Cautionary Tales & Bad Child's Book of Beasts

by Belloc, Hilaire

• ISBN13: 9780486467856
• ISBN10: 0486467856
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-19
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

Adored by generations of readers of all ages, these classics feature witty stories, rhyming couplets, and hilarious drawings.Cautionary Talesrelates the miserable but funny! fates that befall naughty children.The Bad Child's Book of Beastspresents an illustrated A-to-Z bestiary with droll observations on wildlife.

Author Biography

A close friend of G. K. Chesterton's, Hilaire Belloc was a prolific author whose works include biography, essays, travelogues, and verse.

Table of Contents

Cautionary Tales for Children

Introduction

Jim, Who ran away from his Nurse, and was eaten by a Lion

Henry King, Who chewed bits of String, and was early cut off in Dreadful Agonies

Matilda, Who told Lies, and was Burned to Death

Franklin Hyde, Who caroused in the Dirt and was corrected by his Uncle

Godolphin Horne, Who was cursed with the Sin of Pride, and Became a Boot-Black

Algernon, Who played with a Loaded Gun, and, on missing his Sister, was reprimanded by his Father

Hildebrand, Who was frightened by a Passing Motor, and was brought to Reason

Lord Lundy, Who was too Freely Moved to Tears, and thereby ruined his Political Career

Lord Lundy (Second Canto)

Rebecca, Who slammed Doors for Fun and Perished Miserably

George, Who played with a Dangerous Toy, and suffered a Catastrophe of considerable Dimensions

Charles Augustus Fortescue, Who always Did what was Right, and so accumulated an Immense Fortune

The Bad Child's Book of Beasts

Introduction

The Yak

The Polar Bear

The Lion

The Tiger

The Dromedary

The Whale

The Camel

The Hippopotamus

The Dodo

The Marmozet

The Camelopard

The Learned Fish

The Elephant

The Big Baboon

The Rhinoceros

The Frog