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Cover of Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems

Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems

James Thurber

First published 1940
Publisher Harper & Brothers
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art James Thurber
Pages viii+124
Price $2.50

The fables are all by Thurber, the poems are by others. All are illustrated by Thurber.

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Page Title Author(s) Type
3 The Mouse That Went to the Country James Thurber Short Story
5 The Little Girl and the Wolf James Thurber Short Story
7 The Two Turkeys James Thurber Short Story
9 The Tiger Who Understood People James Thurber Short Story
13 The Fairly Intelligent Fly James Thurber Short Story
15 The Lion Who Wanted to Zoom James Thurber Short Story
17 The Very Proper Gander James Thurber Short Story
19 The Moth and the Star James Thurber Short Story
21 The Shrike and the Chipmunks James Thurber Short Story
25 The Seal Who Became Famous James Thurber Short Story
27 The Hunter and the Elephant James Thurber Short Story
29 The Scotty Who Knew Too Much James Thurber Short Story
33 The Bear Who Let It Alone James Thurber Short Story
35 The Owl Who Was God James Thurber Short Story
39 The Sheep in Wolf's Clothing James Thurber Short Story
41 The Stork Who Married a Dumb Wife James Thurber Short Story
43 The Green Isle in the Sea James Thurber Short Story
45 The Crow and the Oriole James Thurber Short Story
49 The Elephant Who Challenged the World James Thurber Short Story
53 The Birds and the Foxes James Thurber Short Story
55 The Courtship of Arthur and Al James Thurber Short Story
57 The Hen Who Wouldn't Fly James Thurber Short Story
59 The Glass in the Field James Thurber Short Story
61 The Tortoise and the Hare James Thurber Short Story
63 The Patient Bloodhound James Thurber Short Story
65 The Unicorn in the Garden James Thurber Short Story
69 The Rabbits Who Caused All the Trouble James Thurber Short Story
71 The Hen and the Heavens James Thurber Short Story
73 Excelsior Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poem
79 The Sands o' Dee Charles Kingsley Poem
83 Lochinvar Sir Walter Scott Poem
89 Locksley Hall Alfred, Lord Tennyson Poem
96 "Oh When I Was...," A. E. Housman Poem
98 Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight Rose Hartwick Thorpe Poem
105 Barbara Frietchie John Greenleaf Whittier Poem
113 The Glove and the Lions Leigh Hunt Poem
119 Ben Bolt Thomas Dunn English Poem