An Extraordinary Publish of the Aesop's Fables with BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS by
Arthur Rackham.


With an Introduction by G. K. Chesterton.

The stories, which are never getting old...

Introduction:

"THE CAT AND THE MICE

There was once a house that was overrun with Mice. A Cat heard

of this, and said to herself, "That's the place for me," and off

she went and took up her quarters in the house, and caught the Mice

one by one and ate them. At last the Mice could stand it no longer,

and they determined to take to their holes and stay there. "That's

awkward," said the Cat to herself: "the only thing to do is to coax

them out by a trick." So she considered a while, and then climbed

up the wall and let herself hang down by her hind legs from a peg,

and pretended to be dead. By and by a Mouse peeped out and saw the

Cat hanging there. "Aha!" it cried, "you're very clever, madam, no

doubt: but you may turn yourself into a bag of meal hanging there,

if you like, yet you won't catch us coming anywhere near you."

If you are wise you won't be deceived by the

innocent airs of those whom you have once found to be

dangerous."