Yankee Doodle's Literary Sampler of Prose, Poetry, and Pictures.

Abstract

A nice book with huge margins and a good collection of specimens. The black-and-white reproductions are not exceptional, but the color reproductions are better. Fables get several references (113 and 437), but surprisingly few samples: 24, 25, 79, 132 (Aesop Junior in America), and maybe 161. One comment (113) speaks of the continuous flow of editions of Aesop's fables, but they are underrepresented here. This book may be more helpful to social historians than to literary critics.