The Town-rat and the Country-rat: Fable by de la Fontaine

Title

en_US The Town-rat and the Country-rat: Fable by de la Fontaine

en_US 1245 A

Creator

en_US La Fontaine, Jean de See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US van Hunnik, J. C.

Date

2016-01-25T20:11:25Z

en_US 2012-04

en_US 1955?

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:11:25Z

Date Issued

en_US 1955

Abstract

en_US Here is a fellow member of the Brown Watson series apparently labeled 1245 A. It seems to consist of the stories and illustrations that appeared in Eight Fables by La Fontaine, published by Mulder, perhaps in 1955. I do not have, as I do have for GA, the larger individual pamphlet from Mulder. Like all of the Mulder publications, this booklet builds off of a fascinating concept: a second, longer story echoes in human terms the lesson of the fable. Here the story seems to follow Jean Pointu et le Forgeron in Mulder's French version, Le Rat de Ville et le Rat des Champs: Fable de La Fontaine, for which I have also guessed a date of 1955. Sam Spikeyhat wears a pointed cap and works as an apprentice at a pastry shop. He is good but he brags. His blacksmith friend Bill Sparky is just the opposite. Sam invites Bill to dinner in the shop, using his master's utensils and food, but dinner is interrupted, so Sam thinks, by the unexpected return of his master. It turns out to be a false alarm, but for Bill the evening is already spoiled. He invites Sam to his place the next day. There is a great last detail illustration of the two mice in fear. There seem to be six booklets in the series.

Identifier

en_US 7741 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/82998

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Brown Watson, Ltd.

en_US London

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.L134 Tow 1955 See all items with this value

en_US La Fontaine See all items with this value

Type

Pamphlet