Russian weddingNijniThe Troitska Monastery"Hieroglyphic" writingGiessen CHAPTER IV (1868-1876) Death of Archdeacon DodgsonLewis Carroll's rooms at Christ Church"Phantasmagoria"Translations of "Alice""Through the Looking-Glass""Jabberwocky" in LatinC.S. Calverley"Notes by an Oxford Chiel"HatfieldVivisection"The Hunting of the Snark" CHAPTER V (1877-1883)

On March 29, 1876, "The Hunting of the Snark" was published.

The first idea for the poem was the line "For the Snark was a Boojum, you see," which came into his mind, apparently without any cause, while he was taking a country walk.

In the midst of the word he was trying to say, In the midst of his laughter and glee, He had softly and suddenly vanished away For the Snark was a Boojum, you see.

Many people have tried to show that "The Hunting of the Snark" was an allegory; some regarding it as being a burlesque upon the Tichborne case, and others taking the Snark as a personification of popularity.

Many people have tried to show that "The Hunting of the Snark" was an allegory; some regarding it as being a burlesque upon the Tichborne case, and others taking the Snark as a personification of popularity.

As to the meaning of the Snark [he wrote to a friend in America], I'm very much afraid I didn't mean anything but nonsense.

Mr. H. Holiday, in a very interesting article on "The Snark's Significance" (Academy, January 29, 1898), quoted the inscription which Mr. Dodgson had written in a vellum-bound, presentation-copy of the book.

A little girl, to whom Mr. Dodgson had given a copy of the "Snark," managed to get the whole poem off by heart, and insisted on reciting, it from beginning to end during a long carriage-drive.

One of his most amusing letters was to a little girl called Magdalen, to whom he had given a copy of his "Hunting of the Snark": Christ Church, December 15, 1875.

When Lewis Carroll returned to Christ Church he sent her a copy of "The Hunting of the Snark," with the following acrostic written in the fly-leaf: 'A re you deaf, Father William?'

D o you think she'd be pleased if a book were sent down E ntitled "The Hunt of the Snark?"' 'P ack it up in brown paper!'

[This book is a reprint, with a few additions, of "The Hunting of the Snark," and of the comic portions of "Phantasmagoria and Other Poems.

Alice's adventures in Wonderland, Through the looking-glass, The hunting of the Snark, by Lewis Carroll [pseud.]

The snark was a boojum, by Richard Shattuck, pseud.

The snark was a boojum, by Richard Shattuck, pseud.

On the opposite side of the float the crew of the Flying Fish, the Snark, the Bonita and the Albacore were equally busy over their craft.

"That's what we want to do, too, isn't it?" At last came the gun that started off the Snark, the Bonita and the Albacore, which were all of about the same speed.

In a few seconds more they had passed the Snark and the Bonita, which were racing bow and bow.

And now came the captains of the Albacore, Snark and Bonita.

* THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK.

That the Snark?

But the Snark, with a spasm, plunged in a sea chasm; Of SEYMOUR one couldn't see less.

"It's the Snark!"

In the depths of that two thousand square miles, they say, 'Midst the world's mocking laughter and glee, SEYMOUR softly and silently vanished away This Snark was a Yah-Booh-Jum, you see!