Lewis Carroll

Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter, Writing (Annotated) Lewis Carroll

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The purpose of realizing this historical context is to approach the understanding of a historical epoch from the elements provided by the text. Hence the importance of placing the document in context. It is necessary to unravel what its author or authors have said, how it has been said, when, why and where, always relating it to its historical moment. Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter, Writing, is an essay by Lewis Carroll on helpful tips for composing, writing, sending, and recording letters. The essay was published in 1890 by Emberlin and Son as a hardcover booklet consisting of several pages of text, followed by four pages of advertising, a stamp holder, and an illustration on the back cover. This essay is of some importance in philately because it was part of the "Wonderland" stamp box, which was first sold in 1889 by Emberlin and Son. There were at least seven editions of the brochure and at least three editions of the seal box. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Daresbury, Cheshire, UK, January 27, 1832-Guildford, Surrey, UK, January 14, 1898), better known by his pseudonym Lewis Carroll, was an Anglican deacon, logician, mathematician, photographer, and British writer.