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Title: A Hundred Fables of La Fontaine

Author: Jean de La Fontaine

Illustrator: Percy J. Billinghurst

Release Date: May 6, 2008 [EBook #25357]

Language: English

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A HUNDRED FABLES OF

LA FONTAINE

[Illustration]

A HUNDRED FABLES

OF

LA FONTAINE

WITH PICTURES BY PERCY J. BILLINGHURST

LONDON
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_SECOND EDITION_

Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO.
At the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh

CONTENTS

A

_Page_
_The Acorn and the Pumpkin_ 128
_The Animals Sick of the Plague_ 200
_The Ape_ 90
_The Ass and his Masters_ 34
_The Ass and the Dog_ 120
_The Ass and the Little Dog_ 18
_The Ass Carrying Relics_ 26
_The Ass Dressed in the Lion's Skin_ 166
_The Ass Loaded with Sponges_ 72

B

_The Bat and the Two Weasels_ 66
_The Battle of the Rats and the Weasels_ 198
_The Bear and the Two Companions_ 194
_The Bird Wounded by an Arrow_ 68

C

_The Camel and the Floating Sticks_ 82
_The Carter in the Mire_ 104
_The Cat and the Fox_ 138
_The Cat and the Two Sparrows_ 150
_The Cock and the Fox_ 76
_The Council held by the Rats_ 62
_The Countryman and the Serpent_ 102
_The Cunning Fox_ 88

D

_Death and the Woodman_