“Since I have possessed a "Wonderland Stamp Case", Life has been bright and peaceful, and I have used no other. I believe the Queen's laundress uses no other.”

— Lewis Carroll

Eight or Nine Wise Words About Letter-Writing (1890)

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English writer, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer 1832–1898

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