Discussion: Boots = Bonnetmaker?
Reddit: 2026 | 2016 Bluesky Facebook 2026-04-02, updated: 2026-07-10
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Fact Checks
Ambiguous: The “Boots” and “the maker of Bonnets and Hoods” in The Hunting of the Snark might be two different persons, but also could be the same person. Thus, the Snark hunting crew might have only nine members, not ten. Unproven: The assumption that Carroll was on drugs when he wrote the Alice books. Probably … Continue reading “Fact Checks”
“‘The Crew Was Complete:…’, But How Many Was That?”
Abigail and Gregory Acland argued that the maker of Bonnets and Hoods is the same person as the Boots. They suggested that “maker of Bonnets and Hoods” is a description of the Boots’s [sic!] skills rather than a separate character. (Abigail E. Acland and Gregory M. Acland, ‘The Crew Was Complete:…’, But How Many Was … Continue reading ““‘The Crew Was Complete:…’, But How Many Was That?””
Monumental Snark
[…] Són nou humans i amb el castor deu en total, però hi ha qui diu que són vuit humans. L’argument per comptar-ne vuit i no nou és que potser Carroll assimilava el Bonnets and Hoods amb el Boots, com si aquesta darrera fos una paraula-maleta. Hi ha qui defensa a mort aquesta interpretació. […] … Continue reading “Monumental Snark”
There might be only 9 Snark Hunters
Related update (2026-03-30): https://snrk.de/michael-sporns-snark/ The Snark hunting crew consists of ten members. Is that true? This is how the crew members are introduced (MG017): 001 “Just the place for a Snark!” the Bellman cried, […] 009 The crew was complete: it included a Boots — 010 A maker of Bonnets and Hoods … Continue reading “There might be only 9 Snark Hunters”
Are there 9 or 10 Snark Hunters?
Related update (2026-03-30): https://snrk.de/michael-sporns-snark/ “The human understanding, once it has adopted opinions, either because they were already accepted and believed, or because it likes them, draws everything else to support and agree with them. And though it may meet a greater number and weight of contrary instances, it will, with great and harmful prejudice, ignore … Continue reading “Are there 9 or 10 Snark Hunters?”
Michael Sporn’s Snark
It seems that since 1876 most readers of The Hunting of the Snark assume that the Snark hunting party consists of ten members. But in Michael Sporn‘s beautiful animated Snark film (1989, narrator: James Earl Jones), there are only nine Snark hunters, not ten, because the “Boots — a maker of Bonnets and Hoods” is … Continue reading “Michael Sporn’s Snark”
Henry Holiday’s Snark Illustrations
I had no other meaning in my mind, when I wrote [The Hunting of the Snark]: but people have since tried to find the meanings in it. The one I like best (which I think is partly my own) is that it may be taken as an Allegory for the Pursuit of Happiness. Lewis Carroll … Continue reading “Henry Holiday’s Snark Illustrations”
Bowsprit
Gemini came up (after I introduced https://snrk.de/page_boots-bonnetmaker/ in an earlier prompt) with a quite interesting answer to the question “Are ‘the maker of Bonnets and Hoods’ and the ‘Boots’ the same person in Lewis Carroll’s ‘The Hunting of the Snark’”? Q: Are “the maker of Bonnets and Hoods” and the “Boots” the same person in … Continue reading “Bowsprit”