Table of Contents

Foreword Peter F. Neumeyer xi

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction 3

The Gilded Bat and The Lavender Leotard 9

The Lost Lions 15

The Gashlycrumb Tinies 23

The Awdrey-Gore Legacy 27

The Eclectic Abecedarium 33

The Beastly Baby 37

E. D. Ward, A Mercurial Bear 45

The Loathsome Couple 51

The Tunnel Calamity 57

The Stupid Joke 61

The Glorious Nosebleed 69

The Pious Infant 73

Jack the Giant-Killer 77

Rumpelstiltskin 83

The Iron Tonic 87

The Curious Sofa 93

The Floating Elephant/The Dancing Rock 103

The Hapless Child 107

The Jumblies and The Dong with a Luminous Nose 113

The Object Lesson 123

Le Mélange Funeste and The Dripping Faucet 129

Dracula: a Toy Theatre 135

Afterword 145

Notes 147

Selected Bibliography 153

Index 155