The (almost really) Complete Works of Lewis Carroll

This supplement is paged continuosly with ‘Euclid and his Modern Rivals,’ to suit the convenience of those who possess the volume. For those who do not possess it, it my be well to explain that the speakers are ‘Minos’ (a University examiner who has been commissioned by the ghost of Euclid to criticize the works of his Modern Rivals), and ‘Herr Niemand’ (a ghostly German Professor who appears as counsel for the authors criticized). Thirteen such books have been already discussed, namely, Legendre—the American writers, Chauvenet, Loomis, and Pierce—the English writers, Cooley, Cuthbertson, Morell, Reynolds, Willock, Wilson, and Wright—and the Syllabus put forth by ‘The Association for the Improvement of Geometrical Teaching,’ together with Wilson’s book founded on that Syllabus; so that M. Henrici fills the rôle of that popular functionary, dear to Parisian diners, ‘le quatorzième.’