WONDER STORIES THE BEST MYTHS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS BY CAROLYN SHERWIN BAILEY
Reading edition
Author: "For the Children's Hour," "For the Story Teller," "Stories Children Need," "Tell Me Another Story," "Stories of Great Adventures," etc.
WITH SIX PICTURES IN COLORS By CLARA M. BURD
1920 MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS
Copyrighted, 1920 by MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY Springfield, Mass. ——— All Rights Reserved
Bradley Quality Books for Children
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
How the Myths Began 7
What Prometheus Did with a Bit of Clay 13
The Paradise of Children.—Nathaniel Hawthorne 22
What Became of the Giants 33
How Vulcan Made the Best of Things 40
How Orion Found His Sight 48
The Wonders Venus Wrought 56
Where the Labyrinth Led 65
How Perseus Conquered the Sea 74
Pegasus, the Horse Who Could Fly 84
How Mars Lost a Battle 92
How Minerva Built a City 102
Cadmus, the Alphabet King 113
The Picture Minerva Wove 120
The Hero with a Fairy Godmother 126
The Pygmies.—Nathaniel Hawthorne 136
The Horn of Plenty 148
The Wonder the Frogs Missed 154
When Phaeton's Chariot Ran Away 163
When Apollo was Herdsman 174
How Jupiter Granted a Wish 181
How Hyacinthus Became a Flower 189
How King Midas Lost His Ears 196
How Mercury Gave up his Tricks 205
A Little Errand Girl's New Dress 215
When Proserpine was Lost 224
The Ploughman who Brought Famine 234
The Bee Man of Arcadia 242
When Pomona Shared Her Apples 252
How Psyche Reached Mount Olympus 261
How Melampos Fed the Serpent 272
How a Huntress Became a Bear 281
The Adventure of Glaucus 287
The Winning of the Golden Fleece 297
Medea's Cauldron 304
How a Golden Apple Caused a War 311
How a Wooden Horse Won a War 322
The Cyclops.—Alfred Church 329
GLOSSARY 339
ILLUSTRATIONS
Iris crossing the Rainbow Bridge. _Page 222_
Pandora saw a crowd of ugly little shapes.
"Bellerophon took the golden reins firmly in his hand."
"What design will Arachne embroider to-day?" asked one of the nymphs.
Apollo charms the wild beasts.
Paris and the Golden Apple.