Untermeyer, Louis

An illustrated collection of forty fables whose instructive wit reflects the character of the man who originally told them.

Selected works by such diverse poets as Frost, E. E. Cummings, Ginsberg, and Leroi Jones reflect the nature and variety of modern poetry.

A brief history of ballet is followed by synopses of twenty ballets: The Wood Nymphs; Ondine; Billy, the Kid; Graduation Ball; The Firebird; The Sleeping Princess; Petrouchka; Children's Games; Bluebeard; Swan Lake; Prince Igor; Coppelia; Giselle; Rodeo; The Golden Cockerel; The Rite of Spring; The Phantom of the Rose; The Nutcracker; Scheherazade; Fancy Free.