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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ...of the wise mother-in-law, or the fried chicken of the baker's aunt? W. Q. He has neither (ni I'un ni Vautre); he has the boiled owl of the house-keeper's nephew and the roast pork of the son-in-law's uncle." "You don't put fire and spirit enough into the lines," said the Red Queen when they were done. "That French quotation is so beautiful if you say it right." "It's as much as I can do to pronounce the words at all," replied the White Queen, meekly. Just then they seemed to become suddenly aware of Alice's presence, and the Red Queen said, "And so you've been listening here all this time, have you? Well, what do you think of us?" Alice had found it exceedingly difficult to keep from laughing aloud during the rehearsal. She said now, as soberly as possible, "Why, it sounds very much like Fasquelle's French Grammar, I think." The two Queens looked at each other, evidently very much impressed. "I told you it was something quite out of the common," said the Red Queen. "One of the White Bishops said it reminded him of Shakespeare. And that's a very fine part, too," she continued, "where the bishop himself comes in, and says, --'Why has the small monkey stolen the pickles of the kind blacksmith?'" "Does it go on like that all the way?" asked Alice, turning her head away, and feeling that she certainly must contrive to change the subject at once. "What's the matter?" asked the Red Queen, looking at her suspiciously. "Are you choking?" "I was rather afraid I might choke," answered Alice; and seeing that her only safety was in talking about the first thing that came into her head, she said, "I suppose if the Red King is going to come int...