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More Beasts
More Beasts (For Worse Children) by Hilaire Belloc
12 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1897
About the author
Hilaire Belloc
672 books431 followersJoseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc, French-born British writer, is considered a master of light English prose and also widely known for his droll verse, especially
The Bad Child's Book of Beasts
in 1896.
The sharp wit of Belloc, an historian, poet, and orator, extended across a large literary output and strong political and religious convictions. Throughout his career, he prolifically wrote across a range of genres and produced histories, essays, travelogues, poetry, and satirical works.
Cautionary Tales for Children collects humorous yet dark morals, and the historical works of Hilaire Belloc often reflected his staunch Catholicism and critique of Protestant interpretations. He led advocates of an economic theory that promoted and championed distribution of small-scale property ownership as a middle ground between capitalism and socialism, alongside Gilbert Keith Chesterton, his close friend.
In politics, Hilaire Belloc served as a member of Parliament for the Liberal party, but the establishment disillusioned him. His polemical style and strong opinions made him a controversial figure, who particularly viewed modernism, secularism, and financial capitalism as threats to traditional Christian society in his critiques.
The sharp wit of Belloc, an historian, poet, and orator, extended across a large literary output and strong political and religious convictions. Throughout his career, he prolifically wrote across a range of genres and produced histories, essays, travelogues, poetry, and satirical works.
Cautionary Tales for Children collects humorous yet dark morals, and the historical works of Hilaire Belloc often reflected his staunch Catholicism and critique of Protestant interpretations. He led advocates of an economic theory that promoted and championed distribution of small-scale property ownership as a middle ground between capitalism and socialism, alongside Gilbert Keith Chesterton, his close friend.
In politics, Hilaire Belloc served as a member of Parliament for the Liberal party, but the establishment disillusioned him. His polemical style and strong opinions made him a controversial figure, who particularly viewed modernism, secularism, and financial capitalism as threats to traditional Christian society in his critiques.
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July 2, 2022
More wonderfully comic verse. Read the one about Vultures for a good example.
December 18, 2015
Found this book in my boyfriend collection. Was going to give it to his nephew, along with other books, for Christmas, but after I read this book I figured it must stay in our collection. The copyright date is 1966, a hard back cover with red trim, black lettering and a strange beast below the author's name.
This is one of those odd books that I realized would never be published today. The content is odd and the rhyme isn't very good for modern examples. It's more of the 19th century style that's why it's so different. The illustrations are simple and old fashioned of its time period. There are two to three areas that express abuse toward animals is 'bad type of lesson', but early on there is an illustration that expresses an adult with a wipe ready to strike the child.
This book was fine for its day, but not for modern readers. My mother had mentioned this book a year ago saying, "I wish I read 'More Beats for Worse Children' to you. It would have straightened you out."...uh...yeah right. This book wouldn't have even done anything for my brother. I just laugh as this book now, however, it is a classical piece of work that must be kept in our household library if not for nostalgia, but as a nice addition to the collection of old books.
This is one of those odd books that I realized would never be published today. The content is odd and the rhyme isn't very good for modern examples. It's more of the 19th century style that's why it's so different. The illustrations are simple and old fashioned of its time period. There are two to three areas that express abuse toward animals is 'bad type of lesson', but early on there is an illustration that expresses an adult with a wipe ready to strike the child.
This book was fine for its day, but not for modern readers. My mother had mentioned this book a year ago saying, "I wish I read 'More Beats for Worse Children' to you. It would have straightened you out."...uh...yeah right. This book wouldn't have even done anything for my brother. I just laugh as this book now, however, it is a classical piece of work that must be kept in our household library if not for nostalgia, but as a nice addition to the collection of old books.
April 11, 2019
More beasts from Belloc, though not only the children are worse this time around, the verse is too. This was my favourite:
The Vulture eats between his meals,
And that's the reason why
He very, very rarely feels
As well as you and I.
His eye is dull, his head is bald,
His neck is growing thinner.
Oh! what a lesson for us all
To only eat at dinner!
The Vulture eats between his meals,
And that's the reason why
He very, very rarely feels
As well as you and I.
His eye is dull, his head is bald,
His neck is growing thinner.
Oh! what a lesson for us all
To only eat at dinner!
March 16, 2025
🖊 Who needs Theodore Geisel, a.k.a. "Dr. Seuss" when there is Hilaire Belloc!? This was fun and oh! so worthy of my time. Not only does Belloc clevery rhyme, but he also produces morals to each poem. This is the sequel to his The Bad Child's Book of Beasts (1896). Yes, I believe Belloc rates so much better than Dr. Suess Theodore Geisel, a.k.a. "Dr. Seuss"
📕Published — 1896.
🎨Illustrated only in the Project Gutenberg version.
જ⁀🍋 Read on Project Gutenberg.
જ⁀🍇 Kindle. (not illustrated)
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📕Published — 1896.
🎨Illustrated only in the Project Gutenberg version.
જ⁀🍋 Read on Project Gutenberg.
જ⁀🍇 Kindle. (not illustrated)
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July 5, 2017
I think Nash is as far back as I can go without feeling offended at some of the day-to-day habits of people.
January 18, 2019
It was so random and unnessecary and those words describe the reason I read it. What The!?!
February 2, 2023
Belloc's children’s books have an acerbic humor that will appeal to bored veterans of political correctness, especially teens. (More Beasts for Worse Children reads like a ruder, funnier Dr. Seuss, according to my daughter).... Read the full review at https://catholicreads.com/2019/03/16/...
October 27, 2016
I like strange things, therefore I like this book.
November 9, 2015
That was interesting.
Good sense of rhyme and rhythm, though.
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Good sense of rhyme and rhythm, though.
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