Biography for Beginners

by Edmund Clerihew Bentley, G. K. Chesterton (Illustrator)

Overview

The Art of Biography
Is different from Geography.
Geography is about Maps,
But Biography is about Chaps.
With these rhyming lines, English novelist and humorist Edmund Clerihew Bentley introduces this book and an unusual form of verse of his own invention. Bentley's four-line poems, known as "clerihews," offer satirical views of historical figures, from Edward the Confessor and Odo of Bayeux to Sir Walter Raleigh, Jane Austen, Karl Marx, Theodore Roosevelt, and many others. The witty verses are accompanied by the book's outstanding feature: whimsical full-page illustrations by G. K. Chesterton.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486780566
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	04/16/2014
Series:	Dover Books on Literature & Drama
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

English novelist and humorist Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875–1956) invented clerihews, four-line biographical poems that cast an absurdist light on famous figures. He is the author of the Dover detective novel Trent's Last Case, which is widely regarded as the first modern mystery.
Widely known as the "Prince of Paradox," G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) ranks among the most influential English writers and thinkers of the 20th century. Chesterton's prodigious talents embraced a wide range of subjects, from philosophy and religion to detective fiction, fantasy, and whimsical illustration.

Table of Contents

Preface to the New Edition 1

Introductory Remarks 4

Sir Christopher Wren 6

Miguel de Cervantes 8

George Bernard Shaw 10

Sir Humphrey Davy 12

J. S. Mill 14

François Liszt 16

Lord Clive 18

King Edward the Confessor 20

The Rev. John Clifford, M.A., LL.B., D.D 22

Messrs. Chapman & Hal 24

Karl Marx 26

Otto the Great 28

Marconi 30

David Hume 32

Mr. H. Belloc 34

Job 36

Pizarro 38

The Duke of Fife, K.T., P.C, G.C.V.O 40

The Duke of Wellington 42

John Bunyan 44

George Hirst 46

Erasmus and the Humanists 48

Besant and Rice 50

Tiziano Vecelli 52

Professor James Dewar, F.R.S 54

Sir Walter Raleigh 56

Jane Austen 58

Odo of Bayeux 60

David Ricardo 62

Sir Thomas à Mallory 64

Mr. Alfred Beit 66

Cimabue 68

President Roosevelt 70

Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford 72

Sir Alexander Fuller Acland-Hood, M.R 74

Mahomet 76

Edvard Grieg 78

Jan Van Eyck 80

Mr. T. Werner Laurie 82

Index of Psychology 85