Aesop and Hyssop
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Authors
Leonard, William Ellery
Issue Date
1912
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Book, Whole
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How nice to find a first edition of this favorite! I like this little book very much. There is more than a bit of whimsy in it, composed as it is (in verse) by its author in grief over having lost his wife or best friend. Besides some 175 Aesopic fables, there are some twenty-seven originals composed by Leonard. The versifying is part of the fun. Two sections of the Dedication help give perspective on this work. Speaking of Phaedrus, LaFontaine, and Gay, Leonard writes on iv:/
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Open court publishing co.