Aesop's Fables in Rhyme for Little Philosophers

Title

en_US Aesop's Fables in Rhyme for Little Philosophers

Description

en_US John Martin

Creator

en_US Martin, John

Contributor

en_US George L. Carlson and Fletcher White

Date

2016-12-01T20:16:36Z

en_US 2016-06

en_US 2014

Date Available

2016-12-01T20:16:36Z

Date Issued

en_US 2014

Abstract

en_US Dover republication of the 1924 original from John Martin's Book House. As always with Dover, well done! The illustrations come out bright and lively. The illustrations are the same size as in the original, but the slightly larger margins set them off well. As I wrote of the original edition, I enjoy the illustration style here, and the fables are versified, with one or two (e.g. MM) even song-ified. Perhaps the best for use in a show would be LM. Interspersed poems often reinforce the morals of the fables. Repeaters from John Martin's Big Book include CP and "The Reed and the Oak." Now in 1996 I have done a thorough study of the book's twenty-three fables. There are no surprises in the stories here. Rather the versions are quite faithful to the tradition, but they seem considerably padded and even wordy. They tend to be moralistic; the crow's vanity over stealing cheese, e.g., "makes honest children wonder." Oh? "The Misguided Ass" may be Martin's best text.

Identifier

en_US 10963 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/107693

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Dover Publications

en_US Mineola, NY

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.A254Mart 2014

en_US Aesop

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

Book, Whole