THE FABLES
OF
LA FONTAINE.
TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH VERSE BY WALTER THORNBURY,
WITH
ILLUSTRATIONS
BY
GUSTAVE DORÉ.
CASSELL, PETTER, AND GALPIN,
LONDON AND NEW YORK.
1886
Jean de la Fontaine
CONTENTS
As Essay on the Life and Works of Jean de la Fontaine xiii
The Life of Æsop, the Phrygian xxxiii
Dedication to Monseigneur the Dauphin li
Preface lv
To Monseigneur the Dauphin lxiii
The Grasshopper and the Ant 3
The Raven and the Fox 5
The Frog that Wished to make Herself as Big as the Ox 7
The Two Mules 11
The Wolf and the Dog 13
The Heifer, the She-goat, and the Lamb, in Partnership
with the Lion 16
The Wallet 18
The Swallow and the Little Birds 20
The Town Rat and the Country Rat 27
The Man and his Image 29
The Dragon with many Heads, and the Dragon with
many Tails 31
The Wolf and the Lamb 35
The Robbers and the Ass 37
Death and the Woodcutter 39
Simonides rescued by the Gods 43
Death and the Unhappy Man 47
The Wolf turned Shepherd 51
The Child and the Schoolmaster 53
The Pullet and the Pearl 55
The Drones and the Bees 56
The Oak and the Reed 61
Against Those Who are Hard to Please 63
The Council held by the Rats <