Lewis Carroll (1832—1898) is best known as the author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865), its sequel Through The Looking Glass (1865) and his poems Jabberwocky and The Hunting of the Snark.
Carroll’s creative output was enormous: a noted mathematician, he published on linear algebra, probability and the study of election under his real name, Charles Dodgson, along with a large number of pamphlets on topics including Oxford politics, mathematics and cryptology. It is said that Queen Victoria noticed that her children were so taken with Alice in Wonderland that she requested to be the first person to receive a copy of his next work. She received An Elementary Treatise on Determinants with their application to Simultaneous Linear Equations and Algebraic Geometry.
Lewis Carroll Resources – Homepage is an extremely helpful and thorough resource on Carroll’s works, creation and context, drawing on material held in many different collections. The site contains databases, bibliographies and a host of other resources on various Carroll publications and themes ranging from Carroll and chess to analysis of the text of The Hunting of the Snark. The site also brings together a wealth of detail about stage productions of Alice, beginning with Alice in Wonderland: A Dream Play for Children, first performed on 23 December 1886 at the Prince of Wales’s Theatre, London, with Phoebe Carlo as Alice.
It is a fascinating resource for the worldwide community of Carroll researchers, collectors, librarians and enthusiasts.
Gabriel Sewell, Council Member
