the hunting of the snark

The preternaturally alert reader will instantly recognize the decor of this panel as a quintessentially English bit of inkery lifted wh...

The attentive reader will notice that in this panel, as in the last two panels, we have been undergoing what specialists in this sort of...

While the Beaver confessed, with affectionate looks More eloquent even than tears, It had learned in ten minutes far more than all books...

The Butcher would gladly have talked till next day, But he felt that the lesson must end, And he wept with delight in attempting to sa...

“You boil it in sawdust: you salt it in glue: You condense it with locusts and tape: Still keeping one principal object in view — To preserv...

“Its flavour when cooked is more exquisite far Than mutton, or oysters, or eggs: (Some think it keeps best in an ivory jar, And some, in mah...

Apologies for the delayed posting … this is a repeat posting anyway as I am currently immured at an undisclosed location, ie. , deadl...

In his genial way he proceeded to say (Forgetting all laws of propriety, And that giving instruction, without introduction, Would have cause...

“The method employed I would gladly explain, While I have it so clear in my head, If I had but the time and you had but the brain — But much...

The roar of the deadlines, the smell of the publishers, all these combine today to leave this over-worked illustrator no time for the usu...

“The result we proceed to divide, as you see, By Nine Hundred and Ninety and Two: Then subtract Seventeen, and the answer must be Exact...

“Taking Three as the subject to reason about — A convenient number to state— We add Seven, and Ten, and then multiply out By One Thousand di...

  Cher s lecteurs, je suis ravi de vous annoncer  la parution d e mon BD, La Chasse au Snark — en français!   Grâce aux Edit...

The Beaver brought paper, portfolio, pens, And ink in unfailing supplies: While strange creepy creatures came out of their dens, And watched...

“Two added to one — if that could but be done,” It said, “with one’s fingers and thumbs!” Recollecting with tears how, in earlier years, It ...

It felt that, in spite of all possible pains, It had somehow contrived to lose count, And the only thing now was to rack its poor brains By ...