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    Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks From the French of La Fontaine
    Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks From the French of La Fontaine
    Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks From the French of La Fontaine
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    Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks From the French of La Fontaine

    By W. T. (William Trowbridge) Larned, Jean de La Fontaine and John Rae

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 15, 2013
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      Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks From the French of La Fontaine - W. T. (William Trowbridge) Larned

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      Title: Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks

      From the French of La Fontaine

      Author: Jean de La Fontaine

      Illustrator: John Rae

      Translator: W.T. (William Trowbridge) Larned

      Release Date: January 1, 2008 [EBook #24108]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FABLES IN RHYME FOR LITTLE FOLKS ***

      Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks

      Adapted from the French of La Fontaine.

      Written by,

      W. T. Larned

      Illustrated by,

      John Rae.

      E-Book Created by Tyler Anderson,

      as a birthday present to little

      Johnny James Webb, on his first Birthday.

      I've arranged the images so they fit the story.

      Spell-checked with www.thesolutioncafe.com

      To

      All Little Americans

      With The Hope That

      They May Become Better Acquainted

      With

      Our Friends, The French

      A Preface For Parents

      La Fontaine composed the most entertaining Fables ever written in any language, and made them a model of literary perfection; yet our translators and compilers have somehow neglected him. His Fables are lyric poetry of a high order, and this alone has doubtless been a barrier to a better acquaintance with his work when transferred to our own tongue. Done into prose, the Fables are no longer La Fontaine, but

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