Additionally, in the pages of this book you will find many unusual things, including, but not limited to:
an angry peacock in a cage
an arm that becomes transparent
an army of children made from mud
a cloud of bats made from diamonds
some beautiful but vain assassins
various blasphemous gods
a blue glint moving like a will-o’-the-wisp
several books of spells
piles of books used for firewood
a box that makes whatever is put within it appear somewhere else instead
a boy so bright that distant observers take him for the sun
a boy spun on a loom
the burglary of a palace
the burglary of a town house
many carcasses of butchered animals left to rot
a child who is all limbs and nothing else
a child who is made into a ghost
a child with the face of a dog
a child, blind in one eye, whose sight is partially returned
a number of children, beaten
children that are made into nothing but a spine and a head
children that come unbidden from nowhere
children who drink only wine
a chimney with a devil’s head on the top
cities with odd names
some clay figures animated by blood sacrifice
combustible feathers
a corpse that becomes two corpses
a corridor suitable only for a child
a country bounded by white cliffs to its south
a creature that is transformed from itself into a rat
creatures that are born directly from the muck
creatures that live only for a moment, and then fall to pieces
a crew of sailors, all with Irish names
a dance that is supposed to make a disease lessen
a demon interred alive in the centre of the Earth
a dog that can commune mystically, but who cannot speak
a dog that can speak, but who cannot commune mystically
electricity of a sort that can perform magic feats
an endlessly extensible ladder
engines with a mysterious purpose
an entirely black ship
some enormous lizards
boxes of entomological specimens
the extortion with menaces of a pharmacist
a fallen patriarch
a family of elephants, unfamiliarly labelled
a fanged king made from shadows and gold
hordes of feathered monsters, made of fire
a festering wound
a fireproof glove
swarms of flies that are born out of muck
flocking firebirds swooping over the sea
fluences
some friendly fish
a gentlemen’s club in a sewer
any number of ghosts
a giant fish around which a ship has been constructed
a girl with feathers for hair
a glass sphere big enough to comfortably house a captive
God’s dead body
God’s eye, removed from its socket
a golden pyramid
a handkerchief the size of a tablecloth
a harem of female dogs
hexes
a house called ‘The Spire’
a huge empty chamber at the heart of a city
inanimate objects that are transformed into living versions of themselves
incantations that act to perform magic
two inheritances of great significance
an insect with the face of a monkey
a species of insect that makes the sun its home
an instrument that makes a person speak regardless of their unwillingness to do so
invisible wires that can kill by slicing
magical jewellery worn inside the chambers of a boy’s heart
a knife held to a man’s eye
Latin mottos
litter-bearers in the Roman style
an exhibit of little, spiked pigs
a locket with a boy in it
a locket with a man’s finger in it
delicious lollipops that come from nowhere
machines that manufacture gold
various magical knives
a magical axe
a magical bow
a magical corsage in the colours of the flag of France
a man who can move so quickly that people can’t see him do it
a man who loves horses, but not children
a man who smells of rancid butter
a man with a very large nose
a man who is assumed to be a ‘noncer’
a marble run
a married pair of mechanical mice
a masquerade ball
men who can smell the difference between a man and a woman at a distance
men whose jobs are also their names
men with gills, but no eyes
men with the heads of cows
a mirror that reflects magical spells
a mirror that shows one’s friends and accomplices over a distance
a mosaic that comes to life
the murder of a colleague
the murder of an enemy
the murder of surpassingly rare animals
pouches of narcotic tobacco
unnamed neurasthenic aristocrats
some ornate doors
an otherworldly demon, hell-bent on destruction
poisoned bullets
very many portraits of the famous dead
the possession of a person’s body by the soul of another person (twice)
possible ‘flap-lappers’
possible ‘rod-rubbers’
a post-cognitive toy theatre
some powder that renders a thing invisible
a princess in disguise
much profligate destruction and violence against property
rams’-head amulets with magical properties
a rats’ nest in the pelvis of a corpse
revolutionary justice
a road forged from glass
the robbery of a haberdasher
many sacrificed children
a single sacrificed old man
volumes of sand turned into glass
a scroll with a contract written on it
sea fret
sea that boils away so that the seabed is revealed
a secret door
a shaven-headed girl
sigils, icons and glyphs having historical and magical significance
silverfish made from electricity
a smoke signal
snakes with the heads of men
spells performed with collected tears
spells with names
a statue of a goat-headed god
statues that are half of a column and half of a woman with the head of a goat
a striped cat of impressive size
a suit of armour that could fit a child
a sword hidden within a cane
a talking book that can also write and draw by itself
the teleportation of an object
a telescope
a tented city
theft from a warehouse
toys of enormous sophistication
a tube that projects a killing light
a tube with an eye on the end
tubes made of glass
unbreakable chains
a union of laundresses
unusual costumes and uniforms of various periods and professions
vats in which boys are changed from one thing into another
vats made of glass
violence against a haberdasher
violence against a pharmacist
violence against the clientele of a brothel
a wall of impressive size and strength
a war between magicians
weapons with names
a white stag who is also a sort of god
a witch-woman
a wolf pack that is also a sort of god
a woman with spines for hair
worms that live in the lungs
worms that live outside of the lungs, and which are of unusual size
a zoo filled with screaming exhibits