style with style

I grew up with The Elements of Style, but I guarantee my copy was nowhere near this gorgeous. Maybe it's time for a new one. I might need to get it for the illustrations alone.

These illustrations are by Maira Kalman, who also has a gorgeous and super-fantastic illustrated blog for The New York Times.  Her last blog for them, called The Principles of Uncertainty, is now a book, too–and I want it for my birthday (if you'd like to send me a gift). She does a lot of New Yorker covers, of course and