The Myths and Fables of To-Day
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Drake, Samuel Adams
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1900
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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.…
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Lee & Shepard
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1021 (Access ID)