Work That Is Play

Title

en_US Work That Is Play

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Mary Gardner

Creator

en_US Gardner, Mary See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Hodge, Helen

Date

2016-01-25T19:49:00Z

en_US 1998-07

en_US 1927

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:49:00Z

Date Issued

en_US 1927

Abstract

en_US This book reprints in slightly different format an original publication from 1908 from the same company. The format is slightly larger; the plates seem the same, but the margins have increased in size. The cloth cover has changed its background color from tan to yellow. The lovely monochrome endpapers of MM and The Wolf and the Goat have become plain paper. Let me repeat some of my comments from that edition. This book is a favorite of mine. It begins with an impassioned plea for play for little folks. It presents a narrative and then the same story in dramatic form. New to me: The Lion and His Echo and The Farmer's Three Enemies. Differently told: the fox sees other beasts go into the sick lion's den. The river fairy is a hand: my, how secular can we get! The ant lets the grasshopper in and gives him food. The sun tells the wind that each has strengths. (The bet of the sun and wind follows the poorer tradition.) The mice are interrupted by a servant and then by a boy and a dog together. The lion is tied up while asleep; there is no trap or net. This copy is in good condition.

Identifier

en_US 5692 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81210

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US A. Flanagan Company

en_US Chicago, IL

Subject

en_US PE1127.P45 G37 1927 See all items with this value

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole