Entered at Stationers’ Hall

For my Children
. . . . . . . .

These Fables were written in India
 between the years 1880 and 1890

CONTENTS

[AN EXPOSTULATION WITH TRUTH]
[ARIEL AND THE HIPPOPOTAMUS]
[THE FROG, THE FAIRY, AND THE MOON]
[
THE TROLL AND THE MOUNTAIN]
[THE TOAD AND THE FAYS]
[THE PARSON AND THE ANGEL]
[PUCK AND THE CROCODILE]
[THE VIRTUOUS GOAT]
[THE TRUTH OF TRUTH]
[THE MAN, THE LION, AND THE FLY]
[ORPHEUS AND THE BUSY ONES]
[THE POET AND THE PENMAN]
[ THE PITEOUS EWE]
[
THE CONTEST OF BIRDS]
[
ALASTOR]
[
OCEAN AND THE ROCK]
[
DEATH AND LOVE]
[
CALYPSO TO ULYSSES]
[
THE STAR AND THE SUN]
[
THE POET’S RETIREMENT]