title: 10,000 White Horses
author:  Betsy B. Lee 
description: Betsy B. Lee has entertained and helped our children with educational books. Her Dolch books have fables, stories, and poems. Her Little Lemon book helps children learn techniques used by memory experts. Many of her lesson plans have been catalogued at GEM (Gateway to Educational Materials) by ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center.) She has a book which shares tips about how to write, sell, and promote children's books. Now, she turns her talent to a delightful story which is just for fun. For her other books, click on her name at amazon.com.
zlib_text: THE-BALLAD
  
  
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  ## THE BALLAD OF  
  THE WHITE HORSE
  
  
  By  
  G. K. CHESTERTON
  
  
  Illustrated by  
  ROBERT AUSTIN
  
  
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  Edited by  
  Bernadette Sheridan, IHM  
  Marygrove College Press—Detroit, Michigan
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  First published (Fcap. 8vo) August 31, 1911
  
  
  Second edition October 20, 1911
  
  
  Third edition November 1911
  
  
  Fourth edition October 1912
  
  
  Fifth edition June 1914
  
  
  Sixth edition October 1920
  
  
  Seventh edition April 1925
  
  
  Eighth edition November 1926
  
  
  Ninth edition April 1928
  
  
  Tenth edition (illustrated) 1928
  
  
  This edition © 1993 by the Sisters Servants of the  
  Immaculate Heart of Mary of Monroe, Michigan, Inc.  
  All rights reserved  
  Text reprinted from The Ballad of the White Horse,  
  by Gilbert Keith Chesterton,  
  tenth edition, illustrated by Robert Austin  
  London: Methuen, 1928
  
  
  Reprinted in 2001 by Ignatius Press, San Francisco  
  ISBN 978-0-89870-890-5 (HB)  
  