Produced by Suzanne Shell, Greg Chapman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. AESOP’S FABLES A NEW TRANSLATION BY V. S. VERNON JONES WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY G. K. CHESTERTON AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY ARTHUR RACKHAM 1912 EDITION INTRODUCTION _AEsop embodies an epigram not uncommon in human history; his fame is all the more deserved because he