Typically deadpan, previously unpublished scenes of Victorian
ladies, gents, and children decorate seven of Belloc's savage
little ditties, including "Henry King, Who Chewed Bits Of String,
And Was Early Cut Off In Dreadful Agonies," "Jim, Who Ran Away From
His Nurse, And Was Eaten By A Lion," and the ever-popular "Matilda,
Who Told Lies, And Was Burned To Death." Stretching the stories
across several pages of illustration (as many as 12 in some cases)
allows the full effect of Gorey's macabre wit to sink in and the
timing for a reappearance of Belloc's irreverent warnings couldn't
be more perfect. Gorey gets credit for "re-discovering" these early
20th-century verses, but they have appeared previously in several
collections or single editions. Still, his gothic sensibility made
him the perfect illustrator for them, and Lemony Snicket fans will
undoubtedly swoon with delight. (Poetry. 9-11) (Kirkus Reviews)
These classic tales of Awful Warnings about the consequences of Bad
Behaviour are among the best of comic verse ever written for
children. 'Designed for the Admonition of children between the ages
of eight and fourteen years', they were first published in 1907;
though such eccentricity as Henry King's chewing string may no
longer be a common misdemeanour, the humour is perennial and
continues to entertained generations of children and their parents.
This edition includes New Cautionary Tales, first published in
1930, and illustrated by Nicholas Bentley, who replaced as
collaborator the poet's friend Lord Basil Blackwood (B. T. B. )
after his death in World War I.
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