And now I think that I have done all that has been in my power to present Lewis Carroll to you in his most delightful aspect--as a friend to children. I have not pretended in any way to write an exhaustive life-story of the man who was so dear to me, but by the aid of the letters and the diaries that I have been enabled to publish, and by the few reminiscences that I have given you of Lewis Carroll as I knew him, I hope I have done something to bring still nearer to your hearts the memory of the greatest friend that children ever had. Footnotes: [1] This refers to my visit to America when, as a child, I played the little Duke of York in "Richard III." [2] At this point the real child's answers begin, the three or four lines alone were written by Mr. Dodgson himself.--ED. Transcriber's Notes: Passages in italics are indicated by _italics_. Underlined passages are indicated by =underline=. End of Project Gutenberg's The Story of Lewis Carroll, by Isa Bowman