E-text prepared by Al Haines
THE TALKING BEASTS
A Book of Fable Wisdom
EDITED BY KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN AND NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH
Illustrations by Harold Nelson
1922
"Accept, young Prince, the moral lay
And in these tales mankind survey;
With early virtues plant your breast
The specious arts of vice detest."
JOHN GAY TO HIS HIGHNESS WILLIAM, DUKE OF CUMBERLAND
CONTENTS
I. Fables of Aesop. (Greek)