The Fables of La Fontaine

THE FABLES

OF

LA FONTAINE.

TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH VERSE BY WALTER THORNBURY,

WITH

ILLUSTRATIONS

BY

GUSTAVE DORÉ.

CASSELL, PETTER, AND GALPIN,

LONDON AND NEW YORK.

1886

CONTENTS

As Essay on the Life and Works of Jean de la Fontaine The Life of Æsop, the Phrygian Dedication to Monseigneur the Dauphin Preface To Monseigneu...