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Aesop in Rhyme by Mary Thummel

Aesop in Rhyme by Mary Leone Gilliam Thummel with illustrations by Edward Eksergian. The book was published in 1906. You can use this link to browse posts from this book, and you will find the table of contents below.

online source: Hathi
online source: Google Books

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Fables with illustrations:

01. DEATH AND CUPID
04. THE FOX AND THE APE
07. THE TWO FROGS
10. THE EAGLE, THE CAT, AND THE SOW
13. THE OAK AND THE REEDS
16. THE WOMAN AND THE HEN
19. THE FOX AND THE TIGER
22. THE FOX AND THE CHEESE
23. THE JACKDAW AND THE SHEEP
24. THE TRAVELERS AND THE BEAR
25. FORTUNE AND THE BOY
28. THE LION HUNTING WITH OTHER BEASTS
29. THE OLD MAN AND HIS SONS
30. THE FOX AND THE STORK
31. THE CAT AND THE MICE
34. THE MAN WITH TWO WIVES
35. THE THIEF AND THE BOY
36. THE MISCHIEVOUS DOG
37. THE TWO CRABS
40. THE HARPER
41. THE ONE-EYED DOE
42. THE WOLF AND THE LAMB
43. THE FROGS DESIRING A KING
44. THE STAG LOOKING INTO THE POOL
45. THE WOOD AND THE MAN
46. THE HORSE AND THE STAG
47. THE GEESE AND THE CRANES


Here's a random fable from the book:




dated: 6/19/2017
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Labels: Book Library, book: 1906 Thummel, language: English, Poetry, source: Hathi

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I have written three books about Aesop's fables: Aesop's Fables (an English translation) Aesop's Fables in Latin (a Latin textbook), and Mille Fabulae et Una (a Latin anthology).

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