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Ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee. " Job, xii. 7 The basic English children's edition of Aesop's Fables is by Sir Roger L'Estrange and came out in two volumes, 1692 and 1699. After establishing in his introduction that his book is "for the Use and Edification of Children," L'Estrange goes on to insist that Nothing spoils Young People, like 111 Example; and that the very Sufferance of it, within the Reach of Their Ken, or Imitation, is but a more Artificial way of Teaching them to do Amiss . . . Now this Medly, (such as it is) of Salutary Hints, and Councels, being Dedicated to the Use, and Benefit of Children, the Innocence of it must be preserved Sacred too, without the least Mixture of any Thing that's Prophane, Loose, or Scurrilous, or but so much as Bordering That way. A normal enough sentiment, of course, but Interesting in the light of some of the fables that follow it. On page 7, for example: Socrates and Calisto There happen'd a Dispute betwixt Socrates and Calisto; the One, a Famous Philosopher, and the Other, as Famous a Prostitute. The Question was only This; which of the Two professions had the greater Infl

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Author

Miner, Robert G.

Publisher

Project MUSE

Published

1972

Language

EN

Field

Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)