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Koimt Letter THE LEWIS CARROLL SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA NUMBER 44 WINTER 1993 Society Publishes Carroll's Oxford Pamphlets Book Begins Six-Volume Series When lookingthroughLewisCarroll'sbibliographyhave and many were previously unknown to bibliographers. An you ever wondered who made up the Hebdomadal Council, introduction toeachpamphlet explains the intricacies ofVic- whatCarrollmeantby"TheThreeT's,"orhowhewentabout torian Oxford University affairs to modern readers. Then thedailybusinessof follows the complete text of the pamphlet with explanatory running the Senior footnotes. The volume is illustrated and fully indexed. Common Room? Those who might think that this volume is only for the Theseandotherfas- serious scholarwill bepleasedtoknowthatCarroll's senseof cinating facts about humoris quiteevidentin these sqibs, even on suchdry topics Carroll's involve- as professors' salaries and the installation of heating vents. mentintheaffairsof Thisisaseriouswork,andanimportantcontributiontoCarroll his college and uni- scholarship, butitis also an enjoyable read. versity are revealed TheOxfordPamphletsisthefirstvolumeinaprojectedsix- in TheOxfordPam- volume series of The Complete Pamphlets ofLewis Carroll phlets of Lewis whichtheSocietyhopestopublishoverthenextseveralyears. Carroll, edited by TheserieswasconceivedbyLCSNAfounderStanMarx,who EdwardWakeling Edward Wakeling istheserieseditor.FormerLCSNAPresidentEdwardGuiliano and recently publishedby the LCSNA in association with the has also served as series editoron the firsttwo volumes. The University Press ofVirginia. Pamphlets seriesisthe mostambition publishingprojectever Wakelingsearchedhighandlowtofind66itemsthatfit the fortheLCSNAandonewhichwillleavealastingcontribution parameters ofthis volume. Most have never been reprinted, toCarrollscholarship,makingthetextsofhundredsofrare,and rarely reprinted, items generally available. Spring Meeting Program Set Carrollwasaprolificwriter,butonlythroughhispamphlets doweseethefullrangeoftopicswhichheaddressed. Upcom- The Spring Meeting of the LCSNA will be held in the ingvolumesintheseriesincludeTheMathematicalPamphlets, Trustees' Room ofthe main branch ofthe New York Public currently in production and edited by LibraryonSaturdayMay 15. TheLibraryishometotheBerg LCSNA Treasurer, Fran Abeles; and a Collection which includes many Carrollian treasures such as book of games and puzzles currently AliceLiddell'sowncopyofAAIWpre- being edited by Alice annotator Martin sented to her by Carroll and a hand- Gardner. paintedprintofthephotographofAlice The publication of Lewis Carroll's as abeggarmaid. pamphlets presents an opportunity for Theprogram, arrangedasalwaysby the LCSNA tocreate a lasting tribute to ourownJanetJurist, will include apre- theworkofCharlesDodgson,andmany sentationbycomposerSusanBotti,whose people have already contributed hun- Alice-basedoperahasjustpremiered(see dredsofhoursoftimeandlargesumsof page5). JeffSpear,professorofEnglish moneytowardsthesuccessofthisproject. at New York University will speak on We urge you, too, to support this effort Carroll's photography and storytelling. by ordering your own copy of The Ox- LCSNAfounderStanMarxwillgive ford Pamphlets, which is available to abriefpresentationonthepublicationof membersfora20%discount(orderform Lewis Carroll's pamphlets, andareport onpage4).Notonlywillyourorderhelp on the recentAlice course at the Smith- ensurethepublicationoffuturevolumes, sonian will alsobe given. you'll be getting agreat book as well! — Editorial Thalia Theater Presents Alice & Long Winding Road The long promised production of I had trouble with the pedals WhenI attendedmy first LCSNAmeet- Alice,withdirectionanddesignbyRob- But I had astrong lefthand ingin 1985,myfriendStanMarxannounced ertWilson,openedonDecember 1 atthe And I couldplay Stravinsky the launchingofanewproject. The Society Thalia Theater in Hamburg, Germany. On a baby grand would publish the complete pamphlets of Generous German members of the LnweeaowspiahstyatCseakrorCfoalrtlirtoalinnliicaspnirxoIpvororeltcuiomogensns,i.zbeudtEvItethhnaitnaktshnioas LprCodSuNctAiosne,ntbmuteasscomreysGoferremvainewrseoafditnhge I'csaauisdeIt'hmatg'sonwnhaerjoeinI btehelocnigrcus one at that meeting realizedjust how much ability is non-existent I can only report And I went to Coney Island time,effort,andmoneywouldberequiredto that the general critical consensus was Singing this song bringStan's ideatofruition. notgood. Fromthepointofview ofthe Intheeightyearssincethatmeeting,the Carrollian,however,theproductionmust And they gave me top billing pamphletsprojecthashaditsupsanddowns. bepraisediffornootherreasonthanthe In the Dreamland show Thepublicationofthefirstvolumehasbeen sumptuousprogramwhichwasproduced. I had my own orchestra delayedbyawidevarietyoffactorsfromthe Thesixty-fourpagebookletincludes StarringTabletopJoe death of editors to the malfunctioning of (inGerman) excerpts from Carroll's di- typesetting equipment. During those eight years many members of the Society have ary andmagazine articlesaboutthetell- Andsoitcontinues. Othersongsare givengenerouslyoftheirtimeandexpertise. ing of the Alice story; essays by W. H. full ofsurrealism as well as poetry, but StanMarxnotonlyconceivedtheproject,but Auden, Virginia many are just as hasalsoactedasserieseditorandhasassidu- Woolf, Max unrelated to Car- ouslytrackeddowncopiesofrarepamphlets. Beerbohm,andG. roll'soriginaltext Edward Wakeling, Fran Abeles, and Martin K.Chesterton;five as this one. Still, Gardner have each edited a volume of the different German the stage direc- series. EdwardGuiliano,assistantseriesedi- translations of tions are enough torofthe first two volumes, has spent hun- dredsofhoursnegotiatingwitheditors,book "Jabberwocky" to intrigue this designers, the University Press ofVirginia, along with trans- writer. I don't and others, and certainly without his exper- lations of that know about you, tisethisprojectwouldstillbemerelyanidea poem into Latin, but I would be insteadofareality.Withoutthepublications Italian, French, delighted to see trust generously established for the Society Polish, Russian, "eight Victorian by Professor Morton Cohen, the funding of and Japanese; excerpts from Symbolic vicars dance on stage, singing thisprojectwouldhavebeenimpossible. LogicandDoublets; picturesofartwork 'Jabberwocky'." There are many others who have given time,advice,andcopiesofpamphletsintheir basedonAlice; andthecompletetextof Thestagedirectionsinthi—spiececan owowunldcollilkeecttoitoanksettohiasdovpaponrcteuntihtisytporotjheacntk.allI tmhuesipcrodauncdtiloynric(stexbtybyToPmaulWaSicthsmiadntd, bmeena,spfooertiicnsatsatnhcee,soanfgtelryrciocnstinuthaellFyoorte-- ofthosepeople,andtothankthemembersof Kathleen Brennan). peatingtheirexchangeaboutthecroquet theSocietyfortheirpatienceinawaitingthis From this last, one can get some invitationareinstructedto"continuethis firstvolume. Thephilosophyofthosehardat senseoftheproduction,muchofwhichis ad libitum, tearing both the invitation workonthisseriesisthat,ifitcannotbedone devoted to the songs. Many of these andthedialogueintoeversmallerpieces." thoroughly and professionally, it shouldn't seemonlyperipherallyrelatedtoCarroll's The script makes for an interesting bedoneatall,andIbelievethatyouwillfind characters, and one gets the feeling that read, but it certainly does not seem to the finishedproductwell worththe wait. theideaheremightbetoprobeaspectsof hang together as a dramatic piece. The Withthefirstvolumenowpublished,we haveestablishedapipelinethroughwhichall these characters that are not revealed in songs wanderinawide varietyofdirec- subsequentvolumescantravel,andthewait- Carroll's story. Take for instance the tions, fromone aboutafallen AltarBoy ingperiodbetweenvolumesislikelytobeno Caterpillar's song, "TabletopJoe": who is "majoring in crimes that are un- more than 1-2 years. Stan originally envi- speakable" and "leafing through dirty sioned the Pamphlets as a six-year project, Well, my Mamadidn't want me magazines,"toseveralwhichdon'tseem and while it may take closer to 15-20 years On the day I was born to be about anything. Granted, songs from beginning to end, I believe that this Born without abody about nothing may be in the Carrollian lasting tribute to the eclecticism ofCharles I got nothin' but scorn tradition, but the difference between Dodgson'smindwillbeanaccomplishment "Jabberwocky" and many of the other ofwhichall inthe Society canbeproud. OxfoIrdurPgaempyholuetasl,l ttoogoirvdeegrenaercooupsylyoftoTthhee BAlultIIhaaldwawyasslmovyedhamnudssic tsownegesnianwthoirskpiwehciecihs itshenodnisffeenrseencaendbe-a publicationsfund,andtotakesatisfactionin And I dreamed I'dbe famous work—which simply does not make yourcontributiontothis scholarly project. And I'd work the Sands sense unless I'm missing something. ^OWf^ ©p.ajjws, (©?if Sc New & Noteworthy the collection of LCSNA mem- bersCharlieandStephanieLovett A new edition of Alice retold by David Blair and representingthevastrangeofAlice illustrated by John Bradley has been published by Cour- publications. Acopyofthe 1865 age Books, an imprintofRunningPress ofPhiladelphia, Alice willbeondisplayaswellas PA. Joel Birenbaum writes: "These illustrations match published editions ofthe book in 52 foreign languages, mypreconceivednotionofwhatRalphSteadman's/4//ce illustrated editions, movie memorabilia, novelty edi- wouldhavelookedlike.I'mnotsayingthattheseillustra- tions,ephemerafromdramaticproductionsandadvertis- tions are better than Steadman's,just that they are more ing, toys, games, puzzles, figurines, posters, and other Steadmanesque. I think this book is a must have." materials. Also displayed will be an original watercolor Camille Paglia's controversial book Sexual Perso- by Alice Liddell, and a watercolor of the three Liddell nae: Art and Decadencefrom Nefertiti to Emily Dick- sisters by Lewis Carroll. The exhibit opens at the inson says of Lewis Carroll that he is "the true poet of TakashimayaExhibitionHallinTokyoonJuly 15, 1993, childhood, with its mystery, cruelty, and blatant aggres- andthentravelstoKyoto,Yokohama,andothercities. A sions." color illustrated catalogue will be published and should A poetry anthology titled The Top 500 Poems, re- be available about the time the exhibit opens (watch cently published by Columbia University Press ranks future KLs for more ordering information). poems according to their frequency of appearance in anthologies. "Jabberwocky" is ranked 18th, and several Now CD other Carroll poems are included in the volume. Boojum! on EnglishMusic,byPeterAckroyd(A.A.Knopf,$23.00) is about a young boy, Timothy, and his father. The boy Boojum!, a musical with book and lyrics by Peter has psychic gifts and in his daydreams he is visited by Wesley-Smithandmusicby Martin Wesley-Smith, both someofhisfavoritebookcharacters,includingAliceand ofAustralia, is now available on a double CD set which the Mad Hatter. includes a 36-page booklet containing the libretto. The disc is available from Sounds Australian (Suite 201, Alice Exhibit Planned in Argyle Centre, 18 Argyle Centre, [PO Box N690 NSW Grosvenor Place] The Rocks, Sydney, 2000 Aus- Japan tralia) forAUS $41.95, including airshipping. Boojum! premieredasamusicalcomedyin 1986 andwas laterre- APTInternational,aJapanesepublishinggroupwhich written as a "no-nonsense choral nonsense piece." The has previously hosted exhibits ofchildren's books from Sydney Morning Herald called the new recording "An the Bodleian, the Osborne Collection, and the Lilly Li- obsessiveanddazzlingpieceofwork oneofthetruest, . . . brary,isplanningamajorAliceinWonderlandexhibition mostmovingworksoffantasyyetproducedbyanAustra- for1993. Theexhibitionwillincludeover300itemsfrom lian composer." Sam Uncle Wants You ! With the long (To Give to the LCSNA) table organization, awaitedfirstvolumeintheSociety's and any donations you make are ambitiousPamphletsseriesfinallypublishedandwithfive fullytaxdeductible. Somemembershavealsoincludedthe morevolumesinthepipeline,theLCSNAhasmorereason LCSNAintheirestateplanning,anidealwaytoensurethat thanevertobeconcernedthatsufficientfundsareavailable the workofthe Society willcontinue intothenextgenera- to meet the needs of our publishing programs. Several tion. membershavekindlydonatedfundstohelpoff-setthecost The LCSNA has always struggled to maintain a high ofproducingthesevolumesandfuturepublications,andwe standardinbothprogramsandpublications,andwithyour urge you todo the same. helpwewill strivetowardsthetypeofhighprofessionalism TheLewisCarrollSocietyofNorthAmericaisa chari- ofwhich Charles Dodgson himselfwould approve. Puzzlers Pay Tribute to Martin Gardner by Fran Abeles & Stan Isaacs "Puzzles: Beyondthe Bordersofthe Mind,"anexhibitof ofLewis Carroll, which will include her own volume on the the largestcollectionofpuzzles everassembled in the United mathematical pamphlets and Gardner's volume on Carroll's States,openedattheAtlantaInternationalMuseumofArtand puzzles. DouglasHofstadter,authorofGodel,Escher,Bach,a DesignonJanuary 14andwillrunthroughApril9. Manyofthe workfeaturingmuchofCarroll'slogic,thendiscussed"Special world'sleadingpuzzlemakers,mathematicians,andmagicians Points and Lines ofaTriangle: A 'Computer's-Eye' View." were on hand for the opening receptions and for Friday and The Saturday evening dinner, billed as "A Gathering for Saturday dinners honoring LCSNA member Martin Gardner. Gardner,"washighlightedbythepresentationoftwobooksto GardneristheauthorofTheAnnotatedAlice,MoreAnnotated Gardner: one a set ofpersonal letters written by the partici- Alice,andTheAnnotatedSnark,andhispopularwritingsabout pants,theotheracollectionofarticlesassembledspeciallyfor puzzles and mathematical topics are known around the world the event. Several of the articles are about Carroll's work, and influenced many of those in attendance at the exhibit. including Solomon Goloumb's "A Powerful Procedure for Gardner's "Lewis Carroll's Chess Wordgame" (see KL 39, ProvingPracticalPropositions,"andDonaldKnuth's"Biblical order from Kadon Enterprises, 1227 Lorene Dr., Pasadena, Ladders."DanaRichardcontributed"AMartinGardnerBibli- MD,21122)wasondisplay,andarepresentativeofRexGames ography,"themostcompletelistingoftheeclecticworksofthis (2001 California St., San Francisco, CA, 94109) previewed a prolific scholar. Also on the program that evening were Carroll-inspired game called"WorkTrek." speeches by Raymond Smullyan, author ofAlice in Puzzle- StanIsaacs,anavidcollectorofpuzzles,andTreasurerFran Land,andNobYoshigahara,whohasbeencalled"TheMartin Abeles representedtheLCSNAatthisexcitingevent. Through- GardnerofJapan." out the long weekend, Stan was actively inv—olved with the Anationaltouringversionofthepuzzlesexhibit—ionisinthe puzzlemakers and their hundreds ofcreations three-dimen- planningstageandwilltravelto20citiesnextyear butdon't sional wooden puzzles, wire sculptures that come apart, wait! Ifyou are aparentorgrandparent ofayoung child, we tangrams,Rubikcubes,mazes,opticalillusions,andmore. On urge you to go to Atlanta for a hands-on introduction to new Saturday afternoon, Fran's report on "Lewis Carroll's Math- waysofthinkingandlearningskillsvitaltoproblemsolvingof ematics: Recent Developments and Work in Progress," in- allsortsintherealworld.Formoreinformation,contactSusan cludedmentionofthe Society's productionofThePamphlets Durham at (404) 688-2467. The Pamphlets ofLewis Carroll Volume The Oxford Pamphlets I: Edited By Edward Wakeling Order Form Please Send copies ofThe OxfordPamphlets at the special LCSNA discount price of $58.00 (20% offlist) to: Subtotal:. & Shipping Handling ($3.00 forthe first book, $0.75 foreach additional book): Virginia Residents add4 1/2% Sales Tax: Total Enclosed: Returnto: University Press ofVirginia, Box 3608 University Sta., Charlottesville, VA, 22903-0608 Carrollian Ms. Botti says,"This isnot Through the a children's opera per se, butratheranexplorationof Looking-GlassDarkly Notes the ageless territory of == imagination." Ms. Botti Despite the above mentioned title of received her Master's in AndrewSellon'sone-manplaybased music composition from Manhattan on Lewis Carroll, the content of the Snark Hunters School of Music and has performed showisnotalldark.Sellonsucceeded as a singer at major festivals in the wonderfully in showing many sides Ride Again United States, Asia, and the United ofCarroll'scharacteratthepremiere Kingdom. She will speak about her of his play in Chapel Hill, NC, in Richard M. Boothe will once again new opera at the Spring meeting of December. Sellon reliesheavily,but hold apotluck dinnerandrecitation/ the LCSNA (see page 1). not too heavily, on Carroll's own reading ofThe Hunting ofthe Snark words. One who was not intimately on April 1st. The day is Thursday, familiarwithCarroll'swritingswould the time is 7:00pm, andthe venue is Call For Papers nevernoticetheseamsbetweenwhat the Picnic Shelter in Burton Chace Sellon has written and what he has Park,attheendofMindaneaoWayin Theplanningcommitteeforthe 1994 taken from Carroll. Sellon's enact- Marina Del Rey, CA. All LCSNA International Lewis Carroll Confer- ment of what might have happened membersinorpassingthroughgreater encewouldliketoinviteallmembers had Rev. Dodgson had tea with the Los Angeles are invited to bring a oftheLCSNAtosubmitabstractsfor Liddells to propos—e a match with potluckdish(tofeedfourpeopleonly) papers to be read at the conference. Alice is wonderful he never says andjointhisannualCarrollianevent. The tentative theme for the confer- that this is what happened (even his Mr.Bootheaskedus,"DoestheSnark enceis"LewisCarroll&theWorld," versionofCarroll seemstobe uncer- takeplaceonanisland,asmanyofus but abstracts ofany topic relevant to tain as to whether it was real oronly presume,oronanuninhabitedcoast- Carrollianstudieswillbeconsidered adream),yetonemustbelievethat,if line ofacontinent? Icannotfindthe by the committee. Please limit ab- it did happen, it would have been word 'island' oranyofits synonyms stracts to two typed pages and in- somethinglikewhatwesaw. Sellon's in the text, nor 'continent' for that clude a brief biographical sketch. Dodgson spends the play waiting at matter." Would any readers care to Abstracts or other queries concern- theendofhislifetobeescortedtothe take stab at this one? ingtheconference shouldbe sentto: hereafter, and when his escort turns InternationalConference, 1092West out to be a young girl neither the Wonderglass 4th Street, Winston-Salem, NC, audience nor Rev. Dodgson can re- 27101. sist a smile and, perhaps, a tear. Premieres SusanBotti'soperaWonderglassre- Sewell's new bibliography ceiveditsconcertpremiereonFebru- aBrlyoo2m1fiatelKdinHgilslws,ooMdicAhuidgiatno.riuTmhien MquuecshtioonfsaasMiutchhasneasnsswe(rseeed.KLLet4'3s)sthaartswriatihsetdhesael:moDsotesasanmyaonnye have a copy of the Rand McNally Alice illustrated by Suzanne premiere of this re-interpretation of Brucewithacodeonthe lastpageofotherthanCS1 1-50orCS4- the Lewis Carroll stories featured 51? HowaboutaRandMcNallyAliceillustratedbyJaniceHolland members of the Detroit Symphony withacodeotherthanCS 5-51? Thereappeartobeseveral issues Orchestra and animation by Phil ofthe Helen Pettes and Julia Greene Alice published by Cupples Denslow. Intheopera,theunforget- and Leon. I need descriptions of these volumes specifying the table characters of Wonderland ap- characters on the cut-out page (Tea Party, Queen of Hearts, or pear in a dream-like world which Dodo), colorofthe text (black orbrown), colorofthe silhouettes (black,brown,ormulti-colored),colorofthebackboard,colorofthetitleon seeks to capture the essence of the front cover, and description ofthe spine and dustwrapper. Also, does Carroll's original visions. Noting anyonehaveinformationaboutthedateorcountryoforiginofasetofchina that the depth and universality of figures about 8" tall made by GORT?" Anyone willing to helpJoel on his Carroll's language speak not only to quest shouldwritetohimat2486BrunswickCircle,Woodridge,IL,60517. children, but to people of all ages, rrotn Our ra Co^^egpond^nts a/**-* Damon R. Butlerhas designed and pro- Do you wonder what to do with the duced a "Lewis Carroll Picture Map" duplicates from your Carroll collection which has been printed in a limitededi- or how you can obtain lists of other tion in three sets of 42. Each map is The Museum of Modern Art in New collectors' excess holdings? Join Joel personally signed, and copies may be York sells aRene Magritte DeskCalen- Birenbaum'sAliceCollector'sNetwork orderedby sending£26.42 (airshipping darfor1993forabout$5.TheNovember to meet other collectors who are inter- included) to Mr. Butler at illustrationisMagritte'spaintingofAlice estedinbuying,selling,andtradingAlice HillsideCottage, 1 MountHill,Halstead, in Wonderland. booksandmerchandise. Duesare$2.00 Essex, C09 1AA, England. and should be sent to 2486 Brunswick Biologists inBritain aretryingtohelpa Circle, Woodridge, IL, 60517. Skiers atthe New London, New Hamp- struggling Dormouse population by shire resort ofKing Ridge are treatedto building tree-house shelters for the shy TheDecember 1992/January 1993 issue the sight of a giant Mad Hatter skiing of Doll Reader magazine included an downtheslopeseverySaturday. Itseems article by Ann Bahan titled "Alice in appropriately Carrollian that this is one WonderlandDolls,"whichincludedsome ofthefewmountainswheretheLodgeis history of Alice dolls and numerous at the top ratherthan the bottom. illustrations. "Sparkling Fruit TeaZer," a mixture of The Cottage Shop ofCloster, NJ, offers StreetsignspottedbyCharlesStatsin teaandjuicesinseveralflavorsisdistrib- SummerfieldIllinois a variety of English enamel pieces, in- uted in aluminum cans by Knudsen & cluding an Alice picture frame ($80), SonsofChico,CA. Eachflavorisillus- UNIVAC(UniversityVacations)isplan- Alicecards/box ($133.50), andan Alice tratedwithadifferentWonderlandscene ning an Alice in Wonderland tour of at the Tea Table box ($143.50). Prices on the label. Oxford,England. ThetourdatesareJuly include shipping. 11-16, 1993, and the group will be lead The Music Stand (1 Rockdale Plaza, byMr.TimothyTubbs. Costis$1695for AttheopeningsessionoftheSmithsonian Lebanon, NH, 03766) offers "Alice's six nights and seven days. For more Institution'sCampusontheMallcourse Looking Glass," a framed mirror with information call 1-800-792-0100. titled"AllAboutAlice TheWonderland : Alice and the Cheshire Cat on opposite ofLewisCarroll"(seeKL43),thecoor- sides for $39.95, and an Ar\VT-shirtor AnarticleonEnglishmazesbyChristo- dinatorannouncedthatthecourseenroll- sweatshirt for $16.95 or $29.95 respec- pher P. Baker appeared in the February mentwas42! Theclassisdiverse,enthu- tively. 1993 issue of USAir Magazine. Baker siastic,andintelligent,andseveralmem- mentionstheAliceinWonderlandMaze bers have enquired about joining the Grant & Shaw Ltd. (62 West Port, which opened at Merritown House in LCSNA. Edinburgh,EH12LD,Scotland)recently Dorset in May 1992. Wanderers who offeredfor sale Lewis Carroll's copy of successfully discover the center of the American Greetings offered an Alice in Walter Scott's three volume Minstrelry mazecan seethe MadHatter, the Dodo, Wonderland Valentine's Day Card this oftheScottishBorder. Thelengthycata- and other characters running around a year. Includedonthebackofthecardis logue entrydetails Carroll'sparodies of central mound showing the White a briefsummary ofAAIW and the sug- — Scott stillonemustimaginethatCarroll Rabbit'spocketwatch. Bakeralsostates gestion that children who would like to originallyboughtthesebooksforsome- that as a boy Carroll stamped mazes in knowmore aboutAlice findthebookat what less than the current $4000 price the snow. theirlocal library. Forassistance inpreparing this issuewe would like tothank: Earl Abbe, FranAbeles,Joel Birenbaum, Richard Boothe, Sandor Burstein, AugustImholtz,StanIsaacs,JanetJurist,StephanieLovett,StanMarx,LucillePosner,RolfRameder, andDavid&Maxine Schaefer. KnightLetteristheofficial newsletteroftheLewisCarroll SocietyofNorthAmerica. Itispublishedquarterly andisdistributed free to all members. Subscriptions, business correspondence, and inquiries should be addressed to the Secretary, LCSNA, 617 RockfordRoad,SilverSpring,Maryland,20902. Annualmembershipduesare$20 (regular)&$50(sustaining).Submissionsand editorialcorrespondence shouldbe senttothe Editor,CharlesC. Lovett, 1092WestFourthStreet,Winston-Salem,N.C., 27101.