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100	1		_aCarroll, Lewis, _d1832-1898
245	1	0	_aFurther nonsense verse and prose
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2026
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2026-01-06
508			_aCharlene Taylor, Tom Trussel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520			_aFurther nonsense verse and prose by Lewis Carroll is a collection of humorous verse and prose written in the early 20th century. Edited and framed by Langford Reed, it gathers largely uncollected or newly printed nonsense poems, playful letters, acrostics, and comic sketches drawn from magazines, manuscripts, and early journals. The volume highlights Carroll’s wordplay, parodies, and whimsical logic—often inspired by children—while the foreword sets his life and methods in context. The opening of the collection begins with the editor’s expansive foreword, offering a lively biography of Charles Dodgson, explaining the sources of the pieces, defending nonsense as a deliberate, technical art, and recounting his photography, friendships, the genesis of Alice, his mathematical work, and meticulous standards. After this scene-setting, the selections launch into light verse and parodies from his early period—comic laments and a mock “coronach,” seaside satire, a limerick, a tipsy ode, and a playful “lesson in Latin”—alongside ballad pastiche and a tongue‑in‑cheek essay on “poetry for the million.” Signature Carrollian play follows: the shaped “Mouse’s Tail,” a rhymed letter with sketches, affectionate acrostics, and a long, mock‑heroic narrative about a self-styled poet (“Wilhelm von Schmitz”). The excerpt concludes with a whimsical letter‑tale about three cats and the start of a mock‑medieval chronicle, signaling the variety and tone of the pieces to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cNew York: D. Appleton and Company, 1926
653			_aHumorous stories, English
653			_aNonsense verses, English
653			_aEnglish wit and humor -- 19th century
653			_aCarroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 -- Correspondence
653			_aCarroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 -- Miscellanea
700	1		_aReed, Langford, _d1889-1954
700	1		_aBateman, H. M. _q(Henry Mayo), _d1887-1970
856	4		_uhttps://archive.org/details/further-nonsense-verse-and-prose/page/n5/mode/2up
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77627
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