The Babe and the Dragon

A short school story

With the St. Austin's inter-house Rugby competition so finely balanced, the question is which house will MacArthur, known as 'the Babe', join. A better question might be how will he choose.

Characters

MacArthur	The Babe, a day boy at St. Austin's
Miss Florence Beezley	a friend of the Babe's sister
Charteris	a house-prefect
the Headmaster
Mr Dacre	a house master

Publishing Information

Tales of St. Austin's

First published February 1902 in the Captain.

Notes and Quotes

Robert Browning
- (1812-1889) English poet. Author of, amongst many other works: Pippa Passes, a play or 'verse drama' from 1841; Fifine at the Fair, a narrative poem published in 1872; Sordello, a psychological poem from 1840; and The Pied Piper of Hamelin from 1842, the re-telling an old German folk-tale.

'... few of Tennyson's works ...'
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-92), a leading Victorian poet.

House-beak
- a house master.

See also page on public schools for general information on life at St. Austin's.

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In which we meet a possible forerunner of Honoria Glossop or Florence Craye.