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[–]GoetzKluge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It might have been overlooked for more than 140 years that "The Barrister's Dream" in "The Hunting of the Snark" could be a reference to an attempt to put Benjamin Jowett on trial for heresy: https://snrk.de/benjamin-jowett.

But even more important: As for Henry Holiday's illustration (engraved by Joseph Swain) to the 8th "fit", Carroll's tragicomedy ends with the burning of Thomas Cranmer. And the Baker's 42 boxes might be a reference to Thomas Cranmer's Forty-Two Articles: https://snrk.de/knight-letter-100.