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CONTENTS
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BOOK THREE

MODERN FABLES

PART I. ENGLISH FABLES   PAGE
Verbatim from Boileau Alexander Pope 281
The Lost Camel Oliver Goldsmith 281
The Spectacles " 283
The Young Lady and the Looking-glass T. Moore 283
The Man and the Flea John Gay 285
The Hare and Many Friends " 286
The Turkey and the Ant " 289
The Boy and the Rainbow " 290
The Farmer's Wife and the Raven " 291
The Quarrelsome Cats Robert Dodsley 292
The Boys and the Frogs " 293
Echo and the Owl " 294
The Fly in St. Paul's Cupola " 294
The Spider and the Silkworm " 295
The Two Lizards " 296
The Boy and the Filberts " 296
The Boy and the Nettle " 297
The Stars and the Sky-rocket " 297
The Kingfisher and the Sparrow " 298
The Humming-bird and the Traveller Dr. Aikin 298
The Chameleon James Merrick 299
The Bears and the Bees " 302
The Nightingale and the Glow-worm William Cowper 303
The Lily and the Rose " 304
The Butterfly and the Bee William Lisle Bowles 305
The Mountain and the Squirrel Ralph Waldo Emerson 306
Six Men Of Indostan John Godfrey Saxe 306
Three Bugs Alice Cary 309
The Chicken's Mistake Phoebe Cary 310
The Crow's Children " 312
The Envious Wren " 314
They Didn't Think " 316