The Original Fables of La Fontaine / Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney
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Chapters (102)
- TALES FOR CHILDREN FROM MANY LANDS
- EDITED BY F.C. TILNEY
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- I The Two Mules
- (Book I.—No. 4)
- II THE HARE AND THE PARTRIDGE
- (Book V.—No. 17)
- III THE GARDENER AND HIS LANDLORD
- (Book IV.—No. 4)
- IV THE MAN AND HIS IMAGE
- (Book I.—No. 11)
- V THE ANIMALS SICK OF THE PLAGUE
- (Book VII.—No. 1)
- VI THE UNHAPPILY MARRIED MAN
- (Book VII.—No. 2)
- VII THE RAT RETIRED FROM THE WORLD
- (Book VII.—No. 3)
- VIII THE MAIDEN
- (Book VII.—No. 5)
- IX THE WISHES
- (Book VII.—No. 6)
- X THE DAIRY-WOMAN AND THE PAIL OF MILK
- (Book VII.—No. 10)
- XI THE PRIEST AND THE CORPSE
- (Book VII.—No. 11)
- XII THE MAN WHO RAN AFTER FORTUNE AND THE MAN WHO WAITED FOR HER IN HIS BED
- (Book VII.—No. 12)
- XIII AN ANIMAL IN THE MOON
- (Book VII.—No. 18)
- XIV THE FORTUNE-TELLERS
- (Book VII.—No. 15)
- XV THE COBBLER AND THE FINANCIER
- (Book VIII.—No. 2)
- XVI THE POWER OF FABLE
- (Book VIII.—No. 4)
- XVII THE DOG WHO CARRIED HIS MASTER'S DINNER
- (Book VIII.—No. 7)
- XVIII THYRSIS AND AMARANTH
- (Book VIII.—No. 13)
- XIX THE RAT AND THE ELEPHANT
- (Book VIII.—No. 15)
- XX THE HOROSCOPE
- (Book VIII.—No. 16)
- XXI JUPITER AND THE THUNDERBOLTS
- (Book VIII—No. 20)
- XXII EDUCATION
- (Book VIII.—No. 24)
- XXIII DEMOCRITUS AND THE PEOPLE OF ABDERA
- (Book VIII.—No. 26)
- XXIV THE ACORN AND THE PUMPKIN
- (Book IX.—No. 4)
- XXV THE SCHOOLBOY, THE PEDANT, AND THE OWNER OF A GARDEN
- (Book IX.—No. 5)
- XXVI THE SCULPTOR AND THE STATUE OF JUPITER
- (Book IX.—No. 6)
- XXVII THE OYSTER AND THE PLEADERS
- (Book IX.—No. 9)
- XXVIII THE CAT AND THE FOX
- (Book IX.—No. 14)
- XXIX THE MONKEY AND THE CAT
- (Book IX.—No. 17)
- XXX THE TWO RATS, THE FOX, AND THE EGG[8]
- (Book X.—No. 1)
- XXXI THE DOG WITH HIS EARS CROPPED
- (Book X.—No. 9)
- XXXII THE LIONESS AND THE SHE-BEAR
- (Book X—No. 13)
- XXXIII THE RABBITS
- (Book X.—No. 15)
- XXXIV THE GODS WISHING TO INSTRUCT A SON OF JUPITER
- (Book XI.—No. 2)
- XXXV THE LION, THE MONKEY, AND THE TWO ASSES
- (Book XI.—No. 5)
- XXXVI THE WOLF AND THE FOX IN THE WELL
- (Book XI.—No. 6)
- XXXVII THE MICE AND THE SCREECH-OWL
- (Book XI.—No. 9)
- XXXVIII THE COMPANIONS OF ULYSSES
- (Book XII.—No. 1)
- XXXIX THE QUARREL BETWEEN THE DOGS AND THE CATS AND BETWEEN THE CATS AND THE MICE
- (Book XII—No. 8)
- XL THE WOLF AND THE FOX
- (Book XII.—No. 9)
- XLI LOVE AND FOLLY
- (Book XII.—No. 14)
- XLII THE FOREST AND THE WOODCUTTER
- (Book XII.—No. 16)
- XLIII THE FOX AND THE YOUNG TURKEYS
- (Book XII.—No. 18)
- XLIV THE APE
- (Book XII.—No. 19)
- XLV THE SCYTHIAN PHILOSOPHER
- (Book XII.—No. 20)
- XLVI THE ELEPHANT AND JUPITER'S APE
- (Book XII.—No. 21)
- XLVII THE LEAGUE OF RATS
- (Book XII.—No. 26)
- XLVIII THE ARBITER, THE HOSPITALLER, AND THE HERMIT
- (Book XII.—No. 28)
- LETCHWORTH THE TEMPLE PRESS PRINTERS
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