Item
The Myths and Fables of To-Day
- Title
- en_US The Myths and Fables of To-Day
- Description
- en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
- en_US Samuel Adams Drake
- Creator
- en_US Drake, Samuel Adams See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Merrill, Frank T.
- Date
- 2016-01-25T15:23:40Z
- en_US 1991-06
- en_US 1900
- Date Available
- 2016-01-25T15:23:40Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1900
- Abstract
- en_US I include this book in the collection partly because of the sheer wackiness of some of its contents but mostly because it gives wonderful evidence of what the word fable meant in 1900. My search suggests that fable is used only once in the book (4), in a context of ghosts, giants, and goblins. Gay is mentioned once (68), without any connection to a story; Aesop is not mentioned at all. In fact, no fables are recounted. The book is really a tracing of the extent of superstition, mostly in the U.S., from a very non-scientific viewpoint. As such, it is fun. No index. Many pages after 45 are uncut. I did not cut them because I thought it might bring bad luck.…
- Identifier
- en_US 1021 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US Lee & Shepard
- en_US Boston, MA
- Subject
- en_US BL310.D73 1900 See all items with this value
- en_US Tangential book 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