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THE MANNERS FAMILY COLLECTION: LETTERS FROM THE REV CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON (1832-1898), OTHERWISE LEWIS CARROLL, AUTHOR, TO MARY MANNERS AND CHARLES MANNERS, 1885-1954
Reference Number: G103
Descriptive Information about the Record (click to expand) Provenance Presented by Miss Rachel L Manners in 1954, on behalf of herself and her brother (children of Charles Manners) in fulfilment of a wish of her aunt Rachel Manners who was the younger sister of Mary and Charles Manners.
-Introduction In 1885 Miss Mary Emmeline Manners, author of several books for children, published in the Christmas number of Sylvia's Home Journal a poem entitled 'Wonderland', the author being named as 'One who loves Alice' (-/1/1-2); it is reprinted in SD Collingwood, Life (op. cit. below), pp 248-250. A copy of the poem was sent by the editor to Charles Lutwidge Dodgson [Lewis Carroll], and his letter of thanks to the author for her 'very sweet verses' was the beginning of a friendship with Mary Manners and her younger sister Rachel. It also led to a business connection with her brother Charles.
Charles Dodgson was evidently touched by Miss Manners' verses, which expressed exactly what he hoped children would like about the Alice books. He must have felt an immediate sympathy with her, for in his very first letter he provides the 'One who loves Alice' with an uninhibited explanation of what children mean to him: 'Next to what conversing with an angel might be - for it is hard to imagine it, comes, I think, the privilege of having a real child's thoughts uttered to one. I have known some few real children (you have too, I am sure), and their friendship is a blessing and a help in life' (-/1/36).
No letters from Charles Dodgson to Miss Manners survive between 1886 and 1888, though there are references to correspondence during this period in a later letter (-/1/8a). The Manners family were Quakers, and the family home was in Mansfield, where Charles Manners (Mary's brother) ran the firm of Barringer, Wallis and Manners which made metal boxes, and of which he was the founder. Miss Manners, however, spent part of the year in Croydon, and it was there that Dodgson, who had suggested that they should meet (-/1/8), visited her in July and August 1889. On the second occasion he was accompanied by Isa and Nellie Bowman. Miss Manners wrote a vivid account of these visits (-/1/9).
Early in 1891 Miss Manners must have written to Dodgson on her brother's behalf asking about the possibility of using illustrations from Through the Looking Glass as decorations on an enamelled 'children's tin', or 'nursery tin' (-/2/4) Dodgson gave his permission (-/1/17-18), and a correspondence with Charles Manners ensued (-/2/1-40). He was delighted with the boxes, and seeing at once what excellent presents they would make for his child friends, offered to pay for those to be sent to them (-/2/5a). Several hundreds of boxes were sent by Mr Manners to addresses provided by Dodgson (-/2/8b,c,d; 10b, 17b, 18, 19, 20b, 21, 24a, 25, 26, 27b, 30, 33b, 37b, 39a, 40), and he apparently always refused Dodgson's further offers to pay. Dodgson preferred them without biscuits - though later a tin with biscuits was better than no tin at all (-/1/33). A crisis, necessitating a telegram followed by a severe letter, occurred when the Rev CL Dodgson's name appeared in one of the boxes, together with an advertisement for 'somebody's biscuits' (-/2/12).
-The records When SD Collingwood, preparing his Life and Letters, read Miss Manners' essay and copies of Dodgson's letters to her (-/1/9 & 35) he told her they 'are the most valuable contribution I have yet received for my work'. The sympathy and rapport between Dodgson and Mary Manners produced many revealing letters, since Dodgson did not hesitate to express his opinions with some candour when writing to her. In one letter he explains how he had always kept his two personalities distinct (-/1/32). Complementing this first group of letters, quite another side of his personality appears in the letters to Charles Manners. The collection also includes presentation copies of Dodgson's works that appeared after 1885, and some letters showing how he involved his friends, as well as himself, in charitable activities (-/1/6-7).
-Related records For an example of the Looking Glass biscuit tin, see G103/2/4 held at Guildford Museum. For other records relating to Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, see DFC, LC, Zg/73, Zg/100 and 6968.
SD Collingwood, The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (1898)
-Related records For an example of the Looking Glass biscuit tin, see G103/2/4 held at Guildford Museum. For other records relating to Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, see DFC, LC, Zg/73, Zg/100 and 6968.
SD Collingwood, The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (1898)
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series: G103/1/ - LETTERS FROM CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON TO MISS MARY E MANNERS, AND RELATED PAPERS Date: 1885-1898 Manuscript of verses, Wonderland, by Mary E Manners ... Title Manuscript of verses, Wonderland, by Mary E Manners Reference G103/1/1 Unit Date 1885 Start Date 18850101 End Date 18851231 Copy of Sylvia's Home Journal (covers missing) with Mary E Manners Wo... Title Copy of Sylvia's Home Journal (covers missing) with Mary E Manners Wonderland, printed on p 549 signed 'One who loves 'Alice'' Reference G103/1/2 Unit Date Dec 1885 Start Date 18851200 End Date 18851200 Covering letter from Sylvia of Sylvia's Home Journal to [Mary E Manne... Title Covering letter from Sylvia of Sylvia's Home Journal to [Mary E Manners] explaining that Miss Manners' verses, Wonderland, had been sent to Lewis Carroll [Charles Dodgson] and enclosing a letter from him signed 'Lewis Carroll' from 29 Bedford Street, Covent Garden, 5 Dec 1885. His letter offers sincere thanks for the verses; values the sympathy of those who 'come with a child's heart to what I have tried to write about a child's thoughts'; and offers to send a facsimile of the original manuscript book Alice in Wonderland. 2 items Reference G103/1/3 Unit Date 2 Jan 1885 Start Date 18850102 End Date 18850102 Letter from Macmillan & Co, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, to Mis... Title Letter from Macmillan & Co, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, to Miss Manners, Croydon, informing her that the facsimile of the original manuscript of Alice's Adventures is expected to be ready by Christmas Reference G103/1/4 Unit Date 20 Aug 1886 Start Date 18860820 End Date 18860820 Facsimile of the original manuscript of Alice's Adventures Under Grou... Title Facsimile of the original manuscript of Alice's Adventures Under Ground, inscribed to Miss M E Manners from the author. Includes two enclosures: An Easter Greeting to Every Child who Loves Alice a religious message written as a letter, and Christmas Greetings, a poem, both by Lewis Carroll. 3 items Reference G103/1/5 Unit Date 1886 Start Date 18860101 End Date 18861231 Letter with cover from Charles L Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch] Oxford, t... Title Letter with cover from Charles L Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch] Oxford, to Miss M E Manners enquiring about educational employment for an undergraduate cousin Reference G103/1/6 Unit Date 26 May 1888 Start Date 18880526 End Date 18880526 Circular letter with cover from Charles L Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch] ... Title Circular letter with cover from Charles L Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch] Oxford, to Miss M E Manners enquiring about a clergyman to assist his brother-in-law, the Rev C S Collingwood, with his parochial work at Southwick, Sunderland Reference G103/1/7 Unit Date 11 Dec 1888 Start Date 18881211 End Date 18881211 Letter with cover from Charles L Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch] Oxford, t... Title Letter with cover from Charles L Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch] Oxford, to Miss M E Manners offering to send a copy of The Nursery Alice to Mary's sister, Rachael (see below -/3/13). He refers to Mary's association with the Society of Friends and comments that his 'genre of brother and sister-hood' embraces Christians of all denominations, including a Unitarian. A postscript expresses a wish to meet Mary should she ever come 'further South than Mansfield'. Reference G103/1/8 Unit Date 4 May [1889] Start Date 18890504 End Date 18890504 Manuscript by Mary E Manners, 'An Unexpected Guest, July 17th 1889': ... Title Manuscript by Mary E Manners, 'An Unexpected Guest, July 17th 1889': an account of a visit paid to her at Croydon by Charles Dodgson on 17 Jul 1889 whilst she was 'looking after the dinner'. Dodgson showed her portraits of his child friends, Isa and Nellie Bowman; 'Isa used to be 'Alice' until she grew too big'. He was on his way to London, to fetch Isa to stay with him at Eastbourne; 'when people ask me why I have never married, I tell them I have never met the young lady whom I could endure for a fortnight, but Isa and I got on so well together'. Although he did not eat, he sat down and carved a diminutive joint with difficulty; 'I think it is just as well I don't want anything, for I don't know where I should find it'. Dodgson visited again in Aug on his way to town with both Isa and Nellie, who called him, 'Uncle'. He did not allow them liberties, such as Isa's 'Oh Goosie'. He told an anecdote about a dog sent into the sea after sticks which returned holding its own tail, 'like the whiting'; 'when I wrote that I believed that whiting really did have their tails in their mouths'. He visited only twice but corresponded at intervals until his death, in violet ink on small slips of paper, about 'curates and actresses, books and babies, puzzles, poems, pictures and postage stamps'. He stated his 'eight or nine wise words about letter-writing' in a booklet. Mary Manners refers to his literary skill by reference to a copy of Sylvie and Bruno, which she received from the author, the introductory verses of which have lines beginning with the letters of the name, Isa Bowman: also to a copy of The Hunting of the Snark dedicated 'to a dear child', Gertrude Chataway, in the same way. [Printed by Collingwood, Life pp 398-403] Reference G103/1/9 Unit Date 17 Jul 1889 Start Date 18890717 End Date 18890717 Letter from CL Dodgson, 7 Lushington Road, Eastbourne, to Miss M E Ma... Title Letter from CL Dodgson, 7 Lushington Road, Eastbourne, to Miss M E Manners at 'Aislaby', 26 Dingwall Road, Croydon, about a possible visit with Isa [Bowman], and his books which he 'would rather have ignored' than be talked about as he shrinks from publicity Reference G103/1/10 Unit Date 18 Jul 1889 Start Date 18890718 End Date 18890718 Letter from CL Dodgson, 7 Lushington Road, Eastbourne, to Miss M E Ma... Title Letter from CL Dodgson, 7 Lushington Road, Eastbourne, to Miss M E Manners at 'Aislaby', 26 Dingwall Road, Croydon, about a change in plan to visit with Isa [Bowman], and the inclusion of her younger sister, Nellie Reference G103/1/11 Unit Date 21 Jul 1889 Start Date 18890721 End Date 18890721 Letter from CL Dodgson, 7 Lushington Road, Eastbourne, to Miss M E Ma... Title Letter from CL Dodgson, 7 Lushington Road, Eastbourne, to Miss M E Manners at 'Aislaby', 26 Dingwall Road, Croydon, about arrangement to visit with Isa and Nellie [Bowman] on Saturday between 11 am and 1.15 pm. 'Perhaps you wd give the children some food at 12.30?' Reference G103/1/12 Unit Date 8 Aug 1889 Start Date 18890808 End Date 18890808 Postcard from 'CLD' [Charles L Dodgson] from Ch[rist] Ch[urch] Oxford... Title Postcard from 'CLD' [Charles L Dodgson] from Ch[rist] Ch[urch] Oxford, to Miss M E Manners, Croydon acknowledging a copy of The Boys' Own Paper Reference G103/1/13 Unit Date 9 Apr [1890] Start Date 18900409 End Date 18900409 Printed letter with cover, signed CL Dodgson, Eastbourne, to Miss M E... Title Printed letter with cover, signed CL Dodgson, Eastbourne, to Miss M E Manners, Croydon with written postscript, enquiring about stationers to whom specimen-copy of the new Alice stamp-case and the '8 or 9 Wise Words' might be sent. Personal copies enclosed. 6 items Reference G103/1/14 Unit Date 14 Jul 1890 Start Date 18900714 End Date 18900714 Letter with cover, from CL Dodgson, Eastbourne, to Miss M E Manners, ... Title Letter with cover, from CL Dodgson, Eastbourne, to Miss M E Manners, Croydon, with thanks for stationers addresses and enclosures for one stationer, Mr J H Pyne Reference G103/1/15 Unit Date 17 Jul [1890] Start Date 18900717 End Date 18900717 Alice in Wonderland stamp-case annotated 'Miss L Manners from the Inv... Title Alice in Wonderland stamp-case annotated 'Miss L Manners from the Inventor'. 4 items Reference G103/1/16 Unit Date 22 Jul 1890 Start Date 18900722 End Date 18900722 Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], [Ox]ford, to Mi... Title Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], [Ox]ford, to Miss Manners, Croydon, seeking clarification of 'a children's in' referred to in her last letter Reference G103/1/17 Unit Date 14 Apr [1891] Start Date 18910414 End Date 18910414 Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], [Ox]ford, to Mi... Title Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], [Ox]ford, to Miss Manners, Croydon, referring to giving his permission for the Alice pictures to be used as decoration on tin boxes. He questions, 'What are nursery tins?' and 'What is [a tin] for?'. A possible use might be to hold flour, or starch, 'or whatever it is that is dredged over babies after they have been washed' Reference G103/1/18 Unit Date 21 Apr [1891] Start Date 18910421 End Date 18910421 Reprint, with additions, of Syzygies, A Word Puzzle by Lewis Carroll,... Title Reprint, with additions, of Syzygies, A Word Puzzle by Lewis Carroll, from The Lady for 30 Jul 1891; sent to Miss M E Manners, Croydon; envelope postmarked Eastbourne. 2 items Reference G103/1/19 Unit Date 4 Aug [1891] Start Date 18910804 End Date 18910804 Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], [Ox]ford, to Mi... Title Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], [Ox]ford, to Miss Manners, Croydon, refers to his relative, Minna Quin, who is training for the stage, and asks Miss Manners to invite her to her house during the week that she is playing at the Public Hall, Croydon in the pantomime, 'Mother Goose', under the theatrical name, 'Norah O'Neill'. 2 items Reference G103/1/20 Unit Date 7 Feb 1892 Start Date 18920207 End Date 18920207 Letter from Minna E M Quin (N O'Neill), 1 The Nook, Ainsworth Road, [... Title Letter from Minna E M Quin (N O'Neill), 1 The Nook, Ainsworth Road, [Croydon], to Miss Manners at Croydon regretting the unavoidable refusal of an invitation to call that day, and seeking to call the day after tomorrow Reference G103/1/21 Unit Date 9 Feb [1892] Start Date 18920209 End Date 18920209 Letter from Minna E M Quin (N O'Neill), 1 The Nook, Ainsworth Road, [... Title Letter from Minna E M Quin (N O'Neill), 1 The Nook, Ainsworth Road, [Croydon], to Miss Manners at Croydon accepting an invitation Reference G103/1/22 Unit Date nd [1892] Start Date 18920101 End Date 18921231 Letter from Minna E M Quin (N O'Neill), 1 The Nook, Ainsworth Road, [... Title Letter from Minna E M Quin (N O'Neill), 1 The Nook, Ainsworth Road, [Croydon], to Miss Manners at Croydon regretting that the rain had prevented a visit to tea that day, 'Sunday' Reference G103/1/23 Unit Date nd [1892] Start Date 18920101 End Date 18921231 Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], [Ox]ford, to Mi... Title Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], [Ox]ford, to Miss Manners, Croydon, thanking her for her kindness to his cousin; asks how she came to hear that his knee was painful when 'from first to last, it has given me no pain at all!'; and, referring to the 'proofs' on tin of the Alice pictures, says that her brother is welcome to put 'by permission of Lewis Carroll'. He refers to Isa as 'Cinderella' on the stage in Manchester and an interview by 'one of those dreadful newspaper reporters' and the 'rubbish he makes her talk!' - 'I never let her talk like that when she is with me!'. 2 items [Partly quoted in Collingwood, Life p404] Reference G103/1/24 Unit Date 14 Feb [1892] Start Date 18920214 End Date 18920214 Postcard, unsigned, from [Charles L Dodgson] Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxfor... Title Postcard, unsigned, from [Charles L Dodgson] Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Miss Manners, Croydon acknowledging receipt of [tin] box Reference G103/1/25 Unit Date 30 Mar [1892] Start Date 18920330 End Date 18920330 Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], [Ox]ford, to Mi... Title Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], [Ox]ford, to Miss Manners, Croydon, stating that the 'Alice' tin is a great success and enquiring 'Is it possible to multiply it to any extent in duplicate?' The box already sent was damaged despite being packed in pasteboard, and if they are to be sent to 'my little friends' they should be packed in wooden boxes; but first, is there any choice of size and shape of boxes?, and second, what would be the cost of 50 including packing?' He hadn't seen the lines on Alice by Sir E Arnold - 'I never read anything about myself or my books' - but would read them on her recommendation. He asks to reprint her verses. 2 items Reference G103/1/26 Unit Date 1 Apr 1892 Start Date 18920401 End Date 18920401 Postcard, unsigned, from [Charles L Dodgson] Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxfor... Title Postcard, unsigned, from [Charles L Dodgson] Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Miss Manners, Croydon requesting the title of Sir E Arnold's book from which Mary had quoted Reference G103/1/27 Unit Date 11 Apr [1892] Start Date 18920411 End Date 18920411 Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Eastbourne, to Miss Manners, Croyd... Title Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Eastbourne, to Miss Manners, Croydon, accepting dedication of her forthcoming book to 'Lewis Carroll': a postscript notes two printing errors. 2 items Reference G103/1/28 Unit Date 7 Oct [1892] Start Date 18921007 End Date 18921007 Letter-card, from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Miss Mann... Title Letter-card, from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Miss Manners, Croydon, thanking her for 'the little book' and the dedication, and requesting that the printers spell his name with two 'l's in any 2nd edition Reference G103/1/29 Unit Date 29 Oct [1892] Start Date 18921029 End Date 18921029 Postcard, unsigned, from [Charles L Dodgson] Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxfor... Title Postcard, unsigned, from [Charles L Dodgson] Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Miss Manners, Croydon, thanking her for the 'now correctly printed' book Reference G103/1/30 Unit Date 1 Mar [1893] Start Date 18930301 End Date 18930301 Letter with cover, from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Mis... Title Letter with cover, from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Miss Manners, Edenbank, Mansfield, Notts, giving permission to her friend, Mr Fisher, to reprint any of his poems: once, after giving such permission he was disgusted to find 'what very objectionable pieces the book contained', but 'I take your friendship for Mr Fisher as a guarantee' that he will not print 'anything of the nature of profane jesting'. 2 items Reference G103/1/31 Unit Date 2 Feb [1895] Start Date 18950202 End Date 18950202 Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Miss... Title Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Miss Manners, Edenbank, Mansfield, Notts, concerning his views 'as to my real name and my pseudonym' and his desire 'not to mix them, as on the enclosed envelope' [Item c]. He had kept the 2 personalities distinct for 30 years, returning letters sent to Oxford, assuming him to be Lewis Carroll, with a printed circular that 'Mr Dodgson neither claims nor acknowledges any connection with books not published under his name' In the case of Mr Fisher's letter he could not write any answer, but asked Mary to let her friend know that 'I trust him' regarding the contents of his book, and 'that I greatly admire Rudyard Kipling's writing and Tommy is a special favourite'. 4 items Reference G103/1/32 Unit Date 7 Feb [1895] Start Date 18950207 End Date 18950207 Letter from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Miss Manners, E... Title Letter from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Miss Manners, Edenbank, Mansfield, Notts, concerning his failure to buy 'a dozen Looking Glass boxes (biscuits and all)' from Messrs Jacob as they are 'sold out' and do not hint that they will order more. He asks if more boxes might be made for any other biscuit-seller and 'would the makers take an order from me, to produce some more?'. He wants them empty and would pay for them '(which I wanted to do for the 200 or 300 which I have already had)' Reference G103/1/33 Unit Date 1 Nov [1897] Start Date 18971101 End Date 18971101 Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Miss... Title Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Miss Manners, Edenbank, Mansfield, Notts, thanking her for the book, but asking her to 'inscribe my name (without the 'Rev', please)': he says that an author's inscription is 'utterly valueless' unless it names the person to whom the book is given. He refers to half-a-dozen books on his shelves which are inscribed by their distinguished authors, but which he bought second-hand Reference G103/1/34 Unit Date 17 Nov [1897] Start Date 18971117 End Date 18971117 Manuscript in handwriting of Miss Mary E Manners containing copies of... Title Manuscript in handwriting of Miss Mary E Manners containing copies of 10 letters written to her by Charles Dodgson. 14 pages Copy No 1 The first letter received by Mary Manners: the original is document -/1/3b Copy No 2 for original see -/1/8a Copy No 6 for original see -/1/17a Copy No 7 for original see -/1/18a Copy No 8 for original see -/1/24a Copy No 9 for original see -/1/26a Copy No 10 for original see -/1/28a Copy No 11 for original see -/1/31a Copy 'not sent to S D Collingwood' Original is document -/1/32b,c Copy No 12 for original see -/1/34a. [See -/-/39 below for letter concerning copies] Reference G103/1/35 Unit Date Dec 1885 -Nov 1897 Start Date 18851200 End Date 18971100 Presentation copies from Lewis Carroll [CL Dodgson] to Mary E Manners... Title Presentation copies from Lewis Carroll [CL Dodgson] to Mary E Manners of volumes 1 and 2 of Sylvie and Bruno. 2 items Reference G103/1/36 Unit Date 1889-1893 Start Date 18890101 End Date 18931231 Letter with cover, from Miss E L Dodgson, The Chestnuts, Guildford, t... Title Letter with cover, from Miss E L Dodgson, The Chestnuts, Guildford, to Miss Mary E Manners, Mansfield, thanking her for her letter of sympathy on the death of her brother, Charles. 2 items Reference G103/1/37 Unit Date 20 Jan [1898] Start Date 18980120 End Date 18980120 sub series: G103/1/ - Letters from SD Collingwood at The Chestnuts, Guildford, to Mary E Manners Date: 1898 Letter with cover, from SD Collingwood, The Chestnuts, Guildford to M... Title Letter with cover, from SD Collingwood, The Chestnuts, Guildford to Miss Manners, Middleton, near Pickering, Yorkshire, referring to 'a life of my uncle, the late Revd CL Dodgson, which I hope to publish in a few months' time': he asks for written recollections and extracts from letters which she would not regard as private Reference G103/1/38 Unit Date 27 Apr 1898 Start Date 18980427 End Date 18980427 Letter with cover, from S D Collingwood, The Chestnuts, Guildford, to... Title Letter with cover, from S D Collingwood, The Chestnuts, Guildford, to Miss Manners, Middleton, near Pickering, Yorkshire, thanking her for her essay and copies of letters. He refers to correspondence and conversation with Miss Bowman about his book [as in-/1/35 and -/2/42] Reference G103/1/39 Unit Date 9 May 1898 Start Date 18980509 End Date 18980509 Memoriam card for the late CL Dodgson containing an extract from 'An ... Title Memoriam card for the late CL Dodgson containing an extract from 'An Easter Greeting'; sent to Miss Manners, Middleton, near Pickering, Yorkshire, with a note from his sister, Miss M Dodgson, 4 Park Crescent, Brighton, with cover Reference G103/1/40 Unit Date 15 May [1898] Start Date 18980515 End Date 18980515
series: G103/2/ - CORRESPONDENCE OF CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON AND CHARLES MANNERS CONCERNING THE LOOKING GLASS TIN BOX Date: 1892-c.1950 Letter from Charles Manners to his sister, Mary, about getting Mr Car... Title Letter from Charles Manners to his sister, Mary, about getting Mr Carroll's [Charles L Dodgson] permission to put on the tin box: 'Alice through the Looking Glass By permission of the author Lewis Carroll'. He could let him see the coloured sketch or a proof on tin before granting the request Reference G103/2/1 Unit Date 11 Feb 1892 Start Date 18920211 End Date 18920211 Letter from Charles Manners to his sister, Mary, with an Alice box to... Title Letter from Charles Manners to his sister, Mary, with an Alice box to send on to Lewis Carroll [CL Dodgson] for his approval; he would be pleased to send others when ready and also 'any in the flat not made up if he would prefer some in that form'. He refers to Sir Edwin Arnold's lines on Alice Reference G103/2/2 Unit Date 27 Mar 1892 Start Date 18920327 End Date 18920327 Note by Miss Rachel Manners about two letters (see above -/2/1-2), an... Title Note by Miss Rachel Manners about two letters (see above -/2/1-2), and her father, Charles Manners Reference G103/2/3 Unit Date nd [c.1950] Start Date 19490101 End Date 19511231 Decorated tin box, with scenes from Through the Looking Glass, made b... Title Decorated tin box, with scenes from Through the Looking Glass, made by Barringer, Wallis and Manners of Mansfield for William R Jacob & Co Ltd, biscuit manufacturers (6 different illustrations). [Held at Guildford Museum, Castle Arch, Guildford] Reference G103/2/4 Unit Date [1892] Start Date 18920101 End Date 18921231 Letter with cover, from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Cha... Title Letter with cover, from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Charles Manners, Mansfield, expressing appreciation of the offer of 50 'Looking Glass' boxes filled with biscuits, but declining to accept 'so large a present, which would be to like selling, for a valuable 'consideration', the use of my name'. He would accept 5 more, in addition to the one already sent, 'and would rather have them empty. He asks the selling price of empty boxes and the packing charge so that he can decide how many to give away. He will send a list of addresses to which they should be sent Reference G103/2/5 Unit Date 22 Jun 1892 Start Date 18920622 End Date 18920622 Letter card from CL Dodgson, Eastbourne, to Charles Manners, Mansfiel... Title Letter card from CL Dodgson, Eastbourne, to Charles Manners, Mansfield, thanking him for the 5 tin boxes, which he assumes will be at Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford when he returns in Oct. He presumes the '4½'[d] is cost price, and asks again for the selling price of a box packed in a wooden crate Reference G103/2/6 Unit Date 29 Jul 1892 Start Date 18920729 End Date 18920729 Letter with cover, from CLD [Charles Dodgson], Eastbourne, to Charles... Title Letter with cover, from CLD [Charles Dodgson], Eastbourne, to Charles Manners, Mansfield, thanking him for 2 boxes which he had sent on to the children of the Duchess of Albany 'as they are sure to show them to many friends, it will be a fairly good advertisement of the article'. He refers to difficulty of accepting 50 boxes as 'I have at least 100 young friends', but will gladly accept. He will send a full list, but includes the names of the Misses Dodgson, Guildford, and the Misses Dodgson, Bridgnorth. 2 items Reference G103/2/7 Unit Date 29 Aug 1892 Start Date 18920829 End Date 18920829 Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Eastbourne, to Charles Manners, Ma... Title Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Eastbourne, to Charles Manners, Mansfield, enclosing a list of 120 names and addresses of friends to whom he wishes to give boxes: he reminds Mr Manners that he is happy to pay for all, or those in excess of the 50 originally offered. 5 items Reference G103/2/8 Unit Date 1 Sep [1892] Start Date 18920901 End Date 18920901 Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Eastbourne, to Charles Manners, Ma... Title Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Eastbourne, to Charles Manners, Mansfield, enclosing 120 more names [not extant]: 'Would you kindly send me 92 at once, as she is going away on Tuesday' Reference G103/2/9 Unit Date 2 Sep 1892 Start Date 18920902 End Date 18920902 Letter from CL Dodgson, Eastbourne, to Charles Manners, enclosing eig... Title Letter from CL Dodgson, Eastbourne, to Charles Manners, enclosing eight more names and addresses (including Charlotte Yonge) Reference G103/2/10 Unit Date 6 Sep 1892 Start Date 18920906 End Date 18920906 Postcard from [CL Dodgson], Eastbourne, to Charles Manners, Mansfield... Title Postcard from [CL Dodgson], Eastbourne, to Charles Manners, Mansfield, accepting offer to send the boxes full Reference G103/2/11 Unit Date 7 Sep [1892] Start Date 18920907 End Date 18920907 Telegram from Dodson (sic), Eastbourne, to Barringer, Wallis and Mann... Title Telegram from Dodson (sic), Eastbourne, to Barringer, Wallis and Manners, Tin Works, Mansfield, cancelling letter accepting biscuits. All boxes must be sent empty and must not contain any card bearing his name Reference G103/2/12 Unit Date 7 Sep [1892] Start Date 18920907 End Date 18920907 Letter from CL Dodgson, Eastbourne, to Charles Manners, expressing hi... Title Letter from CL Dodgson, Eastbourne, to Charles Manners, expressing his concern, but 'I feel annoyed at the unwarrantable liberties which your people have taken with the boxes 'sent as presents to his friends'. 'First, they have pasted into the lid an advertisement of somebody's biscuits'. He would not have accepted the biscuits had he foreseen 'the intention was to vulgarise the boxes by turning them into advertising mediums': he refers to the telegram requiring all boxes sent out for him to go empty. 'Secondly, what is an even greater annoyance to me, and a more unwarrantable liberty, they have printed the enclosed card, to be enclosed in the boxes: thus making me responsible, not only for the vulgarity of a piece of bad English, but also being the sender of 'kind regards' to my friends'. He asks to have the names of any of his friends who were sent boxes containing either advertisement or card A postscript thanks Mr Manners for a box and the biscuits - 'The latter I am retaining, but the box I am returning .... as the advertisement, pasted in the lid, renders it useless to me'. Finally, he is annoyed that his real name has been revealed to the firm 'and therefore to their workmen - I had fancied you knew how strongly I object to its being communicated to strangers' Reference G103/2/13 Unit Date 7 Sep [1892] Start Date 18920907 End Date 18920907 Lid of 'Looking Glass' box, with advertisement for Jacob's biscuits, ... Title Lid of 'Looking Glass' box, with advertisement for Jacob's biscuits, [one of the causes of complaint in the letter of 7 Sep 1892, -/2/13] Reference G103/2/14 Unit Date 1892 Start Date 18920101 End Date 18921231 Draft letter from Charles Manners, Mansfield, to CL Dodgson, in respo... Title Draft letter from Charles Manners, Mansfield, to CL Dodgson, in response to Dodgson's telegram and letter of 7 Sep 1892 [see above-/2/12-13], expressing his sorrow about his mistake over the cards; and giving his assurance that no work people were able to connect Dodgson with the box: he has destroyed the cards Reference G103/2/15 Unit Date 8 Sep 1892 Start Date 18920908 End Date 18920908 Postcard from [CL Dodgson], Eastbourne, to Charles Manners, Mansfield... Title Postcard from [CL Dodgson], Eastbourne, to Charles Manners, Mansfield, thanking him for letter, and expressing appreciation that it was not intended to send out advertisement and card without appraising him Reference G103/2/16 Unit Date 8 Sep [1892] Start Date 18920908 End Date 18920908 Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Eastbourne, to Charles Manners, Ma... Title Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Eastbourne, to Charles Manners, Mansfield, expressing uncertainty about the effect of 'my plainly spoken complaints', and now wishing to express his regret for his hasty conclusion and apologising for what he had said. A postscript thanks Mr Manners for his letter and 'I enclose 4 more addresses'. 5 items Reference G103/2/17 Unit Date 22 Sep [1892] Start Date 18920922 End Date 18920922 Letter card from Charles Dodgson, Eastbourne, to Charles Manners, Man... Title Letter card from Charles Dodgson, Eastbourne, to Charles Manners, Mansfield giving four more names and addresses Reference G103/2/18 Unit Date 30 Sep [1892] Start Date 18920930 End Date 18920930 Postcard from Charles Dodgson, Eastbourne, to Charles Manners, Mansfi... Title Postcard from Charles Dodgson, Eastbourne, to Charles Manners, Mansfield, sending one name Reference G103/2/19 Unit Date 11 Oct [1892] Start Date 18921011 End Date 18921011 Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Char... Title Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Charles Manners, Mansfield, sending a list of 52 names and addresses of Oxford friends to be sent 'your charming biscuit-boxes': he is concerned that his list of friends has grown to 364 and suggests he pays for 200. 3 items Reference G103/2/20 Unit Date 13 Oct [1892] -14 Oct [1892] Start Date 18921013 End Date 18921014 Postcard from [CL Dodgson], Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Charles Man... Title Postcard from [CL Dodgson], Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Charles Manners, Mansfield, asking for two boxes to be sent to Mrs Dyer, 7 Lushington Road, Eastbourne Reference G103/2/21 Unit Date 16 Oct [1892] Start Date 18921016 End Date 18921016 Postcard from [CL Dodgson], Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Charles Man... Title Postcard from [CL Dodgson], Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Charles Manners, Mansfield, enquiring about missing enclosure in letter received this morning Reference G103/2/22 Unit Date 18 Oct [1892] Start Date 18921018 End Date 18921018 Postcard from [CL Dodgson], Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Charles Man... Title Postcard from [CL Dodgson], Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Charles Manners, Mansfield, expressing thanks for 'box, with stamped name', to which he had no objection, and thanks for 'continued liberality' Reference G103/2/23 Unit Date 19 Oct [1892] Start Date 18921019 End Date 18921019 List of 40 names and addresses, with cover, from [CL Dodgson] to Char... Title List of 40 names and addresses, with cover, from [CL Dodgson] to Charles Manners, Mansfield. 2 items Reference G103/2/24 Unit Date 21 Oct [1892] Start Date 18921021 End Date 18921021 Letter from CLD, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, [to Charles Manners, Mans... Title Letter from CLD, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, [to Charles Manners, Mansfield], asking for boxes to be sent to 3 friends 'at once' Reference G103/2/25 Unit Date 26 Oct [1892] Start Date 18921026 End Date 18921026 Postcard from [CL Dodgson], Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Charles Man... Title Postcard from [CL Dodgson], Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Charles Manners, Mansfield, asking whether boxes were sent to three addresses furnished on 29 Aug Reference G103/2/26 Unit Date 27 Oct [1892] Start Date 18921027 End Date 18921027 Letter with cover, from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Cha... Title Letter with cover, from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Charles Manners, Mansfield, referring to the arrival of 'the 3 boxes, about which I wrote to you'; the arrival of 'some of those 52' [see above -/2/20], 'but none, as yet, of the 40' [see above -/2/24]. He presumes Charles Manners is 'not yet ready for another long list' but encloses 13 more names and addresses. 3 items Reference G103/2/27 Unit Date 4 Nov [1892] Start Date 18921104 End Date 18921104 Letter from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, [to Charles Manner... Title Letter from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, [to Charles Manners, Mansfield], enquiring (on behalf of a recipient of boxes) where they can be purchased. 'It is a pity, I think, that the address of your firm ... is not stamped on each box'. He offers to distribute a fly-leaf giving the address, price of a box, and 'advertising any other goods you choose to name', among his friends 'as I wish to help the sale as much as I can' Reference G103/2/28 Unit Date 8 Nov [1892] Start Date 18921108 End Date 18921108 Postcard from [CL Dodgson], Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Charles Man... Title Postcard from [CL Dodgson], Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Charles Manners, Mansfield, acknowledging a letter and referring to a further list of about 120 names and addresses to be sent soon Reference G103/2/29 Unit Date 7 Nov [1892] Start Date 18921107 End Date 18921107 Lettercard from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Charles Man... Title Lettercard from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Charles Manners, Mansfield, referring to two boxes which had not been received, (see above -/2/2) and repeating the names and addresses Reference G103/2/30 Unit Date 9 Nov [1892] Start Date 18921109 End Date 18921109 Postcard from [CL Dodgson], Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Charles Man... Title Postcard from [CL Dodgson], Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Charles Manners, Mansfield, acknowledging a letter and asking about an unclear name and address Reference G103/2/31 Unit Date 10 Nov [1892] Start Date 18921110 End Date 18921110 Letter from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch] Oxford, to Charles Manners,... Title Letter from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch] Oxford, to Charles Manners, Mansfield, fearing that 'I cannot report any change in any views as to pasted label in lid, on filling boxes with biscuits, which I do not in the least care to present to my friends'; 'the first thing they would do ... would be to get some hot water and a scrubbing-brush, and remove all traces of the unsightly labels!' Reference G103/2/32 Unit Date 21 Nov [1892] Start Date 18921121 End Date 18921121 Letter with cover, from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Cha... Title Letter with cover, from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Charles Manners, Mansfield, enclosing 28 more names and addresses, but expressing unease in doing so. He offers to contribute £5 towards the total expenses, which he estimates as £10. 3 items Reference G103/2/33 Unit Date 22 Nov [1892] Start Date 18921122 End Date 18921122 Letter from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Charles Manners... Title Letter from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Charles Manners, expressing his disappointment that 'the boxes are only to be had by buying biscuits'. He had supposed that they would be empty, and had he understood otherwise he would not have agreed to his pictures being copied, or he would have stipulated that he and his friends could buy the boxes 'without the necessity of paying for biscuits which neither I nor they have any wish for'. A postscript indicates that there are a further 110 names to be sent Reference G103/2/34 Unit Date 26 Nov [1892] Start Date 18921126 End Date 18921126 Draft letter from Charles Manners, Mansfield to CL Dodgson in answer ... Title Draft letter from Charles Manners, Mansfield to CL Dodgson in answer to his letter of 26 Nov 1892 [see above -/2/34], offering to provide empty boxes, but asking if 200 will cover future requirements. He hoped to produce Alice in Wonderland [?tins] and make them available to Dodgson's friends with the same proviso Reference G103/2/35 Unit Date 28 Nov 1892 Start Date 18921128 End Date 18921128 Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Char... Title Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], Oxford, to Charles Manners, Mansfield, acknowledging a letter, and asking for a box '(with biscuits in it, this time)' to be sent to the Door Keeper, Lyceum Theatre, London with a note [not extant]. He refers to a box which had not been received by Miss E Tate. 2 items Reference G103/2/36 Unit Date 6 Dec [1892] Start Date 18921206 End Date 18921206 List of 62 names, from CL Dodgson to Charles Manners, with cover. 2 ... Title List of 62 names, from CL Dodgson to Charles Manners, with cover. 2 items Reference G103/2/37 Unit Date 13 Dec [1892] Start Date 18921213 End Date 18921213 Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, The Chestnuts, Guildford, to Charl... Title Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, The Chestnuts, Guildford, to Charles Manners, Mansfield, conveying New Year greetings and enclosing a further list of names and a note for Mrs G G Woodhouse Reference G103/2/38 Unit Date 2 Jan [1893] Start Date 18930102 End Date 18930102 Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, The Chestnuts, Guildford, to Charl... Title Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, The Chestnuts, Guildford, to Charles Manners, Mansfield, asking him to 'reclaim the 2 boxes named in the enclosed'. He hopes that the 'Wonderland' box could be supplied empty '(up to 400, say)' and he wishes to pay the appropriate price. He asks also for a further 8 boxes to be sent. 2 items Reference G103/2/39 Unit Date 10 Jan [1893] Start Date 18930110 End Date 18930110 Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, The Chestnuts, Guildford, to Charl... Title Letter with cover from CL Dodgson, The Chestnuts, Guildford, to Charles Manners, Mansfield,sending address for 2 boxes. Annotated 'Sent WR' Reference G103/2/40 Unit Date 19 Jan [1893] Start Date 18930119 End Date 18930119 Typed copies of letters (and enclosed lists) of above -/2/5-13 and -... Title Typed copies of letters (and enclosed lists) of above -/2/5-13 and -/2/16-34 and -/2/36-40, also copy of -/1/33, and a note relating to a story about tin boxes. 57 items Reference G103/2/41 Unit Date nd [20th cent] Start Date 19000101 End Date 19991231 Account of the 'Looking Glass Box' transaction, including copies of t... Title Account of the 'Looking Glass Box' transaction, including copies of the first letters from CL Dodgson to Mary E Manners on the subject. Reference G103/2/42 Unit Date 1891 Start Date 18910101 End Date 18911231
series: G103/3/ - PUBLISHED WORKS BY AND ABOUT LEWIS CARROLL Date: 1876-1954 The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll, 1st edition, 1876; enclosu... Title The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll, 1st edition, 1876; enclosure: pamphlet 'An Easter Greeting to Every Child who Loves Alice' [1876]. 2 items Reference G103/3/1 Unit Date 1876 Start Date 18760101 End Date 18761231 Three Sunsets and Other Poems by Lewis Carroll, with preface by the a... Title Three Sunsets and Other Poems by Lewis Carroll, with preface by the author Reference G103/3/2 Unit Date 1898 Start Date 18980101 End Date 18981231 Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll, by S D Collingwood ... Title Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll, by S D Collingwood Reference G103/3/3 Unit Date 1898 Start Date 18980101 End Date 18981231 Alice in Wonderland - A dream Play for Children by H Saville Clarke, ... Title Alice in Wonderland - A dream Play for Children by H Saville Clarke, music by Walter Slaughter, performed at the Opera Comique Theatre under the management of Mr Arthur Eliot Reference G103/3/4 Unit Date 1898 Start Date 18980101 End Date 18981231 Programme of Alice in Wonderland, Opera Comique Theatre ... Title Programme of Alice in Wonderland, Opera Comique Theatre Reference G103/3/5 Unit Date 22 Dec 1898 Start Date 18981222 End Date 18981222 Programme of meeting of the Scarborough Friends' Essay and Discussion... Title Programme of meeting of the Scarborough Friends' Essay and Discussion Society including paper on Lewis Carroll written by Miss Manners of Pickering Reference G103/3/6 Unit Date 22 Apr 1899 Start Date 18990422 End Date 18990422 Feeding the Mind by Lewis Carroll, with a preface by William H Draper... Title Feeding the Mind by Lewis Carroll, with a preface by William H Draper Reference G103/3/7 Unit Date 1907 Start Date 19070101 End Date 19071231 The Collected Verse of Lewis Carroll (in box) ... Title The Collected Verse of Lewis Carroll (in box) Reference G103/3/8 Unit Date 1907 Start Date 19070101 End Date 19071231 Selection from the Letters of Lewis Carroll to his Child Friends edit... Title Selection from the Letters of Lewis Carroll to his Child Friends edited by Evelyn M Hatch Reference G103/3/9 Unit Date 1933 Start Date 19330101 End Date 19331231 Newspaper cuttings about Lewis Carroll. 21 items ... Title Newspaper cuttings about Lewis Carroll. 21 items Reference G103/3/10 Unit Date 1930-1954 Start Date 19300101 End Date 19541231 Alice in Holidayland, a parody intended to advertise Yorkshire coast ... Title Alice in Holidayland, a parody intended to advertise Yorkshire coast resorts Reference G103/3/11 Unit Date nd [early 20th cent] Start Date 19000101 End Date 19331231 Tin tray made by the Metal Box Company Ltd decorated with coloured fi... Title Tin tray made by the Metal Box Company Ltd decorated with coloured figures from Alice in Wonderland and with the Mad Hatter's Tea-Party as a centre piece Reference G103/3/12 Unit Date [1951 x 1952] Start Date 19510101 End Date 19521231 The Nursery Alice adapted by Lewis Carroll, with inscription on flyle... Title The Nursery Alice adapted by Lewis Carroll, with inscription on flyleaf 'Rachel Manners, from the Author' Reference G103/3/13 Unit Date 25 Mar 1890 Start Date 18900325 End Date 18900325
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