Gems from Fable-Land: A Collection of Fables Illustrated by Facts

Title

en_US Gems from Fable-Land: A Collection of Fables Illustrated by Facts

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US William Oland Bourne

Creator

en_US Bourne, Wm. Oland See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T20:00:25Z

en_US 2011-02

en_US 1853

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:00:25Z

Date Issued

en_US 1853

Abstract

en_US The purpose of this singular book is to present one or more anecdotes of a fitting character, as real-life witnesses to the truth of the moral contained in the text (vi). To fulfill this purpose, seventy-five standard numbered Aesopic fables are gathered, and each is matched with several factual accounts. The fables are listed on ix-xii. Fables are taken from Gay, Krasicki, Gellert, Herder, Croxall, Dodsley, Cowper, Lessing, La Fontaine, and others. Headers at the top of the page over the factual accounts state the virtue or attitude being praised. The illustrations seem to be taken from standard mid-nineteenth-century sources. This endeavor seems to me so nineteenth-century! Those interested in nineteenth-century views of education and fable will find good material in the introductory pages. The binding is starting to split at 193.

Identifier

en_US 7063 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/82340

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Charles Scribner

en_US New York, NY

Subject

en_US PZ8.2 .G467 1853 See all items with this value

en_US Aesop and others See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole