Fables Ancient and Modern Adapted for the Use of Children
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Godwin, Mary Jane
Godwin, William
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1840
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A genuine curiosity right from the beautiful embossed silver/blue cover of WL stolen from Bennett. Before the seventy-one fables, there are nine pages of illustrations gathered together, eight to a page. Each fable has one illustration (The Contractor and the Cobbler gets two). These illustrations are unfortunately small. The introduction gives some surprising tips, which the versions follow: (1) Do not shorten fables; make them visible; (2) do not let fables end unhappily; and (3) introduce nothing new without explanation. Endings are thus often softened, and we get some surprises. The country mouse lives at Horace's villa, the town mouse at Maecenas' palace. The dog in the manger gets both the meat and an admonition. The miller recovers the ass. The ant gives the grasshopper a little. The hermit dismisses the bear after his wound. Men save the tangled stag before the dogs kill him. All ends well in The Travellers and the Money-Bag. This is a genuinely unusual fable book.
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Printed for Thomas Tegg
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1069 (Access ID)