SELECTED CAUTIONARY VERSES
H Belloc
Paperback
(Puffin Story Books, Feb. 26, 1950)
These verses need no introduction, they stand alone among the living classics. Those who already know them will surely give a warm welcome to this edition, so convenient for the pocket: while newcomers are recommended to try their sense of humour on "Henry King who chewed bits of string, and was early cut off in Dreadful Agonies", or "Godolphin Horne, who was cursed with the Sin of Pride, and Became a Boot-Black". Included are selections from "A Bad Child's Book of Beasts", "More Beasts for Worse Children", "Cautionary Tales for Children", "New Cautionary Tales", and "More Peers, Ladies and Gentlemen".