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The fables of Aesop / selected, told anew and their history traced by Joseph Jacobs ; illustrated by David Levine ; afterword by Clifton Fadiman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: New York : Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., [1964]Description: ix, 115, [3] pages : illustrations (some color)Other title:
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Woodman and the serpent -- Sick lion -- Bat, the birds, and the beasts -- Serpent and the file -- Androcles -- Jay and the peacock -- Wolf and sheep's clothing -- Frog and the ox -- Dog and the wolf -- Belling the cat -- Hart in the ox stall -- Belly and the members -- Hart and the hunter -- Peacock and Juno -- Two crabs -- Fox and the lion -- Dog in the manger -- Horse, hunter, and Stag -- Lion and the statue -- Fox and the grapes -- Ant and the grasshopper -- Lion in love -- Miser and his gold -- Tree and the reed -- Fox and the cat -- Two pots -- Fisher -- Young thief and his mother -- Two fellows and the bear -- Shepherd's boy -- Man and the satyr -- Man and his wives -- Avaricious and Envious -- Nurse and the wolf -- Tortoise and the birds -- Goose with the golden eggs -- Fox, the cock, and the dog -- Man and the wooden god -- Old man and death -- Ass and the lion's skin -- Four oxen and the lion -- Fisher and the little fish -- Ass's brains -- Crow and the pitcher -- Hare and the tortoise -- Buffoon and the countryman -- Laborer and the nightingale -- Man, the boy, and the donkey -- Milkmaid and her pail -- One-eyed doe -- Bundle of sticks -- Fox and the mosquitoes -- Cat-maiden -- Fox and the goat -- Wind and the sun -- Trumpeter taken prisoner -- Eagle and the arrow -- Old woman and the wine jar -- Fox without a tail -- Lion, the fox, and the beasts -- Hercules and the Wagoner -- Horse and the ass -- Hare with many friends -- Short history of the Aesopic file.
Summary: Adaptations of eighty-two of Aesop's best known fables. Includes a brief history of the fables.
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Woodman and the serpent -- Sick lion -- Bat, the birds, and the beasts -- Serpent and the file -- Androcles -- Jay and the peacock -- Wolf and sheep's clothing -- Frog and the ox -- Dog and the wolf -- Belling the cat -- Hart in the ox stall -- Belly and the members -- Hart and the hunter -- Peacock and Juno -- Two crabs -- Fox and the lion -- Dog in the manger -- Horse, hunter, and Stag -- Lion and the statue -- Fox and the grapes -- Ant and the grasshopper -- Lion in love -- Miser and his gold -- Tree and the reed -- Fox and the cat -- Two pots -- Fisher -- Young thief and his mother -- Two fellows and the bear -- Shepherd's boy -- Man and the satyr -- Man and his wives -- Avaricious and Envious -- Nurse and the wolf -- Tortoise and the birds -- Goose with the golden eggs -- Fox, the cock, and the dog -- Man and the wooden god -- Old man and death -- Ass and the lion's skin -- Four oxen and the lion -- Fisher and the little fish -- Ass's brains -- Crow and the pitcher -- Hare and the tortoise -- Buffoon and the countryman -- Laborer and the nightingale -- Man, the boy, and the donkey -- Milkmaid and her pail -- One-eyed doe -- Bundle of sticks -- Fox and the mosquitoes -- Cat-maiden -- Fox and the goat -- Wind and the sun -- Trumpeter taken prisoner -- Eagle and the arrow -- Old woman and the wine jar -- Fox without a tail -- Lion, the fox, and the beasts -- Hercules and the Wagoner -- Horse and the ass -- Hare with many friends -- Short history of the Aesopic file.

Adaptations of eighty-two of Aesop's best known fables. Includes a brief history of the fables.

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