Lot 30
Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge. "Lewis Carroll" (1832-1898) English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer; author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. ALS ("C.L. Dodgson"), 2pp in black ink, 4½" x 7", Christ Church, Oxford, 1896 Mar. 10. A charming letter to Miss Winifred Schuster, upbraiding her for having ended her latest letter to him coldly.
"My dear Winifred, You are a naughty little girl--cold-hearted, & ready to drop old friends. When any girl-friend of mine drops, in her correspondence, from 'yours affectionately' to 'yours sincerely', I am apt to take it as a sign that the correspondence itself may as well drop also. Still, I am (to a certain extent) glad that you have recovered from the measles. I wish you belonged to the Oxford High School: then you would never rejoice at missing 3 weeks of it. My girl-friends here simply love it, & feel it as a bitter privation when illness keeps them away.
If you find any obsurity, needing to be explained, in the Logic, please let me know. Couldn't you send your brothers their copies, instead of erely telling them they have arrived:
Thank your mother, from me, for her letter, & believe me yours (perhaps for the last time) affectionately, C.L. Dodgson."
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,500.
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