THE

FABLES OF JOHN GAY

ILLUSTRATED.

WITH AN ORIGINAL MEMOIR, INTRODUCTION,
AND ANNOTATIONS,

HY

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

OF CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD.

Second Edition.

WITH

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX DRAWINGS BY WILLIAM HARVEY,
ENGRAVED BY THE BROTHERS DALZIEL.

London:

GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & CO. FARRINGDON STREET,

18, BEEKMAN STREET, NEW YORK.

1857.

TO MY CHILDREN,

ODORE, EDITH, FLORENCE, EUSTACE, AND RUPERT,

THIS EDITION OF A WORK

TO AMUSE THE CHILD AND YET INSTRUCT THE MAN,

IS INSCRIBED,

WITH EVERY AFFECTIONATE DESIRE FOR

THEIR IMPROVEMENT,

BY

OCTAVIUS FREIRE OWEN.