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  • MR. BELLOC STILL OBJECTS TO MR. WELL'S
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    MR. BELLOC STILL OBJECTS TO MR. WELL'S "OUTLINE OF HISTORY"
    HILAIRE BELLOC
    Excerpt: "Mr. H. G. WELLS brought out some time ago an Outline of History, the object of which was to deny the Christian religion. I examined this production for the benefit of my co-religionists in the columns of certain Catholic papers. I did full justice to Mr. Wells's talents as a writer, but I exposed his ill acquaintance with modern work on Biology, with early Christian w...

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  • MARIE ANTOINETTE
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    MARIE ANTOINETTE
    HILAIRE BELLOC
    Marie Antoinette is a biography written by Hilaire Belloc that focuses on the life of the French queen, Marie Antoinette. The book provides an in-depth look at the queen's upbringing, political career, and personal life, including her marriage to King Louis XVI, the French Revolution, and her eventual execution by guillotine. The author uses a variety of historical sources to p...

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  • THIS AND THAT AND THE OTHER
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    THIS AND THAT AND THE OTHER
    HILAIRE BELLOC
    "This and That and the Other" by Hilaire Belloc is a fascinating anthology that brings together a collection of essays revealing Belloc's wit and insightful observations. Published in 1912, this anthology showcases his talent for engaging across a multitude of topics, from historical reconstructions and abstract musings to personal stories and satirical critiques. Each essay in...

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  • VERSES
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    VERSES
    HILAIRE BELLOC
    Excerpt: "A poet may write pleasingly about mountains, and cyclones, and battles, and the love of woman, but if he is at all timid about the verdict of posterity he should avoid the theme of childhood as he would avoid the plague. For only great poets can write about childhood poems worthy to be printed. Hilaire Belloc has written poems about children, and they are worthy to be...

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  • ON
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    ON
    HILAIRE BELLOC
    Excerpt: "Mumbo-Jumbo is that department in the ruling of men which is made of dead, false, apparatus; unreasonable; contemptible to the free; unworthy of authority—and Mumbo-Jumbo is the most necessary ingredient in all government. All government is by persuasion. Odd it is that so many do not yet see this! Perhaps not so odd after all; for words trick the mind, and the words ...

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  • THE MODERN TRAVELLER
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    THE MODERN TRAVELLER
    HILAIRE BELLOC
    "The Modern Traveller" by Hilaire Belloc is a captivating anthology that brings together a collection of witty and satirical tales, with the centerpiece being the titular story, "The Modern Traveller." This humorous poem captures the escapades of the fictional explorer, Commander Sin, as he navigates the challenges and absurdities of 19th-century British colonialism. Readers wi...

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  • ON ANYTHING
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    ON ANYTHING
    HILAIRE BELLOC
    "On Anything" by Hilaire Belloc is an enthralling anthology that brings together a series of essays showcasing the author's sharp intellect and wit. Originally published in 1910, this collection, including the titular essay "On Anything," invites readers into Belloc's world of varied observations and reflections. Each essay unravels a tapestry of thoughts ranging from the metap...

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  • A CHANGE IN THE CABINET
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    A CHANGE IN THE CABINET
    HILAIRE BELLOC
    Sir—or to speak more correctly, the Right Honourable Sir T. Charles Repton, Bart., M.V.O., O.M., Warden of the Court of Dowry, a man past middle age but in the height of industry, sat at breakfast in his house: a large house overlooking Hyde Park from the North, close to the corner of the Edgware Road, and therefore removed by at least a hundred yards from the graphic represent...

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  • THE PATH TO ROME
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    THE PATH TO ROME
    HILAIRE BELLOC
    Considered by Belloc himself, and by most critics, his greatest work, this classic book is the delightful story of the pilgrimage Belloc made on foot to Rome in order to fulfil a vow he had made to "...see all Europe which the Christian Faith has saved..." In his Life of Hilaire Belloc, Robert Speaight states: "More than any other book he ever wrote, The Path to Rome made Bello...

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  • ON SOMETHING
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    ON SOMETHING
    HILAIRE BELLOC
    "On Something" by Hilaire Belloc is a captivating anthology that invites readers into a world rich with drama, humor, and social commentary. In the story "The Crisis," Belloc immerses readers into the nuanced life of the Haverton family within a vicarage, skillfully depicted through blank verse. This tale challenges the norms of early 20th-century British theater, focusing on t...

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  • THE MERCY OF ALLAH
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    THE MERCY OF ALLAH
    HILAIRE BELLOC
    First published in 1922, The Mercy of Allah describes the civilization of the Arabs through the extraordinary tales a wealthy grandfather relates to his beloved grandchildren. These richly textured stories show how this prosperous Arab deceived his own countrymen to gain great fortunes, while also demonstrating the richness of Arab culture through the ages. The cultural standar...

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  • ON NOTHING & KINDRED SUBJECTS
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    ON NOTHING & KINDRED SUBJECTS
    HILAIRE BELLOC
    Excerpt: "It was incredible to him that a Sentient Being who perpetually accumulated experience, who grew riper and riper, more and more full of such knowledge as was native to himself and complementary to his nature, should at the very crisis of his success in all things intellectual and emotional, cease suddenly." ...

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  • CAUTIONARY TALES FOR CHILDREN
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    CAUTIONARY TALES FOR CHILDREN
    HILAIRE BELLOC
    For readers of any age, a witty and strikingly irreverent collection of moral guidance Most notable among prolific English satirist Hilaire Belloc's writings are the sharp and clever admonishments he composed for children. Collected here and illustrated to wonderful haunting effect by Edward Gorey, these short, funny pieces offer moral instruction for all types of mischief make...

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  • THE TWO MAPS OF EUROPE AND SOME ASPECTS OF THE GREAT WAR
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    THE TWO MAPS OF EUROPE AND SOME ASPECTS OF THE GREAT WAR
    HILAIRE BELLOC
    Excerpt: "The six chapters of this little book discuss and explain six separate and most important phases of the present war. Every effort has been made to deal with the headings selected as comprehensively and as simply as possible, and it is hoped that, in this convenient form, the handbook will be welcomed by those who wish to follow the campaign with understanding. The vari...

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  • MORE BEASTS (FOR WORSE CHILDREN)
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    MORE BEASTS (FOR WORSE CHILDREN)
    HILAIRE BELLOC
    In "More Beasts (For Worse Children)" by Hilaire Belloc, readers are invited into a whimsical world through the playful anthology "MORE BEASTS FOR WORSE CHILDREN." Published by Duckworth and Co., this delightful collection of poetry captivates with its charming absurdity and nonsense verses. Each poem offers a unique glimpse into the amusing world of animals, making it a perfec...

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  • THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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    THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
    HILAIRE BELLOC
    The French Revolution (1911), by Hilaire Belloc, is a comparatively short commentary on the great revolutionary experiment between the parliamentary quarrels of 1789 to the execution of Robespierre in 1794. Though the author does not attempt to present a full chronology of events, dwelling mainly on underlying ideas, the individual personalities of the main historical actor and...

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  • A MORAL ALPHABET
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    A MORAL ALPHABET
    HILAIRE BELLOC
    Excerpt: "G stands for Gnu, whose weapons of Defence Are long, sharp, curling Horns, and Common-sense. To these he adds a Name so short and strong, That even Hardy Boers pronounce it wrong.How often on a bright Autumnal day The Pious people of Pretoria say, "Come, let us hunt the——" Then no more is heard But Sounds of Strong Men struggling with a word. Meanwhile, the distant Gn...

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  • EUROPE AND THE FAITH
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    EUROPE AND THE FAITH
    HILAIRE BELLOC
    In this book, pivotal to all his historical insights, Belloc answers the question: What made Europe? He shows it was not the barbarians nor the Protestant Reformation, but the Catholic Faith that made Europe (and the worldwide civilisation produced by Europe). Protestantism gravely wounded this our civilisation, and only the Catholic Faith can rejuvenate it. It must return to t...

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  • FIRST AND LAST
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    FIRST AND LAST
    HILAIRE BELLOC
    Excerpt: "One day I met a man who was sitting quite silent near Whitney, in the Thames Valley, in a very large, long, low inn that stands in those parts, or at least stood then, for whether it stands now or not depends upon the Fussyites, whose business it is to Fuss, and in their Fussing to disturb mankind." ...

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  • THE BAD CHILD'S BOOK OF BEASTS
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    THE BAD CHILD'S BOOK OF BEASTS
    HILAIRE BELLOC
    The Bad Child's Book of Beasts is an 1896 children's book written by Hilaire Belloc. Illustrated by Basil Temple Blackwood, the superficially naive verses give tongue-in-cheek advice to children. In the book, the animals tend to be sage-like, and the humans dull and self-satisfied. Within the first three months of its publication, The Bad Child's Book of Beasts sold 4,000 copie...

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  • THE JEWS
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    THE JEWS
    HILAIRE BELLOC
    A practically unknown book about a people that have been written about forever. Appreciate the tough rhetoric about both sides: 1- how Europeans are giant cucks, and 2) how Jews have zero respect for the lands they inhabit. Books as written before Nazi Germany so there's no mention of the holocaust. The same grievances that the Nazi's had in the 30s were present for decades pri...

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