Books with title The Hunting of the Snark an Agony, in Eight Fits

After crossing the sea guided by the Bellman's map of the Ocean--a blank sheet of paper--the hunting party arrive in a strange land, and the Bellman tells them the five signs by which a Snark can be identified. The Bellman warns them that some Snarks are highly dangerous Boojums; on hearing this, the Baker faints. Once revived, the Baker recalls that his uncle warned him that if the Snark turns out to be a Boojum, the hunter will "softly and suddenly vanish away, and never be met with again." The Baker confesses that this possibility terrifies him.The hunt begins: They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care; They pursued it with forks and hope; They threatened its life with a railway-share; They charmed it with smiles and soap.Along the way, the Butcher and Beaver, previously mutually wary, become fast friends after the Butcher gives the beaver a lesson on maths and zoology. The Barrister, meanwhile, sleeps, and dreams of witnessing a court trial of a pig accused of deserting its sty.During the hunt, the Banker is attacked by a bandersnatch, and loses his sanity after trying to bribe the creature.The Baker rushes ahead of the party, and calls out that he has found a snark, but when the others arrive, he has mysteriously disappeared, leading the narrator to explain: "For the Snark was a Boojum, you see."

If—and the thing is wildly possible—the charge of writing nonsense were ever brought against the author of this brief but instructive poem, it would be based, I feel convinced, on the line (in p.4)“Then the bowsprit got mixed with the rudder sometimes.”In view of this painful possibility, I will not (as I might) appeal indignantly to my other writings as a proof that I am incapable of such a deed: I will not (as I might) point to the strong moral purpose of this poem itself, to the arithmetical principles so cautiously inculcated in it, or to its noble teachings in Natural History—I will take the more prosaic course of simply explaining how it happened.

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"They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;They pursued it with forks and hope;They threatened its life with a railway-share;They charmed it with smiles and soap.Lewis Carroll's magnificent nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark features an unlikely cast of characters drawn from the Jabberwocky in Through the Looking Glass. This irresistible version is illustrated, and has an introduction by, Chris Riddell.This is a luxury edition with both black and white and colour artwork, ribbon marker and metallic blue sprayed edges.It was first published by Macmillan in 1876.*This ebook was created by Golden Classic Press. Look for our other publications with the keyword 'Golden Classic Press'.*"

Differentiated book• It has a historical context with research of the time-The Hunt for the Snark (The Hunting of the Snark, in the original English) is a meaningless poem written by the British Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) in 1874, at the age of 42 years.The poem describes "with infinite humor, the impossible journey of an improbable crew, to find an inconceivable creature." Occasionally, he takes elements of Alice's poem Jabberwocky through the looking glass, especially some creature names like the Jubjub or the Bandersnatch; and some portmanteaus. However, it is an independent poem. It was first published in 1876 by Macmillan Publishers, with illustrations by Henry Holiday. As with other Carroll works, The Hunt for the Snark has been the subject of careful study. One of the most comprehensive studies is Martin Gardner's The Annotated Snark.Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Daresbury, Cheshire, UK, January 27, 1832-Guildford, Surrey, UK, January 14, 1898), better known by his pseudonym Lewis Carroll, was an Anglican deacon, logician, mathematician, photographer, and British writer. His best-known works are Alice in Wonderland and its continuation, Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there.