The Wasp in a Wig
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Lewis Carroll
The Wasp in a Wig
London: Macmillan,
1977. First printing.
A trivial episode from Through the Looking-Glass that was cut by Carroll at the suggestion of the illustrator, John Tenniel.
Later discovered and re-issued by the Lewis Carroll Society of North America, this is the first UK edition, with comments by the noted Alice expert, Martin Gardner.
A peevish wasp gets his own poem in which he complains about his ill-advised adoption of an unflattering wig. As always, there are hidden allusions to College politics and Victorian Church squabbles
Hardcover.