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The Book of Knowledge:The Children's Encyclopedia, Volumes I-II
(The Grolier Society, 1941)
I am delighted to have found a full set of this encyclopedia, from which I have earlier volumes dated 1911 and 1912. The encyclopedia has changed since then. The principal artist seems to be new, Dudley Heath. There is ...
The Book of Knowledge:The Children's Encyclopedia, Volumes V-VI
(The Grolier Society, 1941)
There is one set of six fables in these volumes, on 1969. They are without illustration. The fable about the ass who complains to Jupiter and is finally given to a tanner misses the funny point about the ass's being ...
The Book of Knowledge:The Children's Encyclopedia, Volumes III-IV
(The Grolier Society, 1941)
There are three segments of fables in these volumes, all without illustration and all told in traditional fashion. There are four fables on 1102 and 1186, respectively, and three on 1342.
The Book of Knowledge:The Children's Encyclopedia, Volumes VII-VIII
(The Grolier Society, 1941)
There is a set of two fables on 2461, each with an illustration: GA and Two Asses. This item seems to have missed this volume's T of C. There is also a set on 2965-6 of four stories of Reynard, each with a simple ...
The Book of Knowledge:The Children's Encyclopedia, Volumes XVII-XVIII
(The Grolier Society, 1941)
On 6561-2, Renard and Aesop are handled in The Literature of France. On 6712-13, LaFontaine is discussed; his Lion Going to War is presented on 6712-13.
The Book of Knowledge:The Children's Encyclopedia, Volumes XV-XVI
(The Grolier Society, 1941)
This book has a page (5538) of three illustrated fables: The Lark and Her Young, The Fox and the Wolf, and The Donkey's Wish. The Fox and the Wolf is told differently; its illustration is done by Harry Neilson. On 5826, ...
The Book of Knowledge:The Children's Encyclopedia, Volumes XI-XII
(The Grolier Society, 1941)
The most curiously composed set of fables in the whole encyclopedia. The Fowl and the Jewel and FG are illustrated on 3986. 4144 offers three fables without illustration. LaFontaine's The Castle-Builder (MM) is on 4270, ...
The Book of Knowledge:The Children's Encyclopedia, Volumes IX-X
(The Grolier Society, 1941)
There is one set of five fables from India on 3718, including a sanitized version of The Ape and the Wedge. There are no illustrations.
The Book of Knowledge:The Children's Encyclopedia, Volumes XIII-XIV
(The Grolier Society, 1941)
This book has just one page (4752) of three fables, illustrated in green. The artist has a signature I recognize: J and T are juxtaposed to form an M. The fables here are The Cat and the Mice, TB, and The Fir Tree and ...