Fireside Fables

Title

en_US Fireside Fables

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Second edition

en_US By Edwin P. Barrow

Creator

en_US Barrow, Edwin Pinder See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T19:02:46Z

en_US 1997-06

en_US 1910

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:02:46Z

Date Issued

en_US 1910

Abstract

en_US According to a note early in the volume, The two series of Fireside Fables are here thrown into one volume, with some fifty more added. The Ten Stories at the end are intended to illustrate the main sources of Unkindness to Animals…. (vii). I have trouble situating these 258 little vignettes. Might they have been originally journalistic? They seem to be strong on humor. Many are little more than a good quip. I do not understand fireside here; are these the stories one tells sitting around in the parlor enjoying conversation? Let me offer a sampling. A child looks up from his book and asks who could forgive the same person four-hundred-and-ninety times. Only a mother, thought the father. Only a child thought the mother (17). A king who reigned for many years wished to honor those who could make his name honored in the years to come. After the poet, painter, and sculptor, the jester passed before him and held out his hand. King: No man has spoken more ill of me. Jester: Think rather how much I have left unsaid. At this the king frowned, then smiled, and gave him a rich reward (45). A rabbit found a keeper's gun leaning against a park wall and declared himself for peace and liberty when a loose stone fell and a weasel popped his head out. Shoot! cried the rabbit (53). A young knight knelt before a picture of St. Martin dividing his cloak with a beggar. He vowed to do the same. He realized only later that giving away half meant wearing only a half--amid the jeers of his friends (91). For me at least, as a body these little pieces have a dulling effect. After I have read ten, they all sound the same.

Identifier

en_US 4110 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/79436

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd

en_US London

Subject

en_US PN982.B3 1910 See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole