He couldn't reach them, so he concluded they must be sour anyway. Story: A hungry fox came into the vineyard and tried to eat some grapes. But Jupiter told them they should be punished for being discontented in the first place. Dissatisfied again frogs wanted a change again. Jupiter then sent him a stork who started eating the frogs. When they realized it does nothing, they wanted another, more active ruler.
Story: The Frog wanted to lead better lives and asked Jupiter for a king. Then he started throwing small pebbles inside and inch by inch the water level elevated high enough to be able to drink. He tried to break it, he tried to overthrow it but without success. When he finally saw a pitcher with water, it was too deep to be reached. Story: It was hot and the Crow was very thirsty. Moral: Don't measure one's greatness by his size. Luckily Mouse returned him a favor by nibbling the knots. Not much later hunters caught the Lion in a trap made of ropes. The Mouse begged for his life and the Lion spared him. Story: The lion caught the Mouse more by accident than by a plan. Moral: When you have good times, don't forget to plan for bad ones. It was winter and there was no food, but ants had some corn, stored from the summer They said he should think about the food for cold days when it was still warm. Story: a grasshopper asked the ants if they can share some food with him. Moral: Don't make a joke of somebody if you can't take it yourself. The Stork returned him by inviting the Fox to dinner very next day but serving it in a jar with a tall narrow neck. The Fox used the occasion to make fun of his guest. He served it in a shallow plate, what suited him perfectly, but made impossible to eat for the Stork. Mercury was so displeased with his dishonesty he not only took the golden ax back but didn't return the right one either. Mercury offered a golden ax to him and he lied it was his. He dropped his ax in a river at pretending he was crying. When the woodman told his story to his colleagues, one of them tried to get an award too. Finally, Mercury brought the right hatchet and awarded the honest man with other two axes. He offered him a golden ax at first, but the woodman said it wasn't his. Mercury, who lived in, offered to bring him it back. Moral: Do not grudge others what you can't use yourself. Horses despised him for being so miserable to not allow others eating the food he cannot eat himself. When horses came, he growled at them, not letting them eat. Story: The dog made himself a bed in a manger. Moral: Soft and gentle wins more often than force and fury. Warm Sun made the man feel so pleasantly hot, he took the coat off. Cold Wind caused the man to wrap the coat around him even more. They decided to proclaim a winner the one who could make a man to take off his coat. Story: Sun and Wind argued who was stronger. Moral: Borrow feathers won't make you a fine bird. When he tried to return among other jackdaws they didn't like him anymore. Story: A jackdaw tried to pass as a peacock by dressing himself in peacocks feathers.
Dent & Co., London, 1895Īs you'll immediately see, Robinson included (more or less related to the story) small children in the pictures, what added another layer of playfulness to already simplified texts. Richard Robinson showed a lot of imagination in this book and it is time to take a look at them.Īesop's Fables illustrated by Charles Robinson, published by I. Illustrations were done in pen and ink with full-page images combined with vignettes and smaller pictures.
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The fables were 'prepared for children' by Grace Rhys who was also an editor for Banbury Cross Series (12 volumes of classic works for children or adapted for children altogether), where illustrators of the so-called Golden Age portrayed many classic scenes from some of the best works in literature.
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decided to print a black and white version where dramatic contrasts came to full potential. Charles Robinson, a top illustrator from the Art Nouveau era got a project in 1895 when he was still at the beginning of his career.
Fables by Aesop are one of the classic works which always attract numerous illustrators who want to show their own visions of well-known tales.
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