Contents

Contents : preface to the 42nd Edition -- the beginning -- the lecture -- the great western railway -- Bristol -- the lighthouses -- pig overboard -- Phrenology -- a life on the ocean wave -- a gnawing problem -- something in the wind -- the island -- the hunting of the snark : fit the first : the landing -- fit the second : the bellman’s speech -- fit the third : the baker’s tale -- fit the fourth : the hunting -- fit the fifth : the beaver’s lesson -- fit the sixth : the barrister’s Dream -- fit the seventh : the banker’s fate -- fit the eighth : the vanishing -- dawn and despair -- inland -- the Tulgey Wood -- the wabe -- the tower -- Jabberwocky -- beast -- escape -- great expectations -- snails -- burial at sea -- suicide -- storm -- revelations -- Boojum -- Metamorphosis -- nemesis -- beloved land -- notes to the 42nd edition -- acknowledgements.