Produced by David Edwards, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) [Illustration: A HUNDRED FABLES OF LA FONTAINE WITH PICTURES BY PERCY J. BILLINGHURST] A HUNDRED FABLES OF LA FONTAINE [Illustration] A HUNDRED FABLES OF LA FONTAINE WITH PICTURES BY PERCY J. BILLINGHURST LONDON JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD NEW YORK JOHN LANE COMPANY _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_ 56 _The Dog and his Master's Dinner_ 110 _The Dog whose Ears were Cropped_ 144 _The Dove and the Ant_ 74 _The Dragon with many Heads_ 54 E _The Eagle and the Magpie_ 94 _The Eagle and the Owl_ 184 _The Ears of the Hare_ 22 _The Earthen Pot and the Iron Pot_ 192 _Education_ 122 F _The Fool who Sold Wisdom_ 130 _The Fox, the Flies, and the Hedgehog_ 92 _The Fox, the Monkey, and the Animals_ 98 _The Fox and the Turkeys_ 172 _The Fox, the Wolf, and the Horse_ 170 G _The Grasshopper and the Ant_ 2 H _The Hare and the Partridge_ 28 _The Head and the Tail of the Serpent_ 108 _The Heifer, the Goat, and the Sheep_ 48 _The Heron_ 106 _The Hog, the Goat, and the Sheep_ 116 _The Hornets and the Bees_ 58 _The Horse and the Wolf_ 182 J _The Joker and the Fishes_ 112