All in the golden afternoon... last name: Liddell. It thrice mentions the word little and plays off the fact that the pronunciation of both was quite similar. This poem depicts the story of how, during the summer of 1862 and in the company of the three Liddell sisters and one Reverend Robinson Duckworth, Lewis Carroll composed "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". It is from the first-hand accounts of those summer days that the background for this poem becomes clearer. Alice Pleasance Liddell was age 10 at the time that Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) first breathed life into Wonderland. Alice and her two sisters spent much
Campbell Dodgson the War Office; his 1918 CBE was a recognition of this work (DNB, 1941-50 : 216). He was the editor, in the 1920s, of "The Print Collector’s Quarterly". He was also a contributor to the "Burlington Magazine" and to the Dictionary of National Biography. Dodgson married Frances Catherine Spooner, daughter of William Archibald Spooner (Warden of New College and the eponymous author of 'Spoonerisms'), in 1913 (DNB, 1941-50 : 216). Dodgson gave generously to the British Museum during his Keepership, but at the same time amassed a very large collection of over 5,000 prints which he bequeathed to the Museum.