A RIDDLE

Name: A Riddle - A Riddle
Author: Lewis Carroll

(To Miss Gaynor Simpson.)

MY first lends his aid when I plunge into trade:

My second in jollifications:

My whole, laid on thinnish, imparts a neat finish

To pictorial representations.

Answer: Copal.

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Chicago: Lewis Carroll, A Riddle Original Sources, accessed November 3, 2026, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7TGHDXB15FU9KY2.

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