(c) Edward Gorey, retrieved from archive.org . To imporove readability, keep the text moving up and down within the pictures.

Mr C(lavius) F(rederick) Earbrass is, of
course, the well-known novelist. Of his books,
"A Moral Dustbin", "More Chains Than Clank",
"Was it Likely?", and the Hipdeep trilogy are,
perhaps, the most admired. Mr Earbrass is
seen on the croquet lawn of his home,
Hobbies Odd, near Collapsed Pudding in
Mortshire. He is studying a game left
unfinished at the end of summer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On November 18th ...

... biscuit on the plate.

On November 18th of alternate years
Mr Earbrass begins writing ‘his new novel’.
Weeks ago he chose its title at random from
a list of them he keeps in a little green
note book. It being tea-time of the 17th,
he is alarmed not to have thought of a plot
to which The Unstrung Harp might apply,
but his mind will keep reverting to the
last biscuit on the plate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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