at the Deanery, tableaux vivants.  I went a little after half-past eight, and found a great party assembled—­the Prince had not yet come.  He arrived before nine, and I found an opportunity of reminding General Bruce of his promise to introduce me to the Prince, which he did at the next break in the conversation H.R.H. was holding with Mrs. Fellowes.  He shook hands very graciously, and I began with a sort of apology for having been so importunate about the photograph.  He said something of the weather being against it, and I asked if the Americans had victimised him much as a sitter; he said they had, but he did not think they had succeeded well, and I told him of the new American process of taking twelve thousand photographs in an hour.  Edith Liddell coming by at the moment, I remarked on the beautiful tableau which the children might make:  he assented, and also said, in answer to my question, that he had seen and admired my photographs of them.  I then said that I hoped, as I had missed the photograph, he would at least give me his autograph in my album, which he promised to do.  Thinking I had better bring the talk to an end, I concluded by saying that, if he would like copies of any of my photographs, I should feel honoured by his accepting them; he thanked me for this, and I then drew back, as he did not seem inclined to pursue the conversation.

A few days afterwards the Prince gave him his autograph, and also chose a dozen or so of his photograph (sic).

[Illustration:  Mrs. Rossetti and her children Dante Gabriel, Christina, and William. From a photograph by Lewis Carroll.]

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CHAPTER III

(1861-1867)

Jowett—­Index to “In Memoriam”—­The Tennysons—­The beginning of “Alice”—­Tenniel—­Artistic friends—­“Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”—­“Bruno’s Revenge”—­Tour with Dr. Liddon—­Cologne—­Berlin architecture—­The “Majesty of Justice”—­Peterhof—­Moscow—­A Russian wedding—­Nijni—­The Troitska Monastery—­“Hieroglyphic” writing—­Giessen.

It is my aim in this Memoir to let Mr. Dodgson tell his own story as much as possible.  In order to effect this object I have drawn largely upon his Diary and correspondence.  Very few men have left behind them such copious information about their lives as he has; unfortunately it is not equally copious throughout, and this fact must be my apology for the somewhat haphazard and disconnected way in which parts of this book are written.  That it is the best which, under the circumstances, I have been able to do needs, I hope, no saying, but the circumstances have at times been too strong for me.

Though in later years Mr. Dodgson almost gave up the habit of dining out, at this time of his life he used to do it pretty frequently, and several of the notes in his Diary refer to after-dinner and Common Room stories.  The two following extracts will show the sort of facts he recorded:—­