Books of Fables

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We have begun digitizing the books in this collection

The initial phase of the project is to digitize title pages, book covers, and other identifying information, though we will include a few complete books as we go. Samples of our work so far: Complete Books (pdf) --or-- Title pages, covers, etc. (pdf)

About the Annotations:

All annotations are written by Gregory I. Carlson, S.J..
The opinions expressed in these annotations are the personal views of Gregory I. Carlson, S.J., and are not those of the Society of Jesus.

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Recent Submissions

Thomas Bewick's Fables of Aesop and Others: Nineteen headpieces proofed from the original wood-blocks. Middleton, Hunter (Florin Press, Kent, England. 1980)
Fables de Lafontaine: Imagerie d'Épinal. Épinal (Pellerin & Companie. 1850)
Tonic for the Heart in 1000 Bottles, Volume 1. SVD, Frank Mihalic, (Pauline Publications, Mumbai, India. 2006)
Les Fables de La Fontaine 10 LP Box Set Decca Rare with Book. Jean de La Fontaine (1971)
Palmer Cox's Funny Animals. Cox, Palmer (M.A. Donohue and Company, Chicago. 1903)
Selections from Aesop's Fables (Cover: Aesop's Fables). Bates, Clara Doty (D. Lothrop, Boston. 1884)
Tonic for the Heart in 1000 Bottles, Volume 3. SVD, Frank Mihalic, (Pauline Publications, Mumbai, India. 2007)
Tonic for the Heart in 1000 Bottles, Volume 2. SVD, Frank Mihalic, (Pauline Publications, Mumbai, India. 2006)
Fables de La Fontaine. Jean de La Fontaine (Librairie Ancienne et Moderne, Paris. 1827)
The Beauty of Being: A Collection of Fables, Short stories & Essays. Oyewole, Abiodun (2Leaf Press, NY. 2018)
Fables d'Ésope illustrées. Susanna Davidson; French Caroline Slama (Éditions Usborne, London. 2015)
The Tortoise and the Hare and Other Stories. Oliver, Nicholas (Igloo Books, Cottage Farm, Sywell, UK. 2015)
The Panchatantra: Teaching Tales of Old India. Kelly, Narindar Uberoi (Hachette India Children's Books, Gurgaon, India. 2020)
Frog's Rainy-Day Story and Other Fables. Dowling, Michael James (Carpenter's Son Publishing, Franklin, TN. 2019)
Sing a Song of Aesop: Five Famous Fables. Retold with Original Music by Brian Hiller and Don Dupont (Heritage Music Press, Dayton, OH. 2012)
Fables of the Chokosi. Kashim Chokosi and recorded by Alfred Krass (Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana, Chereponi, Ghana. 1970)
Broderies & Ouvrages de Dames, Les Fables de La Fontaine, Album #4. Unknown author (Broderies & Ouvrages de Dames, Paris. 1920)
Cautionary Fables & Fairytales: Africa Edition. McDonald, Kel; Stotts, Taneka (Kel McDonald. 2014)
Fox Fables (Farsi & English). Dawn Casey/Farsi Anwar Soltani (Mantra Lingua Ltd, London. 2006)
Fables de la Fontaine. Jean de La Fontaine (Maison Alfred Mame et Fils, Tours. 1931)