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Cautionary Tales by Hilaire Belloc
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
First published in 1907 and in print ever since, Hilaire Belloc's Cautionary Tales for Children is a deliciously witty parody of the terribly serious moral tales for children, which were popular in Victorian times. Terrifying and funny at the same time, and with a true sense of the absurd, Belloc brings ...Show more
Cautionary Tales and Bad Child's Book of Beasts by Hilaire Belloc
Category: Picture Books | Series: Dover Children's Classics Ser.
Cautionary Tales for Children by Hilaire Belloc
Category: Classics
Highlights humorous accounts of the consequences of bad behavior and general misconduct, including the tales of Jim, "who ran away from his nurse and was eaten by a lion," and Matilda, "who told lies and was burned to death.".
Cautionary Tales for Children by Hilaire Belloc
Category: Children's Classics
For readers of any age, a witty and strikingly irreverent collection of moral guidance Most notable among prolific English satirist Hilaire Belloc's writings are the sharp and clever admonishments he composed for children. Collected here and illustrated to wonderful haunting effect by Edward Gorey, thes ...Show more
Cautionary Tales for Children by Hilaire Belloc
Category: Children's Classics
Cautionary Tales for Children By Hilaire Belloc First published in the year 1907, Hilaire Belloc's present book 'Cautionary Tales for Children' consists of fully illustrated short stories written primarily for young children. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic ...Show more
Cautionary Verses by Hilaire Belloc
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: Everyman's Library Children's Classics
This series offers a superb collection of th e world''s greatest children''s books and their classic illust rations in handsome, full cloth hardcover editions. '
Cautionary Verses by Hilaire Belloc
Category: Classics
The Chief Defect of Henry King Was chewing little bits of String. At last he swallowed some which tied Itself in ugly Knots inside ...A much-loved classic for children and adults alike since its first publication in 1939, this collection of poems is a truly unforgettable book of moral instruction. Take ...Show more
Jim: A Cautionary Tale (PB) by Hilaire Belloc
Category: Picture Books
Award-winning illustrator Mini Grey turns her inimitable hand to Hilaire Belloc's classic cautionary tale of Jim: who ran away from his Nurse and was eaten by a Lion! First published in 1907, Belloc's wickedly funny poem describing the sad end of Jim is fabulously illustrated in a magical picture book e ...Show more
The Path to Rome by Hilaire Belloc
Category: Travel Literature
Considered by Belloc himself, and by most critics, his greatest work, this classic book is the delightful story of the pilgrimage Belloc made on foot to Rome in order to fulfil a vow he had made to "...see all Europe which the Christian Faith has saved..." In his Life of Hilaire Belloc, Robert Speaight ...Show more
The Path to Rome by Hilaire Belloc; Charles A Coulombe (Foreword by)
Category: History
The Path to Rome is so much more than a travelogue. Legendary writer Hilaire Belloc speaks of his walk from Southern France to Rome, while using it as the basis for telling the history of Europe, an exploration of the English language, and the journey to Christ and His Church.The Path to Rome is not onl ...Show more