The Myths and Fables of To-Day · Markoe DePorres Club

Title: en_US The Myths and Fables of To-Day
Description: en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover); en_US Samuel Adams Drake
Creator: en_US Drake, Samuel Adams
Contributor: en_US Merrill, Frank T.
Date: 2016-01-25T15:23:40Z; en_US 1991-06; en_US 1900
Date Available: 2016-01-25T15:23:40Z
Date Issued: en_US 1900
Abstract: en_US I include this book in the collection partly because of the sheer wackiness of some of its contents but mostly because it gives wonderful evidence of what the word fable meant in 1900. My search suggests that fable is used only once in the book (4), in a context of ghosts, giants, and goblins. Gay is mentioned once (68), without any connection to a story; Aesop is not mentioned at all. In fact, no fables are recounted. The book is really a tracing of the extent of superstition, mostly in the U.S., from a very non-scientific viewpoint. As such, it is fun. No index. Many pages after 45 are uncut. I did not cut them because I thought it might bring bad luck.…
Identifier: en_US 1021 (Access ID)
uri: http://hdl.handle.net/10504/75808
Language: en_US eng
Publisher: en_US Lee & Shepard; en_US Boston, MA
Subject: en_US BL310.D73 1900; en_US Tangential book; en_US Title Page Scanned
Type: en_US Book, Whole