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

Fables from many countries, including many by Aesop and some "modern fables" by contemporary authors.

Contents

• THE FOX AND THE GRAPES: 1
• THE FOX AND THE LION: 7
• THE GULL AND THE KITE: 13
• ESOP: 16
• THE WIND AND THE: 22
• THE FARMER AND HIS SONS: 28
• ESOP: 31
• THE WIDOW AND THE SHEEP: 32
• Æsop: 40
• THE WOLF AND THE SHEPHERD: 45
• THE TRAVELLERS AND THE HATCHET: 46
• THE HEIFER AND THE: 52
• THE GOAT AND THE GOATHERD: 57
• THE WOLF AND THE GOAT: 61
• THE SICK KITE: 67
• THE WILD BOAR AND THE: 71
• MERCURY AND THE SCULPTOR: 77
• THE THIEVES AND THE COCK: 83
• THE WOLF A HERO: 86
• 66: 90
• THE WASPS THE PARTRIDGES AND THE FARMER: 96
• THE WOLVES AND THE SHEEPDOGS: 102
• THE FOX AND THE BRAMBLE: 108
• THE BIRDCATCcher the ParTRIDGE AND THE COCK: 119
• THE STAG AT THE POOL: 126
• CHINESE FABLES: 130
• THE KITE AND THE PIGEONS: 131
• THE HOUSEDOG AND THE WOLF: 137
• ESOP AND THE IMPERTINENT FELLOW: 141
• THE SNAIL AND THE MONKEY: 149
• THE SWALLOW AND THE OTHER BIRDS: 155
• THE BOY AND THE THIEF: 161
• THE BEAR AND HIS MATE: 165
• THE FROGS BEAUTIFUL: 170
• THE FOWLER AND THE PIGEONS: 181
• THE VULTURE THE CAT AND THE BIRDS: 187
• THE CAT WHO SERVED THE LION: 193
• THE WEAVER BIRDS AND THE MONKEYS: 197
• THE BRAHMAN AND THE THREE GOATS: 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 SEEDS AND THE WHEAT: 238
• 66: 245
• THE BITTERN AND THE MUSSEL: 257
• THE CROWS AND THE OWLS: 261
• 19: 267
• THE PRINCE AND THE FLEA: 273
• VERBATIM FROM BOILEAU: 281
• THE KINGFISHER AND THE SPARROW: 298
• 66: 300
• THE LILY AND THE ROSE: 304
• DEATH AND THE WOODMAN: 321
• 66: 329
• 66: 339
• THE OLD MAN AND THE THREE YOUNG: 345
• THE ELEPHANT AND THE APE OF JUPITER: 349
• THE ASS AND THE HORSE: 355
• THE TWO BALD: 361
• THE CAT AND THE LOOKINGGLASS: 362
• THE ASS AND THE FLUTE: 369
• THE GOOSE AND THE GOLDFINCH: 375
• THE SILKWORM AND THE SPIDER: 381
• THE SCRUPULOUS CATS: 391
• Krilov: 397
• THE SQUIRREL AND THE THRUSH: 402
• THE ELEPHANT AND THE PUG: 408
• THE KITE AND THE BUTTERFLY: 413
• THE FIRTREE AND THE PALM: 419
• THE BRAMBLE: 425
• THE OAK AND THE: 428
• THE WAGGONER AND THE BUTTERFLY: 437
• THE HEDGEHOG AND THE: 451
• THE THREE CRANBERRIES: 467
• THE WILDCAT AND THE RABBIT: 473
• 66: 478
• THE RABBIT AND THE POSSUM AFTER A WIFE: 482

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