Child with your clear, innocent forehead, looking at me with anxious and dreamy eyes, if times were to change now and I left your side, if the paths of our lives were to separate somewhere, a wide smile will always greet the beautiful fairy tale that begins again.

With these lines, 'Through the Looking-Glass' and 'What Alice Found There' begins, which is the continuation of 'Alice in Wonderland.' This book, like the first volume of Alice, is the perfect creation of a logically-minded and mathematical brain, adapted to the innocent and pure enjoyment of the child’s soul, and was accidentally extracted, one might say, from its creator.

In 'Alice', Lewis Carroll utilizes his special knowledge to its full extent, surpasses any of his weaknesses, and creates something unique, a triumph of art and language, and perhaps the most popular children's book in the world.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]