Story Plays Old and New: Book One

Title

en_US Story Plays Old and New: Book One

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Alice Sumner Varney

Creator

en_US Varney, Alice Sumner

Date

2016-01-25T15:47:43Z

en_US 2013-08

en_US 1915

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:47:43Z

Date Issued

en_US 1915

Abstract

en_US This early reader presents stories as little dramas. I find three fables: The Lark and Her Little Ones (64), The Swallow and the Little Birds (70), and The Wind and the Sun (87). The first involves a goodly number of characters -- mother and father lark, farmer and son, and baby larks -- and spreads across four acts for four days. The farmer asks first his friends and then his cousins before he declares that he will do it himself the following day. The swallow story is put into verse. In somewhat archaic language, the swallow warns the other birds to eat the hemp seeds that will grow up to be used for snares and nets. The other birds reject her advice and later realize We're not as wise as we had thought (77). This play is described as adapted from Aesop and La Fontaine. The last of the three is told in the poorer version with the key line I am going to make him remove his cloak presently said by the wind (90). There are duochrome illustrations in the book, but not for the fables. The book is in poor condition, with some torn pages and some penciling.

Identifier

en_US 9928 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/76738

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US American Book Company

en_US New York, NY

Subject

en_US PE1117.V34 1915

en_US Reader

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole