Which magazine serialized Lewis Carroll's A Tangled Tale?

Lewis Carroll’s *A Tangled Tale* was serialized in *The Monthly Packet*.

The magazine published the stories in installments from April 1880 through March 1885. Carroll presented each episode as a “Knot,” combining comic narrative with mathematical problems in arithmetic, algebra, geometry, or logic. The format allowed readers to encounter the puzzles gradually and then compare their solutions with Carroll’s later discussions.

*A Tangled Tale* was subsequently collected in book form, with illustrations by Arthur B. Frost. The magazine’s identity is easy to mix up with other Victorian periodicals associated with Carroll, including *Punch*, *The Train*, and *Blackwood’s Magazine*. Those publications are connected with other parts of Carroll’s literary career, but *The Monthly Packet* is the periodical that carried this particular mathematical-fiction series. The magazine was especially associated with children’s literature, making it a fitting venue for Carroll’s playful blend of storytelling and problem-solving.