Cautionary Tales for Children

by H. Belloc, Henry Vacher-burch (Illustrator)

Overview

CAUTIONARY TALES FOR CHILDREN.
with over 80 Illustrations

Verses by H. BELLOC,
Pictures by B. T. B.,

Authors of the " Bad Child's Book of Beasts."

The Morning Post says "From beginning to end the book is one delicious bit of fun; there is humor even in the disposition of the type. And, last, a word on B. T. B.'s drawings. They are things of real delight, as comic and inconsequential as the lines they illustrate."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798823154680
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	11/16/2022
Pages:	42
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.09(d)

About the Author

Hilaire Belloc (27 July 1870 – 16 July 1953) was a Franco-English writer and historian of the early twentieth
century. Belloc was also an orator, poet, sailor, satirist, writer of letters, soldier, and political activist.

Belloc became a naturalised British subject in 1902 while retaining his French citizenship. While attending Oxford, he served as President of the Oxford Union. From 1906 to 1910, he served as one of the few openly
Catholic members of the British Parliament.

Belloc was a noted disputant, with a number of long-running feuds. He was also a close friend and collaborator of G. K. Chesterton; George Bernard Shaw, a friend and frequent debate opponent of both Belloc and Chesterton, dubbed the pair the "Chesterbelloc."

Belloc's writings encompassed religious poetry and comic verse for children. His widely sold "Cautionary Tales for Children" included "Jim, who ran away from his nurse, and was eaten by a lion" and "Matilda, who told lies and was burned to death". He wrote historical biographies and numerous travel works, including "The Path to Rome" (1902).