Alice's Adventures Under-Ground Author:Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures Under-Ground was a handwritten book that Carroll wrote for private use before being urged to develop it later into Alice in Wonderland. It was generously illustrated by Carrol and meant to entertain his family and friends. When a sick child in a hospital enjoyed it so much, the mother wrote him saying it had distracted her... more » for a bit from her pain and led eventually to Carroll expanding the story.« less