Eligible Apartments

1885
Lewis Carroll
Eligible Apartments
C

This puzzle story was originally published in a magazine before it was published in book form.  It contains two puzzles, the second of which "The Lodgings," I've never understood, even with Carroll's explanation, so F+ for that.  The other, "The Dinner Party," is more fun as it involves drawing family trees.  If you want to try it yourself, here it is in a nutshell:  "The Governor of Kgovjni wants to give a very small dinner party, and invites his father's brother-in-law, his brother's father-in-law, his father-in-law's brother, and his brother-in-law's father. Find the number of guests."  The correct answer is one, but you have to work out how.  I'd give that puzzle a B.  And a C+ for the story itself, since the funniest thing in it is a mother-in-law joke.  This averages out to a C.

And if you want to see Carroll's answer, this is one site that has it:  http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/tangled-tale-knot2-answer.html