The culmination of a lifetime of scholarship, The Annotated Alice is a landmark event in the rich history of Lewis Carroll and cause to celebrate the remarkable career of Martin Gardner. For over half a century, Martin Gardner has established himself as one of the worlds leading authorities on Lewis Carroll. His Annotated Alice, first published in 1960, has over half a million copies in print around the world and is highly sought after by families and scholars alike--for it was Gardner who first decoded the wordplay and the many mathematical riddles that lie embedded in Carrolls two classic stories: Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Forty years after this groundbreaking publication, Norton is proud to publish the Definitive Edition of The Annotated Alice, a work that combines the notes of Gardners 1960 edition with his 1990 update, More Annotated Alice, as well as additional new discoveries and updates drawn from Gardners encyclopedic knowledge of the texts. Illustrated with John Tenniels classic and beloved art--along with many recently discovered Tenniel pencil sketches--The Annotated Alice will be Gardners most beautiful and enduring tribute to Carrolls masterpieces yet. Celebrating his eighty-fifth birthday in the fall of 1999, the redoubtable Gardner has been called by Douglas Hofstadter one of the great intellects produced in this country in this century. With The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition, we have this remarkable scholars crowning achievement.