Gathering4Gardner Talk
The talk by Mark Burstein and Jim Gardner given at the 2016 Gathering4Gardner has been posted to their YouTube channel. It was a shortened version of Mark’s “What IS It… [read full post]
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G.A.H.! (Gardner’s Annotations Hyperlinked) – As large as life, and twice as natural
In Chapter VII of Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, the Unicorn looks at Alice “with an air of the deepest disgust” and asks, “What – is – this?”… [read full post]
G.A.H.! (Gardner’s Annotations Hyperlinked) – The Dormouse and Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s Wombat
The Dormouse in Chapter VII of The Annotated Alice (pgs. 93-95) gets the following footnote from Martin Gardner: The British dormouse is a tree-living rodent that resembles a small squirrel… [read full post]
G.A.H.! (Gardner’s Annotations Hyperlinked) – The Ugly Duchess
When we first meet the Duchess in Chapter VI of The Annotated Alice, Martin Gardner’s footnote (on page 82) is this: A glance at the portrait of the Ugly Duchess,… [read full post]
New LCSNA Martin Gardner Tribute Book Just Released!
Callooh! Callay!! We are delighted to announce that the LCSNA has just published a frabjous new book paying tribute to the late, great Martin Gardner–columnist, philosopher, polymath, magician, religious thinker, and author… [read full post]
Gathering for Gardner celebrations worldwide on October 21st, coordinated online
So far, sixty-six parties have been coordinated around the planet to commemorate the giant Carrollian, Martin Gardner (October 21, 1914 – May 22, 2010) on what would have been his 96th… [read full post]
Remembering Martin Gardner
With great sadness we note the passing of Martin Gardner this past Saturday, May 22, 2010, in Norman, Oklahoma at the age of 95. Martin Gardner was not only a… [read full post]
LCSNA Spring 2022 Virtual Meeting
The Hunting of the Snark (Kaufmann edition)
James Tanis and John Dooley, Editors
Illustrations by Henry Holiday
Annotated by Martin Gardner.
ISBN 10: 091323236X / ISBN 13: 9780913232361
Publisher: William Kaufmann, in cooperation with Bryn Mawr College Library
Other Contributors: Roderick Stinehour (designer), James Tanis (preface), John Dooley, Martin Gardner (introduction), Charles
Mitchell (essay), Selwyn H. Goodacre (bibliography)
Place of Publication: Los Altos, CA; printed by The Stinehour Press, Lunenburg, VT
Date of Publication: 1981
LCSNA Fall 2019 Meeting – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
General Meeting, Sat, Oct 5: Free
Mad Hatter Day Tea Party, Sun, Oct 6: $30
LCSNA Keepsake Printing @ the Common Press, Sun, Oct 6: Free
The Fall LCSNA 2019 meeting is going to be terrific! April Lynn James is the program chairperson for the meeting at the University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, with member Bob Stek supporting the effort. Mark the dates!
The General Meeting is October 5th and 6th. Confirmed speakers include:
- Charlie Lovett. Author, From Little Ruby to Debbie Allen: Alice on Stage in Philadelphia
- Estelle Markel-Joyet. American Philosophical Society, Dr. Wheeler in Wonderland
- Linda Cassady. LCSNA President, “Would you tell me, please which way I ought to go from here?”
- David McKnight. Director of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library of the Kislak Center, A Tribute to Charles Santore
- Riley McGuire. English Department, University of Pennsylvania, No Ending Up: Unfinished Vocal Normalization in Lewis Carroll’s Sylvie and Bruno.
- Sibylla Benatova. Kislak Center presenting, Alice Translated: A Wonderland of Bulgarian “Alice” Books
Sunday, October 6, 2019 there will be a Mad Hatter Day Tea Party with food, of course, and sharing information about various Carroll collections.
This tea party will be followed by a visit to Penn’s Common Press to letterpress print a Fall 2019 LCSNA Keepsake, compliments of the folks at the press.