Puzzles · In English · 1885
A Tangled Tale
Ten knotty maths problems wrapped in funny stories by Lewis Carroll, with discussion of how readers solved them.
17 chapters · about 2 h of reading
Opening the book
How the book begins
Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. Printer errors have been changed and are listed at the end. All other inconsistencies are as in the original.
Then onward! Let the voice of Fame From Age to Age repeat thy story, Till thou hast won thyself a name Exceeding even Euclid's glory!
This Tale originally appeared as a serial in The Monthly Packet, beginning in April, 1880. The writer's intention was to embody in each Knot (like the medicine so dexterously, but ineffectually, concealed in the jam of our early childhood) one or more mathematical questions—in Arithmetic, Algebra, or Geometry, as the case might be—for the amusement, and possible edification, of the fair readers of that Magazine.
Contents
- 01Opening (1/3)
- 02Opening (2/3)
- 03Opening (3/3)
- 04Opening
- 05III. Sea-Breeze
- 06III. Cheam. Crophi and Mophi. E. R. D. L. Meggy Potts. {rags and Tatters. {mad Hatter
- 07III. F. Lee. G. S. C. X. A. B
- 08III
- 09III. Cat
- 10II. Addlepate
- 11II. Balbus. The Elder Traveller
- 12II. § 1 (2 steps)
- 13I. Balbus. Delta
- 14I. Old King Cole. Vindex
- 15III. Dinah Mite. Janet. Magpie. Taffy
- 16III. Algernon Bray. Dinah Mite. G. S. C. Jane E. J. D. W. Magpie. S. S. G. Tokio
- 17III. Dinah Mite. M. F. C
About this edition
Public domain: the author died in 1898, more than seventy years ago, and the book was first published in 1885. It is free to read, copy and share in the EU, Russia and the United States.
We removed the source's wrapper, rejoined the lines and split the book into chapters. The words are the author's.