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Hilaire Belloc's Collection
Hilaire Belloc's Collection
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This book contain collection of 69 Short Stories:
1. Introduction
2. The Yak
3. The Polar Bear
4. The Lion
5. The Tiger
6. The Dromedary
7. The Whale
8. The Camel
9. The Hippopotamus
10. The Dodo
11. The Marmozet
12. The Camelopard
13. The Learned Fish
14. The Elephant
15. The Big Baboon
16. The Rhinoceros
17. The Frog
18. Introduction
19. The Python
20. The Welsh Mutton
21. The Porcupine
22. The Scorpion
23. The Crocodile
24. The Vulture
25. The Bison
26. The Viper
27. The Llama
28. The Chamois
29. The Frozen Mammoth
30. The Microbe
31. A for Archibald
32. B for Bear
33. C for Cobra
34. D for Dreadful
35. E for Egg
36. F for Family
37. G for Gnu
38. H for Horseman
39. I for Indian
40. J for James
41. K for Klondyke
42. L for Lady
43. M for Millionaire
44. N for Ned
45. O for Oxford
46. P for Pig
47. Q for Quinine
48. R for Reviewer
49. S for Snail
50. T for Tourist
51. U for Upas Tree
52. V for Volunteer
53. W for Waterbeetle
54. X for Nothing Important
55. Y for Youth
56. Z for Zebu
57. Introduction
58. Jim
59. Henry King
60. Matilda
61. Franklin Hyde
62. Godolphin Horne
63. Algernon
64. Hildebrand
65. Lord Lundy
66. Lord Lundy (cont.)
67. Rebecca
68. George
69. Charles Augustus Fortescue
About the Author:
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was an Anglo-French writer and historian who became a naturalised British subject in 1902. He was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. He was known as a writer, orator, poet, satirist, man of letters and political activist. He is most notable for his Catholic faith, which had a strong impact on most of his works and his writing collaboration with G. K. Chesterton. He was President of the Oxford Union and later MP for Salford from 1906 to 1910. He was a noted disputant, with a number of long-running feuds, but also widely regarded as a humane and sympathetic man.
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.
Cautionary Tales for Children; humorous poems with an implausible moral, beautifully illustrated by Basil Temple Blackwood (signing as "B.T.B.") and later by Edward Gorey, are the most widely known of his writings. Supposedly for children, they, like Lewis Carroll's works, are more to adult and satirical tastes: Henry King, Who chewed bits of string and was early cut off in dreadful agonies. A similar poem tells the story of Rebecca, who slammed doors for fun and perished miserably.
1. Introduction
2. The Yak
3. The Polar Bear
4. The Lion
5. The Tiger
6. The Dromedary
7. The Whale
8. The Camel
9. The Hippopotamus
10. The Dodo
11. The Marmozet
12. The Camelopard
13. The Learned Fish
14. The Elephant
15. The Big Baboon
16. The Rhinoceros
17. The Frog
18. Introduction
19. The Python
20. The Welsh Mutton
21. The Porcupine
22. The Scorpion
23. The Crocodile
24. The Vulture
25. The Bison
26. The Viper
27. The Llama
28. The Chamois
29. The Frozen Mammoth
30. The Microbe
31. A for Archibald
32. B for Bear
33. C for Cobra
34. D for Dreadful
35. E for Egg
36. F for Family
37. G for Gnu
38. H for Horseman
39. I for Indian
40. J for James
41. K for Klondyke
42. L for Lady
43. M for Millionaire
44. N for Ned
45. O for Oxford
46. P for Pig
47. Q for Quinine
48. R for Reviewer
49. S for Snail
50. T for Tourist
51. U for Upas Tree
52. V for Volunteer
53. W for Waterbeetle
54. X for Nothing Important
55. Y for Youth
56. Z for Zebu
57. Introduction
58. Jim
59. Henry King
60. Matilda
61. Franklin Hyde
62. Godolphin Horne
63. Algernon
64. Hildebrand
65. Lord Lundy
66. Lord Lundy (cont.)
67. Rebecca
68. George
69. Charles Augustus Fortescue
About the Author:
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was an Anglo-French writer and historian who became a naturalised British subject in 1902. He was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. He was known as a writer, orator, poet, satirist, man of letters and political activist. He is most notable for his Catholic faith, which had a strong impact on most of his works and his writing collaboration with G. K. Chesterton. He was President of the Oxford Union and later MP for Salford from 1906 to 1910. He was a noted disputant, with a number of long-running feuds, but also widely regarded as a humane and sympathetic man.
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.
Cautionary Tales for Children; humorous poems with an implausible moral, beautifully illustrated by Basil Temple Blackwood (signing as "B.T.B.") and later by Edward Gorey, are the most widely known of his writings. Supposedly for children, they, like Lewis Carroll's works, are more to adult and satirical tastes: Henry King, Who chewed bits of string and was early cut off in dreadful agonies. A similar poem tells the story of Rebecca, who slammed doors for fun and perished miserably.
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