Grandma's Graphics: John Tenniel, English Golden Age illustrator, Alice in Wonderland

The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland

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'Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!'

...she came upon a low curtain she had not noticed before, and behind it was a little door about fifteen inches high...

...and round the neck of the bottle was a paper label, with the words 'DRINK ME' beautifully printed on it in large letters.

...'now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was!

The Rabbit started violently, dropped the white kid gloves and the fan, and skurried away into the darkness as hard as he could go.

'I wish I hadn't cried so much!' said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out.

'Would it be of any use, now,' thought Alice, 'to speak to this mouse?'

'Ahem!' said the Mouse with an important air, 'are you all ready? This is the driest thing I know. Silence all round, if you please!'

Then they all crowded round her once more, while the Dodo solemnly presented the thimble, saying 'We beg your acceptance of this elegant thimble'

Still she went on growing, and, as a last resource, she put one arm out of the window,...

...she suddenly spread out her hand, and made a snatch in the air.

'There goes Bill!'

...then Alice dodged behind a great thistle, to keep herself from being run over;

'Who are YOU?' said the Caterpillar.

'And yet you incessantly stand on your head--Do you think, at your age, it is right?'

'Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door--Pray, what is the reason of that?'

'Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak--Pray how did you manage to do it?'

'Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose--What made you so awfully clever?'

'For the Duchess. An invitation from the Queen to play croquet.'

...the Duchess was sitting on a three-legged stool in the middle, nursing a baby; the cook was leaning over the fire, stirring a large cauldron which seemed to be full of soup.

This time there could be NO mistake about it: it was neither more nor less than a pig, and she felt that it would be quite absurd for her to carry it further.

'But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.

While she was looking at the place where it had been, it suddenly appeared again.

'You should learn not to make personal remarks,' Alice said with some severity; 'it's very rude.'

'Of course you don't!' the Hatter said, tossing his head contemptuously. 'I dare say you never even spoke to Time!'

...the last time she saw them, they were trying to put the Dormouse into the teapot.

On which Seven looked up and said, 'That's right, Five! Always lay the blame on others!'

When the procession came opposite to Alice, they all stopped and looked at her, and the Queen said severely 'Who is this?'.

...it WOULD twist itself round and look up in her face, with such a puzzled expression that she could not help bursting out laughing...

'My dear! I wish you would have this cat removed!'

'You can't think how glad I am to see you again, you dear old thing!' said the Duchess, as she tucked her arm affectionately into Alice's, and they walked off together.

They very soon came upon a Gryphon, lying fast asleep in the sun.

'Once,' said the Mock Turtle at last, with a deep sigh, 'I was a real Turtle.'

So they began solemnly dancing round and round Alice,...

Tis the voice of the Lobster; I heard him declare,'You have baked me too brown, I must sugar my hair.'

The King and Queen of Hearts were seated on their throne when they arrived, with a great crowd assembled about them...

...and near the King was the White Rabbit, with a trumpet in one hand, and a scroll of parchment in the other.

...she said to one of the officers of the court, 'Bring me the list of the singers in the last concert!' on which the wretched Hatter trembled so, that he shook both his shoes off.

'You may go,' said the King, and the Hatter hurriedly left the court, without even waiting to put his shoes on.

...and she jumped up in such a hurry that she tipped over the jury-box with the edge of her skirt...

'Begin at the beginning,' the King said gravely, 'and go on till you come to the end: then stop.'

At this the whole pack rose up into the air, and came flying down upon her: she gave a little scream, half of fright and half of anger, and tried to beat them off,

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