Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a.
a Lewis Carroll , invented a special writing instrument he called the Nyctograph on 24 September 1891, in frustration at the process of getting out of bed at 2 a.
in a winter night, lighting a candle, and recording some happy thought which would probably be otherwise forgotten.
This edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is written entirely in the author's unique night-time alphabet.