This book contains all the investigations and adventures of the world's most popular detective. Follow the illustrious career of this quintessential British hero from his university days to his final case. His efforts to uncover the truth take him all over the world and into conflict with all manner of devious criminals.

Everything that Lewis Carroll ever published in book form appears in this volume. In addition, at least ten of the shorter pieces have never appeared in print except in their original editions. Included are: "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" "Through the Looking-Glass" "Sylvie and Bruno" "Sylvie and Bruno Concluded" "The Hunting of the Snark" &all of the poetry, essays, phantasmagoria along with a substantial collection of the miscellaneous writings

'The Kelmscott Chaucer' is the most memorable edition of the complete works of the first great English poet. Next to 'The Gutenberg Bible', it is considered the outstanding typographic achievement of all time.

This book brings together a collection of some of the finest tales in the classical English children's storytelling tradition. It is illustrated with contemporary line drawings from the golden age of book illustration.