À propos de ce que Carroll était et n'était pas : Katherine Wakely-Mulroney in "The Man Who Loved Children: Carroll Studies’ Evidence Problem", Journal of the History of Sexuality, Univ. of Texas Press, Vol. 30, № 3, pp. 335-362, 2021-09, www.academia.edu/67147027/The...
![Monsters, by Henry Holiday (1875) and J. J. Grandville (1842).
Source: https://snrk.de/delightful-monster/
About Holiday's Boojum (left image):
«One of the first three [illustrations] I had to do was the disappearance of the Baker, and I not unnaturally invented a Boojum. Mr. Dodgson wrote that it was a delightful monster, but that it was inadmissible. All his descriptions of the Boojum were quite unimaginable, and he wanted the creature to remain so. I assented, of course, though reluctant to dismiss what I am still confident is an accurate representation. I hope that some future Darwin in a new Beagle will find the beast, or its remains; if he does, I know he will confirm my drawing.»
Source: Henry Holiday (1898) "The Snark’s Significance", https://snrk.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/HenryHoliday_TheSnarksSignificance__searchable.pdf
About Grandvilles monster (right image):
'The Loves of Two Beasts' (Freaking Monster) - in 'Animals Painted by Themselves: Private and Public Life of Animals' by Grandville, Chapter by Honoré de Balzac, ed. Hetzel
https://www.meisterdrucke.uk/fine-art-prints/Grandville/1066441/The-Loves-of-Two-Beasts-(Freaking-Monster)---in-%27Animals-Painted-by-Themselves:-Private-and-Public-Life-of-Animals%27-by-Grandville,-Chapter-by-Honor%C3%A9-de-Balzac,-ed.-Hetzel.html](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:aiqwbqozjug7qpkbyjyt5sjf/bafkreiaezglmkbsclpwxh3oosbxxkimpzzvyvs3inbpzf5zacyzcbk6avm)
![Image source: https://snrk.de/the-snark-rules/#Bandersnatch
Size of the card: 240px × 360px, 117KB
=== 9 ===
BANDERSNATCH [Bandasnajjus Frumius]
※ A Bandersnatch will ALWAYS snatch the Banker (even if he is accompanied) or any solo Crewman unaccompanied by fellow Crewman/Bellman. This is the main reason for going hunting with two men.
※ There are two of these snappish beasts in the Pack so if, say, the Banker and Boots were to meet two consecutive Bandersnatchi the first would snatch the Banker and the second would snatch the Boots who had continued the Hunt singlehanded.
※ A snatched Crewman must be returned face down to the Ark dead for that Round. One Warrant is paid into the Pool. A hunterless player may not continue the Hunt.
※ Two Crew or Bellman + Crew are immune from attack by these cowardly creatures.
※ A solo Bellman can ward off a Bandersnatch attack but the effort immediately ends the Hunt.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:aiqwbqozjug7qpkbyjyt5sjf/bafkreidx4n6rgn3d4kmyflmc55fania5mezb6546qsd4nrvdbdzijoz3tu)
![https://snrk.de/wp-content/uploads/texts/Carroll_AAiW_TtLG_1st_GASL_OCR.pdf
Lewis Carroll
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND.
«QUADRILLE.
[page] 155
[...] we don’t want you with us!’”
“They were obliged to have him with them,”
the Mock Turtle said: “no wise fish would go
anywhere without a porpoise.”
“Wouldn’t it really?” said Alice in a tone
of great surprise.
“Of course not,’ said the Mock Turtle:
“why, if a fish came to me, and told me he
was going a journey, I should say ‘With what
porpoise ?’”
“Don’t you mean ‘purpose?’” said Alice.
“I mean what I say,” the Mock Turtle replied
in an offended tone. And the Gryphon added
“Come, let’s hear some of your adventures.”
“I could tell you my adventures—beginning
from this morning,” said Alice a little timidly:
“but it’s no use going back to yesterday,
because I was a different person then.”
“Explain all that,” said the Mock Turtle.
“No, no! the adventures first,” said the
Gryphon in an impatient tone: “explanations
take such a dreadful time.” [...]»](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:aiqwbqozjug7qpkbyjyt5sjf/bafkreihnxing3ubvk7x4ed4amnqkvcpbzghb742qa7nbmfp6ekivu7dc6a)
![On July 18th 1874 as [Lewis Carroll] was out walking,
at the surprised age of 42, a thought came into
the mind of Lewis Carroll.
"The Snark was a Boojum you see.
From this final line he created the epic poem
'The Hunting of the Snark.
If you have not read this Agony in Eight Fits
you will not understand the game of Snark!
and you should also be having difficulty with
Life itself round about now.
On October 6th 1985,
111 years + 111 days later,
a thought came into the mind of JJ Secker.
"Your Snark's still a Boojum, LC."
€ He spent a happy hour devising Snark! which
you are now clutching and wondering "Why?"
A decade or so later an artist drew a Snark.
On being informed, somewhat pompously,
that the Snark resembled a Boojum
and a Boojum was an Allegory
a thought came into the mind of Xanna Eve.
"The Snark will be a Boojum, you'll see."
On February 11th of the bicentennial year 2006
following a torrent of laughter and cheers
Zzota Limited WWW.ZZOTA.CO.UK
ominously published the game of Snark!
=== CONTENTS ===
※ CREW DECK
(10 cards)
Depicting accredited Snark Hunters.
※ ANIMAL PACK
(8 cards)
Detailing fauna they will meet.
※ STOCK PILE
(38 cards)
Containing Kit and Marks they will need.
※ GENUINE SNARK WARRANTS
(40 cards)
Which must be amassed.
The backs contain Stirring Verses
to stiffen the sinews at moments of
high peril or low despair.
BEWARE!
※ BOGUS SNARK WARRANTS
have been spotted in circulation.
They are of no use to the Game whatsoever
and should be destroyed on sight.
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