BIB_ID
269444
Accession number
MA 6390.1
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898, author.
Display Date
Place not identified, 1891-1898.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) 2.8 x 30.1 cm
Notes
The riddle is undated, but Carroll first met Enid Stevens (later Shawyer) on February 27, 1891, and they were friends until his death in 1898.
Title transcribed from the item.
This long and narrow sheet was once folded into fourths; the three fold lines remain, and there are slight losses of paper at the folds.
Bound in an album titled "Lewis Carroll and Enid Stevens."
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.
Previously accessioned as AAH 540.
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.
Title transcribed from the item.
This long and narrow sheet was once folded into fourths; the three fold lines remain, and there are slight losses of paper at the folds.
Bound in an album titled "Lewis Carroll and Enid Stevens."
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.
Previously accessioned as AAH 540.
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
Consisting of a riddle written for Enid Stevens that reads: "Suppose we read words backwards, what does Mr Dodgson like best to do?" Ans. "He likes best to go to DINE!"
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