Aesop's Fables: A New Revised Version From Original Sources

ÆSOP'S FABLES A NEW REVISED VERSION FROM ORIGINAL SOURCES [Illustration] WITH UPWARDS OF 200 ILLUSTRATIONS BY HARRISON WEIR,[A] JOHN TENNIEL, ERNEST GRISET AND OTHERS NEW YORK FRANK F. LOVELL & COMPANY 142 AND 144 WORTH STREET [Illustration] COPYRIGHT, 1884, BY R. WORTHINGTON. [Transcriber's note A: Original had "WIER".] LIFE OF ÆSOP. The Life and History of Æsop is involved, like that of Homer, the most famous of Greek poets, in much obscurity. Sardis, the capital of Lydia; Samos, a Greek island; Mesembria, an ancient colony in Thrace; and Cotiæum, the chief city of a province of Phrygia, contend for the distinction of being the birthplace of Æsop. Although the honor thus claimed cannot be …

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