Item
Aesop and Hyssop
- Title
- en_US Aesop and Hyssop
- en_US But I've done wiselier than they did:/
- Description
- en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
- en_US First edition
- en_US William Ellery Leonard
- Creator
- en_US Leonard, William Ellery See all items with this value
- Date
- 2016-01-25T15:52:52Z
- en_US 1992-12
- en_US 1912
- Date Available
- 2016-01-25T15:52:52Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1912
- Abstract
- en_US How nice to find a first edition of this favorite! I like this little book very much. There is more than a bit of whimsy in it, composed as it is (in verse) by its author in grief over having lost his wife or best friend. Besides some 175 Aesopic fables, there are some twenty-seven originals composed by Leonard. The versifying is part of the fun. Two sections of the Dedication help give perspective on this work. Speaking of Phaedrus, LaFontaine, and Gay, Leonard writes on iv:/
- Identifier
- en_US 1323 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US Open court publishing co.
- en_US Chicago, IL
- Subject
- en_US PS3523.E62 A7 1912 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
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books