Wise Animals

Title

en_US Wise Animals

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US Eilis Dillon

Creator

en_US Dillon, Eilís

Contributor

en_US Brett, Bernard

Date

2016-01-25T15:52:43Z

en_US 1992-11

en_US 1975

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:52:43Z

Date Issued

en_US 1975

Abstract

en_US A very pleasing collection of stories, including such things as the Odyssey's Argus story and selections from the Book of Proverbs, Pliny, and the ninth-century Book of Beasts. Fables are represented by the Aesopic DW (47), The Fox, the Wolf, and the Mule (61), and LaFontaine's GA and FC (102, 104). There is a strange attribution after DW: AESOP: translation either Croxhall (1722) or James (1848). This attribution not only cannot decide where it comes from; it misspells Croxall's name in the process! In fact, the version is from Croxall with some emendations. This edition features the misspelling fiirst within its text. The moral to The Fox, the Wolf, and the Mule is surprising: Not everyone who can read is wise. The black-and-white block prints are unspectacular. Dillon translates or recreates many of the stories.

Identifier

en_US 241021561X

en_US 1293 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/76870

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Hamish Hamilton

en_US London

Subject

en_US PZ5.D57 Ha 1975

en_US Collection

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole