Caroline Lewis is a pen-name, that of the team of Edward Harold Begbie, J. Stafford Ransome, and M. H. Temple, who wrote both "Clara in Wonderland" and a sequel, "Lost in Wonderland." These two novels deal with British frustration and anger about the Boer War and with Britain's political leadership at the beginning of the twentieth century. -- But this book is not a stuffy study in early twentieth-century British politics -- it is a splendid parody, amusing as much for what it parodies as for its reflection of Lewis Carroll's originals, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the...

Caroline Lewis is a pen-name, that of the team of Edward Harold Begbie, J. Stafford Ransome, and M. H. Temple, who wrote two novels dealing with British frustration and anger about the Boer War and with Britain's political leadership at the beginning of the twentieth century. "Clara in Blunderland" details the adventures of Arthur Balfour while being groomed to become Prime Minister -- "Lost in Blunderland"'s Clara is Balfour once he got the job. But you don't need to be an expert in early twentieth-century British politics to enjoy either book -- the story's parody of Lewis Carroll's...

Bathsheba, the sassy, clever cat who always accompanies Miss Switch everyplace she goes (Miss Switch being the witch who also doubles as an enormously popular fifth-and sixth-grade teacher at Pepperdine Elementary School) now goes on an adventure of her own. In "MISS SWITCH AND THE VILE VILLAINS" Bathsheba sees that the Cowardly Lion in the land of Oz is almost in tears over the loss of his best friend, the Hungry Tiger. Can Bathsheba do something about this? On her own? It would mean flying a broomstick. "ALONE " Has any cat in the world flown a broomstick alone? Can she actually do it?