Lewis Carroll, Henry Holiday and Joseph Swain's Tragicomedy
References in snrk.de to Martin Gardner’s annotations to The Hunting of the Snark: 07: What I tell you three times is true. Chaos, Co-Ordinated by John MacDougal (pseudonym of Robert Lowndes & James Blish), p. 36~57 in Astounding Science Fiction, October 1946 11: the Baker’s 42 boxes 13 and 14: the Baker’s hot names 15: … Continue reading “Annotations to Annotations”
Remember, to Henry Holiday The Hunting of the Snark was a tragedy. 549 “It’s a Snark!” was the sound that first came to their ears, 550 And seemed almost too good to be true. 551 Then followed a torrent of laughter and cheers: 552 Then the ominous … Continue reading “Thomas Cranmer’s Burning”
It’s about time. Your browser does not support the audio element. You can’t bribe time. I think that the “Jubjub” might be a chronometer or generally stand for time ticking away. “Jub jub” makes me think of the sound of a clock escapement. You want the sound to be “symmetrical”. From The Hunting of the … Continue reading “jub jub jub jub jub jub jub jub jub …”
The images below (click on them to read more) are related to my little article in the Knight Letter № 100 (July 2018, ISSN 0193-886X, published by the LCSNA). Knight Letter № 100 Thomas Cranmer’s Burning Unhiding the Hidden Eschatology Article 42 in the 42 Articles My LCSNA Knight Letter links MG064 (Martin … Continue reading “Burning the Baker”
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 — 011 A … Continue reading “There might be only 9 Snark Hunters”
Mental Troubles The contradiction of science and religion in the life and works of Lewis Carroll Charles Darwin Thomas Cranmer Burning the Baker (by Goetz Kluge, Knight Letter № 100, 2018) Faiths Victorie in Romes Crueltie Seven Coats Thomas Cranmer’s Burning Articles of Christian faith are Axioms 42 Articles & Eschatology C.L. Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), … Continue reading “Carroll & Religion”
“No doubt,” said I, “they settled who Was fittest to be sent Yet still to choose a brat like you, To haunt a man of forty-two, Was no great compliment!” In his 29th annotation (MG029) to The Hunting of the Snark, Martin Gardiner stated: Curiously, Carroll refers to … Continue reading “«To haunt a man of forty-two»”
001 “Just the place for a Snark!” the Bellman cried, 002 As he landed his crew with care; 003 Supporting each man on the top of the tide 004 By a finger entwined in his hair. 005 “Just the place for a Snark! I have said … Continue reading “What I tell you three times is true!”
I can prove that Joe Biden stole the election. What I tell you three times is true! (MG007) Let’s check the rumors. The following program counts assertions in order to check whether they are true. As everybody knows, assertions become facts if they have been told three times. The input to the function “atLeastThrice” is … Continue reading “Truth isn’t Truth”
https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13423-019-01651-4 Psychonomic Bulletin & Review October 2019, Volume 26, Issue 5, pp 1705–1710 Repetition increases perceived truth equally for plausible and implausible statements Lisa K. Fazio, David G. Rand, Gordon Pennycook Abstract: Repetition increases the likelihood that a statement will be judged as true. This illusory truth effect is well established; however, it has been … Continue reading “Repetition increases perceived truth”
In July 2018, the members of the LCSNA (Lewis Carroll Society of North America) received the 100th Knight Letter. Also in this issue, Goetz Kluge makes the case that a seventeenth-century engraving may have influenced Henry Holiday’s last illustration for The Hunting of the Snark. Goetz’s excellent blog about all things Snark is at http://snrk.de/ … Continue reading “Knight Letter № 100”
“Just the place for a Snark!” the Bellman cried, As he landed his crew with care; Supporting each man on the top of the tide By a finger entwined in his hair. “Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice: That alone should encourage the crew. … Continue reading “The Failing Occurred in the Sailing”
Martin Gardner wrote in his Annotated Snark (1962, MG064) about Henry Holiday’s almost surreal illustration to the final Snark chapter: Thousands of readers must have glanced at this drawing without noticing (though they may have shivered with subliminal perception) the huge, almost transparent head of the Baker, abject terror on his features, as a gigantic … Continue reading “This is no Cigar”
There was an old man of Port Grigor, Whose actions were noted for vigour; He stood on his head till his waistcoat turned red, That eclectic old man of Port Grigor. Edward Lear, 1872 He was black in the face, and they scarcely could trace The least likeness to what he had been: … Continue reading “Waistcoat Poetry”
More links related to my Snark article in the Knight Letter (ISSN 0193-886X) of the LCSNA, Fall 2017, № 99: The article is online in academia.edu, in archive.org (with additional images) and also here in snrk.de (with permission of the Knight Letter editors). As a bonus, four additional images have been attached to that … Continue reading “Nose is a Nose is a Nose”
Did you know that lace-making is evil? 273 The Boots and the Broker were sharpening a spade— 274 Each working the grindstone in turn: 275 But the Beaver went on making lace, and displayed 276 No interest in the concern: 277 Though the Barrister tried to … Continue reading “Lace-Making”
He thought he saw a Garden-Door That opened with a key: He looked again, and found it was A Double Rule of Three: ‘And all its mystery,’ he said, ‘Is clear as day to me!’ Lewis Carroll, Sylvie and Bruno and Sylvie and Bruno Concluded After going in the wrong direction for a while, … Continue reading “A Double Rule of Three”
Snarks have five marks: The fourth is its fondness for bathing-machines, Which it constantly carries about, And believes that they add to the beauty of scenes— A sentiment open to doubt. [The New Belfry of Christ Church, Oxford], of the best of Dodgson’s Oxford squibs, a good humored but … Continue reading “Bathing-Machines”
In The New Belfry of Christ Church, a certain “D. C. L.” wrote: § 7. On the impetus given to Art in England by the new Belfry, Ch. Ch. The idea has spread far and wide, and is rapidly pervading all branches of manufacture. Already an enterprising maker of bonnet-boxes is advertising ‘the Belfry pattern’: … Continue reading “Carroll’s comments on an Oxford Belfry”