-
Title
-
en_US
Taten und Meinungen des Herrn Fuchs und Andere Fabeln
-
Description
-
en_US
Language note: German
-
en_US
von J. Van Hilbrinxen
-
Creator
-
en_US
Hilbrinxen, Jean van
-
Date
-
2016-01-25T19:55:06Z
-
en_US
2001-07
-
en_US
1931
-
Date Available
-
2016-01-25T19:55:06Z
-
Date Issued
-
en_US
1931
-
Abstract
-
en_US
This 43-page pamphlet in small format (4½ x 5¾) is a pleasant surprise. It contains real fables in its two parts: Taten und Meinungen des Herrn Fuchs and Andere Fabeln und Parabeln. Van Hilbrinxen returns time after time to elections among the animals. In Vor und Nach der Wahl (12), the ass gave a speech during the campaign supporting the fox. Once elected, the fox created a law saying that asses should not give speeches but rather carry sacks. In the next fable, the animals elected the fox but then found him committing crimes against rabbits and other small animals. They complained and received this answer: Why did you elect him? In Honorarersatz (14), Mr. Representative Fox has dined luxuriously but got a bone stuck in his throat. The Crane was called -- of course! -- and performed the usual operation. After it the fox said that he was in no position to pay for the service but he would see to it that the crane got a doctorate honoris causa. A curious first piece before the fables, Ein kurzes Wort voraus, has the author proclaiming that there are truths to be had from fables. And truths are sometimes painful and treated with suspicion. Besides, he writes, he is a catholic, and a priest told him that these fables needed to be published. So, he writes, then they must also be allowed to be published. One can tell from the advertisements on the last pages that the publisher is a Catholic press. One can only imagine the mindset of Catholics in Germany in 1931!
-
Identifier
-
en_US
6546 (Access ID)
-
Language
-
en_US
ger
-
Publisher
-
en_US
Verlag der Scholle
-
en_US
Berlin-Weisensee
-
Subject
-
en_US
GR730.F6 H55 1931
-
en_US
J. Van Hilbrinxen
-
en_US
Title Page Scanned
-
Type
-
en_US
Book, Whole