"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", by Lewis Carroll, Illustrated by John Tenniel, New Edition, published by Hurst & Co., New York, undated, 1890s-1910s.

CONTENTS:

Down The Rabbit-Hole;
The Pool of Tears;
A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale;
The Rabbit sends in a Little Bill;
Advice From a Caterpillar;
Pig and Pepper;
A Mad Tea-Party;
The Queen's Croquet-Ground;
The Mock Turtle's Story;
The Lobster Quadrille;
Who Stole the Tarts?
Alice's Evidence

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (1865) - originally published as "Alice's Adventures Under Ground". The story centers on the seven-year-old Alice, who falls asleep in a meadow, and dreams that she plunges down a rabbit hole. She finds herself first too large and then too small. She meets such strange characters as Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the March Hare, and the King and Queen of Hearts, and experiences wondrous, often bizarre adventures, trying to reason in numerous discussions that do not follow the daylight logic. Finally she loses her temper, bringing down this dream world and wakes up.
The Wonderland described in the tale plays with logic in ways that has made the story of lasting popularity with children as well as grown-ups."

Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), (pseudonym of English writer and mathematician, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) is best known for his enduring classics "Alice in Wonderland" (1865) and "Through the Looking Glass" (1875).

Carroll's other works include "The Hunting of the Snark" (1876) and the two parts of "Sylvie and Bruno"(1889, 1893).

Sir John Tenniel (1820-1914) was an English illustrator. He drew many topical cartoons and caricatures for 'Punch' in the late 19th century, but is best remembered today for his illustrations for Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass".

He was born in London and educated himself for his career, and although he became a probationer, and then a student, of the Royal Academy, he soon left the schools, where at that time there was little teaching. In 1836 he sent his first picture to the exhibition of the Society of British Artists, and in 1845 contributed a 16-ft cartoon, An Allegory of Justice, to the competition, held in that year, of designs for the mural decoration of the new Palace of Westminster. For this he received a £200 premium and a commission to paint a fresco in the Upper Waiting Hall (or Hall of Poets) in the House of Lords.

About 2300 cartoons, innumerable minor drawings, double-page cartoons for 'Punch's Almanac' and other special numbers, and 250 designs for Punch's Pocket-books, comprise the sum of Sir John Tenniel's work for the periodical in the service of which he spent the greater portion of his life.

The main quality of Sir John Tenniel's work is accuracy of drawing, precision of touch, grace and dignity of conception, and so far as such things can be compatible, geniality of satire. Tenniel raised the political cartoon into a classic composition, from which a sense of nobility is rarely absent. Tenniel's work is always original, unforced and fresh.

Public exhibitions of Sir John Tenniel's work were held in 1895 and in 1900. Sir John Tenniel is also the author of one of the mosaics, Leonardo da Vinci, in the South Court in the Victoria and Albert Museum; while his highly stippled water-color drawings appeared from time to time in the exhibitions of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, of which society he was elected a member in 1874. As an illustrator on the wood-block he stands very high.

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Hard cover, original pictorial cloth with paste on color illustration on the front board [some cloth wear: see pictures], cloth spine, 4.1/4" x 6. 1/4", 204 pages, pencil signature "Louise Parroll" on the front endpaper, "Charles Ludwig Drdgson" and "Charles=Ludwig/ Caroline Lewis" in pencil on the title page; very little soiling, very good binding and condition. {l5gc]