1960年代Clarkson Potter曾經出版了風靡一時的《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》附註版，包含了由數學家Martin Gardner附註的版本，Martin Gardner由數學和幾何的角度，為原作者Lewis Carroll埋在書中，奇特的邏輯與數學，鏡像和迷宮的奇趣，做了深刻的註腳。這個版本也是許多《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》讀者，最推崇喜好的珍本。在1990年代，包含《愛麗絲鏡中奇緣》的章節，更完整的Martin Gardner註本出版時，也引起了一陣轟動。
Martin Gardner的註本有一個特點，就是他除了數學與邏輯的延伸解謎，俗語成語的解釋也很充分，而且是為了一般讀者的閱讀趣味而寫，不需要先擔負太多的學究包袱，讀者能夠更輕易地瞭解Lewis Carroll作品的趣味。
這個精裝版本，長寬約26乘以23公分，兼具珍藏與閱讀的方便，還包含了John Tenniel的經典插圖。是入門或進階讀者都應該擁有的《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》善本。
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.
作者簡介
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll, was a man of diverse interests -- in mathematics, logic, photgraphy, art, theater, religion, medicine, and science. He was happiest in the company of children for whom he created puzzles, clever games, and charming letters.
As all Carroll admirers know, his book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), became an immediate success and has since been translated into more than eighty languages. The equally popular sequel Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, was published in 1872.
The Alice books are but one example of his wide ranging authorship. The Hunting of the Snark, a classic nonsense epic (1876) and Euclid and His Modern Rivals, a rare example of humorous work concerning mathematics, still entice and intrigue today's students. Sylvie and Bruno, published toward the end of his life contains startling ideas including an 1889 description of weightlessness.
The humor, sparkling wit and genius of this Victorian Englishman have lasted for more than a century. His books are among the most quoted works in the English language, and his influence
(with that of his illustrator, Sir John Tenniel) can be seen everywhere, from the world of advertising to that of atomic physics.
