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Title: Favourite Fables in Prose and Verse

Illustrator: Harrison Weir


Release date: May 15, 2007 [eBook #21446]

Language: English

Original publication: London: Griffith and Farran,, 1870

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FAVOURITE FABLES IN PROSE AND VERSE ***

 

THE FROG AND THE OX. THE FROG AND THE OX.

 

FAVOURITE FABLES,

In Prose and Verse.

 

With Twenty-four Illustrations

FROM DRAWINGS

 

By Harrison Weir.

 

 

JUSTICE. JUSTICE.

 

 

LONDON:

GRIFFITH AND FARRAN,

(SUCCESSORS TO NEWBERY AND HARRIS),

CORNER OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD.

MDCCCLXX.

CONTENTS.

  FABLEPAGE
I.   The Fox and the Goat 1
II.   The Frog and the Ox 2
III.   The Man and His Goose 3
IV.   The Lion and other Beasts 4
V.   The Dove and the Ant 5
VI.   The Fox without a Tail 6
VII.   The Butterfly and the Snail 7
VIII.   The Wolf and the Crane 9
IX.   The Frog and the Rat 10
X.   The Fighting Cock and Eagle 12
XI.   The Diamond and the Loadstone 13
XII.   The Bear and the Bees 15
XIII.   The Frogs desiring a King 16
XIV.   The Fox and the Boar 17
XV.   The Vine and the Goat 18
XVI.   The Discontented Horse 19
XVII.   The Mountain in Labour 21
XVIII.   The Fox and the Stork 21
XIX.   The Horse and the Stag 23
XX.   The Lion Wounded 24
XXI.   The Ass in the Lion's Skin 25
XXII.   Jupiter and the Farmer 25
XXIII.   The Vain Jackdaw 28
XXIV.   The Viper and the File 29
XXV.   The Wolf and the Lamb 30
XXVI.   The Old Bullfinch and Young Birds 31
XXVII.   The Mouse and the Weasel 34
XXVIII.   The Old Hound 35
XXIX.   The Charger and the Ass 36
XXX.   The Colt and the Farmer 37
XXXI.   The Lark and her Young Ones 40
XXXII.   The Fox and the Crow 42
XXXIII.   The Peacock's Complaint 43
XXXIV.   The Stag in the Ox-Stall 44
XXXV.   The Wind and the Sun 46
XXXVI.   The Travellers and the Bear 47
XXXVII.   The Dog and the Shadow 48
XXXVIII.   The Hermit and the Bear 49
XXXIX.   The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf 53
XL.   The Fawn and her Mother 54
XLI.   The Tortoise and the Eagle 55
XLII.   The Brother and Sister 56
XLIII.   The Shepherd's Dog and Wolf 57
XLIV.   The Covetous Man 59
XLV.   The Hare and the Tortoise 60
XLVI.   The Hog and the Acorns 61
XLVII.   The Country Mouse and the City Mouse 62
XLVIII.   The Cat and the Mice 65
XLIX.   The Kid and the Wolf 66
L.   The Council of Horses 66
LI.   The Ass and the Little Dog 69
LII.   The Lion and the Four Bulls 71
LIII.   The Leopard and the Fox 72
LIV.   The Warrior Wolf 73
LV.   The Belly and the Members 74
LVI.   The Cur, the Horse, and the Shepherd's Dog 76
LVII.   The Jackdaw and the Eagle 78
LVIII.   The Ass and the Lion Hunting 79
LIX.   The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing 80
LX.   The Two Bees 81
LXI.   The Turkey and the Ant 82
LXII.   The Dog and the Wolf 84
LXIII.   The Satyr and the Traveller 86
LXIV.   The Barley-Mow and the Dunghill 87
LXV.   The Sheep-biter and Shepherd 88
LXVI.   The Stag at the Pool 90
LXVII.   The Old Swallows and the Young Birds 91
LXVIII.   The Waggoner and the Butterfly 93
LXIX.   The Lion, the Bear and the Fox 95
LXX.   The Fox and the Grapes 96
LXXI.   The Hare and Many Friends 97
LXXII.   The Cock and the Fox 100
LXXIII.   The Lion and the Mouse 102
LXXIV.   The Trumpeter taken Prisoner 103
LXXV.   The Mouse and the Elephant 104
LXXVI.   The Husbandman and his Sons 106
LXXVII.   The Bald Knight 107
LXXVIII.   The Dog in the Manger 108
LXXIX.   The Old Man and Death 108
LXXX.   The Old Hen and Young Cock 110
LXXXI.   Mercury and the Woodman 112
LXXXII.   The Wolf and the Kid 114
LXXXIII.   The Old Man and his Sons 114
LXXXIV.   The Brook and the Fountain 116
LXXXV.   The Mice in Council 117
LXXXVI.   The Fox in the Well 119
LXXXVII.   The Horse and the Wolf 120
LXXXVIII.   The Two Springs 120
LXXXIX.   The Countryman and the Raven 122
XC.   The Fox and the Bramble 123
XCI.   Hercules and the Carter 124
XCII.   The Boys and the Frogs 125
XCIII.   The Cock and the Jewel 126
XCIV.   The Nightingale and the Glow-Worm 127
XCV.   The Fox and the Sick Lion 128
XCVI.   The Lion, the Fox, and the Geese 130
XCVII.   The One-Eyed Doe 132
XCVIII.   The Fox, the Raven, and the Dove 133
XCIX.   The Two Pots 136
C.   The Two Frogs 137
CI.   The Fox and the Mask 138
CII.   The Cat, the Cock, and the Young Mouse 138
CIII.   The Mice and the Trap 140
CIV.   The Chameleon 141
CV.   The Wolf, the Fox, and the Ass 144
CVI.   The Boy and the Butterfly 148
CVII.   The Crow and the Pitcher 149

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE
1.   The Frog and the Ox (Frontispiece)
2.   The Fox without a Tail 6
3.   The Fighting Cock and Eagle 12
4.   The Vine and the Goat 18
5.   The Lion Wounded 24
6.   The Wolf and the Lamb 30
7.   The Charger and the Ass 36
8.   The Fox and the Crow 42
9.   The Dog and the Shadow 48
10.   The Fawn and her Mother 54
11.   The Hare and the Tortoise 60
12.   The Kid and the Wolf 66
13.   The Leopard and the Fox 72
14.   The Jackdaw and the Eagle 78
15.   The Dog and the Wolf 84
16.   The Stag at the Pool 90
17.   The Fox and the Grapes 96
18.   The Lion and the Mouse 102
19.   The Dog in the Manger 108
20.   The Wolf and the Goat 114
21.   The Horse and the Wolf 120
22.   The Cock and the Jewel 126
23.   The One-eyed Doe 132
24.   The Fox and the Mask 138

FAVOURITE FABLES.

FABLE I.

THE FOX AND THE GOAT.