The Book Trunk

fairy tale

  • There’s More to AA Milne than Pooh and Piglet!

    I read this on my Kindle, courtesy ofProject Gutenberg, and have no ‘real’book, so here is a frontispiece from anedition illustrated by  Charles Robinson,whose work I love.  King Merriwig of Euralia sat at breakfast on his castle walls. He lifted the gold cover from the gold dish in… Continue reading

  • Lady Into Fox

    Some of the books I’ve read this year do seem to be rather odd – and David Garnett’s Lady Into Fox is the most peculiar of all. Basically, it tells the story of Mr Tebrick and his wife Silvia, who… Continue reading