The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll/Chapter VI
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FACSIMILE OF A LETTER FROM H. FURNISS TO LEWIS CARROLL, DATED AUGUST 23, 1886. 
CHAPTER VI
(1883-1887)
"The Profits of Authorship"—"Rhyme? and Reason?"—The Common Room Cat—Visit to Jersey—Purity of elections—Parliamentary Representation—Various literary projects—Letters to Miss E. Rix—Being happy—"A Tangled Tale"—Religious arguments—The "Alice" Operetta—"Alice's Adventures Underground"—"The Game of Logic"—Mr. Harry Furniss.
IN 1883 Lewis Carroll was advised to make a stand against the heavy discount allowed by publishers to booksellers, and by booksellers to the public. Accordingly the following notice began to appear in all his books: "In selling Mr. Lewis Carroll's books to the Trade, Messrs. Macmillan and Co. will abate 2d. in the shilling (no odd copies), and allow 5 per cent. discount within six months, and 10 per cent. for cash. In selling them to the Public (for cash only) they will allow 10 per cent. discount." Page:Collingwood - Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll.djvu/251 Page:Collingwood - Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll.djvu/252 Page:Collingwood - Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll.djvu/253 Page:Collingwood - Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll.djvu/254 Page:Collingwood - Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll.djvu/255 Page:Collingwood - Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll.djvu/256 Page:Collingwood - Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll.djvu/257 Page:Collingwood - Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll.djvu/258 Page:Collingwood - Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll.djvu/259 Page:Collingwood - Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll.djvu/260 Page:Collingwood - Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll.djvu/261 Page:Collingwood - Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll.djvu/262 
H. FURNISS.
(From a photograph.)
(Facsimile of a letter from H. Furniss to Lewis Carroll, dated August 23, 1886.)
SYLVIE AND BRUNO.
(From a drawing by Henry Holiday.)