"I presumed that I already had this paperback book in the collection. I do not, and there is a reason for not including it. It does not deal with fables at all. But it presents a fine instance of the popular use of ...

"Here is a fascinating find. The cover looked suspiciously familiar. I checked and I have a book with the same cover illustrations and format and publisher, but it is in Ukrainian and this book is in Russian. A little ...

This book brings several surprises. First, I had just catalogued, perhaps a week ago, a second half of an 1813 La Fontaine published by Belin, and had wished for a chance to find the first half. I am making my way through ...

"Here is a first! This is indeed a journal for writing one's thoughts and experiences. The tiny lines in the journal are Aesop's fables. As an advertising slip proclaims, "The journal lines are the novel (in teeny, tiny ...

"I have often wondered if I could lay my hands on some of the early subscription offerings of La Fontaine fables put out in twenty-two parts by Cassell, Petter, and Galpin in New York. Each segment cost $.50. Here is one ...

"I have often wondered if I could lay my hands on some of the early subscription offerings of La Fontaine fables put out in twenty-two parts by Cassell, Petter, and Galpin in New York. Each segment cost $.50. Here is one ...

"I have often wondered if I could lay my hands on some of the early subscription offerings of La Fontaine fables put out in twenty-two parts by Cassell, Petter, and Galpin in New York. Each segment cost $.50. Here is one ...

"This is a 16-page pamphlet 4½" x 6½". There is one sentence of the story and one image per page. This version features "Tia Grulla," who gives people wise advice, especially when they are hurting. She, like the other ...

"This is a 16-page pamphlet 4½" x 6½". There is one sentence of the story and one image per page. This version spends four pages to describe this crow's flights and his visits to friends and his eating of a lot of berries. ...

"Here is an unusual and curious effort. Zaug has created some 140 30-line poems and arranged them alphabetically, as the closing T of C shows. The collection is preceded by a dedication, an invocation of La Fontaine, and ...