may not be wholly ineffectual to induce the young to keep steadily in view those great truths, which form the sure land-mark to the haven, where only they can attain peace and happiness. [H] Sir Roger L’Estrange, born 1616, died 1704. John de la Fontaine, born 1621, died 1695. John Dryden, born 1631, died 1701. Antoine Houdart de la Motte, born 1672, died 1731. John Gay, born 1688, died 1732. Samuel Croxall, D. D. Archdeacon of Hereford, died 1752. Edward Moore, died 1757. Draper. Robert Dodsley, born 1703, died 1764. William Wilkie, born 1721, died 1772. Abbe Brotier, born 1722, died 1789. [Illustration] [Illustration] THE TABLE OF CONTENTS. A PAGE The Ape and her Young Ones 3 The Sensible Ass 69 Æsop and the Impertinent Fellow 81 The Angler and the Little Fish 111 The Ass and the Lion hunting 161 The Ass in the Lion’s Skin 187 The Ape chosen King 195 The Ant and the Fly 269 The Ant and the Grasshopper 307 The Ape and the Fox 319 Æsop at Play 333 The Ass eating Thistles 369 B The Boy and his Mother 5 The Brother and Sister 31 The Shepherd’s Boy and the Wolf 61 The Bear and the Bee-Hives 119 The Bees, the Drones, and the Wasp 145 The Hunted Beaver 159 The Bull and the Goat 171 The Two Bitches 183 The Boar and the Ass 205 The Blackamoor 223 The Belly and the Members 275 The Boys and the Frogs 375 C The Two Crabs 1 The Collier and the Fuller 13 The Cock and the Jewel 47 The Wanton Calf 57 The Crow and the Pitcher 63 The Cat and the Fox 107 The Cat and the Mice 149 Cæsar and the Slave 177 The Clown and the Gnat 189 The Countryman and the Snake 217 The Cock and the Fox 219 The Fighting Cocks 349 The Cock and the Fox 359 D The Dog in the Manger 77 The Ship Dog 99 The Dog invited to Supper 109 The Dog and the Shadow 117