This is a chronological bibliography of books (with a few pamphlets) and a general bibliography of articles by the author Hilaire Belloc. His books of verse went through many different editions, and are not comprehensively covered.
To 1909 Verses and Sonnets, poems (London: Ward and Downey, 1896).The Project Gutenberg eBook of Verses and Sonnets, gutenberg.org. Retrieved 19 February 2024. The Bad Child's Book of Beasts (The Camelot Press Limited, 1896) poems, Basil Temple Blackwood (B.T.B.) illustrator More Beasts for Worse Children (1897) poems, B. T. B. illustrator The Modern Traveller (1898) poems, B. T. B. illustrator Danton: A Study (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899)Danton : a study by Hilaire Belloc, archive.org. Retrieved 19 February 2024. Paris, Its Sites, Monuments and History with Maria Hornor Lansdale (Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company, 1898)Paris, its Sites, Monuments and History, worldcat.org. Retrieved 19 February 2024. A Moral Alphabet (1899) poems, B. T. B. illustrator Paris (1900) Lambkin's Remains (1900) Robespierre (London: Nisbet, 1901)Robespierre : a study, worldcat.org. Retrieved 19 February 2024. The Path to Rome (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1902)The path to Rome by H. Belloc, worldcat.org. Retrieved 19 February 2024. non-fiction (a travel book with numerous digressions and personal vignettes) The Great Inquiry; faithfully reported by Hilaire Belloc and ornamented with sharp cuts drawn on the spot by G. K. Chesterton (London: Duckworth, 1903)The great inquiry : Only authorised version. Faithfully reported by ... and ornamented with sharp cuts drawn on the spot by G.K.C, worldcat.org. Retrieved 19 February 2024. Caliban's Guide to Letters, or: The Aftermath; or, Gleanings from a busy life. Called upon the outer cover, for purposes of sale, Caliban's Guide to Letters, etc. (Humorous sketches.) (London: Duckworth, 1903)The Aftermath; or, Gleanings from a busy life. Called upon the outer cover, for purposes of sale, Caliban's Guide to Letters, etc. - Humorous sketches, worldcat.org. Retrieved 19 February 2024. The Romance of Tristan and Iseult (London: George Allen, 1913)The Romance of Tristan and Iseult. Drawn from the best French sources and re-told by J. Bédier. Illustrated by R. Engels. Translated into English by H. Belloc, worldcat.org. Retrieved 22 February 2024. translation of Joseph Bédier's 1900 work Emmanuel Burden, Merchant (London: Methuen, 1904)Emmanuel Burden, merchant, of Thamas St., in the city of London, exporter of hardward : a record of his lineage, speculations, last days and death, worldcat.org. Retrieved 19 February 2024. novel Avril: Essays on the French Renaissance (London: Duckworth, 1904)Avril, being Essays on the Poetry of the French Renaissance by H. Belloc, worldcat.org. Retrieved 19 February 2024. criticism The Old Road: from Canterbury to Winchester (London: A. Constable, 1905)The Old Road, by H. Belloc; with illustrations by William Hyde, worldcat.org. Retrieved 19 February 2024. Hills and the Sea (London: Methuen, 1906) Sussex (London: A. & C. Black, 1906) illustrations by Wilfrid Ball Esto Perpetua: Algerian Studies and Impressions (London: Duckworth, 1906) travel Cautionary Tales for Children (London: Eveleigh Nash, 1907) poems, B. T. B. illustrator The Historic Thames (London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1907)The historic Thames, worldcat.org. Retrieved 19 February 2024. Mr. Clutterbuck's Election (1908) novel On Nothing and Kindred Subjects (London: Methuen, 1908) essays On Everything (1909) essays The Eye-Witness (London: Eveleigh Nash, 1908)The eye-witness : being a series of descriptions and sketches in which it is attempted to reproduce certain incidents and periods in history, as from the testimony of a person at each, worldcat.org. Retrieved 19 February 2024. A Change in the Cabinet (London: Methuen, 1909) novel Marie Antoinette (London: Methuen, 1909) non-fiction The Pyrenees (1909)
1910 – 1919 Pongo and the Bull (London: Constable, 1910) novel Catholicism and Socialism: Second Series (London: Catholic Truth Society, 1910) essays, with Joseph Rickaby and others On Anything (1910) essays On Something (London: Methuen, 1910; New York : E.P. Dutton, 1911)On Something by H. Belloc, hathitrust.org. Retrieved 22 February 2024. essays Verses (1910) The Party System (London: Stephen Swift, 1911) non-fiction (with Cecil Chesterton) More Peers (London: Stephen Swift, 1911)More peers : verses, by hilaire belloc pictures by b.t.b, worldcat.org. Retrieved 22 February 2024. poems, B. T. B. illustrator The Four Men: A Farrago (London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1911) novel The French Revolution (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1911; London: Williams & Norgate, 1914) non-fiction The Girondin (London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1911) novel First and Last (London: Methuen, 1911) essays British Battles (London, Stephen Swift & Co.; Hugh Rees, 1911–1913):British Battles, worldcat.org. Retrieved 22 February 2024. Blenheim (1911) Turcoing (1912), Crécy (1912), Waterloo (1912), Malplaquet, Poitiers (1913); as Six British Battles (London: Arrowsmith, 1931;Six British Battles, worldcat.org. Retrieved 22 February 2024. 1951) The Servile State (London and Edinburgh: T.N. Foulis, 1912) politics/economics The Green Overcoat (Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith: 1912)The Green Overcoat, by Hilaire Belloc, worldcat.org. Retrieved 22 February 2024. novel The River of London (London: T.N. Foulis, 1912) with "illustrations reproduced from oil paintings by John Muirhead" This and That and the Other (1912) essays The History of England, from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of William and Mary in 1688 (New York: The Catholic Publication Society, 1912)The history of England from the first invasion by the Romans to the accession of king George the fifth : With an introd. by His Eminence James Cardinal Gibbons. In 11 vol. 2, worldcat.org. Retrieved 22 February 2024. with John Lingard, 11 volumes, and later versions in the 1920s Warfare in England (London: Williams & Norgate, 1912)Warfare in England, worldcat.org. Retrieved 22 February 2024. The Stane Street: a monograph (London:Constable, 1913)The Stane Street, a monograph by Hilaire Belloc, illustrated by William Hyde, worldcat.org. Retrieved 22 February 2024. illustrated by William Hyde The Book of the Bayeux Tapestry (London: Chatto & Windus, 1914)The Book of the Bayeux Tapestry, presenting the complete work in a series of colour facsimiles: the introduction & narrative by H. Belloc, worldcat.org. Retrieved 22 February 2024. Land & Water [...] The World's War : Special Articles by Hilaire Belloc, A. H. Pollen &c. &c. (London: The County Gentleman Publishing Co., 1914- )Land & water [...] The world's war : special articles by Hilaire Belloc, A. H. Pollen &c. &c, worldcat.org. Retrieved 22 February 2024. magazine (multiple volumes), also in hard covers The Two Maps of Europe, and Other Aspects of the Great War (London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1915)The two Maps of Europe and some other aspects of the Great War, by Hilaire Belloc, worldcat.org. Retrieved 22 February 2024. non-fiction A General Sketch of the European War, the First Phase (London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1915)A General Sketch of the European War. The first (second) phase, worldcat.org. Retrieved 22 February 2024. A Picked Company, being a selection from the writings of H. Belloc (London: Methuen, 1915),A picked company, being a selection of the writings of H. Belloc, worldcat.org. Retrieved 22 February 2024. ed. E. V. Lucas At the Sign of the Lion (1916) essays (US) The Last Days of the French Monarchy (London: Chapman & Hall, 1916)The Last Days of the French Monarchy ... With many illustrations, etc, worldcat.org. Retrieved 22 February 2024. A General Sketch of the European War, the Second Phase (Paris: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1916, Nelson's Continental Library)A general sketch of the European war : the second phase, worldcat.org. Retrieved 22 February 2024. The Free Press (1918)
1920 – 1929 (London: Constable, 1920)Europe and the faith, worldcat.org. Retrieved 23 February 2024. non-fiction The House of Commons and Monarchy (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1920)The House of commons and monarchy, worldcat.org. Retrieved 23 February 2024. The Jews (London: Constable, 1922)The Jews, worldcat.org. Retrieved 23 February 2024. later editions 1928, 1937 The Mercy of Allah (London: Chatto & Windus, 1922)The mercy of Allah, worldcat.org. Retrieved 23 February 2024. The Road (Hobson Press, 1923)The road, by hilaire belloc, worldcat.org. Retrieved 23 February 2024. The Contrast (London: J. W. Arrowsmith, 1923)The Contrast, worldcat.org. Retrieved 23 February 2024. i.e. the contrast between Europeans and Americans On (1923) essays Economics for Helen (London: J. W. Arrowsmith, 1924) distributism The Cruise of the Nona (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1925)The cruise of the Nona; the story of a cruise from Holyhead to the Wash, with reflections and judgments on life and letters, men and manners, worldcat.org. Retrieved 23 February 2024. This and That and the Other (1925) essays Mr. Petre (1925)Mr. Petre, worldcat.org. Retrieved 23 February 2024. novel, with 22 drawings by G. K. Chesterton The French Revolution (1925)Miniatures of French History, worldcat.org. Retrieved 23 February 2024. Miniatures of French History (London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1925) Napoleon's Campaign of 1812 and the Retreat from Moscow (New York and London: Harper & Bros., 1926)Napoleon's Campaign of 1812 and the Retreat from Moscow, worldcat.org. Retrieved 23 February 2024. A Companion to Mr. Wells's "Outline of History" (London: Sheed and Ward, 1926)[A Companion to Mr. Wells's 'Outline of history', by Hilaire Belloc], worldcat.org. Retrieved 23 February 2024. Mr. Belloc Still Objects (London: Sheed & Ward, 1926)Mr. Belloc still objects to Mr. Wells's "Outline of History", worldcat.org. Retrieved 23 February 2024. The Catholic Church and History (New York: Macmillan, 1926)The Catholic Church and history, worldcat.org. Retrieved 23 February 2024. Short Talks with the Dead and Others (London: The Cayme Press, 1926; Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1926)Short talks with the dead and others / by Hilaire Belloc, worldcat.org. Retrieved 23 February 2024. The Emerald of Catherine the Great (London: Arrowsmith, 1926;The Emerald of Catherine the Great, by Hilaire Belloc ... 21 drawings by G.K. Chesterton, worldcat.org. Retrieved 23 February 2024. New York: Harper, 1926)The emerald of Catherine the Great. With illus. by G.K. Chesterton, worldcat.org. Retrieved 23 February 2024. with 21 drawings by G. K. Chesterton Essays of Today and Yesterday (1926) Mrs. Markham's New History of England being an Introduction for Young People to the Current History and Institutions of Our Time (Kensington, London: The Cayme Press, 1926)Mrs. Markham's new History of England being an introduction for young people to the current history and institutions of our time, worldcat.org. Retrieved 23 February 2024. illustrations by Hester Sainsbury The Highway and its Vehicles (London: Studio Ltd., 1926)The highway and its vehicles, worldcat.org. Retrieved 23 February 2024. edited by Geoffrey Holme Augustan Books of Modern Poetry: Hilaire Belloc (London: Ernest Benn, n.d. but c. 1926)William Kerr, "Sixpennyworths", Gloucester Journal, 19 June 1926, p. 13. The Catholic Church and History (London: Burns, Oates & Washbourne, and New York: Macmillan, 1926;The Catholic Church and History, worldcat.org. Retrieved 26 February 2024. The Calvert Series, series editor: Hilaire Belloc)The Catholic Church and Current Literature George N. Shuster, archive.org. Retrieved 26 February 2024. Oliver Cromwell (London: Duckworth, 1927)Cromwell, worldcat.org. Retrieved 23 February 2024. non-fiction