Name: CAUTIONARY TALES FOR CHILDREN
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CAUTIONARY TALES FOR CHILDREN

by Hilaire Belloc

Illustrated by B.T.B.

Published by Duckworth. Circa. 1918

Very good condition. Designed for the Admonition of Children between the ages of eight and fourteen years. Beige paper boards, red titles and black illustration to front. B/w illustrations. 79 pages.

Boards grubby, stained and foxed, top & tail of spine worn, small piece of surface paper loss to front vertical edge. Couple of small discolouration marks from pencil erasure to front endpaper. Browning to some gutters and endpapers. Contents generally clean.

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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

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