Fables in Verse and Other Poems Translated from the German and French by a Father and Daughter (W.P. and E.I.S.P.)

Title

en_US Fables in Verse and Other Poems Translated from the German and French by a Father and Daughter (W.P. and E.I.S.P.)

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Original language: fre

en_US (W.P. and E.I.S.P.)

Creator

en_US A father

Date

2016-01-25T19:02:12Z

en_US 1997-05

en_US 1890?

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:02:12Z

Date Issued

en_US 1890

Abstract

en_US This little book contains some thirty-nine pieces, perhaps two-thirds of which are fables. There is a T of C at the front of the book. The French or German source is indicated in parentheses under the title of each selection as it occurs in the book. Let me list several of the fables that are new to me and good. In The Two Cocks (8) by Tiedge, one arguing cock is asked by a wise swan whether his opponent perseveres when he is silent. In The Young Crocodile and the Lizard (12) the captured lizard pleads for mercy because of family ties with the crocodile, but then refuses to enter the water and so seals his doom. In The Colt the protagonist looks forward to the trappings of reins and saddle until he learns by experience that they really are means of enslavement (47). In The Fox and the Bear (79) from Viennet, the former is the latter's prisoner and soon-to-be supper. Normal flattery does not work. At last the fox notices that the bear has lost one eye, and so he begins a long speech praising Hannibal, the Cyclops, and anybody else who had just one eye. The bear swears then that he would never harm so dear a friend. If all else fails, praise a tyrant's defects! There are pleasant little engravings, one of the best of which is TB (87). The spine is weak and separating. I found this book on a visit with June Clinton, who wanted me to meet her bookseller friend. I just met Steven again five years later at a Russell Hotel booksellers' fair.

Identifier

en_US 3986 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/79326

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

en_US London

Subject

en_US PN985.F34 1890

en_US Various

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole