CAUTIONARY TALES FOR CHILDREN
Written by Hilaire Belloc
Illustrated by B.T.B.
Published by Duckworth
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Front cover
Contents
- Upon Being Asked By A Reader Whether the Verses Contained In This Book Were True
- 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