From the original flyleaf:

"Of Especial Interest to lovers of Alice

Mr. Hugh Schonfield, a young London author, delving in a box outside a bookseller's, found a bound volume of numbers of an old magazine. He paid two shillings for it.

In the volume Mr. Schonfield discovered poems - forgotten for about 75 years - composed by Lewis Carroll, and the only short story that the famous author of "Alice in Wonderland" is known to have written.

Mr. Schonfield, who has now published his discoveries in book form under the title of

FOR THE TRAIN

So successful has this little volume proved, that the publishers have decided to bring it out in a new popular edition, so as to bring it within the reach of all lovers of Lewis Carroll."

This Edition

This book has long been out of print and the Hugh & Helene Schonfield World Service Trust has now brought this new edition to publication as part as the Trust's obligation to ensure the works of Hugh Schonfield remain available to the public.

We hope this book will bring pleasure to the reader.