FEINBERG/WHITMAN   LITERARY FILE   Prose "A Venetian Fable" (undated). A.MS. draft.
Box 36 Folder 65967
A Venetian Fable: prose. A.MS. (1p. 12 1/2 x 20 cm.)
Written in ink on two pieces cut from a larger sheet of lined stationery 
and pasted together, 82 words:
lately
I  ^ heard a lady [*lately*], speaking of him in reference to this point,
tell a little Venetian fable: The  artists of a rich & vulgar town
in Greece, once offered a prize for the most satisfactory model
who would pose to them for a statue of the Olympian God. Many
offered; among the rest Jupiter himself, in a prank, came down &
joined the competition.  But he was the first that was rejected by
unanimous consent, & with scorn.
(Note 21.)I lately heard a lady [*lately*], speaking of him in
reference to this point, tell a little Venetian
fable: The artists of a rich & vulgar town
in Greece, once offered a prize for the
most satisfactory model who would
pose to them for a statue of the Olympian
God. Many offered; among the rest Jupiter
himself, in a prank, came down & joined
the competition.  But he was the first that
was rejected by unanimous consent & with
scorn.
(Note 21)