Funny Fables for Little FolksGriffith and Farran, successors to Newbery & Harris, corner of St. Paul's Churchyard, 1860 - Animals - 130 pages The foolish crab -- The deplorable death and doleful dirge of Downeyplume -- The little tin tea-kettle -- The head of the buttons -- The snail that came of a distiguished family -- The powers of light -- The discontented foxglove -- The building of the family mansion of the Blacktops -- Madge Meddlesome -- The history of a hassock. |
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| Title | Funny Fables for Little Folks Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood |
| Author | Frances Freeling Broderip |
| Illustrated by | John Greenaway, Tom Hood |
| Publisher | Griffith and Farran, successors to Newbery & Harris, corner of St. Paul's Churchyard, 1860 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 19 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 130 pages |
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