Tottles

"'Never!' yelled Tottles". Illustration by Harry Furniss (1854–1925) for Beyond these Voices, Chapter 16 of Sylvie and Bruno Concluded (1893).[1]


Tottles was a character in a poem from Lewis Carroll's novel Sylvie and Bruno Concluded (1893), the second volume following on from Sylvie and Bruno (1889).[2] The poem What Tottles Meant is recited in Chapter 13.[3] The poem recounts how the newlywed Mr. Tottles is impoverished by trying to keep up with his mother-in-law's expectations. His name echoes the Victorian slang tottle, a facetious mispronunciation of total, meaning a bill from a restaurant or tradesman.

Tottles the Bear, with a name derived from the Lewis Carroll character, is a fictional bear who features in children's stories.[4] He was originated by Humphry Bowen.[5] He has a girlfriend called Tutu[5] and a best friend called Tuttles.[6]

A book by Gina Hughes entitled Tommy Tottlebears Days Before Christmas was published in 2000.[7]

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References

  1. ^ Furniss, Harry (1893). "'Never!' yelled Tottles". Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. p. 248.
  2. ^ Carroll, Lewis (1893). "Chapter 13: What Tottles Meant". Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. Macmillan and Co.
  3. ^ Carroll, Lewis (1893). "Chapter XIII: What Tottles Meant". Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. Macmillan and Co. pp. 194–211.
  4. ^ Bowen, Jonathan. "The Adventures of Tottles the Bear". Archived from the original on June 23, 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  5. ^ a b Name Meaning, Tutu, Animal Crossing—Wiki on Neoseeker.
  6. ^ Help Rescue A.G. Bear!, Bedtime-Story.
  7. ^ Hughes, Gina (2000). Tommy Tottlebears Days Before Christmas. Vantage Press. ISBN 978-0533131730.
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