Scrap-book belonging to the Rev. Charles Ludwig [sic] Dodgson, M.A., Christ Church, Oxford, better known as "Lewis Carroll," the author of "Alice's adventures in wonderland," "Through the looking-glass," etc.
Subtitle: bought at the auction sale of his furniture, personal effects and books held at the Hollywell Music Room, Oxford, on Tuesday, May 10th, 1898, and following days, by Frederic Louis Huidekoper, then an undergraduate at Christ Church, Oxford (1896-1898).
Contributors: Huidekoper, Frederic Louis, 1874-1940, donor.
Published: 1834
Language: eng
Number of pages: 58
Subjects: Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898 -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.; Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.; Scrapbooks -- England -- Oxford.; English poetry -- 19th century.; English prose literature -- 19th century.; English wit and humor.; English wit and humor, Pictorial.; England -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.; England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
Other titles: Fun.; Illustrated Melbourne post.; Punch.
Notes: Collection of miscellaneous clippings with manuscript title-page.
Partial contents, probably in Carroll's hand-writing, on inside of cover and on a separate sheet, laid in.
Also laid in are excerpts from Punch for July 25, 1868, Mar. 16 and Apr. 27, 1872; the Apr. 27, 1872 issue of Fun; two pages of poems from The Haileyburian; and "Country News" (p. 147-148) from The Illustrated Melbourne Post, Oct. 26, 1867.
Gift of Frederic L. Huidekoper, May 28, 1934, who apparently penned the title. Signed on t.p.: 1614 Eighteenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.