Lewis Carroll's Games and Puzzles

by Lewis Carroll, Edward Wakeling (Editor)

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.

Genres: Mathematics, Poetry, Science, Puzzles, Classics, Childrens

80 pages, Paperback

First published March 27, 1992

About the author

The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer.

His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass as well as the poems "The Hunting of the Snark" and "Jabberwocky", all considered to be within the genre of literary nonsense.

Oxford scholar, Church of England Deacon, University Lecturer in Mathematics and Logic, academic author of learned theses, gifted pioneer of portrait photography, colourful writer of imaginative genius and yet a shy and pedantic man, Lewis Carroll stands pre-eminent in the pantheon of inventive literary geniuses.

He also has works published under his real name.

Reviews

[Jon Den Houter · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is more of a reference than a book--it's a list of games and puzzles that Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) concocted throughout his lifetime. As a writer and a mathematician, Carroll had an impressive range of abilities to draw from (words, numbers, logic, etc.) and creatively brought them to bear on this wide range of games and puzzles.

[Nick Mclean · Rating 4 out of 5]

These are pretty fun logic puzzles to do with kids, whether you're a parent, older relative or teacher. Carroll was a professor of mathematics and he knew how to interest children in logic puzzles.

[Em Carr · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF