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    Cautionary Tales for Children
    Cautionary Tales for Children
    Cautionary Tales for Children
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    Cautionary Tales for Children

    By Hilaire Belloc

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    "Cautionary Tales for Children" by Hilaire Belloc. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateNov 19, 2019
    ISBN4057664133229
    Cautionary Tales for Children
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    Hilaire Belloc

    Hilaire Belloc was born in France in 1870. As a child, he moved with his mother and siblings to England. As a French citizen, he did his military service in France before going to Oxford University, where he was president of the Union debating society. He took British citizenship in 1902 and was a member of parliament for several years. A prolific and versatile writer of over 150 books, he is best remembered for his comic and light verse. But he also wrote extensively about politics, history, nature and contemporary society. Famously adversarial, he is remembered for his long-running feud with H. G. Wells. He died in in Surrey, England, in 1953.

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      Book preview

      Cautionary Tales for Children - Hilaire Belloc

      Hilaire Belloc

      Cautionary Tales for Children

      Published by Good Press, 2022

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4057664133229

      Table of Contents

      INTRODUCTION

      Jim,

      Henry King,

      Matilda,

      Franklin Hyde,

      MORAL

      Godolphin Horne,

      Algernon,

      Hildebrand,

      Lord Lundy,

      Lord Lundy

      Rebecca,

      George,

      MORAL

      Charles Augustus Fortescue,

      DEDICATED

      TO

      BOBBY, JOHNNY, AND EDDIE

      SOMERSET

      Table of Contents

      INTRODUCTION

      Table of Contents

      Upon being asked by a Reader whether the verses contained in this book were true.

      And is it True? It is not True.

      And if it were it wouldn’t do,

      For people such as me and you

      Who pretty nearly all day long

      Are doing something rather wrong.

      Because if things were really so,

      You would have perished long ago,

      And I would not have lived to write

      The noble lines that meet your sight,

      Nor B. T. B. survived to draw

      The nicest things you ever

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