Lewis Carroll's Playful Notes

"We opened our Editor’s box this morning...and found it—our pen shudders and our ink blushes as we write—empty!"

Sometimes I forget just how fun taking notes can be. I forget that the blank page is a magical space, limited only by my imagination. If, like me, you need a reminder, I can think of nothing better than a tour of Lewis Carroll’s (1832-1898) notebooks.

Lewis Carroll, the pen-name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was writing nonsense verse and illustrating sto…