Of Beasts, Birds and Men: Fables from Three Lands

Title

en_US Of Beasts, Birds and Men: Fables from Three Lands

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Retold by Anne Terry White

Creator

en_US White, Anne Terry See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Schroeder, Ted

Date

2016-01-25T16:07:38Z

en_US 1994-03

en_US 1970

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:07:38Z

Date Issued

en_US 1970

Abstract

en_US One part of a Myths, Tales and Legends grouping of reading books by this publisher. Aesop, LaFontaine, and Krilov are mixed together; the book is a fine short collection of typical fables. (A quick check suggests that there is no overlap between White's fables here and those in her Aesop's Fables [1964] from Random House. The absence of a T of C or index makes the task of checking more difficult.) Here there are simple two-color illustrations; maybe the best of them is for A Monkey and Eyeglasses (27). There are many fables here, presumably from Krilov, that are new to me, like The Fire and the Grove (7), A Clever Mechanic (8), Fortune and the Beggar (20), The Cobblestone and the Diamond (23), The Athlete (42), The Liar (50), and The Goblin and the Miser (62). The Hermit and the Bear (10) has a good moral, A helpful fool is more dangerous than a foe, as does The Mosquito and the Shepherd (35): When a humble person tries to open a great one's eyes to truth, he cannot be certain of gratitude. Different: the lion has the wolf (not the ass) and the fox as partners dividing spoil (29), and the ox (not the ass) is the scapegoat in the time of plague (46).

Identifier

en_US 811642054

en_US 1800 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/77366

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Garrard

en_US Champaign, IL

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.W5 Of 1970 See all items with this value

en_US Reader See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole