First published in 1979 by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd Published in 2024 by Notting Hill Editions Ltd Mirefoot, Burneside, Kendal LA8 9AB Series design by FLOK Design, Berlin, Germany Cover design by Tom Etherington Creative Advisor: Dennis PAPHITIS Typeset by CB Editions, London Printed and bound by Imak Ofset, Istanbul, Turkey Introduction copyright © 2024 by Gyles Brandreth Linking text and Illustrations copyright © 1979 by Victorama Limited The right of Gyles Brandreth to be identified as the author of the introduction to this work has been asserted by him in accordance with section 77 of the Copyright, Designs & Patents Act 1998. All rights reserved. With the exception of Mrs Beeton’s ‘nightcap recipes’, almost everything in this book was actually written by Lewis Carroll. I have gathered material together from a wide variety of sources and in order to make it ‘hang together’ as neatly as possible I have occasionally been bold enough – fool enough, you may say – to add a few linking words of my own in the manner of Lewis Carroll. I hope that he – and you – will forgive my presumption. The illustrations on pages 12 and 47–48 are by Lewis Carroll. The remaining illustrations are by Phuz. – Edgar Cuthwellis This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978-1-912559-59-6 nottinghilleditions.com