Alice! a childish story take, And with a gentle hand Lay it where Childhood's dreams are twined In Memory's mystic band, Like pilgrim's wither'd wreath of flowers Pluck'd in a far-off land. CONTENTS PAGE I. DOWN THE RABBIT-HOLE 1 II. THE POOL OF TEARS 13 III. A CAUCUS-RACE AND A LONG TALE 24 IV. THE RABBIT SENDS IN A LITTLE BILL 35 V. ADVICE FROM A CATERPILLAR 49 VI. PIG AND PEPPER 64 VII. A MAD TEA-PARTY 82 VIII. THE QUEEN'S CROQUET-GROUND 96 IX. THE MOCK TURTLE'S STORY 111 X. THE LOBSTER QUADRILLE 126 XI. WHO STOLE THE TARTS? 139 XII. ALICE'S EVIDENCE 150 LIST OF THE PLATES _To face page_ Alice _Frontispiece_ The Pool of Tears 22 They all crowded round it panting and asking, "But who has won?" 28 "Why, Mary Ann, what are you doing out here?" 36 Advice from a Caterpillar 50 An unusually large saucepan flew close by it, and very nearly carried it off 70 It grunted again so violently that she looked down into its face in some alarm 74 A Mad Tea-Party 84 The Queen turned angrily away from him and said to the Knave, "Turn them over" 100 The Queen never left off quarrelling with the other players, and shouting "Off with his head!" or, "Off with her head!" 116 The Mock Turtle drew a long breath and said, "That's very curious" 132 Who stole the Tarts? 140 At this the whole pack rose up into the air, and came flying down upon her 158 CHAPTER I [Sidenote: _Down the Rabbit-Hole_] ALICE was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations?"