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Title
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Aesop's Fables
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Books for Young Readers Series
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Description
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A.P. Williams
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Creator
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Aesop
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Date
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2016-01-25T15:24:37Z
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1992-01
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1913
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T15:24:37Z
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Date Issued
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1913
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Abstract
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A sturdy little pamphlet with canvas wrapping. Twenty fables, each marked as a lesson, and a farewell. The sentences are numbered and indented. The illustrations are quite clear and in good condition. I recognize but cannot place them; they are not from Tenniel or Weir. Check The Goat in the Well (#3) and DM (#8) as typical illustrations. A front-page advertisement mentions a colored frontispiece not present here. SW (#1) lacks the element of a bet and tells the story in the poorer fashion besides. New to me is the fox in the well being lectured by the wolf (#5). The morals are curious in this book. Almost all are negative. Typical are #10, Do not be vain like the crow, and #15, Do not be vain like the ass or you may suffer for it. The cat playing dead (#4) shows that you may not get rid of a bad name. #16 and #17 are one fable (The Lark and Her Young). This is another book I knew nothing of in years of collecting. See now also the 1925 reprinting of this booklet.
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Identifier
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1211 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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G. Bell and Sons Ltd.,
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London
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Subject
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PZ8.2.A254 Wm 1913
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Aesop
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Type
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Book, Whole