Forty-two tantalizing teasers — most by the creator of Alice in Wonderland and published here for the first time — Cakes in a Row, Alice's Multiplication Tables, Looking-Glass Time, Arithmetical Croquet, Four Brothers and a Monkey, Hidden Names, Diverse Doublets, Mischmasch, more. ... read more
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Forty-two tantalizing teasers — most by the creator of Alice in Wonderland and published here for the first time — Cakes in a Row, Alice's Multiplication Tables, Looking-Glass Time, Arithmetical Croquet, Four Brothers and a Monkey, Hidden Names, Diverse Doublets, Mischmasch, more. Many hints and solutions. Illustrations by John Tenniel.
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