What was the original title of the handwritten manuscript that became 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'?

The original title of the handwritten manuscript was Alice's Adventures Under Ground. Lewis Carroll wrote and illustrated this shorter version after telling the story to Alice Liddell and her sisters during a boating trip on 4 July 1862.

Carroll presented the completed manuscript to Alice Liddell in 1864 as a Christmas gift, describing it as a keepsake of a summer's day. It contained his own drawings and was substantially shorter than the book eventually published. When Carroll decided to prepare the story for print, he expanded the narrative, added new episodes, and asked the professional illustrator John Tenniel to create a new set of pictures.

The printed Alice's Adventures in Wonderland appeared in 1865 and is about twice the length of the manuscript. Some of Wonderland's best-known scenes, including the Mad Hatter's tea party, do not appear in the original Under Ground version. The unique surviving manuscript is held by the British Library, while facsimile editions have allowed readers to examine Carroll's handwriting and illustrations.