Baldwin. The famous allegories

Today's free book is The famous allegories by James Baldwin (1899). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).


Table of Contents

Fore Word :

Imagination and Fancy. — Personification of Nature. — Origin of Myth. — Origin of Allegory. — Bible Allegories. — Allegory of the Trees. — Allegory of the Vine. — The True Vine. — Greek Allegories. — Prayers. — Hera and Sleep. — The Choice of Hercules. — Anglo-Saxon Allegories. — The "Physiologus." — The " Gesta Romanorum." — The Age of Allegory

The Vision of William concerning Piers Ploughman 
Conscience, the Preacher 
Envy
The Tower of Truth
The Advice of Hunger 

The Romaunt of the Rose 
Hypocrisy 
The Story of Narcissus
False Semblant no Hermit
The God of Love
May a Man Beg? 

The Court of Love 
Rosiall 
May-Day and the Birds 

The Flower and the Leaf 
A Morning Walk 
L'Envoie

The Cuckowe and the Nightingale 

The Parlament of Foules   
Description of a Forest  
Catalogue of Birds  

The House of Fame 
Hall of the Goddess of Fame   
Domus Dedali 

William Dunbar and His Allegories   
The Thistle and the Rose 
The Golden Terge   

The Allegories of Stephen Hawes   
The Temple of Glass
The Pastime of Pleasure  

Douglas, Lyndesay, and Barclay   
The Palice of Honour 
King Hart  
A Desert Terrible 
The Complaint of Papingo 
The Shyp of Fooles 

The Mirror for Magistrates   

The Purple Island. Phineas Fletcher  
Parthenia 

The Faerie Queene. Edmund Spenser  
First Adventure of the Red Cross Knight  
Una and the Lion 
The Procession of the Passions  
Duessa's Descent into Hell  
The Garden of Proserpina  
The Garden of Adonis 
The Bower of Bliss  
Florimel and the Witch's Son  
Colin Clout and His Fair Lassie 

The Pilgrim's Progress. John Bunyan   
The Allegory and its Author 
The Story of The Pilgrim's Progress 
The Beginning of the Journey  
The Interpreter's House 
Vanity Fair 
The Valley of the Shadow of Death  
The Celestial City 
The Conclusion 
Notes   

The Vision of Mirza. Joseph Addison   

The Paradise of Fools. Thomas Parnell 

The Castle of Indolence. James Thomson 
The Land of Drowsiness   
The Interior of the Castle  
Sir Industry   

The Journey of a Day. Samuel Johnson 

The Passions. William Collins 

A Parable against Persecution 

The Hill of Science. Dr. John Aikin   

Fables: 
The Oak and the Briar. Edmund Spenser 
The Country Mouse. Abraham Cowley . 
The Beasts' Confession. Jonathan Swift 
The Man and the Flea. John Gay 
The Hare with Many Friends. John Gay 
The Fox at the Point of Death. John Gay 
Death and Dying Words of Poor Mailie. Robert Burns 
The Twa Dogs. Robert Burns
The Retired Cat. William Cowper