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Letters from Charles Lutwidge Dodgson to John Cook Wilson , relating to logic puzzles, 1890-97, 1963

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MS. Don. d. 208
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Includes:

  1. (fols. i-iii) correspondence between John Sparrow and Morton N. Cohen relating to the collection, 1963
  2. (fols. 1-54) letters from Dodgson to Cook Wilson relating to logic puzzles, 1890-1897, some of which have been published in Lewis Carroll's Symbolic Logic, ed. William Warren Bartley III (New York, 1977)
  3. (fols. 55-67) copies of Cook Wilson's letters to Dodgson and his workings of various problems, 1896
  4. (fols. 68-94) 'Notes on "Metaphrases of Priscianus Lydus" ', by J. Cook Wilson, 1885
  5. (fols. 95-129) annotated galley proofs for 'Symbolic Logic, Part II, Advanced', 1896, which was first published as Lewis Carroll's Symbolic Logic, ed. William Warren Bartley III (New York, 1977)

Dates

  • Creation: 1890-97, 1963

Extent

131 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MS. Don. d. 208

Physical Facet

Grey cardboard box, printed label on spine, 'C.L. Dodgson - J. Cook Wilson', booklabel of John Sparrow inside upper flap.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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