Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) THE WESTMINSTER ALICE BY HECTOR H. MUNRO (“SAKI”) [Illustration] ILLUSTRATED BY F. CARRUTHERS GOULD. LONDON WESTMINSTER GAZETTE 1902 [ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.] _With apologies to Sir John Tenniel and to everybody else concerned, including Messrs. Macmillan and Co., Limited, to whose courtesy we are indebted for permission to publish these political applications of the immortal adventures of Lewis Carroll’s Alice._ CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 1 ALICE IN DOWNING STREET 3 ALICE IN PALL MALL 11 ALICE AT LAMBETH 17 ALICE AND THE LIBERAL PARTY 23 ALICE ANYWHERE BUT IN DOWNING STREET 29 ALICE IN DIFFICULTIES 35 ALICE AT ST. STEPHEN’S 39 ALICE LUNCHES AT WESTMINSTER 43 ALICE IN A FOG 47 ALICE HAS TEA AT THE HOTEL CECIL 53 ALICE GOES TO CHESTERFIELD 59 THE AGED MAN 65 SPADES IN WONDERLAND 67 THE WESTMINSTER ALICE _INTRODUCTION_ “Alice,” Child with dreaming eyes, Noting things that come to pass Turvey-wise in Wonderland Backwards through a Looking-Glass. Figures flit across thy dream, Muddle through and flicker out Some in cocksure blessedness, Some in Philosophic Doubt. Some in brackets, some in sulks, Some with latchkeys on the ramp, Living (in a sort of peace) In a Concentration Camp. Party moves on either side, Checks and feints that don’t deceive, Knights and Bishops, Pawns and all, In a game of Make-Believe. Things that fall contrariwise, Difficult to understand, Darkly through a Looking-Glass Turvey-wise in Wonderland. _ALICE IN DOWNING STREET_ “Have you ever seen an Ineptitude?” asked the Cheshire Cat suddenly; the Cat was nothing if not abrupt.