Cautionary Tales for Children
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| Author | Hilaire Belloc |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Basil Temple Blackwood |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's literature |
| Publisher | Eveleigh Nash |
Publication date | 1907 |
| Followed by | New Cautionary Tales: Verses, Duckworth, 1930. |
Cautionary Tales for Children: Designed for the Admonition of Children between the ages of eight and fourteen years is a 1907
cautionary tales that were popular in the 19th century.[1] The work is in the public domain
in the United States.
Illustrated by Belloc's friend from Oxford
rhyming couplets
.
- "Introduction: Upon being asked by a Reader whether the verses contained in this book were true."
- "Jim: Who ran away from his Nurse, and was eaten by a Lion."
- "Henry King: Who chewed bits of string, and was early cut off in Dreadful agonies."
- "Matilda: Who told Lies, and was Burned to Death."
- "Franklin Hyde: Who caroused in the Dirt and was corrected by His Uncle."
- "Godolphin Horne: Who was cursed with the Sin of Pride, and, Became a Boot-black."
- "Algernon: Who played with a Loaded Gun, and, on missing his Sister, was reprimanded by his Father."
- "Hildebrand: Who was frightened by a Passing Motor, and was brought to reason."
- "Lord Lundy: Who was too Freely Moved to Tears, and thereby ruined his Political Career."
- "Rebecca: Who Slammed Doors For Fun And Perished Miserably."
- "George: Who played with a Dangerous Toy, and suffered a Catastrophe of considerable Dimensions."
- "Charles Augustus Fortescue: Who Always Did what was Right, and so Accumulated an Immense Fortune."
Four of the Cautionary Tales were set to music by Liza Lehmann in 1909;[2] the famous contralto Clara Butt sang the piece in a successful tour of Britain in the same year.[3]
The Bab Ballads of WS Gilbert and Cautionary Verses of Hilaire Belloc', in 1959, on: Caedmon TC-1104. The 'Ballads' were read by Stanley Holloway; and the 'Tales', by Joyce Grenfell
.
The British actor Stephen Fry recorded a selection of the verses as an audiobook in 1992,[4] and the American artist Edward Gorey created 61 new illustrations for the book, which were published posthumously in 2002.[5] Pink Floyd writer and singer Syd Barrett used the book as the basis for the song "Matilda Mother" from the 1967 album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.[6]
See also
External links
References
Wikisource has original text related to this article:
- ^ The Oxford Companion to English Literature
- ^ Worldcat: Four cautionary tales and a moral: set for two voices, solos and duets
- ^ Old Thunder: a life of Hilaire Belloc,
Joseph Pearce, Harper Collins Publishers 2001, ISBN 0-89870-942-3(p.121)
- ^ The Book Depository: Cautionary Verses (Audio cassette)
- ^ Goreyography: A review of Hilaire Belloc's Cautionary Tales for Children by Glen Emil
- ^ "Syd Barrett Pink Floyd". Archived from the original on 2014-01-28. Retrieved 2014-11-03.