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Poem of the Day: ‘George, Who Played With a Dangerous Toy’ 

Hilaire Belloc’s tale is among his clever inversions of a particular Victorian genre of texts given to children.

Hilaire Belloc, center, with Shaw, left, and Chesterton, right, in 1927.
Hilaire Belloc, center, with Shaw, left, and Chesterton, right, in 1927. Via Wikimedia Commons
EDITED BY JOSEPH BOTTUM

EDITED BY JOSEPH BOTTUM

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