[Read more…] about The Oak And The RiverA River complained about its course but an Oak pointed out that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The River thought better after.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
The Looking-Glass And Orange Tree
[Read more…] about The Looking-Glass And Orange TreeAn Orange tree got mid-day light from Mirror who then claimed to be so great to provide the light. Orange tree pointed out Mirror was dark most of the time.
Do not claim to be more than your are.
The Gardener And The Rose
[Read more…] about The Gardener And The RoseThe flowers were summoned to a meeting. Rose showed up late. While not rejected, the Rose was made to stand alone as queen.
Know your place.
Reason Taken Captive
[Read more…] about Reason Taken CaptiveReason ruled until Love came upon the scene. Slowly, Love conquered Reason but released her on the condition that they never fight. Nice goal.
Reason and love are often at odds with one another.
Fashion And Night
[Read more…] about Fashion And NightThe nymph Fashion assumed various manners until one day she got tired and Night came forth with a single shade to provide rest from Fashion’s activities.
It’s good to rest now and again.
James Northcote Preface
Following is the Preface from the James Northcote 1828 book of 100 selected fables. An engraving of Northcote and the end engraving are placed on this page for reference. Also, the Northcote fables are sometimes exact copies of translations found in other sources posted on FablesOfAesop. If that’s the case, only the extra comments made by Northcote and the illustrations are posted here. Finally, the illustrations at the end of many of the fables have nothing to do with the fables they are attached to or to the next fable in order. They are posted here in the order they appear in the book with no attempt to find the right fable they go with.
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