THE FABLES OF LA FONTAINE. TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH VERSE BY WALTER THORNBURY, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GUSTAVE DORÉ. CASSELL, PETTER, AND GALPIN, LONDON AND NEW YORK. 1886 [Illustration: Jean de la Fontaine] CONTENTS As Essay on the Life and Works of Jean de la Fontaine The Life of Æsop, the Phrygian Dedication to Monseigneur the Dauphin Preface To Monseigneur the Dauphin The Grasshopper and the Ant The Raven and the Fox The Frog that Wished to make Herself as Big as the Ox The Two Mules The Wolf and the Dog The Heifer, the She-goat, and the Lamb, in Partnership with the Lion The Wallet The Swallow and the Little Birds The Town Rat and the Country Rat The Man and his Image The Dragon with many Heads, and the Dragon with many Tails The Wolf and the Lamb The Robbers and the Ass Death and the Woodcutter Simonides rescued by the Gods Death and the Unhappy Man The Wolf turned Shepherd The Child and the Schoolmaster The Pullet and the Pearl The Drones and the Bees The Oak and the Reed Against Those Who are Hard to Please The Council held by the Rats The Wolf Pleading against the Fox before the Ape The Middle-Aged Man and the Two Widows The Fox and the Stork The Lion and the Gnat The Ass Laden with Sponges, and the Ass Laden with Salt The Lion and the Rat The Dove and the Ant The Astrologer Who let Himself Fall into the Well The Hare and the Frogs The Two Bulls and the Frog The Peacock Complaining to Juno The Bat and the Two Weasels The Bird Wounded by an Arrow The Miller, his Son, and the Ass The Cock and the Fox The Frogs Who Asked for a King The Dog and Her Companion The Fox and the Grapes The Eagle and the Beetle The Raven Who Wished to Imitate the Eagle The Wolves and the Sheep The Cat Changed into a Woman Philomel and Progne The Lion and the Ass The Cat and the Old Rat A Will Interpreted by Æsop The Lion in Love The Fox and the Goat The Shepherd and the Sea The Drunkard and His Wife King Caster and the Members The Monkey and the Dolphin The Eagle, the Wild Sow, and the Cat The Miser Who Lost His Treasure The Gout and the Spider The Eye of the Master The Wolf and the Stork The Lion Defeated by Man The Swan and the Cook The Wolf, the Goat, and the Kid The Wolf, the Mother, and the Child The Lion Grown Old The Drowned Woman The Weasel in the Granary The Lark and Her Little Ones With the Owner of a Field The Fly and the Ant The Gardener and his Master The Woodman and Mercury The Ass and the Little Dog Man and the Wooden Idol The Jay Dressed in Peacock's Plumes The Little Fish and the Fisherman Battle Between the Rats and Weasles The Camel and the Drift-Wood The Frog and the Rat