-LSB- In preparation . * * * * * N.B. . In selling the above-mentioned books to the Trade , Messrs. Macmillan and Co. will abate 2_d . in the shilling -LRB- no odd copies -RRB- , and allow 5 per cent . discount for payment within six months , and 10 per cent . for cash . In selling them to the Public -LRB- for cash only -RRB- they will allow 10 per cent . discount . * * * * * MR. LEWIS CARROLL , having been requested to allow `` AN EASTER GREETING '' -LRB- a leaflet , addressed to children , first published in 1876 , and frequently given with his books -RRB- 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 . CHAPTER I. Looking-Glass house One thing was certain , that the WHITE kitten had had nothing to do with it : -- it was the black kitten 's fault entirely . For the white kitten had been having its face washed by the old cat for the last quarter of an hour -LRB- and bearing it pretty well , considering -RRB- ; so you see that it COULD N'T have had any hand in the mischief . The way Dinah washed her children 's faces was this : first she held the poor thing down by its ear with one paw , and then with the other paw she rubbed its face all over , the wrong way , beginning at the nose : and just now , as I said , she was hard at work on the white kitten , which was lying quite still and trying to purr -- no doubt feeling that it was all meant for its good . But the black kitten had been finished with earlier in the afternoon , and so , while Alice was sitting curled up in a corner of the great arm-chair , half talking to herself and half asleep , the kitten had been having a grand game of romps with the ball of worsted Alice had been trying to wind up , and had been rolling it up and down till it had all come undone again ; and there it was , spread over the hearth-rug , all knots and tangles , with the kitten running after its own tail in the middle . ` Oh , you wicked little thing ! ' cried Alice , catching up the kitten , and giving it a little kiss to make it understand that it was in disgrace . ` Really , Dinah ought to have taught you better manners ! You OUGHT , Dinah , you know you ought ! ' she added , looking reproachfully at the old cat , and speaking in as cross a voice as she could manage -- and then she scrambled back into the arm-chair , taking the kitten and the worsted with her , and began winding up the ball again .
But she did n't get on very fast , as she was talking all the time , sometimes to the XXXXX , and sometimes to herself .
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