The title poem, seven cantos in mock-medieval spelling, has a bachelor come home on a winter night to find a shy, sneezing little ghost in his study, who explains the five rules by which phantoms must haunt. The collection adds parodies and comic pieces, among them Hiawatha’s Photographing, a send-up of Longfellow’s The Song of Hiawatha, along with A Sea Dirge and The Three Voices.
Carroll’s verse at its most absurd, a delight for anyone who loves Jabberwocky and the nonsense of Wonderland. Download the free EPUB.