A riddle for Enid : autograph manuscript, undated.

Record ID: 
269444
Accession number: 
MA 6390.1
Author: 
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
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.