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Title: Through the Looking-Glass
Author: Lewis Carroll
Release date: June 25, 2008 [eBook #12]
Most recently updated: November 21, 2025
Language: English
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THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS
And What Alice Found There
By Lewis Carroll
The Millennium Fulcrum Edition 1.7
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
(_As arranged before commencement of game._)
WHITE RED.
PIECES. PAWNS. PAWNS. PIECES.
Tweedledee. Daisy. Daisy. Humpty Dumpty.
Unicorn. Haigha. Messenger. Carpenter.
Sheep. Oyster. Oyster. Walrus.
W. Queen. "Lily." Tiger-lily. R. Queen.
W. King. Fawn. Rose. R. King.
Aged man. Oyster. Oyster. Crow.
W. Knight. Hatta. Frog. R. Knight.
Tweedledum. Daisy. Daisy. Lion.
_RED._
[Illustration: chessboard]
_WHITE._
White Pawn (Alice) to play, and win in eleven moves.
1. Alice meets R. Q.
1. R. Q. to K. R.'s 4th
2…