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He was, I believe, waiting for a train I was playing withiven below This puzzle was, by the way, a great favourite of his; the proble over the sa the pen off the paper), which is so thoroughly characteristic of him in its quaint huust _22, 1869

My Dear Isabel,--Though I have only been acquainted with you for fifteenI have known so long, I hope you will notyou Before I ht so, which I left to be called for, and had not tio back for them I didn't even remark the name of the shop, but I can tell _where_ it was, and if you know the name of the woman who keeps the shop, and would put it into the blank I have left in this note, and direct it to her I should be edA friend of mine, called Mr Lewis Carroll, tells me he means to send you a book He is a _very_ dear friend of e) and have _never_ left him Of course he iththose puzzles for you I wonder if you saw hison

Have you succeeded in drawing the three squares?”

Another favourite puzzle was the following--I give it in his oords:--

A is to draw a fictitious map divided into counties

B is to colour it (or ratheras few colours as possible

Two adjacent counties must have _different_ colours

A's object is to force B to use as _many_ colours as possible

Howletters was to a little girl called Magdalen, to who of the Snark”:--

Christ Church, _Decedalen,--I want to explain to you why I did not call yesterday I was sorry to miss you, but you see I had so many conversations on the way I tried to explain to the people in the street that I was going to see you, but they wouldn't listen; they said they were in a hurry, which was rude At last I ht would attend to me, but I couldn't make out as in it I saw soh a telescope, and found it was a countenance; then I looked through a ht it was father like lass to reat joy I found it wasto talk, when myself came up and joined us, and we had quite a pleasant conversation I said, ”Do you remember e all met at Sandown?” and myself said, ”It was very jolly there; there was a child called Magdalen,” and me said, ”I used to like her a little; not o to the train, and who do you think cauess, so I must tell you They were two very dear friends ofto be allowed to sign this letter as your affectionate friends,

Lewis Carroll and CL Dodgson

Another child-friend, Miss F Brean in a soate, and a gentleman on a seat near asked us if we could make a paper boat, with a seat at each end, and a basket in the middle for fish!+ We were, of course, enchanted with the idea, and our new friend--after achieving the feat--gave us his card, which we at once carried to our , and then presented my elder sister with a copy of ”Alice in Wonderland,” inscribed ”Froanised many little excursions for us--chiefly in the pursuit of knowledge One ht house is still fresh in ourone day upon Mrs Bre double acrostic on the nahters--

DOUBLE ACROSTIC--FIVE LETTERS

Two little girls near London dwell, More naughty than I like to tell

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Upon the lawn the hoops are seen: The balls are rolling on the green T ur F

2

The Tha on the tide R ive R

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In winter-tio I c E

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”Papa!” they cry, ”Do let us stay!”