“Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland” – Initial Reception

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All CategoriesA Christmas Carol, American EditionA Christmas Carol, British EditionA L’Ombre Des Jeunes Filles En Fleurs, Extract from La Nouvelle Revue Française on June 1, 1914A L’Ombre Des Jeunes Filles En Fleurs, Extract from América-Latina on February 1920A L’Ombre Des Jeunes Filles En Fleurs, Extract from Excelsior on December 11, 1919A L’Ombre Des Jeunes Filles En Fleurs, Extract from La France on January 1920A L’Ombre Des Jeunes Filles En Fleurs, Extract from La Nouvelle Revue Française on June 1, 1919A L’Ombre Des Jeunes Filles En Fleurs, General Review(s)A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, General Review(s)A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Serialized Installments in The Egoist from 1914-1915)Adam Bede, American EditionAdam Bede, British EditionAdventures Of Huckleberry Finn, American EditionAdventures Of Huckleberry Finn, British EditionAdventures Of Huckleberry Finn, Canadian EditionAdventures of Huckleberry Finn, Extract from December 1884 in Century MagazineAdventures of Huckleberry Finn, General Review(s)Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, General Review(s) During Century Magazine (November 1884-February 1885)Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain-Cable TourAdventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain-Cable Tour, ? (Keokuk, Iowa) (January 15, 1885)Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain-Cable Tour, ? (Keokuk, Iowa) (January 16, 1885)Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain-Cable Tour, ? (Toronto, Canada) (December 9, 1884)Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain-Cable Tour, ? (Toronto, Canada) (January 13, 1885)Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain-Cable Tour, Central Music-Hall (Chicago, Illinois) (February 3, 1885)Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain-Cable Tour, Central Music-Hall (Chicago, Illinois) (January 16, 1885—Friday Evening)Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain-Cable Tour, Central Music-Hall (Chicago, Illinois) (January 17, 1885—Saturday Afternoon)Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain-Cable Tour, Central Music-Hall (Chicago, Illinois) (January 17, 1885—Saturday Evening)Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain-Cable Tour, Chickering Hall (New York City, New York) (November 19, 1884)Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain-Cable Tour, Concert Hall (Buffalo, New York) (December 10, 1884—Wednesday) (Spoken of on December 11, 1884))Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain-Cable Tour, Concert Hall (Buffalo, New York) (December 11, 1884—Thursday)Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain-Cable Tour, Cumberland Presbyterian church (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) (December 30, 1884)Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain-Cable Tour, M. E. church (Madison, Wisconsin) (January 28, 1885)Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain-Cable Tour, Mercantile Library Hall (St. Louis, Missouri) (January 10, 1885)Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain-Cable Tour, Opera House (Lafayette, Indiana) (February 5, 1885)Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain-Cable Tour, Plymouth Church (Indianapolis, Indiana) (February 8, 1885)Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain-Cable Tour, Queen’s Hall (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) (February 19, 1885)Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Vassar College (Dutchess County, New York) (May 22, 1885)Agnes Grey, American EditionAgnes Grey, British EditionAlbertine Disparue, Extract from La Nouvelle Revue Française on July 1, 1925Albertine Disparue, Extract from Le Figaro on December 19, 1925Albertine Disparue, Extract from Le Matin on December 11, 1919Albertine Disparue, Extract from Les Feuillets D’Art on February 1920Albertine Disparue, Extract from The Criterion on July 1924Albertine Disparue, General Review(s)Alice’s Adventure’s In Wonderland, American EditionAlice’s Adventure’s In Wonderland, British EditionAnna Karenina Season 1 Volume 1Anna Karenina Season 1 Volume 2Anna Karenina Season 1 Volume 3Anna Karenina Season 1 Volume 4Anna Karenina Season 2 Volume 1Anna Karenina Season 2 Volume 3Anna Karenina Season 2 Volume 4Anna Karenina Season 3 Volume 1Anna Karenina Season 3 Volume 2Anna Karenina Season 3 Volume 3Anna Karenina Season 3 Volume 4Anna Karenina, General Review(s)Anna Karenina, General Review(s) (During Serialized Installments)Bartleby, Part OneBartleby, Part TwoBenito Cereno on October 1855, Putnam’s MonthlyBleak House Volume IBleak House Volume IIBleak House Volume IIIBleak House Volume IVBleak House Volume IXBleak House Volume VBleak House Volume VIBleak House Volume VIIBleak House Volume VIIIBleak House Volume XBleak House Volume XIBleak House Volume XIIBleak House Volume XIIIBleak House Volume XIVBleak House Volume XIX and XXBleak House Volume XVBleak House Volume XVIBleak House Volume XVIIBleak House Volume XVIIIBleak House, General Review(s)Bleak House, General Review(s) (During Serialization)Cities Of The Plain, General Review(s)Dates, Extract from Le Gaulois on January 8, 1921Dates, General Review(s)David Copperfield Serialized InstallmentsDavid Copperfield Volume IDavid Copperfield Volume IIDavid Copperfield Volume IIIDavid Copperfield Volume IVDavid Copperfield Volume IXDavid Copperfield Volume VDavid Copperfield Volume VIDavid Copperfield Volume VIIDavid Copperfield Volume VIIIDavid Copperfield Volume XDavid Copperfield Volume XIDavid Copperfield Volume XIIDavid Copperfield Volume XIIIDavid Copperfield Volume XIVDavid Copperfield Volume XIV And XXDavid Copperfield Volume XVDavid Copperfield Volume XVIDavid Copperfield Volume XVIIDavid Copperfield Volume XVIIIDavid Copperfield, General Review(s)Dracula, American EditionDracula, British EditionDracula, Canadian EditionDrum-Taps, General Review(s)Du côté de chez Swann, Extract from Gil Blas on November 18, 1913Du côté de chez Swann, Extract from Les Annales on November 23, 1913Du côté de chez Swann, General Review(s)Great Expectations Part 1Great Expectations Part 10Great Expectations Part 11Great Expectations Part 12Great Expectations Part 14Great Expectations Part 29Great Expectations Part 31Great Expectations Part 4Great Expectations Part 6Great Expectations Part 7Great Expectations Part 9Great Expectations Serialized InstallmentsGreat Expectations, General Review(s)Gulliver’s Travels ReceptionInfernoJane Eyre, American EditionJane Eyre, British EditionJane Eyre, Second EditionJane Eyre, Third EditionLa Bible D’Amiens, February 15 ExtractLa Bible D’Amiens, General Review(s)La Bible D’Amiens, March 15 ExtractLa Prisonnière, Extract from Intentions on June 1923La Prisonnière, Extract from La Nouvelle Revue Française on January 1, 1923La Prisonnière, Extract from La Nouvelle Revue Française on June 1, 1923La Prisonnière, Extract from La Nouvelle Revue Française on November 1, 1922La Prisonnière, Extract from La Revue Musicale on November 1, 1923La Prisonnière, Extract from Le Figaro on November 25, 1922La Prisonnière, Extract from Les Nouvelles Littéraires on January 26, 1924La Prisonnière, General Review(s)La Prisonnière, Reprint of the Extract from La Nouvelle Revue Française (January 1, 1923) by La Patrie Belge on February 1, 1925La Prisonnière, Reprint of the extract from Le Figaro (November 25, 1922) by La Revue Rhénane on December 1922Le Côté De Guermantes Volume 1Le Côté De Guermantes Volume 2Le Côté De Guermantes, Extract from La Nouvelle Revue Française on February 1, 1921Le Côté De Guermantes, Extract from La Nouvelle Revue Française on January 1, 1921Le Côté De Guermantes, Extract from La Nouvelle Revue Française on July 1, 1914Le Côté De Guermantes, Extract from La Revue Hebdomadaire on February 26, 1921Le Côté De Guermantes, General ReviewsLe Temps Retrouvé, During SerializationLe Temps Retrouvé, Extract from La Nouvelle Revue Française dated April 1, 1927Le Temps Retrouvé, Extract from La Nouvelle Revue Française dated February 1, 1927Le Temps Retrouvé, Extract from La Nouvelle Revue Française dated January 1, 1927Le Temps Retrouvé, Extract from La Nouvelle Revue Française dated July 1, 1927Le Temps Retrouvé, Extract from La Nouvelle Revue Française dated March 1, 1927Le Temps Retrouvé, Extract from La Nouvelle Revue Française dated May 1, 1927Le Temps Retrouvé, Extract from La Nouvelle Revue Française dated September 1, 1927Le Temps Retrouvé, Extract from Le Figaro on November 5, 1927Le Temps Retrouvé, General Review(s)Leaves Of Grass, American EditionLeaves Of Grass, British EditionLes Plaisirs Et Les Jours, Extract from Le Gaulois on June 12, 1896Les Plaisirs Et Les Jours, Extract from Le Temps on June 13, 1896Les Plaisirs Et Les Jours, General Review(s)Little Women’s First VolumeLittle Women’s Second VolumeLittle Women, General Review(s)Madame Bovary Serialized InstallmentsMadame Bovary, General Review(s)Middlemarch Volume 1Middlemarch Volume 2Middlemarch Volume 3Middlemarch Volume 4Middlemarch Volume 5Middlemarch Volume 6Middlemarch Volume 7Middlemarch Volume 8Middlemarch, General Review(s)Middlemarch, General Review(s) (During Serialized Installments)Moby Dick, American EditionOdette Mariée, ExtractOne Hundred Years Of Solitude, American EditionOne Hundred Years Of Solitude, British EditionParadisePastiches Et Mélanges, ExtractsPastiches et Mélanges, General Review(s)Pet Sounds General Review(s)Pet Sounds: “Caroline, No” (March 7, 1966)Pet Sounds: “Sloop John B” (March 21, 1966)Pet Sounds: “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” / “God Only Knows” (July 18, 1966)Poems Re-Release, American EditionPoems Re-Release, British EditionSésame Et Les Lys, “Lecture” ExtractSésame Et Les Lys, General Review(s)Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems, General Review(s)Shirley, American EditionShirley, British EditionSodome Et Gomorrhe Volume 1Sodome Et Gomorrhe Volume 2Sodome et Gomorrhe, Extract from Intentions on April 1922Sodome et Gomorrhe, Extract from La Nouvelle Revue Française on December 1, 1921Sodome et Gomorrhe, Extract from La Nouvelle Revue Française on October 1, 1921Sodome et Gomorrhe, Extract from Le Figaro on April 30, 1922Sodome et Gomorrhe, Extract from Les Feuilles Libres on April-May 1922Sodome et Gomorrhe, Extract from Les Œuvres Libres on November 1921Sodome Et Gomorrhe, General Review(s)Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde, British EditionSwann’s Way, General Review(s)Tess Of The D’Urbervilles, British EditionTess Of The D’Urbervilles, General Review(s)Tess Of The D’Urbervilles, Part OneThe Adventures Of Tom Sawyer, American EditionThe Adventures Of Tom Sawyer, British EditionThe Captive, General Review(s)The Divine ComedyThe Great Gatsby, American EditionThe Guermantes Way, General Review(s)The Last Samurai, American EditionThe Last Samurai, Australian EditionThe Last Samurai, British EditionThe Last Samurai, Canadian EditionThe Past Recaptured, American TranslationThe Piazza Tales, General Review(s)The Picture Of Dorian Gray’s 1891 EditionThe Picture Of Dorian Gray, American EditionThe Picture Of Dorian Gray, British EditionThe Portrait Of A Lady Part 1The Portrait Of A Lady, General Review(s)The Scarlet Letter, American EditionThe Scarlet Letter, British EditionThe Sound and the Fury, American EditionThe Sound and the Fury, British EditionThe Sweet Cheat Gone, General Review(s)The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall, American EditionThe Tenant Of Wildfell Hall, British EditionThe Tenant Of Wildfell Hall, Reissue EditionThe Turn Of The Screw, American EditionThe Turn Of The Screw, British Edition (included in The Two Magics)The Turn Of the Screw, General Review(s)The Whale, British EditionTime Regained, British TranslationTime Regained, General Review(s)Treasure Island, American EditionTreasure Island, British EditionTristram Shandy Volume IXTristram Shandy Volumes I And IITristram Shandy Volumes III And IVTristram Shandy Volumes V And VITristram Shandy Volumes VII And VIIITristram Shandy, General Review(s)Ulysses, Episode I from March 1918 (The Little Review)Ulysses, General Review(s)Ulysses, Serialized Installments in The Egoist from 1919Ulysses, Serialized Installments in The Little Review from 1918-1920Uncle Tom’s Cabin, American EditionUncle Tom’s Cabin, British EditionUncle Tom’s Cabin, Northern PressUncle Tom’s Cabin, Southern PressVanity Fair Serialized InstallmentsVanity Fair Volume IVanity Fair Volume IIVanity Fair Volume IIIVanity Fair Volume IVVanity Fair Volume IXVanity Fair Volume VVanity Fair Volume VIVanity Fair Volume VIIVanity Fair Volume VIIIVanity Fair Volume XVanity Fair Volume XIVanity Fair Volume XIIVanity Fair Volume XIIIVanity Fair Volume XIVVanity Fair Volume XIX and XXVanity Fair Volume XVVanity Fair Volume XVIVanity Fair Volume XVIIVanity Fair Volume XVIIIVanity Fair, American Edition, Part OneVanity Fair, American Edition, Part TwoVanity Fair, General Review(s)Villette, American EditionVillette, British EditionWalden, American EditionWalden, British EditionWalden, Canadian EditionWalden, Early ReportsWalt Whitman’s CriticismWalt Whitman’s Criticism (1860)War And Peace During Serialized InstallmentsWar And Peace, General Review(s)White Teeth, American EditionWhite Teeth, British EditionWithin a Budding Grove, General Review(s)Wuthering Heights, American EditionWuthering Heights, British EditionZadie Smith’s Criticism

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The Athenæum

December 16, 1865

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“We fancy that any real child might be more puzzled than enchanted by this stiff, over-wrought story.”

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