"

"And who is Dinah, if I might venture to ask theuestion?" said the Lory.

Alice replied eagerly, for she was always readytalk about her pet, "Dinah's our cat. And she's

uch a capital one for catching mice, you can't think!nd oh! I wish you could see her after the birds!hy, she'll eat a little bird as soon as look at it!"

This answer caused a remarkable sensationmong the party: some of the birds hurried off atnce; one old magpie began wrapping itself up veryarefully, remarking "I really must be getting home:e night air does not suit my throat," and a canary

alled out in a trembling voice to its children "comeway from her, my dears, she's no fit company for



ou!" On various pretexts, they all moved off, andice was soon left alone.

She sat for some while sorrowful and silent, buthe was not long before she recovered her spirits,nd began talking to herself again as usual: "I do

sh some of them had stayed a little longer! and Ias getting to be such friends with them—really theory and I were almost like sisters! and so was thatear little Eaglet! And then the Duck and the Dodo!ow nicely the Duck sang to us as we came alongrough the water: and if the Dodo hadn't known theay to that nice little cottage, I don't know when wehould have got dry again—" and there is no

nowing how long she might have prattled on in thisay, if she had not suddenly caught the sound of attering feet.

It was the white rabbit, trotting slowly backgain, and looking anxiously about it as it went, as if



had lost something, and she heard it muttering toelf "the Marchioness! the Marchioness! oh my

ear paws! oh my fur and whiskers! She'll have mexecuted, as sure as ferrets are ferrets! Where can Iave dropped them, I wonder?" Alice guessed in aoment that it was looking for the nosegay and theair of white kid gloves, and she began hunting for

em, but they were now nowhere to be seen—verything seemed to have changed since her swimthe pool, and her walk along the river-bank with itsnge of rushes and forget-me-nots, and the glassble and the little door had vanished.

Soon the rabbit noticed Alice, as she stood

oking curiously about her, and at once said in auick angry tone, "why, Mary Ann! what are youoing out here? Go home this moment, and look ony dressing-table for my gloves and nosegay, andtch them here, as quick as you can run, do youear?" and Alice was so much frightened that shen off at once, without saying a word, in therection which the rabbit had pointed out.

She soon found herself in front of a neat littleouse, on the door of which was a bright brass plateth the name W. RABBIT, ESQ. She went in, and

urried upstairs, for fear she should meet the realary Ann and be turned out of the house before shead found the gloves: she knew that one pair hadeen lost in the hall, "but of course," thought Alice, "itas plenty more of them in its house. How queer iteems to be going messages for a rabbit! I supposenah'll be sending me messages next!" And she

egan fancying the sort of things that would happen:Miss Alice! come here directly and get ready for our walk!" "Coming in a minute, nurse! but I've got



watch this mousehole till Dinah comes back, andee that the mouse doesn't get out—" "only I don'tnk," Alice went on, "that they'd let Dinah stop in the

ouse, if it began ordering people about like that!"

By this time she had found her way into a tidy

le room, with a table in the window on which was aoking-glass and, (as Alice had hoped,) two or ree pairs of tiny white kid gloves: she took up aair of gloves, and was just going to leave the room,hen her eye fell upon a little bottle that stood near e looking-glass: there was no label on it this timeth the words "drink me," but nonetheless she

ncorked it and put it to her lips: "I know somethingteresting is sure to happen," she said to herself,whenever I eat or drink anything, so I'll see what thisottle does. I do hope it'll make me grow larger, for m quite tired of being such a tiny little thing!"

It did so indeed, and much sooner than she



xpected: before she had drunk half the bottle, sheund her head pressing against the ceiling, and sheooped to save her neck from being broken, andastily put down the bottle, saying to herself "that'suite enough—I hope I sha'n't grow any more—I wishhadn't drunk so much!"

Alas! it was too late: she went on growing andowing, and very soon had to kneel down: in

nother minute there was not room even for this, andhe tried the effect of lying down, with one elbowgainst the door, and the other arm curled round her ead. Still she went on growing, and as a last

source she put one arm out of the window, andne foot up the chimney, and said to herself "now Ian do no more—what will become of me?"

Luckily for Alice, the little magic bottle had now



ad its full effect, and she grew no larger; still it wasery uncomfortable, and as there seemed to be noort of chance of ever getting out of the room again,o wonder she felt unhappy. "It was much pleasanter

home," thought poor Alice, "when one wasn'tways growing larger and smaller, and beingdered about by mice and rabbits—I almost wish I

adn't gone down that rabbit-hole, and yet, and yet—s rather curious, you know, this sort of life. I doonder what can have happened to me! When Ised to read fairy-tales, I fancied that sort of thingever happened, and now here I am in the middle of ne! There out to be a book written about me, thatere ought! and when I grow up I'll write one—but I'mown up now" said she in a sorrowful tone, "at least

ere's no room to grow up any more here."

"But then," thought Alice, "shall I never get anyder than I am now? That'll be a comfort, one way—ever to be an old woman—but then—always to



ave lessons to learn! Oh, I shouldn't like that!"

"Oh, you foolish Alice!" she said again, "howan you learn lessons in here? Why, there's hardlyom for you, and no room at all for any lesson-ooks!"

And so she went on, taking first one side, anden the other, and making quite a conversation of ittogether, but after a few minutes she heard a voiceutside, which made her stop to listen.

"Mary Ann! Mary Ann!" said the voice, "fetch mey gloves this moment!" Then came a little patteringfeet on the stairs: Alice knew it was the rabbit

oming to look for her, and she trembled till shehook the house, quite forgetting that she was nowbout a thousand times as large as the rabbit, andad no reason to be afraid of it. Presently the rabbitame to the door, and tried to open it, but as it

pened inwards, and Alice's elbow was against it,e attempt proved a failure. Alice heard it say toelf "then I'll go round and get in at the window."

"That you wo'n't!" thought Alice, and, after aiting till she fancied she heard the rabbit, justnder the window, she suddenly spread out her

and, and made a snatch in the air. She did not getold of anything, but she heard a little shriek and all and a crash of breaking glass, from which she

oncluded that it was just possible it had fallen into aucumber-frame, or something of the sort.



Next came an angry voice—the rabbit's—"Pat,at! where are you?" And then a voice she hadever heard before, "shure then I'm here! digging for pples, anyway, yer honour!"

"Digging for apples indeed!" said the rabbitngrily, "here, come and help me out of this!"—ound of more breaking glass.

"Now, tell me, Pat, what is that coming out of thendow?"

"Shure it's an arm, yer honour!" (He pronounced"arrum".)

"An arm, you goose! Who ever saw an arm that



ze? Why, it fills the whole window, don't you see?"

"Shure, it does, yer honour, but it's an arm for allat."

"Well, it's no business there: go and take itway!"

There was a long silence after this, and Aliceould only hear whispers now and then, such ashure I don't like it, yer honour, at all at all!" "do as Ill you, you coward!" and at last she spread out her

and again and made another snatch in the air. Thisme there were two little shrieks, and more breakingass—"what a number of cucumber-frames thereust be!" thought Alice, "I wonder what they'll doext! As for pulling me out of the window, I only wishey could! I'm sure I don't want to stop in here anynger!"

She waited for some time without hearingnything more: at last came a rumbling of little cart-heels, and the sound of a good many voices alllking together: she made out the words "where'se other ladder?—why, I hadn't to bring but one,ll's got the other—here, put 'em up at this corner—

o, tie 'em together first—they don't reach high

nough yet—oh, they'll do well enough, don't bearticular—here, Bill! catch hold of this rope—will theof bear?—mind that loose slate—oh, it's coming

own! heads below!—" (a loud crash) "now, who didat?—it was Bill, I fancy—who's to go down the

himney?—nay, I sha'n't! you do it!—that I won't then—Bill's got to go down—here, Bill! the master says



ou've to go down the chimney!"

"Oh, so Bill's got to come down the chimney,as he?" said Alice to herself, "why, they seem to putverything upon Bill! I wouldn't be in Bill's place for aood deal: the fireplace is a pretty tight one, but I

nk I can kick a little!"

She drew her foot as far down the chimney ashe could, and waited till she heard a little animalhe couldn't guess what sort it was) scratching and

crambling in the chimney close above her: then,aying to herself "this is Bill," she gave one sharp

ck, and waited again to see what would happenext.

The first thing was a general chorus of "thereoes Bill!" then the rabbit's voice alone "catch him,



ou by the hedge!" then silence, and then another onfusion of voices, "how was it, old fellow? whatappened to you? tell us all about it."

Last came a little feeble squeaking voice,hat's Bill" thought Alice,) which said "well, I hardly

now—I'm all of a fluster myself—something comesme like a Jack-in-the-box, and the next minute up Ioes like a rocket!" "And so you did, old fellow!"aid the other voices.

"We must burn the house down!" said the voicethe rabbit, and Alice called out as loud as she

ould "if you do, I'll set Dinah at you!" This causedence again, and while Alice was thinking "but howan I get Dinah here?" she found to her great delightat she was getting smaller: very soon she was ableget up out of the uncomfortable position in which

he had been lying, and in two or three minutes morehe was once more three inches high.

She ran out of the house as quick as she could,nd found quite a crowd of little animals waitingutside—guinea-pigs, white mice, squirrels, andBill" a little green lizard, that was being supported ine arms of one of the guinea-pigs, while another as giving it something out of a bottle. They all maderush at her the moment she appeared, but Alice

n her hardest, and soon found herself in a thickood.







Chapter III

"The first thing I've got to do," said Alice toerself, as she wandered about in the wood, "is toow to my right size, and the second thing is to findy way into that lovely garden. I think that will be theest plan."

It sounded an excellent plan, no doubt, and veryeatly and simply arranged: the only difficulty was,at she had not the smallest idea how to set aboutand while she was peering anxiously among the

ees round her, a little sharp bark just over her headade her look up in a great hurry.

An enormous puppy was looking down at her th large round eyes, and feebly stretching out one

aw, trying to reach her: "poor thing!" said Alice in aoaxing tone, and she tried hard to whistle to it, buthe was terribly alarmed all the while at the thoughtat it might be hungry, in which case it would

obably devour her in spite of all her coaxing.ardly knowing what she did, she picked up a littlet of stick, and held it out to the puppy: whereupone puppy jumped into the air off all its feet at once,nd with a yelp of delight rushed at the stick, andade believe to worry it then Alice dodged behind aeat thistle to keep herself from being run over, and,

e moment she appeared at the other side, theuppy made another dart at the stick, and tumbledead over heels in its hurry to get hold: then Alice,nking it was very like having a game of play with a

art-horse, and expecting every moment to beampled under its feet, ran round the thistle again:en the puppy begin a series of short charges at theck runnin a ver little wa forwards each time



nd a long way back, and barking hoarsely all thehile, till at last it sat down a good way off, panting,th its tongue hanging out of its mouth, and its great

yes half shut.

This seemed to Alice a good opportunity for

aking her escape. She set off at once, and ran tille puppy's bark sounded quite faint in the distance,nd till she was quite tired and out of breath.

"And yet what a dear little puppy it was!" saidAlice, as she leant against a buttercup to resterself, and fanned herself with her hat. "I should

ave liked teaching it tricks, if—if I'd only been theght size to do it! Oh! I'd nearly forgotten that I've got

grow up again! Let me see; how is it to beanaged? I suppose I ought to eat or drink

omething or other, but the great question is what?"

The great question certainly was, what? Alice

oked all round her at the flowers and the blades of ass but could not see anything that looked like the

ght thing to eat under the circumstances. There waslarge mushroom near her, about the same height

s herself, and when she had looked under it, and onoth sides of it, and behind it, it occurred to her took and see what was on the top of it.

She stretched herself up on tiptoe, and peepedver the edge of the mushroom, and her eyes

mmediately met those of a large blue caterpillar,hich was sitting with its arms folded, quietlymoking a long hookah, and taking not the leastotice of her or of anything else.



For some time they looked at each other inence: at last the caterpillar took the hookah out of

mouth, and languidly addressed her.

"Who are you?" said the caterpillar.

This was not an encouraging opening for aonversation: Alice replied rather shyly, "I—I hardly

now, sir, just at present—at least I know who I washen I got up this morning, but I think I must haveeen changed several times since that."

"What do you mean by that?" said theaterpillar, "explain yourself!"



"I ca'n't explain myself, I'm afraid, sir," saidice, "because I'm not myself, you see."

"I don't see," said the caterpillar.

"I'm afraid I can't put it more clearly," Aliceplied very politely, "for I ca'n't understand it myself,

nd really to be so many different sizes in one day isery confusing."

"It isn't," said the caterpillar.

"Well, perhaps you haven't found it so yet," saidice, "but when you have to turn into a chrysalis, you

now, and then after that into a butterfly, I should thinkl feel a little queer, don't you think so?"

"Not a bit," said the caterpillar.

"All I know is," said Alice, "it would feel queer toe."

"You!" said the caterpillar contemptuously, "whoe you?"

Which brought them back again to theeginning of the conversation: Alice felt a littleitated at the caterpillar making such very shortmarks, and she drew herself up and said very





"Yes, sir," said Alice, "I ca'n't remember thengs I used to know—I've tried to say "How doth the

tle busy bee" and it came all different!"

"Try and repeat "You are old, father William","aid the caterpillar.

Alice folded her hands, and began:

1.

You are old, father William," the young man said,And your hair is exceedingly white:nd yet you incessantly stand on your head—o you think, at your age, it is right?"



2.

n my youth," father William replied to his son,feared it might injure the brainut now that I'm perfectly sure I have none,hy, I do it again and again."

3.

You are old," said the youth, "as I mentioned before,nd have grown most uncommonly fat:et you turned a back-somersault in at the door—

ray what is the reason of that?"

4.

n my youth," said the sage, as he shook his graycks,kept all my limbs very supple,



y the use of this ointment, five shillings the box—low me to sell you a couple."

5.

You are old," said the youth, "and your jaws are tooeakor anything tougher than suet:et you eat all the goose, with the bones and theeak—ray, how did you manage to do it?"

6.

n my youth," said the old man, "I took to the law,nd argued each case with my wife,nd the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw,as lasted the rest of my life."



7.

You are old," said the youth; "one would hardlyuppose

hat your eye was as steady as ever:et you balanced an eel on the end of your nose—hat made you so awfully clever?"

8.

have answered three questions, and that isnough,"

aid his father, "don't give yourself airs!o you think I can listen all day to such stuff?e off, or I'll kick you down stairs!"

"That is not said right," said the caterpillar.



"Not quite right, I'm afraid," said Alice timidly,ome of the words have got altered."

"It is wrong from beginning to end," said theaterpillar decidedly, and there was silence for someinutes: the caterpillar was the first to speak.

"What size do you want to be?" it asked.

"Oh, I'm not particular as to size," Alice hastilyplied, "only one doesn't like changing so often, you

now."

"Are you content now?" said the caterpillar.

"Well, I should like to be a little larger, sir, if yououldn't mind," said Alice, "three inches is such aretched height to be."

"It is a very good height indeed!" said theaterpillar loudly and angrily, rearing itself straight ups it spoke (it was exactly three inches high).

"But I'm not used to it!" pleaded poor Alice in a

teous tone, and she thought to herself "I wish theeatures wouldn't be so easily offended!"

"You'll get used to it in time," said the caterpillar,nd it put the hookah into its mouth, and beganmoking again.



This time Alice waited quietly until it chose topeak again: in a few minutes the caterpillar took theookah out of its mouth, and got down off theushroom, and crawled away into the grass, merelymarking as it went; "the top will make you grow

ler, and the stalk will make you grow shorter."

"The top of what? the stalk of what?" thoughtice.

"Of the mushroom," said the caterpillar, just as if

he had asked it aloud, and in another moment wasut of sight.

Alice remained looking thoughtfully at theushroom for a minute, and then picked it and

arefully broke it in two, taking the stalk in one hand,



nd the top in the other.

"Which does the stalk do?" she said, andbbled a little bit of it to try; the next moment she feltviolent blow on her chin: it had struck her foot!

She was a good deal frightened by this veryudden change, but as she did not shrink any further,nd had not dropped the top of the mushroom, shed not give up hope yet. There was hardly room topen her mouth, with her chin pressing against her ot, but she did it at last, and managed to bite off atle bit of the top of the mushroom.

"Come! my head's free at last!" said Alice in ane of delight, which changed into alarm in another oment, when she found that her shoulders were

owhere to be seen: she looked down upon anmmense length of neck, which seemed to rise like aalk out of a sea of green leaves that lay far belower.



"What can all that green stuff be?" said Alice,nd where have my shoulders got to? And oh! myoor hands! how is it I ca'n't see you?" She wasoving them about as she spoke, but no result

eemed to follow, except a little rustling among theaves. Then she tried to bring her head down to her ands, and was delighted to find that her neck would



end about easily in every direction, like a serpent.he had just succeeded in bending it down in aeautiful zig-zag, and was going to dive in amonge leaves, which she found to be the tops of theees of the wood she had been wandering in, whensharp hiss made her draw back: a large pigeon

ad flown into her face, and was violently beating her

th its wings.

"Serpent!" screamed the pigeon.

"I'm not a serpent!" said Alice indignantly, "lete alone!"

"I've tried every way!" the pigeon saidesperately, with a kind of sob: "nothing seems touit 'em!"





"I—I'm a little girl," said Alice, rather doubtfully,s she remembered the number of changes she hadone through.

"A likely story indeed!" said the pigeon, "I've

een a good many of them in my time, but never oneth such a neck as yours! No, you're a serpent, Inow that well enough! I suppose you'll tell me nextat you never tasted an egg!"

" I have tasted eggs, certainly," said Alice, whoas a very truthful child, "but indeed I do'n't want any

yours. I do'n't like them raw."

"Well, be off, then!" said the pigeon, and settledown into its nest again. Alice crouched downmong the trees, as well as she could, as her neckept getting entangled among the branches, andeveral times she had to stop and untwist it. Soon

he remembered the pieces of mushroom which shell held in her hands, and set to work very carefully,bbling first at one and then at the other, andowing sometimes taller and sometimes shorter,

ntil she had succeeded in bringing herself down toer usual size.

It was so long since she had been of the rightze that it felt quite strange at first, but she got quitesed to it in a minute or two, and began talking toerself as usual: "well! there's half my plan doneow! How puzzling all these changes are! I'm never ure what I'm going to be, from one minute tonother! However, I've got to my right size again: the



ext thing is, to get into that beautiful garden—how isat to be done, I wonder?"

Just as she said this, she noticed that one of theees had a doorway leading right into it. "That's veryurious!" she thought, "but everything's curious

day: I may as well go in." And in she went.

Once more she found herself in the long hall,nd close to the little glass table: "now, I'll manageetter this time" she said to herself, and began byking the little golden key, and unlocking the door at led into the garden. Then she set to work eating

e pieces of mushroom till she was about fifteenches high: then she walked down the littleassage: and then—she found herself at last in theeautiful garden, among the bright flowerbeds ande cool fountains.







Chapter IV

A large rose tree stood near the entrance of thearden: the roses on it were white, but there wereree gardeners at it, busily painting them red. Thisice thought a very curious thing, and she went near watch them, and just as she came up she heard

ne of them say "look out, Five! Don't go splashingaint over me like that!"

"I couldn't help it," said Five in a sulky tone,Seven jogged my elbow."

On which Seven lifted up his head and saidhat's right, Five! Always lay the blame on others!"

"You'd better not talk!" said Five, "I heard theueen say only yesterday she thought of having youeheaded!"

"What for?" said the one who had spoken first.

"That's not your business, Two!" said Seven.

"Yes, it is his business!" said Five, "and I'll tell

m: it was for bringing in tulip-roots to the cookstead of potatoes."

Seven flung down his brush, and had just begunwell! Of all the unjust things—" when his eye fellpon Alice, and he stopped suddenly; the others



oked round, and all of them took off their hats andowed low.

"Would you tell me, please," said Alice timidly,why you are painting those roses?"

Five and Seven looked at Two, but said nothing:wo began, in a low voice, "why, Miss, the fact is,s ought to have been a red rose tree, and we put ahite one in by mistake, and if the Queen was to findout, we should all have our heads cut off. So, you

ee, we're doing our best, before she comes, to—"At this moment Five, who had been looking

nxiously across the garden called out "the Queen!e Queen!" and the three gardeners instantly threwemselves flat upon their faces. There was a soundmany footsteps, and Alice looked round, eager to

ee the Queen.

First came ten soldiers carrying clubs; these

ere all shaped like the three gardeners, flat andblong, with their hands and feet at the corners: nexte ten courtiers; these were all ornamented withamonds, and walked two and two, as the soldiersd. After these came the Royal children: there weren of them, and the little dears came jumping merrilyong, hand in hand, in couples: they were allnamented with hearts. Next came the guests,

ostly kings and queens, among whom Alicecognised the white rabbit: it was talking in a

urried nervous manner, smiling at everything thatas said, and went by without noticing her. Thenllowed the Knave of Hearts, carrying the King'sown on a cushion, and, last of all this grandocession, came THE KING AND QUEEN OF



EARTS.

When the procession came opposite to Alice,ey all stopped and looked at her, and the Queen

aid severely "who is this?" She said it to the KnaveHearts, who only bowed and smiled in reply.

"Idiot!" said the Queen, turning up her nose, andsked Alice "what's your name?"

"My name is Alice, so please your Majesty,"aid Alice boldly, for she thought to herself "why,ey're only a pack of cards! I needn't be afraid of em!"

"Who are these?" said the Queen, pointing toe three gardeners lying round the rose tree, for, asey were lying on their faces, and the pattern on



eir backs was the same as the rest of the pack,he could not tell whether they were gardeners, or oldiers, or courtiers, or three of her own children.

"How should I know?" said Alice, surprised ater own courage, "it's no business of mine."

The Queen turned crimson with fury, and, after aring at her for a minute, began in a voice of under "off with her—"

"Nonsense!" said Alice, very loudly and

ecidedly, and the Queen was silent.

The King laid his hand upon her arm, and saidmidly "remember, my dear! She is only a child!"

The Queen turned angrily away from him, and

aid to the Knave "turn them over!"

The Knave did so, very carefully, with one foot.

"Get up!" said the Queen, in a shrill loud voice,nd the three gardeners instantly jumped up, andegan bowing to the King, the Queen, the Royalhildren, and everybody else.

"Leave off that!" screamed the Queen, "youake me giddy." And then, turning to the rose tree,

he went on "what have you been doing here?"



"May it please your Majesty," said Two veryumbly, going down on one knee as he spoke, "weere trying—"

"I see!" said the Queen, who had meantimeeen examining the roses, "off with their heads!" ande procession moved on, three of the soldiersmaining behind to execute the three unfortunate

ardeners, who ran to Alice for protection.

"You sha'n't be beheaded!" said Alice, and sheut them into her pocket: the three soldiers marched

nce round her, looking for them, and then quietlyarched off after the others.

"Are their heads off?" shouted the Queen.

"Their heads are gone," the soldiers shouted inply, "if it please your Majesty!"

"That's right!" shouted the Queen, "can you playoquet?"

The soldiers were silent, and looked at Alice, ase question was evidently meant for her.

"Yes!" shouted Alice at the top of her voice.

"Come on then!" roared the Queen, and Aliceoined the procession, wondering very much what



ould happen next.

"It's—it's a very fine day!" said a timid littleoice: she was walking by the white rabbit, who waseeping anxiously into her face.

"Very," said Alice, "where's the Marchioness?"

"Hush, hush!" said the rabbit in a low voice,he'll hear you. The Queen's the Marchioness: didn't

ou know that?"

"No, I didn't," said Alice, "what of?"

"Queen of Hearts," said the rabbit in a whisper,utting its mouth close to her ear, "and MarchionessMock Turtles."

"What are they?" said Alice, but there was nome for the answer, for they had reached theoquet-ground, and the game began instantly.

Alice thought she had never seen such aurious croquet-ground in all her life: it was all indges and furrows: the croquet-balls were liveedgehogs, the mallets live ostriches, and theoldiers had to double themselves up, and stand oneir feet and hands, to make the arches.





The players all played at once without waitingr turns, and quarrelled all the while at the tops of eir voices, and in a very few minutes the Queenas in a furious passion, and went stamping aboutnd shouting "off with his head!" of "off with her ead!" about once in a minute. All those whom sheentenced were taken into custody by the soldiers,ho of course had to leave off being arches to dos, so that, by the end of half an hour or so, there

ere no arches left, and all the players, except theng, the Queen, and Alice, were in custody, and

nder sentence of execution.

Then the Queen left off, quite out of breath, andaid to Alice "have you seen the Mock Turtle?"

"No," said Alice, "I don't even know what aock Turtle is."



"Come on then," said the Queen, "and it shalll you its history."

As they walked off together, Alice heard theng say in a low voice, to the company generally,ou are all pardoned."

"Come, that's a good thing!" thought Alice, whoad felt quite grieved at the number of executionshich the Queen had ordered.

They very soon came upon a Gryphon, which layst asleep in the sun: (if you don't know what aryphon is, look at the picture): "Up, lazy thing!" saide Queen, "and take this young lady to see theock Turtle, and to hear its history. I must go backnd see after some executions I ordered," and she

alked off, leaving Alice with the Gryphon. Alice didot quite like the look of the creature, but on thehole she thought it quite as safe to stay as to goter that savage Queen: so she waited.

The Gryphon sat up and rubbed its eyes: then itatched the Queen till she was out of si ht: then it



huckled. "What fun!" said the Gryphon, half to itself,alf to Alice.

"What is the fun?" said Alice.

"Why, she," said the Gryphon; "it's all her fancy,at: they never executes nobody, you know: comen!"

"Everybody says 'come on!' here," thought Alices she walked slowly after the Gryphon; "I never wasdered about so before in all my life—never!"

They had not gone far before they saw the Mockurtle in the distance, sitting sad and lonely on a littledge of rock, and, as they came nearer, Alice couldere it sighing as if its heart would break. She pitied

deeply: "what is its sorrow?" she asked theryphon, and the Gryphon answered, very nearly in

e same words as before, "it's all its fancy, that: itasn't got no sorrow, you know: come on!"



So they went up to the Mock Turtle, who lookedthem with large eyes full of tears, but said nothing.

"This here young lady" said the Gryphon, "wantsr to know your history, she do."

"I'll tell it," said the Mock Turtle, in a deep hollowne, "sit down, and don't speak till I've finished."

So they sat down, and no one spoke for someinutes: Alice thought to herself "I don't see how it

an ever finish, if it doesn't begin," but she waitedatiently.



"Once," said the Mock Turtle at last, with a deepgh, "I was a real Turtle."

These words were followed by a very longence, broken only by an occasional exclamation of jckrrh!" from the Gryphon, and the constant heavy

obbing of the Mock Turtle. Alice was very nearlyetting up and saying, "thank you, sir, for your teresting story," but she could not help thinkingere must be more to come, so she sat still and

aid nothing.

"When we were little," the Mock Turtle went on,ore calmly, though still sobbing a little now anden, "we went to school in the sea. The master wasn old Turtle—we used to call him Tortoise—"

"Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn'tne?" asked Alice.

"We called him Tortoise because he taught us,"aid the Mock Turtle angrily, "really you are veryull!"

"You ought to be ashamed of yourself for asking

uch a simple question," added the Gryphon, anden they both sat silent and looked at poor Alice,ho felt ready to sink into the earth: at last theryphon said to the Mock Turtle, "get on, old fellow!on't be all day!" and the Mock Turtle went on inese words:



"You may not have lived much under the sea—"haven't," said Alice,) "and perhaps you were

ever even introduced to a lobster—" (Alice begansay "I once tasted—" but hastily checked herself,

nd said "no, never," instead,) "so you can have noea what a delightful thing a Lobster Quadrille is!"

"No, indeed," said Alice, "what sort of a thing is?"

"Why," said the Gryphon, "you form into a lineong the sea shore—"

"Two lines!" cried the Mock Turtle, "seals,rtles, salmon, and so on—advance twice—"

"Each with a lobster as partner!" cried theryphon.





"Of course," the Mock Turtle said, "advancewice, set to partners—"

"Change lobsters, and retire in same order—"terrupted the Gryphon.

"Then, you know," continued the Mock Turtle,ou throw the—"

"The lobsters!" shouted the Gryphon, with aound into the air.

"As far out to sea as you can—"

"Swim after them!" screamed the Gryphon.

"Turn a somersault in the sea!" cried the Mockurtle, capering wildly about.

"Change lobsters again!" yelled the Gryphon ate top of its voice, "and then—"



"That's all," said the Mock Turtle, suddenlyopping its voice, and the two creatures, who hadeen jumping about like mad things all this time, satown again very sadly and quietly, and looked atice.

"It must be a very pretty dance," said Alice

midly.

"Would you like to see a little of it?" said theock Turtle.

"Very much indeed," said Alice.

"Come, let's try the first figure!" said the Mockurtle to the Gryphon, "we can do it without lobsters,ou know. Which shall sing?"

"Oh! you sing!" said the Gryphon, "I've forgotten



e words."

So they began solemnly dancing round andund Alice, every now and then treading on her toeshen they came too close, and waving their fore-aws to mark the time, while the Mock Turtle sang,

owly and sadly, these words:

Beneath the waters of the seare lobsters thick as thick can be—hey love to dance with you and me,y own, my gentle Salmon!"

The Gryphon joined in singing the chorus, which

as:

Salmon come up! Salmon go down!almon come twist your tail around!f all the fishes of the seahere's none so good as Salmon!"

"Thank you," said Alice, feeling very glad that

e figure was over.

"Shall we try the second figure?" said theryphon, "or would you prefer a song?"

"Oh, a song, please!" Alice replied, so eagerly,

at the Gryphon said, in a rather offended tone, "hm!o accounting for tastes! Sing her 'Mock Turtleoup', will you, old fellow!"

The Mock Turtle sighed deeply, and began, in aoice sometimes choked with sobs, to sing this:



Beautiful Soup, so rich and green,aiting in a hot tureen!ho for such dainties would not stoop?

oup of the evening, beautiful Soup!oup of the evening, beautiful Soup!eau—ootiful Soo—oop!

eau—ootiful Soo—oop!oo—oop of the e—e—evening,eautiful beautiful Soup!

"Chorus again!" cried the Gryphon, and theock Turtle had just begun to repeat it, when a cry of he trial's beginning!" was heard in the distance.

"Come on!" cried the Gryphon, and, taking Alicey the hand, he hurried off, without waiting for thend of the song.

"What trial is it?" panted Alice as she ran, bute Gryphon only answered "come on!" and ran the

ster, and more and more faintly came, borne one breeze that followed them, the melancholy words:

Soo—oop of the e—e—evening,eautiful beautiful Soup!"

The King and Queen were seated on their rone when they arrived, with a great crowd

ssembled around them: the Knave was in custody:nd before the King stood the white rabbit, with aumpet in one hand, and a scroll of parchment in theher.





"Herald! read the accusation!" said the King.

On this the white rabbit blew three blasts on theumpet, and then unrolled the parchment scroll, andad as follows:

he Queen of Hearts she made some tartsl on a summer day:he Knave of Hearts he stole those tarts,nd took them quite away!"

"Now for the evidence," said the King, "and then

e sentence."

"No!" said the Queen, "first the sentence, anden the evidence!"



"Nonsense!" cried Alice, so loudly thatverybody jumped, "the idea of having the sentencest!"

"Hold your tongue!" said the Queen.

"I won't!" said Alice, "you're nothing but a packcards! Who cares for you?"

At this the whole pack rose up into the air, andame flying down upon her: she gave a little scream

fright, and tried to beat them off, and found herself ng on the bank, with her head in the lap of her ster, who was gently brushing away some leavesat had fluttered down from the trees on to her face.

"Wake up! Alice dear!" said her sister, "what a

ce long sleep you've had!"

"Oh, I've had such a curious dream!" said Alice,nd she told her sister all her Adventures Under round, as you have read them, and when she hadnished, her sister kissed her and said "it was aurious dream, dear, certainly! But now run in to your

a: it's getting late."

So Alice ran off, thinking while she ran (as wellhe might) what a wonderful dream it had been.



But her sister sat there some while longer,atching the setting sun, and thinking of little Alicend her Adventures, till she too began dreamingter a fashion, and this was her dream:

She saw an ancient city, and a quiet river nding near it along the plain, and up the streament slowly gliding a boat with a merry party of hildren on board—she could hear their voices andughter like music over the water—and among themas another little Alice, who sat listening with brightager eyes to a tale that was being told, and she

tened for the words of the tale, and lo! it was theeam of her own little sister. So the boat woundowly along, beneath the bright summer-day, with itserry crew and its music of voices and laughter, till it

assed round one of the many turnings of theream, and she saw it no more.

Then she thought, (in a dream within the dream,s it were,) how this same little Alice would, in theter-time, be herself a grown woman: and how sheould keep, through her riper years, the simple andving heart of her childhood: and how she wouldather around her other little children, and make their yes bright and eager with many a wonderful tale,erhaps even with these very adventures of the little

ice of long-ago: and how she would feel with alleir simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their mple joys, remembering her own child-life, and theappy summer days.





happy summer days.

THE END.



POSTSCRIPT.

The profits, if any, of this book will be given tohildren's Hospitals and Convalescent Homes for ick Children; and the accounts, down to June 30 each year, will be published in the St. James's

azette, on the second Tuesday of the following

ecember.

P.P.S.—The thought, so prettily expressed by e little boy, is also to be found in Longfellow's

Hiawatha," where he appeals to those who believe

That the feeble hands and helpless,

roping blindly in the darkness,ouch God's right hand in that darkness,nd are lifted up and strengthened ."



"Who will Riddle me the How andthe Why?"

So questions one of England's sweetest ngers. The "How?" has already been told, after ashion, in the verses prefixed to "Alice in

Wonderland"; and some other memories of that appy summer day are set down, for those whoare to see them, in this little book—the germ that as to grow into the published volume. But the

Why?" cannot, and need not, be put into words.hose for whom a child's mind is a sealed book,nd who see no divinity in a child's smile, would ad such words in vain: while for any one that has

ver loved one true child, no words are needed. For e will have known the awe that falls on one in theresence of a spirit fresh from God's hands, onhom no shadow of sin, and but the outermost nge of the shadow of sorrow, has yet fallen: he will ave felt the bitter contrast between the haunting elfishness that spoils his best deeds and the lifeat is but an overflowing love—for I think a child's

rst attitude to the world is a simple love for all ving things: and he will have learned that the best ork a man can do is when he works for love's sakenly, with no thought of name, or gain, or earthly ward. No deed of ours, I suppose, on this side the

rave, is really unselfish: yet if one can put forth all ne's powers in a task where nothing of reward isoped for but a little child's whispered thanks, and

e airy touch of a little child's pure lips, one seemscome somewhere near to this.

There was no idea of publication in my mind hen I wrote this little book : that was wholly anfterthought, pressed on me by the "perhaps too



artial friends" who always have to bear the blamehen a writer rushes into print: and I can truly say at no praise of theirs has ever given me oneundredth part of the pleasure it has been to think f the sick children in hospitals (where it has been aelight to me to send copies) forgetting, for a few right hours, their pain and weariness—perhaps

inking lovingly of the unknown writer of the tale—erhaps even putting up a childish prayer (and oh,ow much it needs!) for one who can but dimly ope to stand, some day, not quite out of sight of ose pure young faces, before the great whiterone. "I am very sure," writes a lady-visitor at aome for Sick Children, "that there will be many ving earnest prayers for you on Easter morning

om the children."

I would like to quote further from her letters, asmbodying a suggestion that may perhaps thusome to the notice of some one able and willing toarry it out.

"I want you to send me one of your Easter reetings for a very dear child who is dying at our ome. She is just fading away, and 'Alice' hasrightened some of the weary hours in her illness,nd I know that letter would be such a delight to her

—especially if you would put 'Minnie' at the top,nd she could know you had sent it for her. Shenows you, and would so value it.... She suffers souch that I long for what I know would so pleaseer." ... "Thank you very much for sending me thetter, and for writing Minnie's name.... I am quiteure that all these children will say a loving prayer r the 'Alice-man' on Easter Day: and I am suree letter will help the little ones to the real Easter



y. How I do wish that you, who have won the heartsnd confidence of so many children, would do for em what is so very near my heart, and yet what none will do, viz. write a book for children about Godnd themselves, which is not goody, and whichegins at the right end, about religion, to makeem see what it really is. I get quite miserable very

ften over the children I come across: hardly any of em have an idea of really knowing that God lovesem, or of loving and confiding in Him. They will ve and trust me, and be sure that I want them toe happy, and will not let them suffer more than isecessary: but as for going to Him in the same way,ey would never think of it. They are dreadfully fraid of Him, if they think of Him at all, which they

enerally only do when they have been naughty,nd they look on all connected with Him as very rave and dull: and, when they are full of fun and oroughly happy, I am sure they unconsciously ope He is not looking. I am sure I don't wonder ey think of Him in this way, for people never talk of im in connection with what makes their little livese brightest. If they are naughty, people put on

olemn faces, and say He is very angry or hocked, or something which frightens them: and,r the rest, He is talked about only in a way that akes them think of church and having to be quiet.s for being taught that all Joy and all Gladnessnd Brightness is His Joy—that He is wearying for em to be happy, and is not hard and stern, but

ways doing things to make their days brighter,nd caring for them so tenderly, and wanting themrun to Him with all their little joys and sorrows,

ey are not taught that. I do so long to make themust Him as they trust us, to feel that He will 'takeeir part' as they do with us in their little woes, and go to Him in their plays and enjoyments and not



nly when they say their prayers. I was quiterateful to one little dot, a short time ago, who said his mother 'when I am in bed, I put out my hand see if I can feel Jesus and my angel. I thought

erhaps in the dark they'd touch me, but they never ave yet.' I do so want them to want to go to Him,nd to feel how, if He is there, it must be happy."

Let me add—for I feel I have drifted into far tooerious a vein for a preface to a fairy-tale—theeliciously naïve remark of a very dear child-friend,hom I asked, after an acquaintance of two or threeays, if she had read 'Alice' and the 'Looking-lass.' "Oh yes," she replied readily, "I've read both

f them! And I think" (this more slowly and oughtfully) "I think 'Through the Looking-Glass' isore stupid than 'Alice's Adventures.' Don't youink so?" But this was a question I felt it would beardly discreet for me to enter upon.

LEWIS CARROLL.

Dec. 1886.

AN EASTER GREETING

TO

EVERY CHILD WHO LOVES



"Alice."

Dear Child,

Please to fancy, if you can, that you are

ading a real letter, from a real friend whom you ave seen, and whose voice you can seem toourself to hear wishing you, as I do now with all my eart, a happy Easter.

Do you know that delicious dreamy feeling hen one first wakes on a summer morning, with

e twitter of birds in the air, and the fresh breezeoming in at the open window—when, lying lazily ith eyes half shut, one sees as in a dream greenoughs waving, or waters rippling in a golden light?is a pleasure very near to sadness, bringing tearsone's eyes like a beautiful picture or poem. And not that a Mother's gentle hand that undraws your

urtains, and a Mother's sweet voice that summons

ou to rise? To rise and forget, in the bright unlight, the ugly dreams that frightened you sohen all was dark—to rise and enjoy another happy ay, first kneeling to thank that unseen Friend, whoends you the beautiful sun?

Are these strange words from a writer of such

les as "Alice"? And is this a strange letter to find a book of nonsense? It may be so. Some

erhaps may blame me for thus mixing together ings grave and gay; others may smile and think it dd that any one should speak of solemn things at l, except in church and on a Sunday: but I think—ay, I am sure—that some children will read this



ently and lovingly, and in the spirit in which I haveritten it.

For I do not believe God means us thus tovide life into two halves—to wear a grave face onunday, and to think it out-of-place to even so

uch as mention Him on a week-day. Do you think e cares to see only kneeling figures, and to hear nly tones of prayer—and that He does not alsove to see the lambs leaping in the sunlight, and hear the merry voices of the children, as they roll

mong the hay? Surely their innocent laughter iss sweet in His ears as the grandest anthem that ver rolled up from the "dim religious light" of some

olemn cathedral?

And if I have written anything to add to thoseores of innocent and healthy amusement that areid up in books for the children I love so well, it isurely something I may hope to look back uponithout shame and sorrow (as how much of life

ust then be recalled!) when my turn comes to walk rough the valley of shadows.

This Easter sun will rise on you, dear child,eling your "life in every limb," and eager to rushut into the fresh morning air —and many anaster-day will come and go, before it finds you

eble and gray-headed, creeping wearily out toask once more in the sunlight—but it is good,ven now, to think sometimes of that great morning hen the "Sun of Righteousness shall arise withealing in his wings."



Surely your gladness need not be the less for e thought that you will one day see a brighter awn than this—when lovelier sights will meet your yes than any waving trees or rippling waters—hen angel-hands shall undraw your curtains, and weeter tones than ever loving Mother breathed hall wake you to a new and glorious day—and

hen all the sadness, and the sin, that darkened e on this little earth, shall be forgotten like thereams of a night that is past!

Your affectionate friend ,

LEWIS CARROLL.

Easter, 1876.



CHRISTMAS GREETINGS.

[FROM A FAIRY TO A CHILD.]

Lady dear, if Fairies mayFor a moment lay asideCunning tricks and elfish play,

'Tis at happy Christmas-tide.We have heard the children say—Gentle children, whom we love—Long ago, on Christmas Day,Came a message from above.Still, as Christmas-tide comes round,They remember it again—Echo still the joyful sound

"Peace on earth, good-will to men!"Yet the hearts must childlike beWhere such heavenly guests abide:Unto children, in their glee, All the year is Christmas-tide!Thus, forgetting tricks and playFor a moment, Lady dear,We would wish you, if we may,Merry Christmas, glad New Year!

LEWIS CARROLL.

Christmas, 1867.




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