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A lightly mysterious figure behind a charming old children’s book, this author is best known for playful animal tales with clear moral lessons. The surviving record is thin, which gives the work an extra touch of literary curiosity.
Little is firmly documented about G. Boare, and available catalog records point mainly to a single known work: What Became of Them? and, The Conceited Little Pig. The book was illustrated by A. M. Lockyer and is preserved through Project Gutenberg and other library-style records.
The stories are written for children and center on animal characters, with a simple, rhythmic style and a gentle cautionary tone. They fit comfortably with older moral tales that mixed entertainment with lessons about judgment, behavior, and consequences.
One detail remains uncertain: a Project Gutenberg transcription notes that the author's name appears as G. Boare on the opening pages and as G. Boase at the end of the text. Because the biographical trail is so limited, it is safest to treat G. Boare as an author known chiefly through this surviving children's title.