Aesop's Fables

Title

en_US Aesop's Fables

en_US Books for Young Readers Series

Description

en_US Chosen and Retold in Easy Words by A.P. Williams

Creator

en_US Aesop

Date

2016-01-25T19:12:20Z

en_US 2002-06

en_US 1925

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:12:20Z

Date Issued

en_US 1925

Abstract

en_US This is a slightly changed reprinting of the original from 1913. Like it, it is a clean copy with good illustrations. The changes come in two areas. I will describe them and then include the pertinent remarks from that comment. That pamphlet has four pages of advertising at its beginning, including an advertisement for the work itself that mentions a frontispiece; the irony is that the frontispiece is not there. This work lacks the advertisements but has the frontispiece, The Dog and the Sheep. Like the earlier printing, this is 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. 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).

Identifier

en_US 4433 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80102

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US G. Bell and Sons Ltd.,

en_US London

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.A254 Wm 1925

en_US Aesop

Type

Pamphlet