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CAUTIONARY TALES AND OTHER VERSES

Written by Hilaire Belloc
Illustrated by Posy Simmonds
Published by Folio Society in 1997

CAUTIONARY TALES AND OTHER VERSES
Written by Hilaire Belloc. Illustrated by Posy Simmonds.
Stock no. 1208923
1st thus. 1997. Hardback. Nearly fine condition.

Olive green, yellow & red pictorial cloth. Colour & b/w illustrations. Yellow endpapers. 160 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with some light shelf-scuffing.

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Front cover

Cover of CAUTIONARY TALES AND OTHER VERSES by Hilaire Belloc

Contents

  • CAUTIONARY TALES FOR CHILDREN (1907)
  • Introduction
  • Jim
  • Henry King
  • Matilda
  • Franklin Hyde
  • Godolphin Horne
  • Algernon
  • Hildebrand
  • Lord Lundy
  • Rebecca
  • George
  • Charles Augustus Fortescue
  • NEW CAUTIONARY TALES (1930)
  • A Reproof of Gluttony
  • Maria
  • Sarah Byng
  • Jack and His Pony, Tom
  • Tom and His Pony, Jack
  • About John
  • Peter Goole
  • Aunt Jane
  • On Food
  • THE BAD CHILD'S BOOK OF BEASTS (1896)
  • Introduction
  • The Yak
  • The Polar Bear
  • The Lion
  • The Tiger
  • The Dromedary
  • The Whale
  • The Hippopotamus
  • The Dodo
  • The Marmozet
  • The Camelopard
  • he Learned Fish
  • The Elephant
  • The Big Baboon
  • The Rhinoceros
  • The Frog
  • MORE BEASTS FOR WORSE CHILDREN (1897)
  • Introduction
  • The Python
  • The Welsh Mutton
  • The Porcupine
  • The Scorpion
  • The Crocodile
  • The Vulture
  • The Bison
  • The Viper
  • The Llama
  • The Chamois
  • The Frozen Mammoth
  • The Microbe
  • MORE PEERS (1911)
  • Edward, first Earl of ROEHAMPTON in the County of Surrey, deceased
  • Archibald, Fifteenth Baron CALVIN of Peebles in North Britain
  • Henry de la Tour Albert St John Chase, commonly known as LORD HENRY CHASE
  • Thomas, second Baron HEYGATE of Bayswater in the County of London
  • Percy, first EARL OF EPSOM in the County of Surrey
  • Arthur Weekes, commonly known as LORD FINCHLEY Eldest Son and Heir of Charles, first Baron Hendon
  • Ali-Baba, first (and last) Baron ALI-BABA of Salonika
  • George Punter, commonly known as LORD HIPPO, Eldest Son and Heir of Peter, sixth Earl of Potamus
  • Baron UNCLE TOM of Maarfontein in the Britains Overseas
  • Christopher, sixth Baron CANTON
  • Alchibiades, third baron ABBOTT of Brackley in Southamptonshire
  • William, eighth EARLY LUCKY, subsequently Fifth Duke of Bradford
  • A MORAL ALPHABET (1899)
  • LADIES AND GENTLEMAN (1932)
  • The Garden Party
  • William Shand
  • The Three Races
  • Obiter Dicta
  • The Statesman
  • The Author
  • The Example
  • THE MODERN TRAVELLER (1898)