The dog in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

The dog in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, an illustration by JVL in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Artists' Choice Editions, 2009.

The Text:

An enormous puppy was looking down at her with large round

eyes, and feebly stretching out one paw, trying to touch her. 'Poor

little thing!' said Alice, in a coaxing tone, and she tried hard to

whistle to it; but she was terribly frightened all the time at the

thought that it might be hungry, in which case it would be very

likely to eat her up in spite of all her coaxing.

Hardly knowing what she did, she picked up a little bit of stick, and

held it out to the puppy; whereupon the puppy jumped into the air

off all its feet at once, with a yelp of delight, and rushed at the stick,

and made believe to worry it; then Alice dodged behind a great

thistle, to keep herself from being run over; and the moment she

appeared on the other side, the puppy made another rush at the

stick, and tumbled head over heels in its hurry to get hold of it;

then Alice, thinking it was very like having a game of play with a

cart-horse, and expecting every moment to be trampled under its

feet, ran round the thistle again; then the puppy began a series of

short charges at the stick, running a very little way forwards each

time and a long way back, and barking hoarsely all the while, till at

last it sat down a good way off, panting, with its tongue hanging out

of its mouth, and its great eyes half shut.

This seemed to Alice a good opportunity for making her escape; so

she set off at once, and ran till she was quite tired and out of

breath, and till the puppy's bark sounded quite faint in the

distance.

Bill the Lizard is kicked up the chimney by Alice

Bill the Lizard is kicked up the chimney by Alice, an illustration by John Vernon Lord in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 

Artists' Choice Editions, 2008.

The text:

 Who's to go down the chimney? -- Nay, I

shan't! YOU do it! -- That I won't, then! -- Bill's to go down -- Here,

Bill! the master says you're to go down the chimney!'

 'Oh! So Bill's got to come down the chimney, has he?' said Alice to

herself. 'Shy, they seem to put everything upon Bill! I wouldn't be

in Bill's place for a good deal: this fireplace is narrow, to be sure;

but I THINK I can kick a little!'

She[Alice] drew her foot as far down the chimney as she could, and waited

till she heard a little animal (she couldn't guess of what sort it was)

scratching and scrambling about in the chimney close above her:

then, saying to herself 'This is Bill,' she gave one sharp kick, and

waited to see what would happen next.

The first thing she heard was a general chorus of 'There goes Bill!'

then the Rabbit's voice along -- 'Catch him, you by the hedge!' then

silence, and then another confusion of voices -- 'Hold up his head --

Brandy now -- Don't choke him -- How was it, old fellow? What

happened to you? Tell us all about it!'

Last came a little feeble, squeaking voice, ('That's Bill,' thought

Alice,) 'Well, I hardly know -- No more, thank ye; I'm better now --

but I'm a deal too flustered to tell you -- all I know is, something

comes at me like a Jack-in-the-box, and up I goes like a sky-rocket!'

The White Rabbit's House

The White Rabbit's House, an illustration by JVL in 

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Artists' Choice Editions, 2009.

The Dodo presents Alice with her own thimble

The Dodo presents Alice with her own thimble, an illustration by JVL in 

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Artists' Choice Editions, 2009.

The text:

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!'

Alice had no idea what to do, and in despair she put her hand in her

pocket, and pulled out a box of comfits, (luckily the salt water had

not got into it), and handed them round as prizes. There was exactly

one a-piece all round.

'But she must have a prize herself, you know,' said the Mouse.

'Of course,' the Dodo replied very gravely. 'What else have you got

in your pocket?' he went on, turning to Alice.

'Only a thimble,' said Alice sadly.

'Hand it over here,' said the Dodo.

Then they all crowded round her once more, while the Dodo

solemnly presented the thimble, saying 'We beg your acceptance of

this elegant thimble'; and, when it had finished this short speech,

they all cheered.

Alice thought the whole thing very absurd, but they all looked so

grave that she did not dare to laugh; and, as she could not think of

anything to say, she simply bowed, and took the thimble, looking as

solemn as she could.

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The mouse giving a dry speech

The mouse giving a dry speech, an illustration by John Vernon Lord in Lewis Carroll's 

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Artists' Choice Editions, 2009.

The text:

At last the Mouse, who seemed to be a person of authority among

them, called out, 'Sit down, all of you, and listen to me! I'LL soon

make you dry enough!' They all sat down at once, in a large ring,

with the Mouse in the middle. Alice kept her eyes anxiously fixed

on it, for she felt sure she would catch a bad cold if she did not get

dry very soon.

 'Ahem!' said the Mouse with an important air, 'are you all ready?

This is the driest thing I know. Silence all round, if you please!

 "William the Conqueror, whose cause was favoured by the pope,

was soon submitted to by the English, who wanted leaders, and had

been of late much accustomed to usurpation and conquest. Edwin

and Morcar, the earls of Mercia and Northumbria -- "'

The mouse swimming in Alice's 'Pool of Tears'

The mouse swimming in Alice's 'Pool of Tears', an illustration by JVL in 

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Artists' Choice Editions, 2009.

A double page spread of Finnegans Wake

A double page spread of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake showing an illustration by John Vernon Lord of 'The Ondt and the Gracehoper', published by The Folio Society, 2014.