''The Annotated Alice'' is a 1960 book by

Martin Gardner Martin Gardner (October 21, 1914May 22, 2010) was an American popular mathematics and popular science writer with interests also encompassing scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and literatureespecially the writings of Lewis ...

incorporating the text of

Lewis Carroll Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet and mathematician. His most notable works are ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and its sequel ...

's major tales, ''

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (commonly ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a ...

'' (1865) and ''

Through the Looking-Glass ''Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There'' (also known as ''Alice Through the Looking-Glass'' or simply ''Through the Looking-Glass'') is a novel published on 27 December 1871 (though indicated as 1872) by Lewis Carroll and the ...

'' (1871), as well as the original illustrations by

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. It has extensive annotations explaining the contemporary references (including the Victorian poems that Carroll parodies), mathematical concepts,

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, and Victorian traditions (such as the parlor game snap-dragons) featured in the two books.

History

The original book was first published in 1960.''The Annotated Alice: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, Illustrated by John Tenniel'' by Martin Gardner (1960), New York, Bramhall House It has been reprinted several times and translated into French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, German and Hebrew. In 1990, a sequel, ''More Annotated Alice'', was published. This sequel does not contain the original side notes, and Tenniel's illustrations are replaced by those of

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. It also contains the "suppressed" chapter "The Wasp in a Wig", which Carroll omitted from the text of ''Through the Looking-Glass'' on Tenniel's recommendation. In 1999, ''The Definitive Edition'' was published. It combines the notes from both works and features Tenniel's illustrations in improved quality. Gardner also compiled a companion volume, '' The Annotated Snark'', dedicated to Carroll's classic nonsense poem ''

The Hunting of the Snark ''The Hunting of the Snark'', subtitled ''An Agony in 8 Fits'', is a poem by the English writer Lewis Carroll. It is typically categorised as a nonsense poem. Written between 1874 and 1876, it borrows the setting, some creatures, and eight por ...

''. In 2015, ''The Annotated Alice: 150th Anniversary Deluxe Edition'' was published, combining the previous works of Gardner and expanded by Mark Burstein, president emeritus of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America. It includes features such as more than 100 new or updated annotations, over 100 new illustrations by Salvador Dalí, Beatrix Potter, Ralph Steadman, and 42 other artists and illustrators (in addition to original art by Sir John Tenniel), and a filmography of every Alice-related film by Carroll scholar David Schaefer.

Editions

* ''The Annotated Alice: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, Illustrated by John Tenniel'' by Martin Gardner (1960), New York, Bramhall House * ''More Annotated Alice'' by Martin Gardner (1990) * ''The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition'' by Martin Gardner (1998/1999) * ''The Annotated Alice: 150th Anniversary Deluxe Edition'' by Martin Gardner and Mark Burstein (2015)

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Description on the publisher's websiteReview in ''The New Statesman''
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