INDEX.
- Æsop:
- his era, [33];
- birthplace, [33];
- his masters when a slave, [33];
- his mission to Delphi, [34];
- his death, [35];
- disparagement of his personal appearance, [36];
- due to Planudes, [37];
- his mate or wife, Rhodope, [38];
- Lysippus' statue of Æsop, [39];
- stories related of, [42];
- Æsop and the figs, [44];
- the pannier of bread, [45];
- bought by Zanthus, [45];
- Zanthus' foolish wager, [46];
- Zanthus' wife restored, [46];
- Æsop and the mean fellow, [47];
- at play, [48];
- and the author, [48];
- sayings of, [49];
- at the Court of Crœsus, [49];
- as a fabulist, [97]
- Æsop and the Ass, [115]
- 'Æsop, G. Washington,' parody on Æsop's fables, [127]
- Æsopian fable or apologue defined, [5];
- Ademar, [128]
- Agathia's epigram on Lysippus' statue of Æsop, [39]
- Aitken, Dr., fables by, [127]
- Aldus' edition of the fables, [59]
- Alfonso, [128]
- Aphthonius, definition of fable by, [2]
- Apologue or fable, definition of the, [1]
- Applicability of fables to every-day life, [58]
- Application of fables, [13]
- Arabian fables, [80]
- Archilochus, a writer of fables, [54]
- Aristotle on fables, [68]
- Arrogant Mule mortified, The, [75]
- Arwaker, Edmund, 'Truth in Fiction; or, Morality in Masquerade,' fables by, [126]
- Ass's Shadow, The, [79]
- 'Assemblies of Æsopian Fables,' [55]
- Avienus, [55], [61]
- Babrius, [55], [61], [65]
- Bayle on Babrius, [66]
- Beau and the Butterfly, The, [133]
- Bee and the Coquette, The, [130]
- Bee and the Spider, The, [111]
- Belly and the Members, The, [54], [68];
- the oldest known fable, [69]
- Bentley, Dr., ridicules the account of Æsop's deformity, [40];
- on Babrius, [66]
- Berington on 'The Arabian or Saracenic Learning,' [85]
- Bias, [34]
- Bitteux, [60]
- Bonus Accursius, his collection of fables, [59]
- 'Book of Kalilah and Dimnah,' The, [80]
- Boothby, Sir Brooke, definition of fable by, [3]
- Boy and the Rainbow, The, [137]
- Brettinger, [60]
- Brown, Walter, fables by, [127]
- Bull and the Gnat, The, [57]
- Bull and Mouth, The, [141]
- Bussey, G. Moir, definition of fable by, [4];
- Caxton's collection of fables, [60]
- Characteristics of fables, [7]
- Chilo, [34]
- Cleobulus, [34]
- Colling, Mary Maria, fables by, [128]
- Confession, from the 'Gesta Romanorum,' [93]
- Cotiæum in Phrygia, the supposed birthplace of Æsop, [33]
- Cowper, William, combats Rousseau's views on fables, [27];
- Crœsus, King of Lydia, [34]
- Croxall, Dr. Samuel, [16], [59], [60], [61]
- Davies, M.A., Rev. James, translator of Babrius, [67]
- Definition of fable, [1]
- Delphi, Æsop's mission to, [34];
- Demarchus, Æsop's first master, [33]
- Demetrius Phalereus, Æsop's fables collected by, [55], [61]
- Diagoras, Æsop's fables collected by, [55]
- Dodsley, Robert, definition of fable by, [3];
- Dog and the Crocodile, The, [56]
- Dryden's fables, [144]
- Eagle and the Beetle, The, [35], [76]
- Ebn Arabscah's collection of Arabian fables, [85]
- Elephant and the Fox, The, [29]
- Emblematical fables, [11]
- English writers on fables, [62];
- English fabulists, [129]
- Epigram, Agathia's, on Lysippus' statue of Æsop, [39]
- Epigrammatical character of Æsop's fables, [58]
- Escurial Library, the, [85]
- Eusebius, [35]
- Fable, definition of, [1];
- in history and myth, [68]
- Fable, writers on:
- Alsop, [62];
- Bayle, [66];
- Benfey, [61];
- Bentley, [62];
- Boissonade, [61];
- Boyle, [62];
- Crusius, [61];
- Davies, [67];
- Du Meril, [61];
- Ellis, [62];
- Fausboll, [61];
- Gaston Paris, [61];
- Gitlbauer, [61];
- Hervieux, [61];
- Jacobs, [62];
- James, [62];
- Jannelli, [61];
- Landsberger, [62];
- Lewis, [67];
- Mall, [61];
- Menas, [66];
- Meziriac, [61];
- Mueller, [61];
- Neveletus, [66];
- Oesterley, [61];
- Perotti, [61];
- Pithou, [61];
- Robert, [61];
- Rhys-Davids, [62];
- Rutherford, [62];
- Townsend, [62];
- Tyrwhitt, [62];
- Vavassor, [66];
- Wase, [62]
- Fables, characteristics of, [7];
- Fables, collections of Æsopian:
- Fables quoted—
- Æsop and the Ass, [115]
- The Arrogant Mule mortified, [75]
- The Ass's Shadow, [79]
- The Beau and Butterfly, [133]
- The Bee and the Coquette, [130]
- The Bee and the Spider, [111]
- The Belly and the Members, [69]
- The Boy and the Rainbow, [137]
- The Bull and Mouth, [141]
- The Bull and the Gnat, [57]
- Confession, [93]
- The Dog and the Crocodile, [56]
- The Eagle and the Beetle, [35], [76]
- The Elephant and the Fox, [29]
- The Farmer, Horseman and Pedestrian, [131]
- The Flea and the Elephant, [142]
- The Fox and the Crow, [31]
- The Fox and the Hedgehog, [73]
- The Fox and the Stork, [99]
- The Frogs and Jupiter, [74]
- The Geese, [121]
- The Greedy and Ambitious Cat, [81]
- The Green Man, [140]
- The Horse and the Stag, [77]
- Indian Birth Story, [141]
- The Land of the Halt, [132]
- The Leaves and the Roots, [120]
- The Magpie and Stump, [140]
- The Man and his Goose, [10]
- The Man and the Lion, [9]
- The Mastiff and his Puppy, [126]
- Mercury and the Sculptor, [57]
- The Miser and Plutus, [106]
- The Miser and the Magpie, [109]
- The Nightingale, the Cuckoo, and the Ass, [142]
- The Nightingale and the Hawk, [54], [58]
- The Nightingale and the Glow-worm, [135], [136]
- The Old Woodcutter and Death, [58]
- Of Perfect Life, [90]
- The Piper turned Fisherman, [76]
- The Shepherd and the Nightingale, [116]
- The Snake and the Hedgehog, [56]
- Solomon's Ghost, [116]
- The Toad and the Ephemeron, [110]
- The Trees in Search of a King, [71]
- The Trooper and his Armour, [113]
- The Two Thrushes, [118]
- The Viper and the File, [102]
- The Wolf and the Shepherds, [55]
- The Wolves and the Sheep, [78]
- Fables, writers of:
- Addison, [129];
- Ademar, [128];
- Aitken, [127];
- Alfonso, [128];
- Armoult, [129];
- Arwaker, [126];
- Avian, [128];
- Babrius, [65];
- Bertola, [129];
- Boisard, [129];
- Bondi, [129];
- Brown, [127];
- Chemnitzer, [129];
- Clasio, [129];
- Colling, [128];
- Coyne, [130];
- Crudeli, [129];
- Dmitriev, [129];
- Dodsley, [108];
- Dryden, [144];
- Faerno, [59];
- Fénelon, [128];
- Florian, [129];
- Maria de France, [127];
- Gaspey, [127];
- Gay, [103];
- Gellert, [129];
- Gentleman, [127];
- Ginguene, [129];
- Glinka, [129];
- Godolphin, [128];
- Goldsmith, [129];
- Goncharov, [129];
- Grillo, [129];
- Hagedorn, [129];
- Hall-Stevenson, [126];
- Henryson, [130];
- Jauffret, [129];
- Krilof, [120];
- La Fontaine, [97];
- Lessing, [115];
- Le Grand, [129];
- Lichtner, [129];
- Lomonosov, [129];
- Moore, [126];
- Nicolai, [129];
- Nivernois, [128];
- Northcote, [112];
- Passeroni, [129];
- Perego, [129];
- Percival, [130];
- Pfeffel, [129];
- Phædrus, [63];
- Pignotti, [129];
- Pilpay, [80];
- Planudes, [37];
- Poggio, [128];
- Polidori, [129];
- Prior, [129];
- Prosser, [128];
- Ramsay, [126];
- Rankine, [130];
- Roberti, [129];
- Romulus, [128];
- Rossi, [129];
- Rowe, [127];
- Rufus, [128];
- Samaniego, [129];
- Staite, [127];
- Steele, [126];
- Sumarakov, [129];
- Trimmer, [128];
- Vanbrugh, [129];
- Westmacott, [127];
- Wilkie, [127];
- Wilson, [127];
- Winter, [130];
- Yriarte, [117]
- Fabulists as censors, [19]
- Faerno's, Gabriele, one hundred fables, [59]
- Farmer, Horseman, and Pedestrian, The, [131]
- Feast of the Sages, The, [75]
- Fénelon, the Abbé, [128]
- Figs, Æsop and the stolen, [44]
- Flea and the Elephant, The, [142]
- Florian, [129];
- The Bee and the Coquette, [130]
- Fox and the Crow, The, [31]
- Fox and the Hedgehog, The, [73]
- Fox and the Stork, The, [99]
- France, Maria de, [127]
- French fabulists, [128]
- French writers on fable, [61]
- Frogs and Jupiter, The, [74]
- Furia, Francisco de, on Babrius, [66]
- Gaspey's fables, [127]
- Gāthas, or moral verses, [14]
- Gay, John, [17];
- Geese, The, [121]
- Gellert, [129];
- The Land of the Halt, [132]
- Gentleman's, Francis, royal fables, [127];
- The Beau and Butterfly, [133]
- German fabulists, [129];
- writers on fable, [61]
- 'Gesta Romanorum,' [89];
- a rich storehouse for the poets, [95]
- Godolphin, Mary, her fables, [128]
- Goldsmith on L'Estrange as a writer, [61]
- Grecian heroes and gods, [1]
- Greedy and Ambitious Cat, The, [81]
- Green Man, The, [140]
- Hall-Stevenson's, John, 'Fables for Grown Gentlemen,' [126]
- Harrison's, J. Henry, translation of Krilof's fables, [119];
- The Man with Three Wives, [123]
- Heidelberg Library, collection of fables in the, [59]
- Herodotus on the building of the Lesser Pyramid, [38]
- Hesiod and Homer, the mythical stories of, [26];
- Hindoo fables, [80]
- Horse and the Stag, The, [77]
- Humour of fables, [22], [58]
- Hyampia, the rock whence Æsop was precipitated, [35]
- Idmon, or Jadmon, Æsop's third master, [34];
- his grandson claims reparation for Æsop's death, [36]
- Indian birth story, [141]
- Indian fables, [130]
- Ineradicable impression produced by certain fables, [32]
- Iriarte, or Yriarte, Don Tomas de, Spanish fabulist, [117]
- Italian fabulists, [129];
- writers on fable, [61]
- Jacobs, Joseph, definition of fable by, [4];
- James's, Rev. Thomas, fables of Æsop, [9], [60], [143]
- Jameson, Mrs., relates a tradition of our Lord, [87]
- Jātakas, [14], [53], [87]
- Jewish writers on fables, [61]
- Johnson, Dr., definition of fable by, [3]
- Lady fabulists, [127]
- La Fontaine, Jean de, on fables, [13], [17];
- La Motte, [17], [60]
- Land of the Halt, The, [132]
- Leaves and the Roots, The, [120]
- Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim:
- Lessons taught by fables, [25]
- L'Estrange, Sir Roger, [16], [59], [60];
- Lewis, Sir George Cornewall, edited first English edition of Babrius in the original Greek text, [67]
- Locman, the Oriental fabulist, [37], [80], [85], [86]
- Lowell's 'Fable for Critics,' [145]
- Lysippus' statue of Æsop, [39]
- Lytton's, Lord, 'Fables in Song,' [145]
- Magpie and Stump, The, [140]
- Man and his Goose, The, [10]
- Man and the Lion, The, [9]
- Mandeville's 'Fable of the Bees,' [144]
- Mastiff and his Puppy, The, [126]
- Men loath to apply the moral of a fable to their own case, [22]
- Menas, M. Minoides, discovers a copy of Babrius, [66]
- Menenius recites the fable of The Belly and the Members, [69]
- Mercury and the Sculptor, [57]
- Mercury bestows the invention of the apologue on Æsop, [43]
- Miser and the Magpie, The, [109]
- Miser and Plutus, The, [106]
- Mixed fables, [11]
- Modern fabulists, [96], [108], [115], [125]
- Montaigne on Æsop's fables, [14]
- Moore's, Edward, 'Fables for the Fair Sex,' [126];
- The Nightingale and the Glow-worm, [135]
- Moore's, Thomas, 'Political Fables,' [145]
- Moral and application of fables, [13];
- whether the moral should be placed at the beginning or end of a fable, [16]
- Neveletus' collection of fables, [59];
- on Babrius, [66]
- Nightingale and the Glow-worm, The, [135], [136]
- Nightingale and the Hawk, The, [54], [58]
- Nightingale, Cuckoo, and Ass, The, [142]
- Nivernois, [128];
- The Farmer, Horseman, and Pedestrian, [131]
- Northcote, R.A., James:
- Parables, [5], [6];
- Parodies on Æsop's fables, [127]
- Pater, Walter, definition of fable by, [2]
- Pathos in fables, [58]
- Perfect Life, Of, from 'The Gesta Romanorum,' [90]
- Periander, [34]
- Persian fables, [80]
- Phædrus, [3], [17], [55];
- Philostratus on a picture of Æsop and the geniuses of fable, [40];
- mythical account of the youthful Æsop, [43]
- Pictures illustrating fables, [143]
- Pilpay's fables, [80]
- Piper turned Fisherman, The, [76]
- Pittacus, [34]
- Planudes confounds Locman with Æsop, [37];
- his stories of Æsop, [42]
- Plato advises the use of fables, [26];
- citation from the 'Phædo' of, [59]
- Plutarch on Æsop at the Court of Crœsus, [49];
- on Hesiod's fable of the nightingale, [54]
- Poggio, [128]
- Pope's epitaph on Gay, [105]
- Prosser's, Mrs., fables, [128]
- Quintilian recommends the learning of fables, [26]
- Ralston's, W. R. S., translation of Krilof's fables, [119];
- The Geese, [121]
- Ramsay's, Allan, fables, [126]
- Rankine's, Professor W. J. Macquorn, fables on well-known signboards, [130];
- Rational fables, [11]
- Reflection, the, appended to fables, [15]
- Remark, the, appended to fables, [15]
- Rhodope, the reputed wife of Æsop, [38];
- said to have built the Lesser Pyramid, [38]
- Richer, [60]
- Romulus, [128]
- Rousseau, Jean Jacques, on fables, [25], [27]
- Rowe, Rev. Henry: his fables, [127]
- Rufus, [128]
- Russian fabulists, [129]
- Scandinavian heroes and gods, [1]
- Seven sages of Greece, the, [34]
- Shakespeare's 'Coriolanus,' fable of The Belly and the Members from, [69]
- Shepherd and the Nightingale, The, [116]
- Sidney, Sir Philip, on Æsop's fables, [145]
- Smart's, Christopher, translation of Phædrus, [64]
- Snake and the Hedgehog, The, [56]
- Socrates and Æsop's fables, [59]
- Solomon's Ghost, [116]
- Solon, [34];
- at the Court of Crœsus, [49]
- Spanish fabulists, [129]
- Staite's, W. E., fables, [127]
- Steele's definition of fable, [4];
- fable of The Mastiff and his Puppy, [126]
- Stephens', Robert, edition of the fables, [59]
- Stories related of Æsop, [43]
- Successful villain, the, in the fable, [28]
- Suidas quoted, [59]
- Swift quoted, [23]
- 'Tatler,' the, quoted, [4]
- Temple, Sir William, on Æsop, [60]
- Thales, [34]
- Toad and the Ephemeron, The, [110]
- Trees in Search of a King, The, the oldest fable in Holy Scripture, [71]
- Trimmer's, Mrs., fables of Æsop, [128]
- Trooper and his Armour, The, [113]
- Two Thrushes, The, [118]
- Tyrwhitt on Babrius, [66]
- Universality of the effect of fables, [28]
- Westmacott's, Charles, 'Fables for Mankind,' [127], [143]
- Wilkie, D.D., William:
- Willans', Leonard, collection of fables, [60]
- Wilson, Sheridan, 'The Bath Fables,' [127]
- Wolf and the Lamb, The, [58]
- Wolf and the Shepherds, The, [55]
- Wolves and the Sheep, The, [78]
- Yriarte, or Iriarte, Don Tomas de, Spanish fabulist, [117];
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Transcriber's Note: Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Archaic and variant spellings have been retained.