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The Hunting of the Snark
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Mainly about Henry Holiday's illustrations to Lewis Carroll’s "The Hunting of the Snark"

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I don't know whether this applies to Trump&Mamdani. Or is there a similarity in that in Henry Holiday's illustrations the Butcher wears a beaver fur cap?

Mamdani is smart enough to know an utterly evil person like the Republican felon has no real friends (and won't get any).

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https://snrk.de/snarkhunt/#085 Yet still, ever after that sorrowful day, Whenever the Butcher was by, The Beaver kept looking the opposite way, And appeared unaccountably shy. Illustration by Henry Holiday to Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark" depicting the Butcher sharpening a blade while the Beaver is making lace (https://snrk.de/page_vivisection/).
November 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Here it is: snrk.de/snarkhunt.
Maybe, there are only 9 Snark hunters, not 10: https://snrk.de/boots-bonnetmaker/
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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In 2005, David O'Kane doctored a photo which then depicted Alice Liddell kissing Lewis Carroll. His assemblage combines elements from
※ a photographic portrait (1856) of C.L. Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) taken by Reginald Southey and
※ C.L. Dodgson's photo (1860) of the three Liddell sisters.
In 2005, David O'Kane doctored a photo which then depicted Alice Liddell kissing Lewis Carroll. His assemblage combines elements from ※ a photographic portrait (1856) of C.L. Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) taken by Reginald Southey and ※ C.L. Dodgson's photo (1860) of the three Liddell sisters.
November 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Have there been previous presidents who exercised their power like Trump? Was countervailance in the US ever as weak as it is today? I really don't know.

Associating Trumps behavior with the behavior of a king in gold plated state halls can be disputed ad rem, but I won't call it "dumb".
Trubu Imperator (with apologies to Max Ernst)
November 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Then a scream, shrill and high, rent the shuddering sky,
　And they knew that some danger was near:
The Beaver turned pale to the tip of its tail,
　And even the Butcher felt queer.

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Image source: https://snrk.de/wimmelbild/
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Thanks to a reddit comment (www.reddit.com/r/etymology/...) by SagebrushandSeafoam I learned about 'A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue' (dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/s...) which shows that the term "snark" already was used in 1585.
A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700) About this entry: First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX). This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions. Quotation dates: 1584-1585 Snark, n. ※ [? Cf. Jam. snark (1882, Ayr.), mod. Eng. snark (once, 1901) to grumble, fret, later Sc. dial. and mod. Eng. snark, snork to snore.] ※ A pejorative term the precise sense of which is unclear. —a1585 Polwart Flyt. 782 (T). Sillie snark, lene raik, rak ane aik with the hinging https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/snark
November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Good that you didn't attribute that to Lewis Carroll.

Here is an original Carroll quote:
«Alice laughed. ‘There’s no use trying,’ she said: ‘one can’t believe impossible things.’ ‘I daresay you haven’t had much practice,’ said the Queen. ‘When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. [...]’ ~ Lewis Carroll» Image source: https://booksbird.wordpress.com/2017/01/27/best-quotes-from-lewis-caroll/ Text source: https://snrk.de/Gutenberg/Through_the_Looking-glass.htm#impossible
November 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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«At last the Dodo said, ‘Everybody has won, and all must have prizes.’»:
※ snrk.de/Gutenberg/Al....

C.L. Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) didn't like voting systems where the winners get all the prizes. He favorized prizes with proportional sizes for all candidates:
※ archive.org/details/TheP....
«[...] ‘What I was going to say,’ said the Dodo in an offended tone, ‘was, that the best thing to get us dry would be a Caucus-race.’ ‘What is a Caucus-race?’ said Alice; not that she wanted much to know, but the Dodo had paused as if it thought that somebody ought to speak, and no one else seemed inclined to say anything. ‘Why,’ said the Dodo, ‘the best way to explain it is to do it.’ (And, as you might like to try the thing yourself, some winter day, I will tell you how the Dodo managed it.) First it marked out a race-course, in a sort of circle, (‘the exact shape doesn’t matter,’ it said,) and then all the party were placed along the course, here and there. There was no ‘One, two, three, and away,’ but they began running when they liked, and left off when they liked, so that it was not easy to know when the race was over. However, when they had been running half an hour or so, and were quite dry again, the Dodo suddenly called out ‘The race is over!’ and they all crowded round it, panting, and asking, ‘But who has won?’ This question the Dodo could not answer without a great deal of thought, and it sat for a long time with one finger pressed upon its forehead (the position in which you usually see Shakespeare, in the pictures of him), while the rest waited in silence. At last the Dodo said, ‘Everybody has won, and all must have prizes.’ ‘But who is to give the prizes?’ quite a chorus of voices asked. ‘Why, she, of course,’ said the Dodo, pointing to Alice with one finger; and the whole party at once crowded round her, calling out in a confused way, ‘Prizes! Prizes!’ [...]» Lewis Carroll, 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' (1865) https://snrk.de/Gutenberg/Alices_Adventures_in_Wonderland.htm#prizes «[...] The chief desiderata seem to be as follows :— (1) That each Elector should have the same chance of being represented in the House. (Under any system, some Electors must be left unrepresented.) (2) That each Elector, who is represented at all, should be represented by the same fraction of a Member. Or (which is the same thing) that each Member should represent the same number of Electors. Or (which is the same thing) that the number of Electors, needed to secure the return of a Member, should be uniform throughout the Kingdom. (3) That the number of unrepresented Electors should be as small as possible. (4) That the proportions of political parties in the House should be, as nearly as possible, the same as in the whole body of Electors. (5) That the process of voting should be as simple as possible. (6) That the process of counting the votes, and announcing the result, should be as simple as possible. (7) That the waste of votes, caused by more votes being given for a Candidate than are needed for his return, should be as far as possible prevented. (8) That the result of a local Election should depend as much as possible on the wishes of the Electors in that District, and as little as possible on chance. (9) That the Electors in a District should be, as far as possible, uninfluenced by the results of Elections in other Districts. [...]» 'The Principles of Parliamentary Representation' by Charles L. Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), 1884 https://archive.org/details/ThePrinciplesOfParliamentaryRepresentation/page/n11/mode/2up
November 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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How about Lewis Carroll and Henry Holiday's "The Hunting of the Snark"? Try to be open to the idea that there might be only 9 Snark hunters, not 10: snrk.de/boots-bonnet....
Two Illustrations by Henry Holiday to Lewis Carroll's tragicomedy "The Hunting of the Snark". I all of Holiday's Snark illustrations, only nine Snark hunters are visible. See also: https://snrk.de/boots-bonnetmaker/
November 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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"The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe that it is possible - Lewis Carroll"

That quote surely is a popular quote in the Internet, but better don't get it tatooed on your skin.

As for original Carroll quotes, there is something better (also for tattoos):
«Alice laughed. ‘There’s no use trying,’ she said: ‘one can’t believe impossible things.’ ‘I daresay you haven’t had much practice,’ said the Queen. ‘When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. [...]’ ~ Lewis Carroll» Image source: https://booksbird.wordpress.com/2017/01/27/best-quotes-from-lewis-caroll/ Text source: https://snrk.de/Gutenberg/Through_the_Looking-glass.htm#impossible
November 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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For those who feel uncomfortable reading Lewis Carroll's work, I recommend "The Hunting of the Snark" (snrk.de/snarkhunt). There are no girls among the humans in that tragicomedy. In one of Henry Holiday's Snark illustrations, however, you'll find the allegorical ladies "Care" and "Hope".
Source: https://snrk.de/boots-bonnetmaker/ Source: https://snrk.de/eagle-and-star/
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Was C. L. Dodgson a pest to Alice Liddell? The issues he had are described by 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...
https://www.academia.edu/67147027/The_Man_Who_Loved_Children_Lewis_Carroll_Studies_Evidence_Problem https://www.academia.edu/67147027/The_Man_Who_Loved_Children_Lewis_Carroll_Studies_Evidence_Problem
November 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Wilfred Longley Dodgson (1838-1914)

Arbre genealògic: lewiscarrollresources.net/dodgsonfamil...
Wilfred Longley Dodgson (1838-1914) Arbre genealògic: https://lewiscarrollresources.net/dodgsonfamily/index.html?Action=TreeGetPerson&PositionId=1009&PersonId=1009&BackTo=undefined
November 14, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Ranaroth, as you are interested in book covers, you might like Henry Holiday's book cover illustrations (he engraved them himself) to Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark".

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About Henry Holiday's front and back cover illustrations to Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark" See also https://snrk.de/page_elizabeth-i/
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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The way "The Hunting of the Snark" is told by Lewis Carroll and illustrated by Henry Holiday allows the readers to decide whether there are 10 or only 9 Snark hunters. But only a few readers understood that.

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November 14, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Original quote: «‘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.’» (snrk.de/Gutenberg/Al...)

#Quote #DailyQuotes #QuotesForLife
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. Source: https://snrk.de/Gutenberg/Alices_Adventures_in_Wonderland.htm#BackToYesterday
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Reading Lewis Carroll and Henry Holiday's "The Hunting of the Snark" (snrk.de/snarkhunt) can be helpful too.
https://snrk.de/meme 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 it twice: 006 That alone should encourage the crew. 007 Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice: 008 What I tell you three times is true.” 113 Then the bowsprit got mixed with the rudder sometimes: 114 A thing, as the Bellman remarked, 115 That frequently happens in tropical climes, 116 When a vessel is, so to speak, “snarked.” 117 But the principal failing occurred in the sailing, 118 And the Bellman, perplexed and distressed, 119 Said he had hoped, at least, when the wind blew due East, 120 That the ship would not travel due West! 105 This was charming, no doubt; but they shortly found out 106 That the Captain they trusted so well 107 Had only one notion for crossing the ocean, 108 And that was to tingle his bell.
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Rethinking the Snark

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https://snrk.de/fact-checks/ ⁕ Ambiguous: The “Boots” and “the maker of Bonnets and Hoods” in The Hunting of the Snark might be two different persons, but also could be the same person. Thus, the Snark hunting crew might have only nine members, not ten. ⁕ Unproven: The assumption that Carroll was on drugs when he wrote the Alice books. ⁕ Probably wrong: The assumption that the the Snark’s “fondness for bathing-machines” is nonsense. It might be an Oxford Christ Church College insider joke. ⁕ Too often wrong: Carroll quotes (e.g. in the Internet). Check them before a Carroll misquote sticks as a tattoo on your skin. ⁕ Wrong: The assumption that C.L. Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) invented the word “Snark”. ⁕ Wrong: The assumption that the “Ocean Chart” (the Bellman’s map) in The Hunting of the Snark was made by Henry Holiday. ⁕ Wrong: The claim by rare book sellers that only the first issue of The Hunting of the Snark has “Baker” on page 83. ⁕ Wrong: The assumption that there is photographic evidence that Alice Liddell, as a child, kissed C.L. Dodgson. ⁕ Wrong: The story that C.L. Dodgson sent an admiring Queen Victoria a copy of An Elementary Treatise on Determinants.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Alice at nauseam. Let's celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Lewis Carroll and Henry Holiday's "The Hunting of the Snark" (snrk.de/snarkhunt) in 2026.
Source: https://snrk.de/starry-map/
November 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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There is more than Alice.

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9 Snark hunters in Lewis Carroll and Henry Holiday's tragicomedy "The Hunting of the Snark". https://snrk.de/boots-bonnetmaker/
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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That photo is in the archives of the Musée Cantini in Marseilles. The curators won't confirm that the photo depicts Lorena Liddell, and they even won't confirm that Dodgson took the photo.

See also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_C...
"[...] During the Victorian era, when photography was still a new art form, Carroll, an avid amateur photographer, was a trailblazer. Among his portraits, he captured many images of young girls including, it is alleged, the older sister of his muse Alice Liddle, Lorena, in a state of undress. However, since a family member bladed out pages from Carroll’s journal from that period after his death, no one truly knows whether he indeed took this particular photograph. [...]" Source: https://artsreview.com.au/untangling-the-chaos-of-lewis-carroll/ Untangling the chaos of Lewis Carroll 12 November 2025 Opera, Opinion "With Victorian Opera’s latest production Boojum! opening last week, writer Susie Harris speaks to Director Stuart Maunder AM to explore the darkness at the heart of the Wonderland mastermind."
November 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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There is more:

4. Everything Everywhere All at Once (movie)

She followed one of my old (now hibernating) Twitter accounts (Snark150). But when I didn't agree to her scathing criticizm of "Everything Everywhere All at Once", she blocked my account.
Image: Jamie Lee Curtis in "Everything Everywhere All at Once". Photograph: A24/Allyson Riggs/Allstar Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/may/09/jamie-lee-curtis-starts-feud-with-marvels-rival-multiverse-movie-doctor-strange
November 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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More about Carroll's Snark cameo: snrk.de/lewis-carroll/
November 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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The BBC probably didn't get it. Lewis Carroll and Henry Holiday's "The Hunting of the Snark" is a masterpiece which deserves more attention.

(At least a curator of the British Museum understood Henry Holiday's game: bm.snrk.de)
see also: https://bsky.app/profile/ancestralenq.bsky.social/post/3m5452j75ds2o and https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgkwml0p3wo Carroll's Snark cameo: https://snrk.de/lewis-carroll/
November 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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The Oxford Spectator
#OxfordSpectator
The Oxford Spectator is a book written by Reginald Stephen Copleston in 1878. It is a collection of essays and articles that were originally published in The Oxford Spectator, a weekly newspaper that Copleston edited during his time at Oxford University. The book covers a wide range of topics, including literature, politics, religion, and social issues of the time. Copleston's writing style is characterized by his wit, humor, and sharp observations, which provide a fascinating insight into the intellectual and cultural landscape of late 19th century Oxford. The book is an important historical document that sheds light on the intellectual and cultural history of Oxford during this period. It is recommended for anyone interested in the history of Oxford, Victorian literature, or the intellectual history of the late 19th century.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work. Source: https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Oxford-Spectator/Reginald-Stephen-Copleston/9781437172270 About: The Oxford Spectator (1878) by Reginald Stephen Copleston and E. Nolan and T. H. Ward ISBN-13: 9781437172270 ISBN-10: 143717227X Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Publish Date: November 2008 Dimensions: 9.25 x 7.5 x 0.28 inches Shipping Weight: 0.53 pounds Page Count: 132
November 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM