BY THOMAS NEWBIGGING, Author of 'The History of the Forest of Rossendale,' 'Old Gamul,' etc.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. DEFINITION OF FABLE.
CHAPTER II. CHARACTERISTICS OF FABLES.
CHAPTER III. THE MORAL AND APPLICATION OF FABLES.
CHAPTER IV. FABULISTS AS CENSORS.
CHAPTER V. LESSONS TAUGHT BY FABLES.
CHAPTER VI. AESOP.
CHAPTER VII. STORIES RELATED OF AESOP.
CHAPTER VIII. THE AESOPIAN FABLES.
CHAPTER IX. PHAEDRUS AND BABRIUS.
CHAPTER X. THE FABLE IN HISTORY AND MYTH.
CHAPTER XI. HINDOO, ARABIAN, AND PERSIAN FABLES. PILPAY, LOCMAN. THE 'GESTA ROMANORUM.'
CHAPTER XII. MODERN FABULISTS: LA FONTAINE, GAY.
CHAPTER XIII. MODERN FABULISTS: DODSLEY, NORTHCOTE.
CHAPTER XIV. MODERN FABULISTS: LESSING, YRIARTE, KRILOF.
CHAPTER XV. OTHER AND OCCASIONAL FABULISTS.
CHAPTER XVI. CONCLUSION.
INDEX.
