Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1907)

by Lewis Carroll

For other versions of this work, see Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

A girl sleeping amongst grass and red flowers; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

By the kind permission of Messrs. Macmillan & Co., Ltd.,
the latest revised text has been used in this edition.

The Queen of Hearts, standing in her rose garden, gestures angrily towards Alice.

“Off with her head!”

Alice’s Adventures
in Wonderland

BY
LEWIS CARROLL

A king's head.

WITH EIGHT COLOURED PLATES AND ONE HUNDRED
AND TWELVE OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS BY
CHARLES ROBINSON

CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD.
London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne

A child displaying an Ace of Hearts.

all rights reserved

A

LL in the golden afternoon.
   Full leisurely we glide;
For both our oars, with little skill,
   By little arms are plied,
While little hands make vain pretence
   Our wanderings to guide.

Ah, cruel Three! In such an hour,
   Beneath such dreamy weather,
To beg a tale of breath too weak
   To stir the tiniest feather!
Yet what can one poor voice avail
   Against three tongues together?

Imperious Prima flashes forth
   Her edict "to begin it"—
In gentler tone Secunda hopes
   "There will be nonsense in it,"
While Tertia interrupts the tale
   Not more than once a minute.

Anon, to sudden silence won,
   In fancy they pursue
The dream-child moving through a land
   Of wonders wild and new,
In friendly chat with bird or beast—
   And half believe it true.

And ever, as the story drained
    The wells of fancy dry,
And faintly strove that weary one
    To put the subject by,
"The rest next time—" "It is next time!"
    The happy voices cry.

Thus grew the tale of Wonderland:
    Thus slowly, one by one,
Its quaint events were hammered out—
    And now the tale is done,
And home we steer, a merry crew,
    Beneath the setting sun.

Alice! a childish story take,
    And with a gentle hand
Lay it where Childhood's dreams are twined
    In Memory's mystic band,
Like pilgrim's withered wreath of flowers
    Pluck'd in a far-off land.

A young girl in a red dress sits in front of an open box with playing cards strewn in front of her. Contents:

CHAPTER I

PAGE

Down the Rabbit-hole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CHAPTER II

The Pool of Tears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CHAPTER III

A Caucus-race and a Long Tale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CHAPTER IV

The Rabbit sends in a Little Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CHAPTER V

Advice from a Caterpillar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CHAPTER VI

Pig and Pepper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CHAPTER VII

A Mad Tea-party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CHAPTER VIII

The Queen’s Croquet Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CHAPTER IX

The Mock Turtle’s Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CHAPTER X

The Lobster Quadrille . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CHAPTER XI

Who Stole the Tarts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CHAPTER XII

Alice’s Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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A small girl in a red dress sitting and looking at a drawing she holds in her hands. List of Illustrations:

	page
The Rabbit took a Watch out	2
She took down a jar	4
“Please, Ma’am, is this New Zealand?”	5
The fall was over	7
The loveliest garden you ever saw	9
Alice ventured to taste it	11
She tried her best to climb up one of the legs	12
The poor little thing sat down and cried	13
It was as much as she could do	16
There was a large pool	17
It was the White Rabbit	19
The Rabbit started violently	20
“And welcomes little fishes in”	21
She dropped it hastily	22
She was up to her chin	23
“O Mouse, do you know the way out?”	25
The Mouse gave a sudden leap	27
The Mouse was swimming away from her	29
Alice led the way	31
She had quite a long argument	34
They all sat down	36, 37
“I beg your pardon”	40
A neat little house	43
She ran off at once	44
The White Rabbit’s house	45
It was very uncomfortable	46
“Digging for apples”	48
She suddenly spread out her hand	49
“Sure, it’s an arm”	51
“There goes Bill!”	52
“What happened to you?”	53
Bill was in the middle	54
She ran off as hard as she could	55
An enormous puppy	56
Quietly smoking	58
“It isn’t,” said the Caterpillar	60
Alice folded her hands	61
“And yet you incessantly stand on your head”	62
“You turned a back-somersault”	63
“You balanced an eel”	64
“It is a very good height”	65
She stretched her arms round it	66
She was shrinking rapidly	67
All she could see	68
Her neck kept getting entangled	71
Suddenly a footman in livery came	74
“For the Duchess”	75
“From the Queen”	76
“I shall sit here”	77
The Duchess	78
The cook ... at once set to work	80
The baby	81
She carried it out	83
She ... felt quite relieved	85
Sitting on a bough	87
“Did you say pig, or fig?”	89
It vanished quite slowly	90
The March Hare’s house	91
The other two were using it as a cushion	93
“The Dormouse is asleep”	95
“It goes on, you know”	97
“They lived on treacle”	99
“Learning to draw”	101
And in she went	103
All of them bowed low	108
First came ten soldiers	110
After these came the royal children	111
Next came the guests	112
Then followed the Knave of Hearts	113
And last of all this grand procession	114
It would twist itself	116
She noticed a curious appearance	117
“There’s the arch”	119
“It’s the Cheshire Cat”	121
“You dear old thing!”	125
“And the moral of that is——”	127
“A fine day, your Majesty!”	128
“Now, I give you fair warning”	129
All the players	131
“What fun!”	133
Sitting sad and lonely	135
They began solemnly dancing	141
The Mock Turtle sang	142
“When they take us up”	143
Said a Whiting to a Snail	145
“I can tell you more”	147
She had sat down	150
“Come on,” cried the Gryphon	152
Near the King was the White Rabbit	153
The Knave was standing	154
“I beg pardon”	156
“Give your evidence”	158
The Hatter hurriedly left	163
The White Rabbit read out ... the name “Alice”	165
“Here!” cried Alice	166
There they lay	167
“Silence!”	169
“It isn’t a letter”	170
“Never!” said the Queen	174
Thinking of little Alice	177
COLOURED PLATES
“Off with her head!”	Frontispiece
“Ahem!” said the Mouse, with an important air	To face page 34
A large pigeon had flown into her face	”  ”  68
She began nursing her child again	”  ”  80
“What day of the month is it?” he said	”  ”  94
There was a dispute going on	”  ”  122
“Up, lazy thing!” said the Queen	”  ”  134
The whole pack rose up in the air	”  ”  174