The Original Fables of La Fontaine

About this eBook

Author

La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695

Title

The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney

Credits

Produced by Jason Isbell, Julia Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

Language

English

LoC Class

PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Subject

Fables, French -- Translations into English

Category

Text

eBook-No.

15946

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15946

Release Date

May 30, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.TALES FOR CHILDREN FROM MANY LANDS — EDITED BY F.C. TILNEY
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.The Two Mules — ( Book I.—No. 4)
7. 7.THE HARE AND THE PARTRIDGE — ( Book V.—No. 17)
8. 8.THE GARDENER AND HIS LANDLORD — ( Book IV.—No. 4)
9. 9.THE MAN AND HIS IMAGE — ( Book I.—No. 11)
10. 10.THE ANIMALS SICK OF THE PLAGUE — ( Book VII.—No. 1)
11. 11.THE UNHAPPILY MARRIED MAN — ( Book VII.—No. 2)
12. 12.THE RAT RETIRED FROM THE WORLD — ( Book VII.—No. 3)
13. 13.THE MAIDEN — ( Book VII.—No. 5)
14. 14.THE WISHES — ( Book VII.—No. 6)
15. 15.THE DAIRY-WOMAN AND THE PAIL OF MILK — ( Book VII.—No. 10)
16. 16.THE PRIEST AND THE CORPSE — ( Book VII.—No. 11)
17. 17.THE MAN WHO RAN AFTER FORTUNE AND THE MAN WHO WAITED FOR HER IN HIS BED — ( Book VII.—No. 12)
18. 18.AN ANIMAL IN THE MOON — ( Book VII.—No. 18)
19. 19.THE FORTUNE-TELLERS — ( Book VII.—No. 15)
20. 20.THE COBBLER AND THE FINANCIER — ( Book VIII.—No. 2)
21. 21.THE POWER OF FABLE — ( Book VIII.—No. 4)
22. 22.THE DOG WHO CARRIED HIS MASTER'S DINNER — ( Book VIII.—No. 7)
23. 23.THYRSIS AND AMARANTH — ( Book VIII.—No. 13)
24. 24.THE RAT AND THE ELEPHANT — ( Book VIII.—No. 15)
25. 25.THE HOROSCOPE — ( Book VIII.—No. 16)
26. 26.JUPITER AND THE THUNDERBOLTS — ( Book VIII—No. 20)
27. 27.EDUCATION — ( Book VIII.—No. 24)
28. 28.DEMOCRITUS AND THE PEOPLE OF ABDERA — ( Book VIII.—No. 26)
29. 29.THE ACORN AND THE PUMPKIN — ( Book IX.—No. 4)
30. 30.THE SCHOOLBOY, THE PEDANT, AND THE OWNER OF A GARDEN — ( Book IX.—No. 5)
31. 31.THE SCULPTOR AND THE STATUE OF JUPITER — ( Book IX.—No. 6)
32. 32.THE OYSTER AND THE PLEADERS — ( Book IX.—No. 9)
33. 33.THE CAT AND THE FOX — ( Book IX.—No. 14)
34. 34.THE MONKEY AND THE CAT — ( Book IX.—No. 17)
35. 35.THE TWO RATS, THE FOX, AND THE EGG [8] — ( Book X.—No. 1)
36. 36.THE DOG WITH HIS EARS CROPPED — ( Book X.—No. 9)
37. 37.THE LIONESS AND THE SHE-BEAR — ( Book X—No. 13)
38. 38.THE RABBITS — ( Book X.—No. 15)
39. 39.THE GODS WISHING TO INSTRUCT A SON OF JUPITER — ( Book XI.—No. 2)
40. 40.THE LION, THE MONKEY, AND THE TWO ASSES — ( Book XI.—No. 5)
41. 41.THE WOLF AND THE FOX IN THE WELL — ( Book XI.—No. 6)
42. 42.THE MICE AND THE SCREECH-OWL — ( Book XI.—No. 9)
43. 43.THE COMPANIONS OF ULYSSES — ( Book XII.—No. 1)
44. 44.THE QUARREL BETWEEN THE DOGS AND THE CATS AND BETWEEN THE CATS AND THE MICE — ( Book XII—No. 8)
45. 45.THE WOLF AND THE FOX — ( Book XII.—No. 9)
46. 46.LOVE AND FOLLY — ( Book XII.—No. 14)
47. 47.THE FOREST AND THE WOODCUTTER — ( Book XII.—No. 16)
48. 48.THE FOX AND THE YOUNG TURKEYS — ( Book XII.—No. 18)
49. 49.THE APE — ( Book XII.—No. 19)
50. 50.THE SCYTHIAN PHILOSOPHER — ( Book XII.—No. 20)
51. 51.THE ELEPHANT AND JUPITER'S APE — ( Book XII.—No. 21)
52. 52.THE LEAGUE OF RATS — ( Book XII.—No. 26)
53. 53.THE ARBITER, THE HOSPITALLER, AND THE HERMIT — ( Book XII.—No. 28) — LETCHWORTH — THE TEMPLE PRESS — PRINTERS

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