Fable XXII.--The Goat without a Beard Fable XXIII.--The Old Woman and her Cats Fable XXIV.--The Butterfly and the Snail Fable XXV.--The Scold and the Parrot Fable XXVI.--The Cur and the Mastiff Fable XXVII.--The Sick Man and the Angel Fable XXVIII.--The Persian, the Sun, and the Cloud Fable XXIX.--The Fox at the point of Death Fable XXX.--The Setting-dog and the Partridge Fable XXXI.--The Universal Apparition Fable XXXII.--The Two Owls and the Sparrow Fable XXXIII.--The Courtier and Proteus Fable XXXIV.--The Mastiffs Fable XXXV.--The Barley-mow and the Dunghill Fable XXXVI.--Pythagoras and the Countryman Fable XXXVII.--The Farmer's Wife and the Raven Fable XXXVIII.--The Turkey and the Ant Fable XXXIX.--The Father and Jupiter Fable XL.--The Two Monkeys Fable XLI.--The Owl and the Farmer Fable XLII.-The Jugglers Fable XLIII.-The Council of Horses Fable XLIV.--The Hound and the Huntsman Fable XLV.--The Poet and the Rose Fable XLVI.--The Cur, the Horse, and the Shepherd's Dog Fable XLVII.--The Court of Death Fable XLVIII.--The Gardener and the Hog Fable XLIX.--The Man and the Flea Fable L.--The Hare and many Friends PART II. Fable I.--The Dog and the Fox Fable II.--The Vulture, the Sparrow, and other Birds Fable III.--The Baboon and the Poultry Fable IV.--The Ant in Office Fable V.--The Bear in a Boat Fable VI.--The Squire and his Cur Fable VII.--The Countryman and Jupiter Fable VIII.--The Man, the Cat, the Dog, and the Fly Fable IX.--The Jackall, Leopard, and other Beasts Fable X.--The Degenerate Bees Fable XI.--The Pack-horse and the Carrier Fable XII.--Pan and Fortune Fable XIII.-Plutus, Cupid, and Time Fable XIV.--The Owl, the Swan, the Cock, the Spider, the Ass, and the Farmer Fable XV.--The Cook-maid, the Turnspit, and the Ox Fable XVI.--The Ravens, the Sexton, and the Earth-worm SONGS:-- Sweet William's Farewell to Black-eyed Susan A Ballad, from the What-d'ye-call-it SOMERVILLE'S CHASE. THE LIFE OF WILLIAM SOMERVILLE SOMERVILLE'S CHASE:-- Book I. Book II. Book III. Book IV. LIFE OF JOSEPH ADDISON. Joseph Addison, the _Spectator_, the true founder of our periodical literature, the finest, if not the greatest writer in the English language, was born at Milston, Wiltshire, on the 1st of May 1672. A fanciful mind might trace a correspondence between the particular months when celebrated men have been born and the peculiar complexion of their genius. Milton, the austere and awful, was born in the silent and gloomy month of December. Shakspeare, the most versatile of all writers, was born in April, that month of changeful skies, of sudden sunshine, and sudden showers. Burns and Byron, those stormy spirits, both appeared in the fierce January; and of the former, he himself says, "'Twas then a blast o' Januar-win' Blew welcome in on Robin."