Lewis Carroll's scrapbook online

[Caius Marcius]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Timothy Regan \(Intl 
Vendor\)" <v-tregan at m...> wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Just came across this weird web artefact, Lewis Carroll's scrapbook 
is
> online:
> 

Thanks for the link - very interesting. 

I don't recall if I've mentioned it here before, but fans of Lewis 
Carroll might be interested on the musical Boojum! by Australians 
Peter and Martin Wesley-Smith. It draws primarily from the Hunting of 
the Snark, but also mixes in events involving Alice - both the 
Wonderland books and the real life Alice Liddell -  but it's greatest 
conceit is dividing Carroll himself in two - as both the shy retiring 
Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and the extroverted confident Lewis 
Carroll (the resulting psychological portrait is one of unusual depth 
and complexity, yet one which is also respectful of Carroll). And the 
quality of the verse is worthy of Wonderland:


A frabjous and curious creature
This thing called a Snark we hunt
We know ev'ry sign, ev'ry feature
Ev'ry trick, ev'ry skill, ev'ry stunt 

We know ev'ry Snarkish endeavour
We can answer a Snark-Hunter's quiz
We know that a Snark is quite clever
But we don't really know what it is 

The Hunting of the Snark, oh-ho
The Hunting of the Snark
Our greatest ambition
Our marvellous mission
This grand expedition
The Hunting of the Snark! 

A useful device is the thimble
For protecting our flabby thumbs
For Snarks are so agile and nimble
As they snap with their frumious gums 

And meticulous care is essential
As we start this incredible lark
For without we'd meet with eventual-
-Ly a Boojum disguised as a Snark.... 


 
You can get the full libretto and order the two CD-set here:

http://www.shoalhaven.net.au/~mwsmith/boojum!.html

   - CMC