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Further nonsense verse and prose

Chapter 38: TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE:
By Lewis Carroll
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A varied collection of short pieces that mixes nonsense verse, limericks, parodies, acrostics, playful correspondence, and brief comic prose. Poems range from brisk, absurd ditties to more measured, mildly melancholic lyrics, while prose items include mock-serious essays on manners, whimsical imaginings, and light mathematical or logical pastiches. The pieces rely on inventive wordplay, paradox, and satire of social convention, shifting between ear-catching rhythms and conversational wit. Arranged as a miscellany, the work emphasizes formal experimentation and a childlike playfulness tempered by occasional gentle reflection.

A LEWIS CARROLL PROVERB[49]

Remember the old proverb, “Cross-writing makes cross-reading.”

“The old proverb?” you say enquiringly. “How old?” Well, not so very ancient, I must confess. In fact, I invented it while writing this paragraph. Still, you know, “old” is a comparative term. I think you would be quite justified in addressing a chicken, just out of the shell, as “old boy!” when compared with another chicken that was only half out!

[49] From “Eight or Nine Wise Words on Letter-Writing” (1888).



TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE:

Printing errors such as partially printed letters have been silently fixed.

The footnotes have been relocated to the end of each poem or text and renumbered to better fit the ebook format.

Some images have been moved slightly within their poem or text to better fit the ebook format.

Page 45: The visual poem The Dear Gazelle has been included as an image in addition to the text to ensure the original look is preserved.

The following alterations have been made:
In A Hemispherical Problem: started to stated
In The Two Clocks: come to comes