The Hunting of the Snark

https://www.facebook.com/pastparticular/posts/the-hunting-of-the-snark-by-lewis-carroll1898-early-reprintmacmillan-with-error-/1258681552718014/ (South Africa, 2025-08-05) Past Particular. Antiques, collectibles and select books The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll 1898 early reprint Macmillan with error on page 83 (baker instead of butcher.) Embossed covers and spine Scarce early copy Sale price of R 6500 027733145918 Graham Response (2025-08-07): Goetz Kluge "Baker instead of butcher" is not an error! Search for "Baker for Butcher on p. 83" by Alan Tannenbaum, The Snarkologist, Vol. 1, Fit 7, March 2024.

"Baker instead of butcher" on page 83 in Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark" is not an error!

See "Baker for Butcher on p. 83" by Alan Tannenbaum, "The Snarkologist", Vol. 1, Fit 7, March 2024, snrk.de/baker-for-bu...

And he illustrated Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark".

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In one of his illustrations to Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark" (snrk.de/snarkhunt/#029), Henry Holiday might have used the "Billiard Marker" to poke fun at Henry Liddell (snrk.de/page_henry-g...).

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https://snrk.de/snarkhunt/#portmanteau This also seems a fitting occasion to notice the other hard words in that poem. Humpty-Dumpty’s theory, of two meanings packed into one word like a portmanteau, seems to me the right explanation for all. For instance, take the two words “fuming” and “furious.” Make up your mind that you will say both words, but leave it unsettled which you will say first. Now open your mouth and speak. If your thoughts incline ever so little towards “fuming,” you will say “fuming-furious;” if they turn, by even a hair’s breadth, towards “furious,” you will say “furious-fuming;” but if you have the rarest of gifts, a perfectly balanced mind, you will say “frumious.” Supposing that, when Pistol uttered the well-known words — “Under which king, Bezonian? Speak or die!” Justice Shallow had felt certain that it was either William or Richard, but had not been able to settle which, so that he could not possibly say either name before the other, can it be doubted that, rather than die, he would have gasped out “Rilchiam!”

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And if "Boots" is a portmanteau for "Bonnets and Hoods" (snrk.de/boots-bonnet...), then this might explain why Henry Holiday depicted only nine Snark hunters in his illustrations to "The Hunting of the Snark".

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Image source: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/bitstreams/bc04c735-20a1-48b7-bcb6-6be5b4745dac/download, Crater April 28, 1871 (1.64 MB) Holiday, H. (2009). Sketches of the Moon and a Sunspot group. [Image]. Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository. http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/216784 ※ Authors: Holiday, Henry ※ Abstract: ※ Description: Sizes of originals; A 210x230mm, B 200x240mm, C 198x227mm & D 250x200mm. ※ Keywords: artists, Moon, craters, lunar, sunspots, sketches ※ Rights: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Repository logo ※ Collections: Images from the Institute of Astronomy Library

Sketch made in 1871 by Henry Holiday (the illustrator of Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark", 1876) of a moon crater using the Newall Telescope at Gateshead (built by Thomas Cooke, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newall_...).

(University of Cambridge Repository, www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/...)

Image source: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/bitstreams/bc04c735-20a1-48b7-bcb6-6be5b4745dac/download, Crater April 28, 1871 (1.64 MB) Holiday, H. (2009). Sketches of the Moon and a Sunspot group. [Image]. Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository. http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/216784 ※ Authors: Holiday, Henry ※ Abstract: ※ Description: Sizes of originals; A 210x230mm, B 200x240mm, C 198x227mm & D 250x200mm. ※ Keywords: artists, Moon, craters, lunar, sunspots, sketches ※ Rights: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Repository logo ※ Collections: Images from the Institute of Astronomy Library

Sketch made in 1871 by Henry Holiday (the illustrator of Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark", 1876) of a moon crater using the Newall Telescope at Gateshead (built by Thomas Cooke, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newall_...).

(University of Cambridge Repository, www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/...)

I only know what kind of telescope (depicted by Henry Holiday) the Snark hunting party used in Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark".

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NOTE ON THE TRADE EDITION [of "The Hunting of the Snark" (1876) by Lewis Carroll (poem), Martin Gardner (annotator), Henry Holiday (illustrator), Charles Mitchell (contributor), Selwin H. Goodacre (contributor); 1981 (William Kaufmann, Inc); https://snrk.de/papers-and-books/#WilliamKaufmann] When the first printing of the "Trade Edition" of The Hunting of the Snark was photographically reproduced from the original materials generated by The Meriden Gravure Company and the Stinehour Press, there was an unfortunate scrambling of some of the plates.As a result the following errata exist: ※ Plate XXV: Image printed in reverse ※ Plate XXVI Image transposed with that of plate XXXVI ※ Plate XXVIII:Reproduces the proof (plate XXXVIII), not the drawing ※ Plate XXIX: Image printed in reverse ※ Plate XXXVI: Image transposed with that of plate XXVI In addition, the "Trade Edition" added a so-called facsimile of the 1876 First Edition. In the process of handling the illustrations for the facsimile, those on pages 10, 62 and 74 were faced away from, rather than toward the inner margins as in the original edition. The facsimile also reproduces the black end papers and blank fly leaves, thus creating the otherwise unaccountable black rectangles and blanks which follow the reproduction of the front cover and precede that of the back cover. The two limited editions are free of all these difficulties. A corrected second printing of the "Trade Edition" will be available in the new year. Orders will be filled from the second printing, unless a copy of the first printing (with its faults) is requested. The Editors

The Hunting of the Snark (Kaufmann edition) James Tanis and John Dooley, Editors Illustrations by Henry Holiday Annotated by Martin Gardner. ISBN 10: 091323236X / ISBN 13: 9780913232361 ※ Publisher: William Kaufmann, in cooperation with Bryn Mawr College Library ※ Other Contributors: Roderick Stinehour (designer), James Tanis (preface), John Dooley, Martin Gardner (introduction), Charles Mitchell (essay), Selwyn H. Goodacre (bibliography) ※ Place of Publication: Los Altos, CA; printed by The Stinehour Press, Lunenburg, VT ※ Date of Publication: 1981 ※ SKU: B026 Source: https://www.lewiscarroll.org/product/hunting-of-the-snark/

Note on the "Trade Edition" of "The Hunting of the Snark" (1876) by Lewis Carroll (poem), Martin Gardner (annotator), Henry Holiday (illustrator), Charles Mitchell (contributor), Selwin H. Goodacre (contributor); 1981 (William Kaufmann, Inc)

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Erika, thanks to Mr. Trump, the BLS data now will get much more attention than before.

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I don’t think that the felon ended her career. He even might have given her career a boost.

May I object to your post? That wasn’t “the” honor of your life. It was just one honor among many more honors to come.

Image source: https://snrk.de/faiths-victorie-in-romes-crueltie/#bm ---------------------------------------------------- British Museum (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1855-0512-317): Description: Anti-catholic print showing English Protestant martyrs standing around a bonfire: immediately to the right, Cranmer (A) holding his hand in the flames; on the far right, Latimer (B) and, between the two, Ridley (C); at lower right, Hooper (D); at lower left, Philpot (E); to the left of the fire, and holding a bundle of faggots, Bradford (F); behind him, Rogers (G); to the right of the fire, beside Latimer, Saunders (H); behind Cranmer, Taylor (I); behind Philpot, Bilney (K); between Philpot and Bradford, Ferrar (L); behind him, Glover (M); a mass of other figures are ranged beyond, some of them named in the verses below the scene. Curator's comments: ... This is one of a number of earlier prints used by Henry Holiday in his illustrations to Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark, 1876 (information from Goetz Kluge, June 2016) ------------------------------------------ For lower image see https://snrk.de/knight-letter-100/

Hay una alusión pictórica a la quema de Thomas Cranmer en esta ilustración de Henry Holiday para "La caza del Snark" de Lewis Carroll.

※ Gustave Doré's illustration to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", ※ Henry Holiday's book cover design to Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark".

Who was first?
※ Gustave Doré's illustration to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner",
※ Henry Holiday's book cover design to Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark".

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That‘s close. The wording of this quote is by George Harrison. But quite probably it has been inspired by Lewis Carroll.

That made me curious: In which of Lewis Carroll‘s writings did you find this quote?

Close. It‘s a George Harrison quote. But probably he got inspired by Lewis Carroll.

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Dear Bard, "The Hunting of the Snark" (1876) is one of Lewis Carroll and Henry Holiday's books which has been written to be re-read and re-looked at many times.

You might like Henry Holiday's pictorial allusions (engraved by Joseph Swain) to John Martin's painting "The Bard" (c. 1871).

About Carroll’s motives for writing the Alice books: bsky.app/profile/snar...

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I am relieved. Lewis Carroll‘s “The Hunting of the Snark” is protected by Henry Holiday’s illustrations from being attacked by the orange Boojum.

#OTD, 151 years ago, the sentence “For the Snark was a Boojum.” popped up in Lewis Carroll’s mind. It became the final line in his tragicomedy “The Hunting of the Snark”.

As far as I know, this isn’t a Carroll quote

I don't think that there is any original Lewis Carroll source for this quote. snrk.de/some-texts/ is a little Carroll Library where you can check quotes.

You're close. That quote is by George Harrison, but it has been inspired by Lewis Carroll.

Thank you, Sine, for the link.That was what I read a few years ago.

Today, I don’t agree with what they wrote about 42. I think that Karen Gardiner is right: bsky.app/profile/snar...

Details: ※ https://snrk.de/faiths-victorie-in-romes-crueltie/#bm ※ https://snrk.de/knight-letter-100/ === upper image === Screenshot (2018) from the website of the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1855-0512-317 "Faiths Victorie in Romes Crueltie" (published by Thomas Jenner, c. 1630) is an anti-catholic print showing English Protestant martyrs standing around a fire. Immediately to the right side of the fire, Thomas Cranmer is depicted burning his hand. Depicted martyrs: (A) Thomas Cranmer holding his hand into the flames, (B) Hugh Latimer, (C) Nicholas Ridley, (D) John Hooper, (E) John Philpot, (F) John Bradford, (G) John Rogers, (H) Laurence Saunders; (I) Rowland Taylor, (K) Thomas Bilney, (L) Robert Ferrar, (M) Robert Glover. Curator's comments (2016): "Hind misdated this print c.1556 (see Hind I p.6 note 1). The actual date was discovered by Malcolm Jones in the Stationers Register, where it was entered on 6 March 1630 (see Arber IV p.196). The name Ghest is included among the martyred, but he has not been identified. This is one of a number of earlier prints used by Henry Holiday in his illustrations to Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark, 1876 (information from Goetz Kluge, June 2016)" === lower image === Comparison (by Goetz Kluge) of the upper image to the the Illustration by Henry Holiday to the final chapter ("The Vanishing", https://snrk.de/snarkhunt/#561) of Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark" (1876). In Holiday's illustration you can see something which looks like a "beak" which had snatched the Baker's hand. After rotating the "beak" by 120° counterclockwise, you can see a fire whith a hand reaching out from the flames. I think Holliday's Snark illustration is a pictorial reference to the "Faiths Victorie in Romes Crueltie" print where you can see Thomas Cranmer holding his hand into the flames. More: https://snrk.de/knight-letter-100/

In the Illustration by Henry Holiday to the final chapter ("The Vanishing") of Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark" (1876), a hidden depiction of Thomas Cranmer's hand in the flames can be found.

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