Richard Conover Evarts

“ You see, I have to go to five committee meetings, make three speeches and lay a few cornerstones before dark."
"How do you get time to invent so many things?" asked Alice.
"An ounce of invention is worth a pound of cure, you know," replied the White Knight. "But let me recite you some poetry about it."
"I don't like all poetry," Alice said.
"But you will like this," said the White Knight. "It 's my own invention."
He then began in a sing-song voice:
"How very pretty!" ”

“ Alice drew a long breath and began:
"Oh dear," said Alice after she had fin­ished, "it doesn't seem quite right some­how."
"It is wrong from beginning to end," re­marked the King.
"Even if I can't have your head off," said the Queen, "I shall put you on probation for reciting such nonsense."
"Don't be ridiculous," said Alice. She was feeling quite bold, as the Queen was helpless in the net of red tape. ”

“ Thereupon Tweedle also heaved a deep sigh and two large tears trickled down his cheeks. This made Alice feel very uncomfortable. She thought she ought to say something to cheer them up, but was not quite certain how to begin. ”

“ Would be forced to double their business then."
"Are you coming to my Seminar?" asked Humpty Dumpty after a pause. "A Semi­nar is a place where you can learn in three hours what it takes a Professor three months to teach."
"How very convenient," Alice said. "Could you explain something now for me?"
"I already know what you are going to ask," said Humpty Dumpty. "From long practice in foretelling examination questions I have become a regular clairvoyant. You were about to ask me why I am a Widow. Because men may come, and men may go, but I go on forever, of course. That's too easy. ”

“ After the marking was finished, the frog handed the papers back to their owners. The White Rabbit, who had written nothing at all, had a large A on his paper. The Lizard, however, had an F on his.
"A," said the White Rabbit to Alice, "means I wrote an excellent paper."
"But you wrote nothing," objected Alice.
"Nothing succeeds like success," said the White Rabbit, and hurried away, leaving Alice a little puzzled. ”

“ I wonder if they can tell me the way out of the wood."
"Please—" she began aloud.
"Don't say that," cried both the little men together, uncovering each other's mouth; "it isn't literary."
"I'm not trying to be literary," Alice said.
"But you should try," said Twaddle, "especially when you are in our company. You see, we are very literary."
"Yes," said Tweedle pointing to Twaddle; "he is so literary that he 's absolutely un­intelligible."
Twaddle gave a deep sigh, and two large tears rolled down his cheeks. ”

“ There was no tree in sight anywhere round, but there was a stump which Alice supposed might have been a tree once. The Mouse was busy carving not between the did and the take. He had done the n and was just finishing the o.
"That's the Channing Mouse," said the Black Knight. "He never believes any­thing he is told." ”

“ A rand is a classical place, unknown to many, and situated somewhere in the Sabbatical. Barrett is an adjective used to denote any member of the Royal Family of England. A wendell is a comparatively literary rarity indigenous to the English court. ”