"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass" were critically and commercially successful in Carroll's lifetime; more than 150,000 copies of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and 100,000 copies of "Through the Looking-Glass" had been printed by 1898. Victorian readers generally enjoyed the "Alice" books as light-hearted entertainment that omitted the stiff morals which other books for children frequently included. In its review of the first "Alice" book, "The Spectator" described Alice as a "a charming little girl, [...] with a delicious style of conversation," while "The Publishers Circular" lauded her as "a simple, loving child." Several reviewers thought that Tenniel's illustrations added to the book, with