1886

Jean de la Fontaine

CONTENTS
As Essay on the Life and Works of Jean de la Fontaine [xiii]
The Life of Æsop, the Phrygian [xxxiii]
Dedication to Monseigneur the Dauphin [li]
Preface [lv]
To Monseigneur the Dauphin [lxiii]
The Grasshopper and the Ant [3]
The Raven and the Fox [5]
The Frog that Wished to make Herself as Big as the Ox [7]
The Two Mules [11]
The Wolf and the Dog [13]
The Heifer, the She-goat, and the Lamb, in Partnership
with the Lion [16]
The Wallet [18]
The Swallow and the Little Birds [20]
The Town Rat and the Country Rat [27]
The Man and his Image [29]
The Dragon with many Heads, and the Dragon with
many Tails [31]
The Wolf and the Lamb [35]
The Robbers and the Ass [37]
Death and the Woodcutter [39]
Simonides rescued by the Gods [43]
Death and the Unhappy Man [47]
The Wolf turned Shepherd [51]
The Child and the Schoolmaster [53]
The Pullet and the Pearl [55]
The Drones and the Bees [56]
The Oak and the Reed [61]
Against Those Who are Hard to Please [63]
The Council held by the Rats [69]
The Wolf Pleading against the Fox before the Ape [71]
The Middle-Aged Man and the Two Widows [73]
The Fox and the Stork [75]
The Lion and the Gnat [79]
The Ass Laden with Sponges, and the Ass Laden
with Salt [82]
The Lion and the Rat [84]
The Dove and the Ant [88]
The Astrologer Who let Himself Fall into the Well [90]
The Hare and the Frogs [95]
The Two Bulls and the Frog [97]
The Peacock Complaining to Juno [101]
The Bat and the Two Weasels [103]
The Bird Wounded by an Arrow [105]
The Miller, his Son, and the Ass [106]
The Cock and the Fox [113]
The Frogs Who Asked for a King [116]
The Dog and Her Companion [121]
The Fox and the Grapes [125]
The Eagle and the Beetle [126]
The Raven Who Wished to Imitate the Eagle [130]
The Wolves and the Sheep [132]
The Cat Changed into a Woman [136]
Philomel and Progne [141]
The Lion and the Ass [143]
The Cat and the Old Rat [145]
A Will Interpreted by Æsop [151]
The Lion in Love [156]
The Fox and the Goat [161]
The Shepherd and the Sea [165]
The Drunkard and His Wife [167]
King Caster and the Members [169]
The Monkey and the Dolphin [172]
The Eagle, the Wild Sow, and the Cat [177]
The Miser Who Lost His Treasure [180]
The Gout and the Spider [185]
The Eye of the Master [188]
The Wolf and the Stork [193]
The Lion Defeated by Man [195]
The Swan and the Cook [196]
The Wolf, the Goat, and the Kid [198]
The Wolf, the Mother, and the Child [200]
The Lion Grown Old [205]
The Drowned Woman [207]
The Weasel in the Granary [209]
The Lark and Her Little Ones With the Owner
of a Field [211]
The Fly and the Ant [217]
The Gardener and his Master [220]
The Woodman and Mercury [223]
The Ass and the Little Dog [230]
Man and the Wooden Idol [233]
The Jay Dressed in Peacock's Plumes [235]
The Little Fish and the Fisherman [239]
Battle Between the Rats and Weasles [241]
The Camel and the Drift-Wood [244]
The Frog and the Rat [246]
The Old Woman and Her Servants [251]
The Animals Sending a Tribute to Alexander [253]
The Horse Wishing to be Revenged on the Stag [257]
The Fox and the Bust [259]
The Horse and the Wolf [263]
The Saying of Socrates [265]
The Old Man and His Children [267]
The Oracle and the Impious Man [270]
The Mountain in Labour [272]
Fortune and the Little Child [275]
The Earthen Pot and the Iron Pot [277]
The Hare's Ears [279]
The Fox with His Tail Cut Off [281]
The Satyr and the Passer-By [283]
The Doctors [287]
The Labouring Man and His Children [289]
The Hen with the Golden Eggs [291]
The Ass that Carried the Relics [295]
The Serpent and the File [296]
The Hare and the Partridge [298]
The Stag and the Vine [300]
The Lion Going to War [304]
The Ass in the Lion's Skin [306]
The Eagle and the Owl [308]
The Shepherd and the Lion [313]
The Lion and the Hunter [316]
Phœbus and Boreas [318]
The Bear and the Two Friends [323]
Jupiter and the Farmer [326]
The Stag Viewing Himself in the Stream [328]
The Cockerel, the Cat, and the Little Rat [332]
The Fox, the Monkey, and the Other Animals [335]
The Mule That Boasted of His Family [337]
The Old Man and the Ass [339]
The Countryman and the Serpent [343]
The Hare and the Tortoise [345]
The Sick Lion and the Fox [348]
The Ass and His Masters [352]
The Sun and the Frogs [354]
The Carter Stuck in the Mud [356]
The Doc and the Shadow [360]
The Bird-Catcher, the Hawk, and the Skylark [361]
The Horse and the Ass [363]
The Charlatan [365]
The Young Widow [368]
Discord [373]
The Animals Sick of the Plague [375]
The Rat Who Retired From the World [381]
The Heron [383]
The Man Badly Married [385]
The Maiden [388]
The Wishes [393]
The Vultures and the Pigeons [396]
The Court of the Lion [401]
The Milk-Maid and the Milk-Pail [404]
The Curate and the Corpse [409]
The Man Who Runs After Fortune, and the Man
Who Waits for Her [411]
The Two Fowls [416]
The Coach and the Fly [420]
The Ingratitude and Injustice of Men Towards
Fortune [422]
An Animal in the Moon [426]
The Fortune-Teller [431]
The Cobbler and the Banker [435]
The Cat, the Weasel, and the Little Rabbit [440]
The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox [443]
The Head and the Tail of the Serpent [448]
The Dog Which Carried Round His Neck His
Master's Dinner [451]
Death and the Dying Man [456]
The Power of Fables [460]
The Bear and the Amateur of Gardening [464]
The Man and the Flea [469]
The Woman and the Secret [471]
Tircis and Amaranth [475]
The Joker and the Fishes [479]
The Rat and the Oyster [481]
The Two Friends [484]
The Pig, the Goat, and the Sheep [486]
The Rat and the Elephant [488]
The Funeral or the Lioness [492]
The Bashaw and the Merchant [496]
The Horoscope [502]
The Torrent and the River [507]
The Ass and the Dog [511]
The Two Dogs and the Dead Ass [514]
The Advantage of Being Clever [520]
The Wolf and the Hunter [523]
Jupiter and the Thunderbolts [529]
The Falcon and the Capon [533]
The Two Pigeons [536]
Education [543]
The Madman Who Sold Wisdom [547]
The Cat and the Rat [549]
Democritus and the Anderanians [553]
The Oyster and Its Claimants [559]
The Fraudulent Trustee [561]
Jupiter and the Traveller [567]
The Ape and the Leopard [571]
The Acorn and the Gourd [574]
The School-Boy, the Pedant, and the Nursery
Gardener [577]
The Cat and the Fox [580]
The Sculptor and the Statue of Jupiter [585]
The Mouse Metamorphosed Into a Girl [588]
The Monkey and the Cat [595]
The Wolf and the Starved Dog [597]
The Wax Candle [599]
"Not Too Much" [601]
The Two Rats, the Fox, and the Egg [604]
The Cormorant and the Fishes [619]
The Husband, the Wife, and the Robber [624]
The Shepherd and the King [627]
The Two Men and the Treasure [635]
The Shepherd and His Flock [637]
The Kite and the Nightingale [639]
The Fish and the Shepherd Who Played on
the Clarionet [643]
The Man and the Snake [645]
The Tortoise and the Two Ducks [650]
The Two Adventurers and the Talisman [655]
The Miser and his Friend [659]
The Wolf and the Peasants [662]
The Rabbits [667]
The Swallow and the Spider [672]
The Partridge and the Fowls [674]
The Lion [676]
The Dog Whose Ears Were Cut [682]
The Two Parrots, the Monarch, and His Son [684]
The Peasant of the Danube [688]
The Lioness and She-Bear [695]
The Merchant, the Nobleman, the Shepherd, and
the King's Son [697]
The Old Man and the Three Young Men [700]
The Gods as Instructors of Jupiter's Son [705]
The Owl and the Mice [708]
The Companions of Ulysses [713]
The Farmer, the Dog, and the Fox [721]
The Dream of an Inhabitant of Mogul [725]
The Two Goats [728]
The Lion, the Ape, and the Two Asses [733]
The Wolf and the Fox [737]
The Sick Stag [740]
The Cat and the Two Sparrows [744]
The Miser and the Ape [747]
To the Duke of Burgundy [750]
The Old Cat and the Young Mouse [752]
The Bat, the Bush, and the Duck [754]
The Eagle and the Magpie [759]
The Quarrel of the Dogs and the Cats; and,
Also, That of the Cats and the Mice [762]
Love and Folly [767]
The Wolf and the Fox [770]
The Crab and Its Daughter [774]
The Forest and the Woodman [776]
The Fox, the Flies, and the Hedge-Hog [780]
The Hawk, the King, and the Falcon [782]
The Fox and the Turkeys [791]
The Crow, the Gazelle, the Tortoise, and the Rat [793]
The English Fox [803]
The Ape [807]
The Fox, the Wolf, and the Horse [809]
The League of the Rats [812]
A Scythian Philosopher [817]
Daphnis and Alcimadura [820]
The Elephant and Jupiter's Monkey [826]
The Madman and the Philosopher [829]
The Frogs and the Sun [831]
The Arbitrator, Almoner, and Hermit [833]

LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.
The Grasshopper and the Ant [1]
The Two Mules [9]
The Swallow and the Little Birds [21]
The Town Rat and the Country Rat [25]
The Wolf and the Lamb [33]
The Robbers and the Ass (To face page) [38]
Death and the Woodcutter [41]
The Wolf Turned Shepherd [49]
The Oak and the Reed [60]
The Council Held by the Rats [68]
The Lion and the Gnat [77]
The Lion and the Rat [85]
The Hare and the Frogs [93]
The Peacock Complaining to Juno [100]
The Miller, His Son, and the Ass [109]
The Frogs Who Asked For a King [117]
The Fox and the Grapes [124]
The Wolves and the Sheep [133]
Philomel and Progne [140]
The Cat and the Old Rat [148]
The Lion in Love [157]
The Shepherd and the Sea [164]
The Monkey and the Dolphin [173]
The Miser Who Lost His Treasure [181]
The Eye of the Master [189]
The Wolf, the Mother, and the Child [201]
The Lark and Her Little Ones [213]
The Woodman and Mercury [225]
The Little Fish and the Fisherman [236]
The Old Woman and Her Servants [249]
The Horse and the Wolf [261]
Fortune and the Little Child [273]
The Doctors [285]
The Hen With the Golden Eggs [293]
The Stag and the Vine [301]
The Eagle and the Owl [309]
The Bear and the Two Friends [321]
The Stag Viewing Himself in the Stream [329]
The Countryman and the Serpent [341]
The Sick Lion and the Fox [349]
The Carter Stuck in the Mud [357]
The Young Widow [369]
The Animals Sick of the Plague [377]
The Maiden [389]
The Vultures and the Pigeons [397]
The Milkmaid and the Milk-Pail [405]
The Two Fowls [417]
An Animal in the Moon [425]
An Animal in the Moon (2) [429]
The Fortune-Teller (illustration missing) [432]
The Cobbler and the Banker [437]
The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox [445]
The Dog and His Master's Dinner [453]
The Bear and the Amateur of Gardening [465]
Tircis and Amaranth [473]
The Rat and the Elephant [489]
The Bashaw and the Merchant [497]
The Torrent and the River [509]
The Two Dogs and the Dead Ass [517]
The Wolf and the Hunter [525]
The Two Pigeons [537]
The Madman Who Sold Wisdom [545]
The Oyster and Its Claimants [557]
Jupiter and the Traveller [569]
The Cat and the Fox [581]
The Monkey and the Cat [593]
The Two Rats, the Fox, and the Egg [609]
The Cormorant and the Fishes [621]
The Shepherd and the King [629]
The Fish and the Shepherd Who Played on
the Clarionet [641]
The Two Adventurers and the Talisman [653]
The Rabbits [665]
The Lion [677]
The Peasant of the Danube [689]
The Old Man and the Three Young Men [701]
The Owl and the Mice [709]
The Companions of Ulysses [717]
The Two Goats [729]
The Sick Stag [741]
The Eagle and the Magpie [757]
Love and Folly [765]
The Forest and the Woodman [777]
The Fox and the Turkeys [789]
The English Fox [801]
The League of the Rats [813]
Daphnis and Alcimadura [821]
The Arbitrator, Almoner, and Hermit [837]