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). The poem What Tottles Meant is recited in Chapter 13. 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. He was originated by Humphry Bowen. He has a girlfriend called Tutu and a best friend called Tuttles.
A book by Gina Hughes entitled Tommy Tottlebears Days Before Christmas was published in 2000.
See also
- Tootles, one of the lost boys in Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie (1904)
References
- Furniss, Harry (1893). "'Never!' yelled Tottles". Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. p. 248.
- Carroll, Lewis (1893). "Chapter 13: What Tottles Meant". Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. Macmillan and Co.
- Carroll, Lewis (1893). "Chapter XIII: What Tottles Meant". Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. Macmillan and Co. pp. 194–211.
- Bowen, Jonathan. "The Adventures of Tottles the Bear". Archived from the original on June 23, 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ Name Meaning, Tutu, Animal Crossing—Wiki on Neoseeker.
- Help Rescue A.G. Bear!, Bedtime-Story.
- Hughes, Gina (2000). Tommy Tottlebears Days Before Christmas. Vantage Press. ISBN 978-0533131730.
External links
- Chapter 13: What Tottles Meant
- Full text from Archive.org
- Carroll, Lewis (1893). Sylvie and Bruno Concluded (PDF). Macmillan and Co.
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