Fableland (Cover: Fable Land)

Title

en_US Fableland (Cover: Fable Land)

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US By William Morant

Creator

en_US Morant, William See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US McEvoy, A. Ambrose

Date

2016-01-25T19:02:18Z

en_US 1997-06

en_US 1898

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:02:18Z

Date Issued

en_US 1898

Abstract

en_US There are fifty lively little original tales in this book. Though they are embellished and sometimes slightly fantastic, they are fables--and often good fables. I have read the first eight. Geese mistake a balloon for an egg laid by the moon. A pelican wins a disputed brass ring but clamps it too tightly around his own beak. Wine, cork, and bottle get into a dispute, explode, and lose anything they had together. A beaver in late fall trades his kidney beans to rats for sapphires and rubies, but then has nothing to eat. A boasting tortoise has to make good on his boast that he is fireproof by entering a volcano; he gets baked immediately. Turkey and goose both claim that humans hold them in the higher esteem and that Christmas is a feast in their respective honor; Mr. Wolf-in-Sheep's-Clothing offers to give them a judgment if they visit him the next day. His judgment as he eats them: Some like turkey, others like goose. But as for myself--I like both. Finally, a young and an older horse dispute over whether they should take revenge on humans for their neglect. The latter recommends cheerfulness instead. A curious feature of this book is that the same decorative pattern of the blue cloth covers and spine is repeated on the page-edges on all sides. There are four plates by McEvoy, listed at the front after the T of C.

Identifier

en_US 4005 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/79345

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US T. Fisher Unwin

en_US London

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.M78 Fa 1898 See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole