FABLES:

ORIGINAL AND SELECTED;

WITH AN

INTRODUCTORY DISSERTATION ON THE HISTORY OF FABLE, COMPRISING BIOGRAPHICAL
NOTICES OF EMINENT FABULISTS;

BY G. MOIR BUSSEY,

ILLUSTRATED WITH

NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS, BY ORRIN SMITH, BREVIERE, &c.

AFTER DESIGNS

BY J. J. GRANDVILLE.

CAL

"Ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell
thee: or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee, and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto
thee."-JOB, ch. xi.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

LIBRARY

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
DAVIS

NEW YORK:

D. APPLETON & CO., 90, 92 & 94 GRAND STREET.

1869.

LIBRARY

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

DAVIS