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Title: Favourite Fables in Prose and Verse
Author: Various
Illustrator: Harrison Weir
Release Date: May 15, 2007 [EBook #21446]
Language: English
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[Illustration: THE FROG AND THE OX.]
FAVOURITE FABLES,
In Prose and Verse.
WITH TWENTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM DRAWINGS
BY HARRISON WEIR.
[Illustration: JUSTICE.]
LONDON:
GRIFFITH AND FARRAN,
(SUCCESSORS TO NEWBERY AND HARRIS),
CORNER OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD.
MDCCCLXX.

CONTENTS.
FABLE
I. THE FOX AND THE GOAT
II. THE FROG AND THE OX
III. THE MAN AND HIS GOOSE
IV. THE LION AND OTHER BEASTS
V. THE DOVE AND THE ANT
VI. THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL
VII. THE BUTTERFLY AND THE SNAIL
VIII. THE WOLF AND THE CRANE
IX. THE FROG AND THE RAT
X. THE FIGHTING COCK AND EAGLE
XI. THE DIAMOND AND THE LOADSTONE
XII. THE BEAR AND THE BEES
XIII. THE FROGS DESIRING A KING
XIV. THE FOX AND THE BOAR
XV. THE VINE AND THE GOAT
XVI. THE DISCONTENTED HORSE
XVII. THE MOUNTAIN IN LABOUR
XVIII. THE FOX AND THE STORK
XIX. THE HORSE AND THE STAG
XX. THE LION WOUNDED
XXI. THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN
XXII. JUPITER AND THE FARMER
XXIII. THE VAIN JACKDAW
XXIV. THE VIPER AND THE FILE
XXV. THE WOLF AND THE LAMB
XXVI. THE OLD BULLFINCH AND YOUNG BIRDS
XXVII. THE MOUSE AND THE WEASEL
XXVIII. THE OLD HOUND
XXIX. THE CHARGER AND THE ASS
XXX. THE COLT AND THE FARMER
XXXI. THE LARK AND HER YOUNG ONES
XXXII. THE FOX AND THE CROW
XXXIII. THE PEACOCK'S COMPLAINT
XXXIV. THE STAG IN THE OX-STALL
XXXV. THE WIND AND THE SUN
XXXVI. THE TRAVELLERS AND THE BEAR
XXXVII. THE DOG AND THE SHADOW
XXXVIII. THE HERMIT AND THE BEAR
XXXIX. THE SHEPHERD'S BOY AND THE WOLF
XL. THE FAWN AND HER MOTHER
XLI. THE TORTOISE AND THE EAGLE
XLII. THE BROTHER AND SISTER
XLIII. THE SHEPHERD'S DOG AND WOLF
XLIV. THE COVETOUS MAN
XLV. THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE
XLVI. THE HOG AND THE ACORNS
XLVII. THE COUNTRY MOUSE AND THE CITY MOUSE
XLVIII. THE CAT AND THE MICE
XLIX. THE KID AND THE WOLF
L. THE COUNCIL OF HORSES
LI. THE ASS AND THE LITTLE DOG
LII. THE LION AND THE FOUR BULLS
LIII. THE LEOPARD AND THE FOX
LIV. THE WARRIOR WOLF
LV. THE BELLY AND THE MEMBERS
LVI. THE CUR, THE HORSE, AND THE SHEPHERD'S DOG
LVII. THE JACKDAW AND THE EAGLE
LVIII. THE ASS AND THE LION HUNTING
LIX. THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING
LX. THE TWO BEES
LXI. THE TURKEY AND THE ANT
LXII. THE DOG AND THE WOLF
LXIII. THE SATYR AND THE TRAVELLER
LXIV. THE BARLEY-MOW AND THE DUNGHILL
LXV. THE SHEEP-BITER AND SHEPHERD
LXVI. THE STAG AT THE POOL
LXVII. THE OLD SWALLOWS AND THE YOUNG BIRDS
LXVIII. THE WAGGONER AND THE BUTTERFLY
LXIX. THE LION, THE BEAR AND THE FOX
LXX. THE FOX AND THE GRAPES
LXXI. THE HARE AND MANY FRIENDS
LXXII. THE COCK AND THE FOX
LXXIII. THE LION AND THE MOUSE
LXXIV. THE TRUMPETER TAKEN PRISONER
LXXV. THE MOUSE AND THE ELEPHANT
LXXVI. THE HUSBANDMAN AND HIS SONS
LXXVII. THE BALD KNIGHT
LXXVIII. THE DOG IN THE MANGER
LXXIX. THE OLD MAN AND DEATH
LXXX. THE OLD HEN AND YOUNG COCK
LXXXI. MERCURY AND THE WOODMAN
LXXXII. THE WOLF AND THE KID
LXXXIII. THE OLD MAN AND HIS SONS
LXXXIV. THE BROOK AND THE FOUNTAIN
LXXXV. THE MICE IN COUNCIL
LXXXVI. THE FOX IN THE WELL
LXXXVII. THE HORSE AND THE WOLF
LXXXVIII. THE TWO SPRINGS
LXXXIX. THE COUNTRYMAN AND THE RAVEN
XC. THE FOX AND THE BRAMBLE
XCI. HERCULES AND THE CARTER
XCII. THE BOYS AND THE FROGS
XCIII. THE COCK AND THE JEWEL
XCIV. THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE GLOW-WORM
XCV. THE FOX AND THE SICK LION
XCVI. THE LION, THE FOX, AND THE GEESE
XCVII. THE ONE-EYED DOE
XCVIII. THE FOX, THE RAVEN, AND THE DOVE
XCIX. THE TWO POTS
C. THE TWO FROGS
CI. THE FOX AND THE MASK
CII. THE CAT, THE COCK, AND THE YOUNG MOUSE
CIII. THE MICE AND THE TRAP
CIV. THE CHAMELEON
CV. THE WOLF, THE FOX, AND THE ASS
CVI. THE BOY AND THE BUTTERFLY
CVII. THE CROW AND THE PITCHER

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
1. THE FROG AND THE OX (_Frontispiece_)
2. THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL
3. THE FIGHTING COCK AND EAGLE
4. THE VINE AND THE GOAT
5. THE LION WOUNDED
6. THE WOLF AND THE LAMB
7. THE CHARGER AND THE ASS
8. THE FOX AND THE CROW
9. THE DOG AND THE SHADOW
10. THE FAWN AND HER MOTHER
11. THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE
12. THE KID AND THE WOLF
13. THE LEOPARD AND THE FOX
14. THE JACKDAW AND THE EAGLE
15. THE DOG AND THE WOLF
16. THE STAG AT THE POOL
17. THE FOX AND THE GRAPES
18. THE LION AND THE MOUSE
19. THE DOG IN THE MANGER
20. THE WOLF AND THE GOAT
21. THE HORSE AND THE WOLF
22. THE COCK AND THE JEWEL
23. THE ONE-EYED DOE
24. THE FOX AND THE MASK

FAVOURITE FABLES.
FABLE I.
THE FOX AND THE GOAT.
[Illustration]
In the extreme end of a village a Fox one day went to have a peep at a hen-roost. He had the bad luck to fall into a well, where he swam first to this side, and