Highlights humorous accounts of the consequences of bad behavior and general misconduct, including the tales of Jim, "who ran away from his nurse and was eaten by a lion," and Matilda, "who told lies and was burned to death.".
Reviews
PRAISE FOR EDWARD GOREY "Invaluable to Gorey-ites."--"The New York Review of Books" "A marvelously entertaining volume . . . I came down on these pages like a wolf on the flock, and devoured them in an afternoon."--"The Washington Post Book World" "A master of a genre of graphic storytelling and a brilliant draftsman."--"The New York Times Book Review" "A man of enormous erudition . . . An artist and writer of genius."--"The New Yorker" "An American original . . . One of this century's foremost eccentric geniuses."--"Print Magazine"
