CONTENTS Definition of Fable Characteristics of Fables The Moral and Application of Fables Fabulists as Censors Lessons Taught by Fables AEsop Stories Related of Fsop The AEsopian Fables Phfdrus and Babrius The Fable in History and Myth Hindoo, Arabian, and Persian Fables --- Pilpay, Locman --- 'The Gesta Romanorum' Modern Fabulists: La Fontaine, Gay Modern Fabulists: Dodsley, Northcote Modern Fabulists: Lessing, Yriarte, Krilof Other and Occasional Fabulists Conclusion Index