Hilaire Belloc
(1870 - 1953)
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. He was known as a writer, orator, poet, sailor, satirist, man of letters, soldier and political activist. He is most notable for his Catholic faith, which had a strong impact on his works, and his writing collaboration with G. K. Chesterton.
His most lasting legacy is probably his verse, which encompasses cautionary tales and religious poetry. Among his best-remembered poems are “Jim, who ran away from his nurse, and was eaten by a lion” and “Matilda, who told lies and was burnt to death.”
Bibliography
The Bad Child’s Book of Beasts: Verses (1896)
A collection of humorous verses by the English master in the tradition of Struwwelpeter.
Read online at archive.org.
Cautionary Tales for Children: Verses (1907)
A fourth collection of humorous verses by the English master in the tradition of Struwwelpeter.
Read online at archive.org.
A Century of Humour (1935)
A collection of humorous pieces from the last (nineteenth) and early twentieth centuries.
Read online at archive.org.
E. F. Benson
G. K. Chesterton
Charles Dickens
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Stephen Leacock
E. V. Lucas
A. A. Milne
William Makepeace Thackeray
Oscar Wilde
P. G. Wodehouse
Et al
Hilarie Belloc’s Cautionary Verses (1931)
The complete collection of humorous verses by the English master.
Basil T. Blackwood
Matilda Who Told Lies and Was Burned to Death (1970)
Matilda comes to a bad end.
A Moral Alphabet (In Words of from One to Seven Syllables) (1899)
A third collection of humorous verses by the English master in the tradition of Struwwelpeter.
Read online at archive.org.
More Beasts (for Worse Children): Verses (1897)
A second collection of humorous verses by the English master in the tradition of Struwwelpeter.
Read online at archive.org.
New Cautionary Tales for Children: Verses (1930)
The fifth collection of humorous verses by the English master in the tradition of Struwwelpeter.
Time for a Story (2000)
A collection of thirty picture books, or selections from same. Includes Paintbox People by Nicola Bayley.
Read online at archive.org.
Hilaire Belloc
Colin McNaughton
Various
Emma Chichester Clark
Colin McNaughton
Charlotte Voake
The Yak, the Python and the Frog (1975)
Some little-known facts are revealed that will be useful for those thinking of choosing an exotic pet.