... paper on ... from the ... should have ... etc. ... You like to ... It is my firm belief that Lewis Carroll imparted little mathematical symbols in his...
... It was illuminating reading about the Stead case and I'm grateful to Mike for reprinting the whole letter. As Mark mentioned Cohen's biography, I've also...
The trouble with all 42-type explanations as either meaningful or coincidental is that the three basic 42s (Wonderland Rule, Snark boxes, and Phantasmagorical...
Ruth Berman
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Feb 3, 2003 9:39 pm
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... Here is the context in Phantasmagoria: # Yet still to choose a brat like you, # To haunt a man of forty-two, There are exactly 7 numbers (22, 32, 42, 52,...
And what about the hermit crab named Forty-Two in Tom Hood's _From Nowhere to the North Pole_? I don't believe Hood got it from Carroll. (Hood died before...
... boxes, and ... coincidence ... basic ... perhaps any ... possible as ... will ... (I ... non-coincidental, ... but it ... possible ... The issue is...
Hi there, I've been on the search for an essay/article written by Lewis Carroll concerning his mathematical considerations of the proper panel / titling...
... The famous 42 illustrations in AAIW needs a little consideration from a mathematical or statistical angle. Evidently, never been done before. First, if you...
... "Magic 42 Illustrations" Perhaps the leading proponent of the idea of 42 illustrations being a deliberate plan by Dodgson is Wakeling. He once wrote that...
There are 46 illustrations (by Furniss) in Sylvie and Bruno There are 46 illustrations (by Furniss) in sylvie and Bruno Concluded Is this proof now that as...
Hello! First off, I'd like to reintroduce myself. I'm Kris Young and I live in Vancouver, WA. One of my earliest memories is of my father reading Alice to my...
... people interested in collecting, making, restoring, and preserving books. I'm in it to learn more about the art of bookbinding. Someone on the list had a...
Now that Matt Demakos' "Hiawatha" piece has finally appeared in The Carrollian, I can finally ask publicly: Does anyone have any explanation for Carroll's...
... I might if you can correctly do these sums.... 8 +1+ 2x16 +25 = And 2 +9 +18 +8 +3 +1 +25 = And why, curiously, is there this seeming focus on 25? Jim...
... Happy birthday, and remember always a good rule to follow: don't leave your boxes on the shore, no matter how phantasmagorical. Ruth Berman...
Ruth Berman
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Feb 7, 2003 7:45 pm
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In a message dated 07/02/2003 17:29:52 GMT Standard Time, MarkIsrael@... ... Only if you promise never to allude to the number 42 again! But I will wish ...
AnisaT@...
Feb 7, 2003 7:55 pm
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A year ago, we were discussing whether Mary Ann, the White Rabbit's maidservant, was named after Marianne, the personification of the French Republic. I still...
In http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lewiscarroll/message/7250 , Hugues ... William Hogarth's picture _The Distressed Poet_ is reproduced on p. 38 of the current...
... That's great information. I must have missed this posting somehow. The ... The backdrop that *must* have been for that scene was an enlarged copy of "the...
Bryan Talbot
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Feb 9, 2003 7:06 pm
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I wonder what Carroll would think( if he were alive today) of how cruel the world is today?; especially for children. During the industrial age child labor...
I wonder what Carroll would think( if he were alive today) of how cruel the world is today?; especially for children. During the industrial age child labor...
I think he would be saddened Bernice - in two thousand years we seem to have learned little. But I think he would continue to try - and Sylvie would still say...
... Did Jesus say the world was going to improve? No, he said "The poor ye will have always". Dodgson believed the Christian church was a great force for good...
"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to be sure of keeping it intact,...