Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge

Charles Lutwidge (1832-1898), an English clergyman. Mr. Dodgson was a distinguished mathematician and the author of several treatises on mathematical subjects. Over the pseudonym of Lewis Carroll, he wrote stories for children, which have made him famous. The earliest of these was Alice in Wonderland, followed by Through the Looking Glass, The Hunting of the Snark, and Sylvie and Bruno. It is said that, when Alice in Wonderland was published first, Queen Victoria read it with great delight. She was so pleased that she sent out immediately for all of Mr. Dodgson's previous works, and found that they dealt with logarithms and the higher calculus.

Lewis Carroll has proffered a merry antidote to the hyperaesthetic and other fads of the day. His Rhyme and Reason contains "Phantasmagoria" and "The Hunting of the Snark,"-bright audacities in which the fancy that created Alice in Wonderland plays without tether and affords delight to the healthy and fun-loving mind.-Stedman.