New-York tribune., 1908-02-09

II --e 6avz vnen people travelled on stage
reaches and had never heard Of telephones a
little hoy lived in lonely parsonage about a
mil and q half from the village Of DanshJry. in
England The parsonage was built upon farm
.au island farm. mid seas Of corn as the little
boy ztrs-wa-d called il and was so far removed
from the rest Of the world that the passing Of &
cart was . great event
Br- he little boy was never lonely lie made
friends with the snais and the frogs and the
sa--l-zo-rls and he had a lot o. brothers and
sisters who must have been delightful Compan-
io-s because they had such delightful parents
TIE father. though reserved and grave was
noted for his Wit. and is said to have been Uni
ve-saL-y loved by the poor The mother has
been described a. one OF the sweetest and
ge-rlasr women that ever lived. whom TO know
vas 70 love" To know this li-tle boy was 10
love him. 100. and though he Is dead now, grown
ree-le and children all over the world still love
his memory. His name was Charles Lutwidge
Ilo5E=7n- and IKE little folk probably think they
ne-r- heard q him bUt they have. for when ne
g-e- ~ ard began % write stories about Won
5erfar7 he t-ok another namc and that name
vaz Lewis Carroll
When Lewis Carroll or Charlie Dodgson. as
r vas called II those days, was eleven years
Cd lis parents -no-ed 70 q place called Croft
where they saw more of the world and where
Charlie and his brothers and sisters had ire
rre-6ously COED times. Charlie was fond Of in
venting games for the amusement Of the other
children He made q train Of a vheeIba-row, d
barre and a small truck, which was used TO
carry passengers from one station in the rectory
garden 70 another He also made theatre, with
The help o. the village carpenter, and the plays,
which he wrote himself, We're acted by cast
of r.a-iorertez. When ne grew q little older he
used 10 arnuse himself during his holidays by
editing magazines. which he filed with his own
verses and drawings one Of these was called
The ReCtory Umbrella
~ school unlike some Of the other boys Of
genius If whom the Little Men and Little Women
have read II The Tribune Charlie Dodgson made
remarkable progress II all his studies, He sell
don returned home without one or more prizes.
s.5 his first schooluaster predicted for him q
bright career But II any one had told the
schoo.-zs-er that his clever little pupil was
g7.-g n be better. known as a writer Of fairy
stories thar as = mathematician he would prob
an hz1e bee1 greatly ast0nished- The boy did
become DISTINGUISHED mathematician and wrote
learned Books on mathematics and other sub
3ec-z r--- for one who has ever heard Of them
Thousands have heard Of Alice in Wonderland
TIE author Of Alice was noted at school not
or-y f7- his scholarship but for his good con-
61c:. Tet he was quite able 10 use his fists in
righteous cause. Gentle and retiring as he
was he could not stand by and see big boy
bully q little cre ard after he left school he was
long remembered as q champion Of the weak
s-oal BOYS suffered much IN the English schools
a taa- tine. and il WAS not often that they
found such friend as Charlie Dodgson.
After winning 50 many honors that he got
tired of being congratulated M Dodgson be-
cane rasthematical lecturer a. Christ Church
Oxford. z position which he held 10 the END oi