the hunting of the snark

"Let us take them in order. The first is the taste, Which is meager and hollow, but crisp: Like a coat that is rather too tight in the ...

"We have sailed many weeks, we have sailed many days, (Seven days to the week I allow), But a Snark, on the which we might lovingly gaz...

"We have sailed many months, we have sailed many weeks, (Four weeks to the month you may mark), But never as yet ('tis your Captain...

He served out some grog with a liberal hand, And bade them sit down on the beach: And they could not but own that their Captain looked gran...

The Bellman perceived that their spirits were low, And repeated in musical tone Some jokes he had kept for a season of woe — But the crew wo...

The languid pacing and incongruous imagery of this Fit, exemplified in the cunningly delineated page-spread seen above, is a perfect example...

But the danger was past — they had landed at last, With their boxes, portmanteaus, and bags: Yet at first sight the crew were not pleased wi...

Another wordless sighting of the HMS Snark, observed tacking ‘round the Bonnet-Maker, whose resemblance to Friedrich Nietzsche borders upon ...

In a world without words, only the small-minded will be tongue-tied. Although our gallant crew aboard the HMS Snark is none of the above, t...

January 27th, 1832 is the birthday of Charles Dodgson, who passed away January 14th, 1898. The former preceded the latter, as befits an Emin...

A quick-thinking Silesian photographer captures the rare spectacle of a school of puppetfish ( Puppespielen bellmerensis* ) disporting thems...

Shhhhhh, we’re hunting Snark! We have been tracking a magnificent specimen for over eight months and I think we have it cornered now, here i...

This New Year's Eve greeting from all of us at chez snarque will not only convey our best wishes for your future prosperity and happine...

Snark hunting is passé this festive week, this being a time of general goodwill and peace on earth, etc. Hunting anything with forks and hop...

But the principal failing occurred in the sailing, And the Bellman, perplexed and distressed, Said he had hoped, at least, when the wind ble...

He was thoughtful and grave — but the orders he gave Were enough to bewilder a crew. When he cried "Steer to starboard, but keep her he...