Feeding the Mind (Unabridged Edition)

Eight or Nine Wise Words About Letter-Writing and Feeding the Mind are peopled with Korenesque creatures in all their charm and whimsy. One of them balances on stilts that are really fountain pens, another is a heart that winds like a clock . Still another illustration depicts a deli where the order of the day is books—and the nutrition chart lists fiction as having 11 grams of fat, memoirs, 22.

Unlike Alice's Adventure in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, these two works of Carroll's had never been illustrated, so Koren was free to chart new territory. Even so, "there's a huge tradition to uphold in terms of Lewis Carroll's own illustrations as well as those of John Tenniel, Harry Furniss, Henry Holiday and A.B. Frost," says Koren. Sir John Tenniel is probably the best known illustrator of Carroll, as his hand created the pictures of Alice and all the creatures of her Wonderland.