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Fantastic Fables

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1. Front matter 2. The Moral Principle and the Material Interest . . .3. The Crimson Candle 4. The Blotted Escutcheon and the Soiled Ermine 5. The Ingenious Patriot 6. Two Kings 7. An Officer and a Thug 8. The Conscientious Official 9. How Leisure Came 10. The Moral Sentiment 11. The Politicians 12. The Thoughtful Warden 13. The Treasury and the Arms 14. The Christian Serpent 15. The Broom of the Temple 16. The Critics 17. The Foolish Woman 18. Father and Son 19. The Discontented Malefactor 20. A Call to Quit 21. The Man and the Lightning 22. The Lassoed Bear 23. The Ineffective Rooter 24. A Protagonist of Silver 25. The Holy Deacon 26. A Hasty Settlement 27. The Wooden Guns 28. The Reform School Board 29. The Poet’s Doom 30. The Noser and the Note 31. The Cat and the King 32. The Literary Astronomer 33. The Lion and the Rattlesnake 34. The Man with No Enemies 35. The Alderman and the Raccoon 36. The Flying-Machine 37. The Angel’s Tear 38. The City of Political Distinction 39. The Party Over There 40. The Poetess of Reform 41. The Unchanged Diplomatist 42. An Invitation 43. The Ashes of Madame Blavatsky 44. The Opossum of the Future 45. The Life-Savers 46. The Australian Grasshopper 47. The Pavior 48. The Tried Assassin 49. The Bumbo of Jiam 50. The Two Poets 51. The Thistles upon the Grave 52. The Shadow of the Leader 53. The Sagacious Rat 54. The Member and the Soap 55. Alarm and Pride 56. A Causeway 57. Two in Trouble 58. The Witch’s Steed 59. The All Dog 60. The Farmer’s Friend 61. Physicians Two 62. The Overlooked Factor 63. A Racial Parallel 64. The Honest Cadi 65. The Kangaroo and the Zebra 66. A Matter of Method 67. The Man of Principle 68. The Returned Californian 69. The Compassionate Physician 70. Two of the Damned 71. The Austere Governor 72. Religions of Error 73. The Penitent Elector 74. The Tail of the Sphinx 75. A Prophet of Evil 76. The Crew of the Life-boat 77. A Treaty of Peace 78. The Nightside of Character 79. The Faithful Cashier 80. The Circular Clew 81. The Devoted Widow 82. The Hardy Patriots 83. The Humble Peasant 84. The Various Delegation 85. The No Case 86. A Harmless Visitor 87. The Judge and the Rash Act 88. The Prerogative of Might 89. An Inflated Ambition 90. Rejected Services 91. The Power of the Scalawag 92. At Large—One Temper 93. The Seeker and the Sought 94. His Fly-Speck Majesty 95. The Pugilist’s Diet 96. The Old Man and the Pupil 97. The Deceased and his Heirs 98. The Politicians and the Plunder 99. The Man and the Wart 100. The Divided Delegation 101. A Forfeited Right 102. Revenge 103. An Optimist 104. A Valuable Suggestion 105. Two Footpads 106. Equipped for Service 107. The Basking Cyclone 108. At the Pole 109. The Optimist and the Cynic 110. The Poet and the Editor 111. The Taken Hand 112. An Unspeakable Imbecile 113. A Needful War 114. The Mine Owner and the Jackass 115. The Dog and the Physician 116. The Party Manager and the Gentleman 117. The Legislator and the Citizen 118. The Rainmaker 119. The Citizen and the Snakes 120. Fortune and the Fabulist 121. A Smiling Idol 122. Philosophers Three 123. The Boneless King 124. Uncalculating Zeal 125. A Transposition 126. The Honest Citizen 127. A Creaking Tail 128. Wasted Sweets 129. Six and One 130. The Sportsman and the Squirrel 131. The Fogy and the Sheik 132. At Heaven’s Gate 133. The Catted Anarchist 134. The Honourable Member 135. The Expatriated Boss 136. An Inadequate Fee 137. The Judge and the Plaintiff 138. The Return of the Representative 139. A Statesman 140. Two Dogs 141. Three Recruits 142. The Mirror 143. Saint and Sinner 144. An Antidote 145. A Weary Echo 146. The Ingenious Blackmailer 147. A Talisman 148. The Ancient Order 149. A Fatal Disorder 150. The Massacre 151. A Ship and a Man 152. Congress and the People 153. The Justice and His Accuser 154. The Highwayman and the Traveller 155. The Policeman and the Citizen 156. The Writer and the Tramps 157. Two Politicians 158. The Fugitive Office 159. The Tyrant Frog 160. The Eligible Son-in-Law 161. The Statesman and the Horse 162. An Ærophobe 163. The Thrift of Strength 164. The Good Government 165. The Life Saver 166. The Man and the Bird 167. From the Minutes 168. Three of a Kind 169. The Fabulist and the Animals 170. A Revivalist Revived 171. The Debaters 172. Two of the Pious 173. The Desperate Object 174. The Appropriate Memorial 175. A Needless Labour 176. A Flourishing Industry 177. The Self-Made Monkey 178. The Patriot and the Banker 179. The Mourning Brothers 180. The Disinterested Arbiter 181. The Thief and the Honest Man 182. The Dutiful Son 183. AESOPUS EMENDATUS 184. OLD SAWS WITH NEW TEETH CERTAIN ANCIENT FABLES APPLIED TO THE LIFE OF OUR TIMES

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