Cautionary Tales & Bad Child's Book of Beasts

Adored by generations of readers of all ages, these classics feature witty stories, rhyming couplets, and hilarious drawings.Cautionary Talesrelates the miserable but funny! fates that befall naughty children.The Bad Child's Book of Beastspresents an illustrated A-to-Z bestiary with droll observations on wildlife.

A close friend of G. K. Chesterton's, Hilaire Belloc was a prolific author whose works include biography, essays, travelogues, and verse.

Cautionary Tales for ChildrenIntroductionJim, Who ran away from his Nurse, and was eaten by a LionHenry King, Who chewed bits of String, and was early cut off in Dreadful AgoniesMatilda, Who told Lies, and was Burned to DeathFranklin Hyde, Who caroused in the Dirt and was corrected by his UncleGodolphin Horne, Who was cursed with the Sin of Pride, and Became a Boot-BlackAlgernon, Who played with a Loaded Gun, and, on missing his Sister, was reprimanded by his FatherHildebrand, Who was frightened by a Passing Motor, and was brought to ReasonLord Lundy, Who was too Freely Moved to Tears, and thereby ruined his Political CareerLord Lundy (Second Canto)Rebecca, Who slammed Doors for Fun and Perished MiserablyGeorge, Who played with a Dangerous Toy, and suffered a Catastrophe of considerable DimensionsCharles Augustus Fortescue, Who always Did what was Right, and so accumulated an Immense FortuneThe Bad Child's Book of BeastsIntroductionThe YakThe Polar BearThe LionThe TigerThe DromedaryThe WhaleThe CamelThe HippopotamusThe DodoThe MarmozetThe CamelopardThe Learned FishThe ElephantThe Big BaboonThe RhinocerosThe Frog