Fables and Fabulists Ancient and Modern

Fables and Fabulists Ancient and Modern

Thomas Newbigging, scottish historian, writer and engineer (1833-1914)


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Table of Contents

 DODSLEY, NORTHCOTE

 LA FONTAINE, GAY

 LESSING, YRIARTE, KRILOF

-01- About this book

-02- MOTTO

-03- DEFINITION OF FABLE

-04- CHARACTERISTICS OF FABLES

-05- THE MORAL AND APPLICATION OF FABLES

-06- FABULISTS AS CENSORS

-07- LESSONS TAUGHT BY FABLES

-08- ÆSOP

-09- STORIES RELATED OF ÆSOP

-10- THE ÆSOPIAN FABLES

-11- PHÆDRUS AND BABRIUS

-12- THE FABLE IN HISTORY AND MYTH

-13- HINDOO, ARABIAN, AND PERSIAN FABLES

-17- OTHER AND OCCASIONAL FABULISTS

-18- CONCLUSION