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I am trying to find out the name of a book (young reader) that has the quote "ships and seals and sailing wax" I read this in the 1950's and the quote has always stuck with me. I could have been in a copy of a Dr. Dolittle series.

 

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June 25 3:12 PM (55 minutes and 7 seconds later)
         
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Could the quote read: Of shoes and ships and sailing wax...

This comes from The Walrus And The Carpenter
a poem published in "Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll.


"'The time has come,' The Walrus said, 'to talk of many things; Of shoes and ships and sailing wax, Of cabbages and kings, And why the sea is boiling hot- And whether pigs have wings!'" -Lewis Caroll

There is also a book called: Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax by Ethel Glere Chamberlain

Hugh Lofting's The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle, may have contained the quote but I could not find it in my copy.

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Reply to Christy Hammond's Post: I am going to accept the answer. However, I am curious as to why they sent it to you, a health researcher, as opposed to some literature person?
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It was accidentally sent to health experts, but I had information on the question so I picked it up, then confirmed it with my sister, who has an advanced degree in English Education.

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