First Published In 1907 And In Print Ever Since, Hilaire Bellocs Cautionary Tales For Children Is A Deliciously Witty Parody Of The Terribly Serious Moral Tales For Children, Which Were Popular In Victorian Times.terrifying And Funny At The Same Time, And With A True Sense Of The Absurd, Belloc Brings Us The Renowned 'jim, Who Ran Away From His Nurse, And Was Eaten By A Lion' And Unfortunate 'rebecca, Who Slammed Doors For Fun And Perished Miserably'.as Well As These Stories And Many More, This Edition Includes A Selection Of Mischievous Poems From The Bad Childs Book Of Beasts And More Beasts For Worse Children. This Volume Includes The Original Illustrations By Basil Temple Blackwood, Known As B.t.b.