| CHAPTER | PAGE | | I. | DEFINITION OF FABLE | 1 | | II. | CHARACTERISTICS OF FABLES | 7 | | III. | THE MORAL AND APPLICATION OF FABLES | 13 | | IV. | FABULISTS AS CENSORS | 19 | | V. | LESSONS TAUGHT BY FABLES | 25 | | VI. | ÆSOP | 33 | | VII. | STORIES RELATED OF ÆSOP | 42 | | VIII. | THE ÆSOPIAN FABLES | 52 | | IX. | PHÆDRUS AND BABRIUS | 63 | | X. | THE FABLE IN HISTORY AND MYTH | 68 | | XI. | HINDOO, ARABIAN, AND PERSIAN FABLES.—PILPAY, LOCMAN.—'THE GESTA ROMANORUM' | 80 | | XII. | MODERN FABULISTS: LA FONTAINE, GAY | 96 | | XIII. | MODERN FABULISTS: DODSLEY, NORTHCOTE | 108 | | XIV. | MODERN FABULISTS: LESSING, YRIARTE, KRILOF | 115 | | XV. | OTHER AND OCCASIONAL FABULISTS | 125 | | XVI. | CONCLUSION | 143 | | INDEX | 147 |
FABLES AND FABULISTS
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