Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I rather liked Carroll's description of his correspondence journal. I think I may do something similar in Evernote.
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EIGHT OR NINE
WISE WORDS
ABOUT
Letter-Writing
BY
LEWIS CARROLL
EMBERLIN AND SON
4, MAGDALEN STREET
OXFORD
FIRST PUBLISHED
1890.
Contents.
§ 1. On Stamp-Cases.
Some American writer has said the snakes in this district may be divided into one species—the venomous.
The same principle applies here. Postage-Stamp-Cases may be divided into one species, the Wonderland.
Imitations of it will soon appear, no doubt: but they cannot include the two Pictorial Surprises, which are copyright.
You don’t see why I call them ‘Surprises’? Well, take the Case in your left-hand, and regard it attentively. You see Alice nursing the Duchess’s Baby? (An entirely new combination, by the way: it doesn’t occur in the book.) Now, with your right thumb and forefinger, lay hold of the little book, and suddenly pull it out. The Baby has turned into a Pig! If that doesn’t surprise you, why, I suppose you wouldn’t be surprised if your own Mother-in-law suddenly turned into a Gyroscope!
This Case is not intended to carry about in your pocket. Far from it. People seldom want any other Stamps, on an emergency, than Penny-Stamps for Letters, Sixpenny-Stamps for Telegrams, and a bit of Stamp-edging for cut fingers (it makes capital sticking-plaster, and will stand three or four washings, cautiously conducted): and all these are easily carried in a purse or pocketbook. No, this is meant to haunt your envelope-case, or wherever you keep your writing-materials. What made me invent it was