An Argosy of Fables: A Representative Selection from the Fable Literature of Every Age and Land

Frederic Taber Cooper

Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1921 - Aesop's fables - 483 pages

"A compendium of fables from across times and nations, An Argosy includes classical and modern works from Rome, England, Armenia, China, Turkey, Russia, India and Persia"--Whitmore Rare Books website.

Contents

• ÆSOP: 1
• THE FOX AND THE LION: 7
• THE TORTOISE AND THE EAGLE: 14
• THE FOX AND THE WOODMAN: 16
• THE WIND AND THE: 22
• THE FARMER AND HIS SONS: 28
• THE WIDOW AND THE SHEEP: 32
• Æsop: 37
• THE FISHERMAN: 43
• THE FARMER AND HIS TWO DAUGHTERS: 49
• THE FALCONER AND THE PARTRIDGE: 53
• THE WOLF AND THE GOAT: 61
• ÆSOP PAGE: 66
• THE SICK KITE: 67
• THE MISER: 70
• THE HORSE AND THE GROOM: 74
• THE WARHORSE AND THE MILLER: 80
• THE TWO DOGS: 87
• THE WISE AND FOOLISH FROGS: 91
• THE FLEA AND THE WRESTLER: 97
• THE WOLF AND THE LION: 103
• A PHÆDRUS: 123
• THE DOG AND THE CROCODILE: 130
• THE PANTHER AND THE SHEPHERDS: 135
• ÆSOP AND THE IMPERTINENT FELLOW: 141
• B ATTRIBUTED TO PHÆDRUS PAGE: 149
• THE BOY AND THE THIEF Avianus: 161
• THE BEAR AND HIS MATE 66: 165
• THE FROGS BEAUTIFUL SON Odo of Sherington: 170
• THE FOWLER AND THE PIGEONS Hitopadeça: 181
• PAGE: 182
• THE VULTURE THE CAT AND THE BIRDS 66: 187
• THE CAT WHO SERVED THE LION 66: 193
• THE WEAVER BIRDS AND THE MONKEYS 66: 197
• THE BRAHMAN AND THE THREE GOATS 66: 203
• THE SPARROW THE WOODPECKER THE FLY THE FROG: 207
• THE MONKEY AND THE CROCODILE: 213
• THE LIONESS THE WHELPS AND THE LITTLE JACKAL: 220
• THE STORY OF THE MOUSE MERCHANT: 226
• THE SNAKE WITH TWO HEADS: 232
• THE CAMEL AND THE: 241
• THE YOUNG FOX AND HIS MOTHER: 245
• THE RAINDROP Sadi The Burstan: 246
• THE BLIND MAN AND THE SNAKE 66: 252
• THE LOCUST THE BEETLE THE GOLDFINCH: 258
• THE CROWS AND THE OWLS Folklore of China: 262
• THE VIOLET AND THE IRIS Mkhithar Goch: 267
• THE PRINCE AND THE FLEA Vartan: 273
• VERBATIM FROM BOILEAU: 281
• THE TURKEY AND THE: 289
• 66: 296
• THE BUTTERFLY AND THE: 305
• DEATH AND THE WOODMAN: 321
• 66: 328
• 66: 344
• PAGE: 348
• MADAM SAGE AND MADAM: 351
• THE PEACOCK THE GEESE AND THE DIVER: 358
• THE ELEPHANTS AND THEIR MASTERS: 362
• THE ASS AND THE FLUTE: 369
• THE GOOSE AND THE GOLDFINCH: 375
• 66: 377
• THE SILKWORM AND THE SPIDER: 381
• THE DUCK AND THE SERPENT: 387
• THE EAGLE AND THE SERPENT: 393
• THE LEAVES AND THE ROOTS: 397
• THE SQUIRREL AND THE THRUSH Krilov: 402
• THE FARMERS HORSE AND HIS DOG 66: 408
• THE KITE AND THE BUTTERFLY 66: 413
• THE FIRTREE AND THE PALM Heinrich Heine: 419
• THE BRAMBLE 66: 425
• THE OLD STAG AND THE YOUNG STAG: 428
• THE OX AND THE STAG: 434
• THE MAN AND HIS COAT: 440
• THE HEDGEHOG AND THE: 451
• THE GUINEAFOWL AND THE: 458
• THE RAT AND THE TOAD: 463
• THE THREE CRANBERRIES Chippewa Fable: 467
• THE CATFISH AND THE MOOSE Menomeni Fable: 471
• THE WILDCAT AND THE RABBIT Myths of the Cherokee: 475
• HOW THE WILDCAT GOT ITS SPOTS 66: 481

Bibliographic information

• Title: An Argosy of Fables: A Representative Selection from the Fable Literature of Every Age and Land
• Editor: Frederic Taber Cooper
• Compiled by: Frederic Taber Cooper
• Illustrated by: Paul Bransom
• Edition: large print
• Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1921
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Jul 21, 2005
• Length: 483 pages