[NOTE: There is a short list of bookmarks, or pointers, at the end of the
file for those who may wish to sample the author's ideas before making an
entire meal of them. D.W.]





THE TALES AND NOVELS
OF
J. DE LA FONTAINE



Volume 8.

Contains:
The Eel Pie
The Magnificent
The Ephesian Matron



THE EEL PIE


HOWEVER exquisite we BEAUTY find,
It satiates sense, and palls upon the mind:
Brown bread as well as white must be for me;
My motto ever is--VARIETY.