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I have received more than one remonstrance on my assertion, in the
Chelsea Pensioners' problem, that it was illogical to assume, from the
_datum_ "70 p. c. have lost an eye," that 30 p. c. have _not_. ALGERNON
BRAY states, as a parallel case, "suppose Tommy's father gives him 4
apples, and he eats one of them, how many has he left?" and says "I
think we are justified in answering, 3." I think so too. There is no
"must" here, and the _data_ are evidently meant to fix the answer
_exactly_: but, if the question were set me "how many _must_ he have
left?", I should understand the _data_ to be that his father gave him 4
_at least_, but _may_ have given him more.

I take this opportunity of thanking those who have sent, along with
their answers to the Tenth Knot, regrets that there are no more Knots to
come, or petitions that I should recall my resolution to bring them to
an end. I am most grateful for their kind words; but I think it wisest
to end what, at best, was but a lame attempt. "The stretched metre of an
antique song" is beyond my compass; and my puppets were neither
distinctly _in_ my life (like those I now address), nor yet (like Alice
and the Mock Turtle) distinctly _out_ of it. Yet let me at least fancy,
as I lay down the pen, that I carry with me into my silent life, dear
reader, a farewell smile from your unseen face, and a kindly farewell
pressure from your unfelt hand! And so, good night! Parting is such
sweet sorrow, that I shall say "good night!" till it be morrow.

THE END

LONDON: RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, PRINTERS.

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WORKS BY LEWIS CARROLL.


ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND.

With Forty-two Illustrations by TENNIEL. Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt edges,
price 6_s._ Seventy-fifth Thousand.

TRANSLATIONS OF THE SAME--into French, by HENRI BUЙ--into German, by
ANTONIE ZIMMERMANN--and into Italian, by T. PIETROCТLA ROSSETTI--with
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THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS, AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE. With Fifty
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Fifty-sixth Thousand.

RHYME? AND REASON? With Sixty-five Illustrations by ARTHUR B. FROST, and
Nine by HENRY HOLIDAY. (This book is a reprint, with a few additions, of
the comic portion of "Phantasmagoria and other Poems," and of "The
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coloured edges, price 7_s._ Fifty Thousand.

A TANGLED TALE. Reprinted from _The Monthly Packet_. With Six
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N.B. In selling the above-mentioned books to the Trade, Messrs.
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allow 5 per cent. discount for payment within six months, and 10 per
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allow 10 per cent. discount.

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MR. LEWIS CARROLL, having been requested to allow "AN EASTER GREETING"
(a leaflet, addressed to children, and frequently given with his books)
to be sold separately, has arranged with Messrs. Harrison, of 59, Pall
Mall, who will supply a single copy for 1_d._, or 12 for 9_d._, or 100
for 5_s._

MACMILLAN AND CO., LONDON.

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