CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | DEFINITION OF FABLE | [1] |
| II. | CHARACTERISTICS OF FABLES | [7] |
| III. | THE MORAL AND APPLICATION OF FABLES | [13] |
| IV. | FABULISTS AS CENSORS | [19] |
| V. | LESSONS TAUGHT BY FABLES | [25] |
| VI. | ÆSOP | [33] |
| VII. | STORIES RELATED OF ÆSOP | [42] |
| VIII. | THE ÆSOPIAN FABLES | [52] |
| IX. | PHÆDRUS AND BABRIUS | [63] |
| X. | THE FABLE IN HISTORY AND MYTH | [68] |
| XI. | HINDOO, ARABIAN, AND PERSIAN FABLES.—PILPAY, LOCMAN.—'THE GESTA ROMANORUM' | [80] |
| XII. | MODERN FABULISTS: LA FONTAINE, GAY | [96] |
| XIII. | MODERN FABULISTS: DODSLEY, NORTHCOTE | [108] |
| XIV. | MODERN FABULISTS: LESSING, YRIARTE, KRILOF | [115] |
| XV. | OTHER AND OCCASIONAL FABULISTS | [125] |
| XVI. | CONCLUSION | [143] |
| INDEX | [147] | |
FABLES AND FABULISTS
CHAPTER I.
DEFINITION OF FABLE.
'Read my little fable,
He that runs may read.'