Alsop's Fables

Title

en_US Alsop's Fables

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US By A.J. Talbot

Creator

en_US Talbot, A.J.

Contributor

en_US Robinson, Geoffrey

Date

2016-01-25T19:13:14Z

en_US 2003-06

en_US 1936

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:13:14Z

Date Issued

en_US 1936

Abstract

en_US I would guess that most first-time readers, like me, read the title of this book as a misprint. It is in fact a collection of about forty-three pieces that originally appeared in Punch. A short announcement before the T of C claims that they are true to the tradition that under the pretext of amusing us, a fable should enforce some useful truth or precept. Like the work of George Ade, these stories are marked by the frequent capitalization of important words. The first story tells of a postman who has been regularly chased by a dog. He complains to the occupant, only to hear back that the dog is shaping him up nicely for hurdles competition. The postman takes the suggestion and by the end of the season has won sixteen chests of cutlery in various games. I have read the first five stories and find them pleasantly amusing jokes. Do not miss Phaedrus and the Affable Stranger (83), which makes Phaedrus and Socrates contemporaries and builds from the Aesopic story that has Socrates wishing he could only fill his little house with true friends. Here, a stranger retorts that he, a vintner, can see to that by stocking the cellar with good Falernian wine. The sprightly illustrations, which occur at a rhythm of about one to a story, vary from partial-page drawings to full-page black-and-white cartoons with titles.

Identifier

en_US 4615 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80268

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Lovat Dickson Limited

en_US London

Subject

en_US PR6039.A5 A84 1936

en_US A.J. Talbot

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole