THE ARBITER, THE HOSPITALLER, AND THE HERMIT 124




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


THE HEART OF THYRSIS LEAPT Frontispiece

"YOU BOASTED OF BEING SO SWIFT" Facing page 14

OVER TOPPLED THE MILK " 35

THE GARRET WAS STILL A SIBYL'S DEN " 46

DELIBERATELY SWALLOWED THE OYSTER " 74

"WHY CANNOT YOU BE SILENT ALSO?" " 88

DESCENDED BY HIS GREATER WEIGHT " 98

A GUIDE FOR THE FOOTSTEPS OF LOVE " 111




The poet Jean de la Fontaine was born at Château-Thierry on July 8,
1621. He was a kindly, merry, and generous man and much beloved. His
fables were written in verse and were published in three collections at