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"The enduring appeal of the writer Hilaire Belloc’s ‘Cautionary Tales for Children’ defies explanation. – The New Yorker Designed by the renowned Hillaire Belloc for the admonition of children (between the ages of eight and fourteen years), Cautionary Tales for Children is a masterpiece of satirical poems that will make adults and children alike laugh till they cry. Including, ‘Jim: Who ran away from his Nurse, and was eaten by a Lion, and Matilda: Who told Lies, and was Burned to Death, and all beautifully illustrated by Hillaire’s friend and confidant Lord Basil Temple Blackwood, these hilarious tales of warning written for the belligerent ears of Victorian England’s young still stand as funny today as they did back then. Carefully and beautifully remastered for the modern reader, this edition contains: Hillaire Belloc’s original and unabridged 1907 masterpiece, ‘Cautionary Tales for Children’ All the original illustrations by Lord Basil Temple Blackwood A whimsical and poetical biography of the author written as a homage