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Beasts Amp Men Folk Tales C HRISTMAS TALES OF FLAN DERS With P lates in Colour and many Black and White I llustrations b y JEAN D E BOSSCHERE This handsome and well - illustrated b ook is one of the most att ractive we have seen this I t gives us renderings of the popular tables and legends current i n F landers and Brabant which have a colour and ! uaintness f i i a o the r own, yet comb nes dventures with an unobtrusive and so more eflect ive moral . e S aturday R view . There are delightf ul stories ! even more attractive than the letterpress are M . de ’ Bosschére s illustrations . Conceived with f f f i ancy. ull o ! ua nt detail th a f ascinating naivete embody the characters and scenes of the tales with a f ullness of particulansm that should provide endless entertainment to youthful readers . They are the most complete series of designs yet produced ” — by the arti st . Connoisseur . and both in colour D aily Telegraph. HE TORE A RI B F ROM HI S SI DE AND C O N T E N T S UPS AN D DOWNS THE THREE MONKEYS HOW THE GOLDFINCH GOT HI S COLOURS THE COCK AND THE F OX THE MOST CUNNING ANIMAL SPONSKEN AND THE GIANT WHY CATS ALWAYS WASH AFTER EATIN G THE CHORI STERS OF ST GUDULE . THE TRIAL OF REYNARD THE F OX THE MAGIC CAP SUGAR - CAN DY HOUSE POOR PETER THE PEASANT AND HIS ASS C O N T E N T S PAGE THE KING OF THE BIRDS ADRUM F ULL OF BEES THE DRUNKEN ROOKS THE BATTLE OF THE BIRDS AND BEASTS THE END OF THE WORLD THE REWARD OF THE WORLD ONE BAD TURN BEGETS ANOTHER THE PEASANT AND THE SATYRS THE TWO FRIENDS AND THE BARREL OF GREASE WHY THE BEAR HAS STUMPY TAIL THE WITCH’S CAT viii L I ST O F I L L U S T R A T I O N S I N COL OUR r m .“ HE TORE A RIB FROM HIS SIDE AND CUT OPP MY EAR F o m - ! I HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY YOUR DRINK . GOOD BYE ALL THE BIRDS WERE VERY PROUD OF THEIR APPEARANCE WHAT ELSE CAN I Do ! ASKED CHANTICLEER THE TRIAL OF REYNARD THE F ox “ YOU HAVE MERITED DEATH A HUNDRED TIMES JAN AND IANNE’ITE BIRDS GOING To THE RACE THE BATTLE OF THE BIRDS AND BEASTS AN IMMENSE DRAGON LYING BY THE WATER - SIDE ’ THE SATYRS V ILLAGE “ ALL YOU HAVE To Do I s To SIT ON THE ICE I 7o L I S T O F I L L U S T RA T I O N S I N BLACK AND WHITE P AGE THERE HE MET MISTRESS GOAT THE FARMER PUT HER I N THE F OLD THREE FRIENDS LITTLE JAMES GOT PUSHED OVER THE SIDE ’ P LL B OT P AND W SOO A O T U , R HER, ULL , E LL N H VE HIM U HE HAPPENED To LOOK IN THE MIRROR BIRDS THE ANGEL WHOSE MISSION IT WAS To COLOUR THE BIRDS THE Fox WAS NOT A LITTLE PRI GHTENED ’ ” DO T Go AWAY Y A F SA T Fox N , M DE R RIEND , ID HE ” T AT Is T SA T CO K T S F H RUE, ID HE C o HIM EL T SO T F ox A T B A HE LDIER , HE , ND HE E R T E E WAS A FLAS A LO R PO T H R H , UD E R THE Two HEROES OF THE STORY SPONSKEN T G A T A T P SS , HE I N , ND HE RINCE HE TOSSED THE BIRD INTO THE AIR THE THREE ARE ANI MAIS A EEAR, A UNI CORN , AND A WI LD BOAR THE BEAR POLLOWED HIM IN TO THE HOLLOW TRUNK WITH A MIGHTY CRASH HE RAN PULL TILT INTO THE TREE SPONSKEN T P SS T GIA T , HE RINCE , HE N ALL THE ATTENDANTS PLED AT ONCE MARRIED A GIRL THE CAT AND THE SPARROW ’ I VE JUST BEEN TURNED OUT OF HOUSE THEY LAUGH AT ME HUSH ! SAID CHANTICLEER BREAKING THE GLASS To SMITHEREENS TI-IE ROBBERS LOST No TIME IN DECAMPING THE c AT THE HEAD OF THE PROCESSION MIARCHED CHANTICLEER THE POOR BEAST ROARED WITH PAIN HE IMMEDIATELY CALLED A COUNCIL OF HIS MINISTERS TAKE ME To THIS HOUSE L I S T O F I L L U S T R A T I O N S P AC! TYBERT AND BRUIN ARE BADLY KNOCKED ABOUT AND CAUSED HIM To JUMP AT LEAST TWENTY FEET INTO THE AIR I WAS MISCHI EvOUS AND UNRULY AN D PEARLS Too SHE WHISPERED I SAW HIM STOP AT THE POOT OF A GREAT TREE THE CONSPIRACY GAINED ADHERENTS EVERY DAY THE SUIT OP GOLDEN ARMOUR EMRI K WORE THEY WALKED IN SILENCE THE KING OF THAT LAND CAUGHT HIM CALP AND GOAT YOU WERE BEI NG MADE A FOOL OF JAN AND THE THREE STUDENTS TWIRLED THE CAP ROUND THREE TIMES ON HIS FINGER AN D DIPPED THEM INTO THE HORSE - TROUGH WERB CARRIED SAFBLY OVBR TO THB OTHER BAN K ’ G R- R- R I LL AT T P ! , E HEM U ’ WOLP S HEAD JACO PETER AND HIS FRIEND SMEAR YOURSELF PROM HEAD To POOT REYNARD SEI!ED THE OPPORTUNITY To WARN HIS FRIEND AN EXCLAMATION OF ASTONISHMENT AWAY WENT THE COACHIB ’ OH A T AT S TW ! DE R ME , H ICE HAL O Y A ” T LO L , M M N , CRIED HE RD I A ’T T P B A S I ’M EA ! C N GE U , EC U E D D SENT HIM SPRAWLING PROM TOP To BOTTOM OF THE STATES THE EAGLE AND THE KINGLET Is OUR KING THEN ONLY To BE LOOKED AT ? THERE WAS THE SOUND AS OF A RUSHING MIGHTY WIND HE I s KNOWN AS THE KINGLET DONATUS THERE WAS A KNOT - HOLE IN THE WOODEN FLOOR I DID NOT HEAR YOU KNOCK THE SWARM OP BEES WITHIN BEGAN To BU!! ABOUT IN GREAT COMMOTI ON BEATING ANOTHER TATTOO UPON THE DRUM T B AD TOO ST B A F HE E LE , , UM LED ND ELL HE HAD FAITHFULLY CARRIED OUT ALL HIS INSTRUCTIONS ’ I T WAS THE LABOURER DRESSED IN THE DRUMMER S CLOTHES 1 28 L I S T O F I L L U S T R A T I O N S RODE STRAIGHT INTO A MARSH WHEN THE FIFTY ROOKS BEGAN To FLY HE COULD NOT GET FREE THE ROOKS FIGHTING THE KINGLET WARNED HIM To BE VERY CAREFUL NOT To BUzz THE GREAT OFFENSIVE BEGAN THE F ox THE CAT RUSHED OUT OF THE ROOM T CAT T DOG T CO K T RABB T A T GOOS HE , HE , HE C , HE I , ND HE E SEE IF YOU CAN ESPY A HOUSE JUMP ON To MY BEAUTIFUL CURLY TAIL ’ THE OTHER FOUR GOT ON To THE DOG S BACK SENT ME FLYING THROUGH THE AIR THE DRAGON MY SIGHT IS so WEAK AND MY POWERS so FEEBLE DOES THE DRAGON MIND GETTING UNDER THE STONE AGAIN ? Two FOXES NOTHING WAS LEFT OF THE FISHES THE BIGGEST AND FATTEST FISH STRETCHED HIMSELF OUT AT FULL LENGTH I WILLINGLY GIVE YOU YOURS WHY ARE YOU BLOWING YOUR SOUP THERE I s No PLACE IN MY HOUSE FOR A MAN WHO CAN BLOW HOT AND COLD SATYR THE Two FRIENDS WHERE HAS ALL OUR GREASE GONE B HA F - O A - O EGUN , L D NE , LL D NE AFTER A TIME THE FISH WILL COME TO BITE AT I T ONE TWO T , , HREE BORN WITH A LITTLE STUMPY TAIL MARGOT AND THE CAT SHE MEANT To KEEP HER THERE UNTIL SHE HAD GROWN BIGGER FATTER PADDLING WITH HER BROOM HE WAS REALLY A PRINCE X11 T A L E S O F B E A S T S A N D M E N “ the o roof f my mouth , and I cannot even smoke my pipe with pleasure . What do you say to going together in search o V ater ? two f Four eyes are better than , any day in the weei Agreed , said the Goat and away they started together . m o For a long ti e they looked everywhere , but not a trace f water could they find . All of a sudden the Goat gave a o sa cry f joy , and running up to her the Fox w that she had n o Sh discovered a well , on the bri k f which e was standing o gazing at the c ol water far below . ” o Hurrah p ried the F x . We are saved 1 ” Yes , answered the Goat , but see how far down the w ater is How are we to get at it ” to o n You just leave that me , said the F x . I k ow all — ’ about wells I ve seen them before . All one has to do is to get into the bucket which is hanging by the rope and ’ a I ll descend as smoothly and as s fely as you please . go first , ” just to show you the way . o So the Fox got into the bucket , and the weight f him l caused it to descend , whi e the empty bucket at the other o end of the rope rose to the top f the well . A minute of afterwards he was at the bottom , leaning over the side the pail and greedily lapping up s r nk nk ever ta ted so delicious .
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