THE

FABLES OF JOHN GAY

ILLUSTRATED.

WITH AN ORIGINAL MEMOIR, INTRODUCTION,

AND ANNOTATIONS,

BY

OCTAVIUS FREIRE OWEN, M.A. F.S.A.

OF CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD ;
RECTOR OF BORSTOW, SURREY; TRANSLATOR OF THE ORGANON OF ARISTOTLE,

ETC. ETC.

WITH

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX DRAWINGS BY WILLIAM HARVEY

ENGRAVED BY TEE BROTHERS DALZIEL.

London :
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & co.

FARRINGDON STREET.

1854

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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF THE AUTHOR .......

INTRODUCTION TO THE FABLES.—The SHEPHERD AND THE Philo-

SOPHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

No.

1. To his Highness William, Duke of Cumberland.-THE LION, THE

TIGER, AND THE TRAVELLER ............

2. THE SPANIEL AND THE CHAMELEON ..........

3. THE MOTHER, THE NURSE, AND THE FAIRY .......

4. THE EAGLE AND THE ASSEMBLY OF ANIMALS . . . .

5. THE WILD BOAR AND THE RAM............

6. THE MISER AND PLUTUS ....... · · · · ·

7. The Lion, The Fox, AND THE GEESE .

8. THE LADY AND THE WASP

9. THE BULL AND THE MASTIFF, .............

10. THE ELEPHANT AND THE BOOKSELLER . . . . . . . . .

u. The PEACOCK, THE TURKEY, AND THE GOOSE

12. CUPID, HYMEN, AND PLUTUS : ..........

13. THE TAME STAG ..............

14. THE MONKEY WHO HAD SEEN THE WORLD. ....

15. THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE PHEASANTS .....

16. THE PIN AND THE NEEDLE . . . . . . . . . . .

17. THE SHEPHERD'S DOG AND THE WOLF .........