Show ri Foutain eB statue after years la fontaine the anthof of the fables known all over the world haa at last his statue in paris it has been inaugurated in the presence of M bourgeois minister of public instruction M gerard vice rector of the academy M solly prudhomme the well known academician and numerous other political and literary celebrities it haa taken M sully prudhomme no less than eight years to collect the francs which the monument cost of the total francq only were derived from public subscription the town and government having each furnished a sum of franca the monument which now stands at the intersection of the avenues ingres and Kane lagh at pussy represents la fontaine with glory in the shape 0 a woman on his right while lower down the genius of satire is taking flight a mask in one hand and a rod in the other on the pedestal are seen the celebrated crow fox lion etc so familiar from hia fables london standard |