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Blackie's Country Home
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Mr. Lion
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Mrs. Blackrat's House Party
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The Gray Cat's Tricks
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Blackie and Mr. Bullfrog
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Blackie at Madison Square
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Blackie in the Trap
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Blackie's Picnic
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Blackie's Egg
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Ringtail's Journey
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The Circus Parade
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The Cheese House
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Mrs. Grasshopper Gay
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Mrs. Thrifty-Ant's Fall
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The Wax House
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Mr. Rabbit's Ears
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Jimmy Gnat
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The Wee Birdies
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The Wee Birdies' Neighbors
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Mr. Fox and his Dinner Party
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Mr. Heron's Dinner Party
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Mr. Fox and the Turkey Tree
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Mr. Fox and the Thomas Cat
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Mr. Thomas Cat's Chestnuts
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Mr. Eagle and Old Mrs. Owl
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Old Mrs. Owl's Children
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Little Miss Magpie
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Little Miss Magpie at Madison Square
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Snowflake
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Fleetfoot and Billy
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Kerchunk
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Kerchunk's Sisters
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The Seven Little Travellers
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Front Matter
Preface
F
ABLES have figured in all ages and
in the primeval history of all nations
as a favorite means of instruction of
children as well as of men. Their charm
consists in the transference to inanimate
objects and animals of the qualities of human
beings. The very novelty and utter impossibility
of te thing catches and holds the
interest, and it is then your moral is skilfully
dropped in—on just how skilfully depends
the value of the fable, at least for the child,
for woe be unto him who preaches in the
Kingdom of Childhood. The author of these
tales has borne this fact in mind; and in this
collection of fables, based on La Fontaine's,
you will find many old friends smiling at you
from the pages—but with fingers on lips
and repressed laughter, as they point you
to the children.
Atlanta, Ga.
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