The Baby's Own Aesop

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LONDON FREDERICK WARNE AND CO. AND NEW YORK
For this rhymed version of the Fables I have to thank my early friend and master W.J. LINTON , who kindly placed the MS. at my disposal. I have added a touch here and there, but the credit of this part of the book still belongs to him.
Walter Crane
To the Possessors of “Baby’s Opera” & “Baby’s Bouquet” with Walter Crane’s Compliments

THE GRAPES OF DISAPPOINTMENT ARE ALWAYS SOUR

IF HE ASK BREAD WILL YE GIVE HIM A STONE?
FRAUD AND VIOLENCE HAVE NO SCRUPLES