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THE
BABY’S
OWN
ÆSOP
BEING THE FABLES CONDENSED IN RHYME
WITH PORTABLE MORALS
PICTORIALLY POINTED
BY
WALTER CRANE
ENGRAVED & PRINTED IN COLOURS BY
EDMUND EVANS
LONDON
FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.
AND NEW YORK
PREFACE
For this rhymed version of the Fables I have to thank my early friendand master W.J. LINTON, who kindly placed the MS. at my disposal. Ihave added a touch here and there, but the credit of this part of thebook still belongs to him.
Walter Crane
To the
Possessors of
“Baby’s Opera”
&
“Baby’s Bouquet”
with
Walter Crane’s
Compliments
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