BIB_ID
249927
Accession number
MA 6377
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
Oxford, 1893 June 6.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 13.9 x 8.7 cm + envelope
Notes
Carroll gives the place of writing as "Ch. Ch. Oxford," using his characteristic abbreviation for Christ Church.
Envelope with stamp and postmarks addressed to: "Mrs. Stevens, / 13. Canterbury Road, / Oxford." Edith Headland Stevens was the mother of two of Carroll's "child-friends," Winifred and Enid, and the wife of Nicholas Henry Stevens, a surgeon.
This item is part of the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll collection. The large collection includes printed books, letters, manuscripts, puzzles and games, personal effects and ephemera, which have been cataloged separately.
Removed from the "Carrolliana" album (MA 6347) assembled by Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., folio 39.
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.
Envelope with stamp and postmarks addressed to: "Mrs. Stevens, / 13. Canterbury Road, / Oxford." Edith Headland Stevens was the mother of two of Carroll's "child-friends," Winifred and Enid, and the wife of Nicholas Henry Stevens, a surgeon.
This item is part of the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll collection. The large collection includes printed books, letters, manuscripts, puzzles and games, personal effects and ephemera, which have been cataloged separately.
Removed from the "Carrolliana" album (MA 6347) assembled by Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., folio 39.
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
From the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll collection; gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Summary
Discussing the arrangements for a trip to Pangbourne (near Reading) on Friday with Enid; saying that he has doubts about whether they should go at all, since Enid is not well; saying that Edith should make the final decision about whether Enid is well enough to travel and when; proposing various train times and combinations; suggesting that he and Enid postpone the trip for a week and stay overnight in Pangbourne to avoid traveling too much in one day.
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