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Title
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Fables and Essays
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Description
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John Bryan
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Creator
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Bryan, John
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Date
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2019-04-09T19:34:34Z
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2018-12
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1895
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Date Available
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2019-04-09T19:34:34Z
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Date Issued
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1895
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Abstract
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Here is a fabulist of whom I had not heard before. He was a notable Ohio businessman. He was known as being a bit eccentric. Tom Joyce's advertisement for the book includes this remark: "This book has two Prefaces: the second at p. 119." The first sentence of the first preface sets a tone: "I suppose most authors publish their books for about the same reason a hen lays eggs -- for relief to themselves." I have sampled the first dozen fables and am happy to say that they are real fables and often quite good! Take as an example the second fable. A boy earns a piece of bread and jam and no sooner starts to eat it outside than a hungry dog sets himself in front of the boy. The dog does the same no matter the direction in which the boy turns. "'Damn that dog!' said the boy as he went into the house to eat his bread and butter. Moral: One who is sympathetic can not enjoy, in the presence of the poor, what he himself has honestly earned" (8). Touché!
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Identifier
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11544 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Arts and Lettres Co.
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New York
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Subject
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PS1148.B75F2 1895
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John Bryan
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