The Fox and the Mask

137. THE FOX AND THE MASK. A Fox had stolen into the house of an actor, and in rummaging among his various properties, laid hold of a highly-finished Mask. “A fine-looking head, indeed!” cried he; “what a pity it is that it wants brains!”
A fair outside is but a poor substitute for inward worth. [more info]

Aesop's Fables illustrated by Tenniel

Aesop's Fables: A new version, chiefly from original sources, by the Rev. Thomas James, with more than one hundred illustrations designed by John Tenniel. The book was published in 1848.

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There are also later editions of the fables which combine the Tenniel illustrations with Wolf's illustrations (as here).

Fables with illustrations:

001. THE FOX AND THE GRAPES

003. THE WOLF AND THE CRANE

005. THE FOX AND THE GOAT

007. THE VAIN JACKDAW

009. THE MOUNTAIN IN LABOUR

011. THE OLD HOUND

013. THE COCK AND THE JEWEL

016. THE EAGLE AND THE FOX

018. THE COUNTRYMAN AND THE SNAKE

020. THE MAN AND THE SATYR

022. THE FIGHTING-COCKS AND THE EAGLE

024. THE DOG AND THE SHADOW

027. THE WOLF AND THE LAMB

029. THE COUNTRY MOUSE AND THE TOWN MOUSE

031. THE LION AND THE MOUSE

033. THE HOUSE-DOG AND THE WOLF

034. THE FROG AND THE OX

036. THE TORTOISE AND THE EAGLE

038. THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE

040. THE SHEPHERD-BOY AND THE WOLF

042. THE OLD WOMAN AND THE WINE-JAR

047. THE CROW AND THE PITCHER

050. THE ONE-EYED DOE

052. THE TRAVELLERS AND THE BEAR

053. THE STAG IN THE OX-STALL

054. THE COLLIER AND THE FULLER

056. THE ASS AND THE LAP-DOG

057. THE WIND AND THE SUN

058. THE TREES AND THE AXE

060. THE LION IN LOVE

062. THE WOLVES AND THE SHEEP

064. THE BELLY AND THE MEMBERS

066. HERCULES AND THE WAGGONER

068. THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL

070. THE HARES AND THE FROGS

072. THE ANGLER AND THE LITTLE FISH

074. THE HUSBANDMAN AND THE STORK

078. THE NURSE AND THE WOLF

082. THE BUNDLE OF STICKS

084. THE MAN AND THE LION

086. THE HORSE AND THE STAG

088. THE MISCHIEVOUS DOG

090. THE HERDSMAN AND THE LOST BULL

092. THE OAK AND THE REED

094. MERCURY AND THE WOODMAN

097. THE LION AND OTHER BEASTS HUNTING

099. THE COUNTRY MAID AND HER MILK-CAN

101. THE THIEF AND HIS MOTHER

102. THE CAT AND THE MICE

106. THE DOG IN THE MANGER

108. THE LION, THE BEAR, AND THE FOX

110. THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS

112. THE TRUMPETER TAKEN PRISONER

115. THE DOG INVITED TO SUPPER

116. THE FROGS ASKING FOR A KING

118. THE LARK AND HER YOUNG ONES

120. THE THIEF AND THE DOG

122. THE OLD MAN AND DEATH

124. THE BIRDS, THE BEASTS, AND THE BAT

125. THE TWO POTS

127. THE ARAB AND THE CAMEL

129. THE TRAVELLERS AND THE HATCHET

133. THE ASS AND HIS DRIVER

135. THE HART AND THE VINE

137. THE FOX AND THE MASK

139. THE HORSE AND THE LOADED ASS

142. THE EAGLE AND THE JACKDAW

144. THE HEIFER AND THE OX

146. THE FOX AND THE STORK

148. THE BULL AND THE GOAT

150. THE JACKASS IN OFFICE

155. THE QUACK FROG

157. THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN

159. THE BOY BATHING

161. THE MOUSE AND THE WEASEL

163. THE CHARGER AND THE ASS

165. VENUS AND THE CAT

167. THE GREAT AND THE LITTLE FISH

170. THE ASS, THE COCK, AND THE LION

174. THE BLACKAMOOR

176. THE LEOPARD AND THE FOX

179. THE MAN AND HIS TWO WIVES

180. THE VINE AND THE GOAT

183. THE FOX AND THE CROW

185. THE ASS'S SHADOW

187. THE LION AND THE BULLS

189. THE SHEPHERD AND THE SEA

191. THE OLD WOMAN AND HER MAIDS

192. THE MISER

193. THE WILD BOAR AND THE FOX

195. THE BOASTING TRAVELLER

197. THE STAG AT THE POOL

198. THE OLD LION

199. THE HUNTER AND THE WOODMAN

200. MERCURY AND THE SCULPTOR

201. THE WOLF AND THE SHEPHERDS

202. THE ASTRONOMER

203. THE MILLER, HIS SON, AND THEIR ASS

The Old Woman and Her Maids

191. THE OLD WOMAN AND HER MAIDS A thrifty old Widow kept two Servant-Maids, whom she used to call up to their work at cock-crow. The Maids disliked exceedingly this early rising, and determined between themselves to wring off the Cock’s neck, as he was the cause of all their trouble by waking their mistress so early. They had no sooner done this, than the old lady missing her usual alarum, and afraid of oversleeping herself, continually mistook the time of day, and roused them up at midnight.
Too much cunning overreaches itself. [more info]

The Shepherd and the Sea

189. THE SHEPHERD AND THE SEA A Shepherd moved down his flock to feed near the shore, and beholding the Sea lying in a smooth and breathless calm, he was seized with a strong desire to sail over it. So he sold all his sheep and bought a cargo of Dates, and loaded a vessel, and set sail. He had not gone far when a storm arose; his ship was wrecked, and his Dates and everything lost, and he himself with difficulty escaped to land. Not long after, when the Sea was again calm, and one of his friends came up to him and was admiring its repose, he said, “Have a care, my good fellow, of that smooth surface; it is only looking out for your Dates.” [more info]

The Lion and the Bulls

187. THE LION AND THE BULLS.  Three Bulls fed in a field together in the greatest peace and amity. A Lion had long watched them in the hope of making prize of them, but found that there was little chance for him so long as they kept all together. He therefore began secretly to spread evil and slanderous reports of one against the other, till he had fomented a jealousy and distrust amongst them. No sooner did the Lion see that they avoided one another, and fed each by himself apart, than he fell upon them singly, and so made an easy prey of them all.
The quarrels of friends are the opportunities of foes. [more info]

The Ass's Shadow

185. THE ASS'S SHADOW A Youth, one hot summer’s day, hired an Ass to carry him from Athens to Megara. At mid-day the heat of the sun was so scorching, that he dismounted, and would have sat down to repose himself under the shadow of the Ass. But the driver of the Ass disputed the place with him, declaring that he had an equal right to it with the other.
“What!” said the Youth; “did I not hire the Ass for the whole journey?”
“Yes,” said the other, “you hired the Ass, but not the Ass’s Shadow.”
While they were thus wrangling and fighting for the place, the Ass took to his heels and ran away. [more info]

The Fox and the Crow

183. THE FOX AND THE CROW A Crow had snatched a goodly piece of cheese out of a window and flew with it into a high tree intent on enjoying her prize. A Fox spied the dainty morsel and thus he planned his approaches. "O Crow," said he, "how beautiful are thy wings! How bright thine eye! How graceful thy neck! Thy breast is the breast of an eagle! Thy claws, I beg pardon, thy talons are a match for all the beasts of the field! O that such a bird should be dumb and want only a voice!"
The Crow pleased with the flattery and chuckling to think how she would surprise the Fox with her caw opened her mouth; down dropped the cheese which the Fox snapping up, observed, as he walked away, that whatever he had remarked of her beauty, he had said nothing yet of her brains.
Men seldom flatter without some private end in view; and they who listen to such music may expect to have to pay the piper. [more info]

The Vine and the Goat

180. THE VINE AND THE GOAT There was a Vine teeming with ripe fruit and tender shoots, when a wanton Goat came up and gnawed the bark, and browsed upon the young leaves. “I will revenge myself on you,” said the Vine, “for this insult; for when in a few days you are brought as a victim to the altar, the juice of my grapes shall be the dew of death upon thy forehead.”
Retribution, though late, comes at last. [more info]

The Man and His Two Wives

179. THE MAN AND HIS TWO WIVES In days when a man was allowed more wives than one, a middle-aged bachelor, who could be called neither young nor old, and whose hair was only just beginning to turn grey, must needs fall in love with two women at once, and marry them both. The one was young and blooming, and wished her husband to appear as youthful as herself; the other was somewhat more advanced in age, and was as anxious that her husband should appear a suitable match for her.
So, while the young one seized every opportunity of pulling out the good man’s grey hairs, the old one was as industrious in plucking out every black hair she could find. For a while the man was highly gratified by their attention and devotion, till he found one morning that, between the one and the other, he had not a hair left.
He that submits his principles to the influence and caprices of opposite parties, will end in having no principles at all. [more info]

The Leopard and the Fox

176. THE LEOPARD AND THE FOX A Leopard and a Fox had a contest which was the finer creature of the two. The Leopard put forward the beauty of its numberless spots; but the Fox replied, “It is better to have a versatile mind than a variegated body.” [more info]

The Blackamoor

174. THE BLACKAMOOR A certain man bought a Blackamoor, and thinking that the colour of his skin arose from the neglect of his former master, he no sooner brought him home than he procured all manner of scouring apparatus, scrubbing-brushes, soaps, and sand-paper, and set to work with his servants to wash him white again. They drenched and rubbed him for many an hour, but all in vain; his skin remained as black as ever; while the poor wretch all but died from the cold he caught under the operation.
No human means avail of themselves to change a nature originally evil. [more info]

Rooster, Cock, and Lion

170. THE ASS, THE COCK, AND THE LION An Ass and a Cock lived in a farmyard together. One day a hungry Lion passing by and seeing the Ass in good condition, resolved to make a meal of him. Now, they say that there is nothing a Lion hates so much as the crowing of a Cock; and at that moment the Cook happening to crow, the Lion straightway made off with all haste from the spot. The Ass, mightily amused to think that a Lion should be frightened at a bird, plucked up courage and galloped after him, delighted with the notion of driving the king of beasts before him. He had, however, gone no great distance, when the Lion turned sharply round upon him, and made an end of him in a trice.
Presumption begins in ignorance and ends in ruin. [

Mercury and the Sculptor

200. MERCURY AND THE SCULPTOR Mercury, having a mind to know in what estimation he was held among men, disguised himself as a traveller, and going into a Sculptor’s workshop, began asking the price of the different statues he saw there. Pointing to an image of Jupiter, he asked how much he wanted for that.
“A drachma,” said the image-maker.
Mercury laughed in his sleeve, and asked, “How much for this of Juno?”
The man wanted a higher price for that.
Mercury’s eye now caught his own image. “Now, will this fellow,” thought he, “ask me ten times as much for this, for I am the messenger of heaven, and the source of all his gain.” So he put the question to him, what he valued that Mercury at.
“Well,” says the Sculptor, “if you will give me my price for the other two, I will throw you that into the bargain.”
They who are over anxious to know how the world values them, will seldom be set down at their own price. [more info]

The Charger and the Ass

163. THE CHARGER AND THE ASS A Charger adorned with his fine trappings came thundering along the road, exciting the envy of a poor Ass who was trudging along the same way with a heavy load upon his back. “Get out of my road!” said the proud Horse, “or I shall trample you under my feet."
The Ass said nothing, but quietly moved on one side to let the Horse pass.
Not long afterwards the Charger was engaged in the wars, and being badly wounded in battle was rendered unfit for military service, and sent to work upon a farm. When the Ass saw him dragging with great labour a heavy waggon, he understood how little reason he had had to envy one who, by his overbearing spirit in the time of his prosperity, had lost those friends who might have succoured him in time of need. [more info]

The Great and the Little Fish

167. THE GREAT AND THE LITTLE FISH A Fisherman was drawing up a net which he had cast into the sea, full of all sorts of fish. The Little Fish escaped through the meshes of the net, and got back into the deep, but the Great Fish were all caught and hauled into the ship.
Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety. [more info]

Venus and the Cat

165. VENUS AND THE CAT.  A Cat having fallen in love with a young man, besought Venus to change her into a girl, in the hope of gaining his affections. The Goddess, taking compassion on her weakness, metamorphosed her into a fair damsel; and the young man, enamoured of her beauty, led her home as his bride.
As they were sitting in their chamber, Venus, wishing to know whether in changing her form she had also changed her nature, set down a Mouse before her. The girl, forgetful of her new condition, started from her seat, and pounced upon the Mouse as if she would have eaten it on the spot; whereupon the Goddess, provoked at her frivolity, straightway turned her into a Cat again.
What is bred in the bone will never out of the flesh. [more info]

The Mouse and the Weasel

161. THE MOUSE AND THE WEASEL A little starveling Mouse had made his way with some difficulty into a basket of corn, where, finding the entertainment so good, he stuffed and crammed himself to such an extent, that when he would have got out again, he found the hole was too small to allow his puffed-up body to pass. As he sat at the hole groaning over his fate, a Weasel, who was brought to the spot by his cries, thus addressed him: “Stop there, my friend, and fast till you are thin; for you will never come out till you reduce yourself to the same condition as when you entered.” [more info]

The Boy Bathing

159. THE BOY BATHING A Boy was bathing in a river, and, getting out of his depth, was on the point of sinking, when he saw a wayfarer coming by, to whom he called out for help with all his might and main. The Man began to read the Boy a lecture for his foolhardiness; but the urchin cried out, “O, save me now, sir! And read me the lecture afterwards.” [more info]

The Ass in the Lion's Skin

157. THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN An Ass having put on a Lion’s skin, roamed about, frightening all the silly animals he met with, and, seeing a Fox, he tried to alarm him also. But Reynard, having heard his voice, said, “Well, to be sure! And I should have been frightened too, if I had not heard you bray.”
They who assume a character that does not belong to them generally betray themselves by overacting it. [more info]

The Quack Frog

155. THE QUACK FROG A Frog emerging from the mud of a swamp, proclaimed to all the world that he was come to cure all diseases. “Here!” he cried; “come and see a doctor, the proprietor of medicines such as man never heard of before; no, not Aesculapius himself, Jove’s court-physician! ”
“And how,” said the Fox, “dare you set up to heal others, who are not able to cure your own limping gait, and blotched and wrinkled skin?”
Test a man’s profession by his practice. Physician, heal thyself. [more info]