Record ID:
269444
Accession number:
MA 6390.1
Credit:
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton; 1987.
Description:
1 item (1 p.) 2.1 x 30.2 cm.
Notes:
This long and narrow manuscript sheet was once folded into fourths; the three fold lines remain, and there are slight losses of paper at the folds.
Summary:
A riddle written for Enid Stevens (later Shawyer) that reads: "Suppose we read words _backwards_, what does Mr Dodgson like best to do?" Ans. "He likes best to go to DINE!"
Provenance:
From the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll Collection.
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