Christ Church, Oxford
January 21, 1877
My dear Alice,
It has come into my head that I should like to know what my little unseen friend is like. Shall you think me very greedy if I ask for a photograph? In return I will send you one of the only man who has seen a Snark.
Your affectionate friend,
C.L. DodgsonLewis Carroll’s letter to Alice Crompton (aged 11).
Cohen, Morton. The Letters of Lewis Carroll. 2 volumes. New York: Oxford University, 1979. 266. Print.