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    Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing
    Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing
    Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing
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    Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing

    By Lewis Carroll

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJan 1, 1976
    Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing
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    Lewis Carroll

    Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, published Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1865 and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, in 1871. Considered a master of the genre of literary nonsense, he is renowned for his ingenious wordplay and sense of logic, and his highly original vision.

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    Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing - Lewis Carroll

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    Title: Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing

    Author: Lewis Carroll

    Release Date: November 20, 2011 [EBook #38065]

    Language: English

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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

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