[Illustration: A HUNDRED FABLES OF LA FONTAINE
WITH PICTURES BY PERCY J. BILLINGHURST]
A HUNDRED FABLES OF
LA FONTAINE
[Illustration]
A HUNDRED FABLES
OF
LA FONTAINE
WITH PICTURES BY PERCY J. BILLINGHURST
LONDON JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD NEW YORK JOHN LANE COMPANY
_SECOND EDITION_
Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO. At the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh
CONTENTS
A
_Page_ _The Acorn and the Pumpkin_ 128 _The Animals Sick of the Plague_ 200 _The Ape_ 90 _The Ass and his Masters_ 34 _The Ass and the Dog_ 120 _The Ass and the Little Dog_ 18 _The Ass Carrying Relics_ 26 _The Ass Dressed in the Lion's Skin_ 166 _The Ass Loaded with Sponges_ 72
B
_The Bat and the Two Weasels_ 66 _The Battle of the Rats and the Weasels_ 198 _The Bear and the Two Companions_ 194 _The Bird Wounded by an Arrow_ 68
C
_The Camel and the Floating Sticks_ 82 _The Carter in the Mire_ 104 _The Cat and the Fox_ 138 _The Cat and the Two Sparrows_ 150 _The Cock and the Fox_ 76 _The Council held by the Rats_ 62 _The Countryman and the Serpent_ 102 _The Cunning Fox_ 88
D
_Death and the Woodman_ 56 _The Dog and his Master's Dinner_ 110 _The Dog whose Ears were Cropped_ 144 _The Dove and the Ant_ 74 _The Dragon with many Heads_ 54
E
_The Eagle and the Magpie_ 94 _The Eagle and the Owl_ 184 _The Ears of the Hare_ 22 _The Earthen Pot and the Iron Pot_ 192 _Education_ 122
F
_The Fool who Sold Wisdom_ 130 _The Fox, the Flies, and the Hedgehog_ 92 _The Fox, the Monkey, and the Animals_ 98 _The Fox and the Turkeys_ 172 _The Fox, the Wolf, and the Horse_ 170
G
_The Grasshopper and the Ant_ 2
H
_The Hare and the Partridge_ 28 _The Head and the Tail of the Serpent_ 108 _The Heifer, the Goat, and the Sheep_ 48 _The Heron_ 106 _The Hog, the Goat, and the Sheep_ 116 _The Hornets and the Bees_ 58 _The Horse and the Wolf_ 182
Table of contents (by pages)
- 1: A Hundred Fables of La Fontaine by La Fontaine
- 2: A Hundred Fables of La Fontaine by La Fontaine
- 3: Illustration THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANT
- 4: Much bless'd the hypocrite their slumber
- 5: The thrifty gosling for the cooks
- 6: So Martin gave the ass a drubbing
- 7: A beldam kept two spinning maids
- 8: Illustration THE HARE AND THE PARTRIDGE
- 9: Illustration THE ASS AND HIS MASTERS
- 10: The Tortoise and the Two Ducks
- 11: Illustration THE SHEPHERD AND HIS DOG
- 12: Mirrors the pocket furniture of fops
- 13: Illustration THE HORNETS AND THE BEES
- 14: The weasel let the creature go
- 15: The gnat declared immediate war
- 16: Illustration THE ASS LOADED WITH SPONGES
- 17: Illustration PHILOMEL AND PROGNE
- 18: For succour in the great cat war
- 19: Again with dogs the welkin rings
- 20: Illustration THE EAGLE AND THE MAGPIE
- 21: While from the general joy did AEsop shrink
- 22: He saw some tench taking their leaps
- 23: The Head and the Tail of the Serpent
- 24: Illustration THE JOKER AND THE FISHES
- 25: Lapluck and Caesar brothers were
- 26: Illustration THE MONKEY AND THE LEOPARD
- 27: Illustration THE ACORN AND THE PUMPKIN
- 28: The cash you'll see Sir Nincom draw
- 29: Our Ratto was hardly contented
- 30: Though Growler whined about his losses
- 31: Illustration THE MICE AND THE OWL
- 32: The Old Cat and the Young Mouse
- 33: Made many sufferers with the mice
- 34: Illustration THE PLOUGHMAN AND HIS SONS
- 35: Whereof might another helve be made
- 36: Kind Heaven has made us wallet bearers
- 37: Illustration THE WOODMAN AND MERCURY
- 38: The owl replied My little ones
- 39: Some doubloons from the window threw
- 40: The Earthen Pot and the Iron Pot
- 41: The Battle of the Rats and Weasels
- 42: The guiltiest alone should die