BIB_ID
81180
Accession number
MA 9755
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Display Date
Oxford, 1882 June 26.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 13.6 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: "Mrs. Boyes, / 10. S. James' Terrace, / Harrow Road, / London."
Written in purple ink.
Removed from a copy of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London, 1866.
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: "Mrs. Boyes, / 10. S. James' Terrace, / Harrow Road, / London."
Written in purple ink.
Removed from a copy of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London, 1866.
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.
Summary
Thanking her for lists of Shakespeare's plays and for an invitation to an afternoon party on the 17th; writing that he would much rather visit her "some time when you have not a party -- & not even the friends you mentioned, who are admirers of 'Alice'"; explaining "It may be morbid, but I do heartily dislike meeting strangers who talk to me about my books, & much prefer being unknown in connection with them. You will do me a real kindness, if I should ever chance on any of your friends in calling, if you would leave them in ignorance of my 'anonym'"; saying that he hopes to send around a circular letter soon to all those who have sent him lists of plays.
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