The jackdaw in borrowed plumes and other fables :
illustrated by stories from real life /
by Mrs. George Cupples, author of "Grandpapa's keepsakes," "Bluff crag," "The little captain," etc.

Description

Main Author

Cupples, George, Mrs., 1839-1898.

Related Names

Steinberg, Cecile Gerletz, donor.
Steinberg, Allan, 1935-2014, former owner.
Aesop.
Thomas Nelson & Sons

Language(s)

English

Published

London ; T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row, 1875.

Subjects

Children > Children / Conduct of life > Children / Conduct of life / Juvenile literature.
Fables.

Note

Acquisition made accessible thanks to the generous support of the Frederick J. and Margret L. Worden Endowment.
Binding: Black- and blind-stamped blue cloth, with title and author in gilt on front cover along with two pasted-on color illustrations.
From the collection of Allan Steinberg (1935-2014). Donated by his wife, Cecile Gerletz Steinberg, in 2015.
Presentation inscription on page [1]: "Miss Hester Briscoe. Presented by her teacher, Bettie Turner."
A simple retelling of seven fables from Aesop, with the moral explained and then illustrated again by a brief story from "real life."

Physical Description

31, [1] pages : illustrations ; 16 cm

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