author
G. Boare
Best known from a small late-19th-century children's book, this author is tied to brisk, cautionary animal verse with a playful, old-fashioned tone. The surviving record is thin, which gives the work an air of mystery as well as charm.
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About the author
Project Gutenberg lists G. Boare as the author of What Became of Them? and, The Conceited Little Pig, an illustrated children's book it describes as dating from the late 19th century. The book pairs two short animal pieces with clear moral lessons, and A. M. Lockyer is credited as the illustrator.
The surviving digital text adds an interesting wrinkle: a transcriber's note says the author is printed as G. Boare on the opening pages but as G. Boase at the end. Because of that inconsistency, firm biographical details about the writer are hard to confirm from readily available sources.
What does come through clearly is the style of the work itself—compact, rhythmic storytelling for young readers, built around animals, consequences, and a lightly cautionary sense of humor. For many modern readers, the author's identity remains obscure, but the book still survives as a small example of Victorian-era juvenile verse.