Aesop's Fables

Title

en_US Aesop's Fables

en_US Books for Young Readers Series

Description

en_US A.P. Williams

Creator

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T15:24:37Z

en_US 1992-01

en_US 1913

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:24:37Z

Date Issued

en_US 1913

Abstract

en_US A sturdy little pamphlet with canvas wrapping. Twenty fables, each marked as a lesson, and a farewell. The sentences are numbered and indented. The illustrations are quite clear and in good condition. I recognize but cannot place them; they are not from Tenniel or Weir. Check The Goat in the Well (#3) and DM (#8) as typical illustrations. A front-page advertisement mentions a colored frontispiece not present here. SW (#1) lacks the element of a bet and tells the story in the poorer fashion besides. New to me is the fox in the well being lectured by the wolf (#5). The morals are curious in this book. Almost all are negative. Typical are #10, Do not be vain like the crow, and #15, Do not be vain like the ass or you may suffer for it. The cat playing dead (#4) shows that you may not get rid of a bad name. #16 and #17 are one fable (The Lark and Her Young). This is another book I knew nothing of in years of collecting. See now also the 1925 reprinting of this booklet.

Identifier

en_US 1211 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/75993

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US G. Bell and Sons Ltd.,

en_US London

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.A254 Wm 1913 See all items with this value

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole