the hunting of the snark

They roused him with muffins — they roused him with ice — They roused him with mustard and cress — They roused him with jam and judicious ad...

The Baker, immer très über-courant, now practises psychogeography upon himself! Psychogeography — the urban flâneur’s deliberate mapping o...

My Hunting of the Snark as it exists so far — the Preface and Fits 1 and 2 — can now be downloaded in an easy-to-read PDF here. Meanwhile, ...

"For, although common Snarks do no manner of harm, Yet, I feel it my duty to say, Some are Boojums —" The Bellman broke off in a...

"The fifth is ambition. It next will be right To describe each particular batch: Distinguishing those that have feathers, and bite, ...

"The fourth is its fondness for bathing-machines, Which it constantly carries about, And believes that they add to the beauty of scenes...

Frodo had his Mordor, Batman had his Gotham City, J. Alfred Prufrock had his Floors of Silent Seas and I have … pages 14 and 15. But we are ...

"The third is its slowness in taking a jest. Should you happen to venture on one, It will sigh like a thing that is deeply distressed: ...

"Its habit of getting up late you'll agree That it carries too far, when I say That it frequently breakfasts at five-o'clock te...

"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...