Fables and Fairy Tales, Henry Morley, Charles Bennett Illustrations, Chapman and Hall, 1860

Very rare book of fables written by Henry Morley and imaginatively illustrated by Charles Bennett. Charles Bennett was considered a pioneer in illustration.

Featuring the stories:
THE CHICKEN MARKET.
-Ben Ody is Resolved on Carrying his Chickens to a Pretty Market
-Over the Sea
-Through Waste and Wilderness
-The Market Reached
THE TWO GUIDES OF THE CHILD
FISH OUT OF WATER
SIRIUS
THE NIGHT PORTER
VERY COMMON
BARON BLETCH, OF THE HAMMER.
-Old Yesterday Dismisses a Lad from his Service
-The Lad Draws his King out of Affliction, and will not allow him to be Fed on Lukewarm Meat
-The House of the Future
THE ARCHITECT
DROPPED FROM THE ClOUDS
TOIL AND TRIUMPH
THROUGH THE ROSES
A BOY'S ADVENTURES.
NECK AND NECK
SIR AYLEVAN
-Madam Pidge Looks in upon the Fairy Saintfoin
-Sir Aylevan Looks in upon Madam Pidge
-Everybody Goes to Court
A LOVER OF JUSTICE
THE MELON GARDEN
A PATTERN OF DIGNITY
TIGERSCLAW
THE FAIRY MILL
-Blunt's Mill
-Sharp's Mill.
-Dust
Mr Fox Stage Manager
ONE OF THE UNAPPRECIATED
SOLID THOUGHT
THE TOUCH OF NATURE
BRED UPON GOLD.
- The Dearest Pet
-Gold and the Right
-The Death of the Lord Parss
A RHYME OF MIGHT AND RIGHT
THE CLEAR HEAD

Wear to spine ends and small separations at top and bottom hinges. Heavy foxing throughout.