BIB_ID
195057
Accession number
MA 9762
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
Oxford, 1882 April 5
Credit line
Purchased, 1980.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 18.0 x 11.3 cm.
Notes
This is a printed circular with an autograph date, salutation and opening paragraph and an autograph closing with his signature.
Written from '"Ch. Ch.", Carroll's abbreviation for Christ Church.
Autograph additions in purple ink.
Carroll's opening autograph paragraph has faded to illegibility however his autograph closing and signature are clear. The text quoted in the summary is from the published letter cited below.
The letter is signed C.L. Dodgson. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson adopted the pseudonym "Lewis Carroll" in 1856 when publishing a poem in "The Train." He used the pseudonym when publishing Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and other works, but wrote under his given name, Charles Dodgson, when publishing mathematical works and in daily life. For administrative purposes, all manuscripts are collated under the name Lewis Carroll.
Written from '"Ch. Ch.", Carroll's abbreviation for Christ Church.
Autograph additions in purple ink.
Carroll's opening autograph paragraph has faded to illegibility however his autograph closing and signature are clear. The text quoted in the summary is from the published letter cited below.
The letter is signed C.L. Dodgson. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson adopted the pseudonym "Lewis Carroll" in 1856 when publishing a poem in "The Train." He used the pseudonym when publishing Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and other works, but wrote under his given name, Charles Dodgson, when publishing mathematical works and in daily life. For administrative purposes, all manuscripts are collated under the name Lewis Carroll.
Provenance
Purchased on the Acquisitions Fund, 1980.
Summary
Asking for help in "editing a selection of the Plays of Shakespeare for the use of girls ... which any English mother may, without any scruple, put into the hands of her daughters." The faded handwriting at the head reads: "Dear Mrs. Tennyson, Memories of an 'ancient kindness' in years long gone by, embolden me to apply to you in a matter in which I feel sure you will sympathise" and at the end: "with kind regards to Mr. Tennyson, Sincerely yours, C.L. Dodgson."
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