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out of the magazine, and was started by those 

 who contributed to it. 



The Train, which " ran " for two and a half 

 years — to June, 1858 — was edited by Edmund 

 Yates, and contributed to by many who became 

 members of the Savage Club, but Yates never 

 belonged to the club, and Tegetmeier never 

 contributed to the Train. As one of its rules was 

 that every contributor should sign his articles, 

 and as Teg's name does not appear once in the 

 five half-yearly volumes, I am justified in saying 

 this. He was, however, much interested in it, 

 and highly prized the five old-fashioned blue 

 cloth-bound volumes up to within a few years 

 of his death, when he confided them to my care. 

 On looking through these venerable precursors of 

 the modern popular monthly magazine, I came 

 across a list in my father-in-law's writing of the 

 contributions to the magazine by " Lewis Carroll." 

 As Tegetmeier was an admirer of Dodgson, and 

 possessed well-worn copies of the first editions 

 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through 

 the Looking Glass, I believe he had intended to 

 write an article on the early work of this since 

 popular writer, who was first introduced to the 

 public by the Train. 



At one of the places marked I found to my 

 surprise what is evidently the original version 

 of the song " The Aged, Aged Man " in Through 

 the Looking Glass. In the Train the poem is 



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